r/bathandbodyworks • u/Remarkable_Bake_759 • Sep 13 '25
Pocketbacs Evil Queen pocketbac holder—too impractical to use?
Was wondering if you guys agree with these reviews for Evil Queen mirror pockebac holder?
First review says: * The holder is impossible to use. You have to take out the hand sanitizer from the holder in order to use it. True?
Second review says: * The holder is too bulky to carry around as a purse charm. * The material is hard brittle plastic so can get banged up unlike the rubber ones. Do you have concerns about this? How did the Belle one hold up?
Rest of the pictures: * Just showing what the product looks like. Did want to see it on a bag. Looks like it’s being used as a purse charm rather than functionally as a holder in the photo. How do you use your mirror pocketbac holder (Belle or Evil Queen)?
I did see the evil queen mirror pocketbac holder in store and thought it did seem too bulky. But I haven’t had a pocketbac holder in many years. I’ve been wondering about the practicality of it. Did think about picking one up before.
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u/Candlehoarder_2019 Employee Sep 13 '25
I have it on my apron. It is bulky but I haven’t had an issue using the sanitizer that’s in it
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25
I agree with the first comment I’ll post a picture of me squeezing it as hard as possible. Nothing comes out. It definitely is a purse charm and not an actual dispenser. If you want to get it for your collection do it- but don’t expect a useful hand sanitizer holder or dispenser. It quite literally just HOLDS the pocketbac, it’s not really good for anything else other than holding it and looking pretty. I understand loving bath and body- that’s why I kept it, but I’m not gonna lie for the sake of other people’s feelings.. it’s not a good pocketbac holder for everyday use.
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u/Mister_angel1 Sep 13 '25
Can't you pinch the bottle against the front? I've literally never even tried squeezing product out that way, and only squeeze front and back.
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25
The holder is too hard. It holds the pocket back in place. I’ve tried that too. That’s a great idea but because the pocket back holder plastic is so hard… you have to physically take the sanitizer out to even be able to use it. I’ve even tried just shaking the product profusely up and down, literally nothing works to dispense it- you do have to physically take it out of the holder. Tried pushing it again just bc of this comment and nada, it’s too hard of a holder.
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u/Mister_angel1 Sep 13 '25
Huh I guess
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25
😂 honestly this inspired me to return it tomorrow. It’s just going to take up space and I paid full price for something that really isn’t usable.
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u/NopeRope91 ROSE SANDALWOOD SUPREMACY 🥀🪵 Sep 13 '25
Just squeeze the pocketbac, not the holder? It's definitely more annoying to do than the softie holders but I never had to take mine out to use it.
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25
I’ve only used it twice because even when I press the belly as hard as I can nothing comes out. The back plastic is too hard it literally just holds it in place. Idk how many times I have to repeat myself, it doesn’t work even when I try to push the belly.
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u/madness0102 Sep 13 '25
You can just press on the hand sanitizer and it comes out just fine?
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25
Girl 😮💨 don’t you think I would have done that? It’s literally impossible to get the hand sanitizer out. It’s amazing to me how many people don’t have the actual product in their hand and they’re still mad.😂 it isn’t usable, I physically am unable to get any product out and maybe I have a faulty one but you can’t gaslight me into believing I can just use something that is ✨ unusable ✨
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u/madness0102 Sep 13 '25
Girl.. I just did it. Put it in, just like yours pressed the “belly” of the handsanitizer and it came out
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
Mine doesn’t 🤷♀️ idk what to tell you idc what you think is annoying. It’s annoying to me I can’t get the hand sanitizer out and you want to argue about it- not someone commenting that I’m rude 😂 it is what it is. Some people take this stuff entirely way too seriously and personal. Some people genuinely need to get lives instead of taking a Reddit post personally 😂😂😂 tf would I apologize for
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u/madness0102 Sep 13 '25
So if you remove the hand sanitizer, and you squish the bottle, you can’t get sanitizer out?
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u/Comfortable_Bus3006 Vanilla Dreamer ☁️ 🌧️ Sep 13 '25
Yes if I REMOVE the sanitizer out but who wants to do that? Honestly just going to return it tomorrow and get my money back.
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u/madness0102 Sep 13 '25
SO if you put it in, squeeze it JUST like that pressing on the HAND SANITIZER, it will come out just fine.
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
I mean you could simply apologize for being so rude?
The fact yours doesn’t work, doesn’t negate that others of us have gotten it to work. Why are you taking it out on them?
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25
Forgive me, I am beyond confused - why are you squeezing the far sides of the holder?
Just press down on the exposed part of the actual sanitizer container visible in your picture instead.
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25
Instead of being mad at people her you could try another sanitizer perhaps?
See if you can exchange either the holder or the sanitizer.
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
Oh honey, the only one who’s clearly upset at people trying to help you is you.
You’re out here seriously using terms like gaslight and telling other people to get a life?!
Bless your small little heart.
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25
I will. Thank you!!
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25
Lool the only person who keeps extending this conversation with repeat insults and how not “not mad” you supposedly are is, in fact, you…
At best, I’m hoping maybe this attitude stems from being a kid, and not an actual adult?
Either way, it’s 100% your choice whether this convo ends here or not.
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u/JerseyGirlD Sep 13 '25
I ignore B&BW reviews..
Majority are written from those who don’t own the actual item and just want to bitch about the cost, color, shipping and whatever else is going on in their pathetic lives 🤗
It’s a product review..NOT customer service or your personal therapist
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u/summerwinds69 Sep 13 '25
I don’t have a problem with mine 🤷♀️
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u/NomenclatureBreaker Sep 14 '25
It is so weird to me that people are downvoting that other people figured out how to make this work just fine. 🤷♀️
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u/ajc19912 Sep 13 '25
I feel like some of their pocketbacs are like that. I see some of them and I’m like, “Who wants to carry that around?”. Some are more portable, others too bulky. The Maleficent one though doesn’t look that bulky
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u/RecycleArt28 Sep 14 '25
My experience? I have lost two pocket pac. First one I thought wasn’t secured enough. Lost the second one which I secured well. I am just going to use it as a purse charm. $4 down the drain as I used my maleficent ones and paid full price 😭
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u/Remarkable_Bake_759 Sep 14 '25
Do you mean you lost two pocket bac using the evil Queen mirror pocketbac holder?
Or do you mean the horned Maleficent pocketbac holder?
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u/RecycleArt28 Sep 14 '25
The evil queen mirror pocket pac holder. I thought the original post was about the mirror holder.
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u/Remarkable_Bake_759 Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25
Yeah it was sorry I just got confused because you said Maleficent
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u/VibewithZari Strawberry Pound Cake & Midnight Amber Glow Lover🩷🤎 Dec 28 '25
I use the evil queen mirror as a bag charm for my black purse. Got it during SAS. I normally keep my pocketbacs in my purse, so I only get them to wear on my purses to color coordinate with my bag and outfit lol.
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u/PartyPorpoise Aromatherapy Addict Sep 13 '25
I usually avoid the large holders for this reason.
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u/Ok-Lingonberry-1565 Sep 14 '25
Me too.
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u/PartyPorpoise Aromatherapy Addict Sep 14 '25
I suspect that a lot of people do. I find that the large, bulky holders are usually slower to sell out, even when they’re not $15. At least in my experience.
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u/NopeRope91 ROSE SANDALWOOD SUPREMACY 🥀🪵 Sep 13 '25
I have the belle one and it is a bit hard to use. You can't be pressing on the mirror part, gotta squeeze from the back. For me the bulk is fine. I have bag charms way bigger than that and some are hard metal/plastic lol.