POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                    Director

         The undersigned, a director of Playtex Products, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Paul
E. Yestrumskas, Glenn Forbes, and William B. Stammer, or any one or more of
them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things
and execute and file any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or
any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his
individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) to comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and any requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with
the preparation, execution and filing of any report or statement of beneficial
ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of the Company that
the undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other
capacity) may be required to file pursuant to Section 16 (a) of the Act,
including specifically, but without limitation, full power and authority to sign
the undersigned's name, in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any
other capacity, to any report or statement on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 or to any
amendment thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue thereof.

         This authorization shall survive the termination of the undersigned's
status as a [director] [officer] of the Company and remain in effect thereafter
for as long as the undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a
fiduciary or any other capacity) has any obligation under Section 16 of the Act
with respect to securities of the Company.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this on September 6, 2002.


                                    /S/ R. JEFFREY HARRIS
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                                        R. Jeffrey Harris