UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 12)*

                             PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
                             ----------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, Par Value $.01
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 72813P-10-0
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                               (CUSIP Number)

                               Murray A. Indick
                          Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
                       909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
                           San Francisco, CA 94133
                                (415) 434-1111
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               (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
              Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                              November 11, 2002
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           (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following
box [ ].

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).



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CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 2 of 10

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 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                       BLUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P

    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               94-3205364
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 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                 (a) [x]
                                                                       (b) [x]
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 3.  SEC USE ONLY

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 4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                               See Item 3

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 5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                        [ ]
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 6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                           California

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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER                                  -0-

   NUMBER OF       -----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER                       10,150,992**
   BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY EACH   -----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                             -0-

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                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  10,150,992**

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,150,992**

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                16.6%**

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                                           PN, IA

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** See Item 5 below

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 3 of 10

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 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON               RICHARD C. BLUM & ASSOCIATES, INC.

    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               94-2967812
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 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                 (a) [x]
                                                                       (b) [x]
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 3.  SEC USE ONLY

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 4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                               See Item 3

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 5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                        [ ]
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 6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                           California

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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER                                  -0-

   NUMBER OF       -----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER                       10,150,992**
   BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY EACH   -----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                             -0-

                   -----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  10,150,992**

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,150,992**

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                16.6%**

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                                               CO

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** See Item 5 below

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 4 of 10

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 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                        BLUM STRATEGIC GP, L.L.C.

    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               94-3303831
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 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                 (a) [x]
                                                                       (b) [x]
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 3.  SEC USE ONLY

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 4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                              See Item 3

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 5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                        [ ]
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 6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             Delaware

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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER                                  -0-

   NUMBER OF       -----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER                       10,150,992**
   BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY EACH   -----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                             -0-

                   -----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  10,150,992**

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,150,992**

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                16.6%**

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                   OO (Limited Liability Company)

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** See Item 5 below

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 5 of 10

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 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                  RICHARD C. BLUM

    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                 (a) [x]
                                                                       (b) [x]
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 3.  SEC USE ONLY

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 4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                               See Item 3

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 5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                        [ ]
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 6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                                  USA

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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER                                  -0-

   NUMBER OF       -----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER                       10,150,992**
   BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY EACH   -----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                             -0-

                   -----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  10,150,992**

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,150,992**

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                16.6%**

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                                               IN

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** See Item 5 below

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 6 of 10

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 1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                     THE CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST
                                                  FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               94-6042875
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 2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                 (a) [x]
                                                                       (b) [x]
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 3.  SEC USE ONLY

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 4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                               See Item 3

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 5.  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                        [ ]
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 6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                           California

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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER                                  -0-

   NUMBER OF       -----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER                       10,150,992**
   BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY EACH   -----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                             -0-

                   -----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  10,150,992**

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,150,992**

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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                16.6%**

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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                                               EP

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** See Item 5 below

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 7 of 10

This Amendment No. 12 amends the Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Schedule
13D") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
September 16, 2002 by Blum Capital Partners, L.P., a California limited
partnership ("Blum L.P."); Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., a California
corporation ("RCBA Inc."); Blum Strategic GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company ("Blum GP"); Richard C. Blum, the Chairman and a substantial
shareholder of RCBA Inc. and a managing member of Blum GP; and The Carpenters
Pension Trust for Southern California (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").
This Amendment No. 12 relates to the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01
(the "Common Stock") of Playtex Products, Inc. (the "Issuer").  The principal
executive office and mailing address of the Issuer is 300 Nyala Farms Road,
Westport, CT 06880. The following amendments are hereby made.  Unless
otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer
---------------------------------------------
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows:

(a),(b) According to the Issuer's most recent Form 10-Q, there were 61,211,522
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 9, 2002. Based on such
information, after taking into account the transactions described in Item 5(c)
below, the Reporting Persons report direct holdings as follows:(i) Blum L.P.
and RCBA Inc. report holdings of 3,222,792 shares of the Common Stock on
behalf of the limited partnerships for which Blum L.P. serves as the general
partner and Blum L.P.'s investment advisory clients, which represents 5.3%
of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock; (ii) Blum GP reports holdings
of 1,778,000 on behalf of a limited partnership for which it serves as the
general partner which represents 2.9% of the outstanding shares of the Common
Stock; (iii) the Carpenters Union reports direct holdings of 4,223,100 shares
of the Common Stock which represents 6.9% of the outstanding shares of the
Common Stock; and (iv) Mr. Blum reports the aggregate of these shares for a
total of 9,223,892 shares of the Common Stock which represents 15.1% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.

In addition, because Blum L.P. has voting and investment power with respect to
927,100 (1.5%) shares that are legally owned by The Common Fund for the
account of its Multi-Strategy Equity Fund ("The Common Fund"), those shares
are reported as beneficially owned by Blum L.P.  The Common Fund is
principally engaged in the business of managing investments for educational
institutions.  The principal administrative office of The Common Fund is
located at 15 Old Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897-0812.  The Common
Fund disclaims membership in a group with any of the Reporting Persons, and
disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares held by the Reporting Persons.

Voting and investment power concerning the above shares are held solely by
Blum L.P. and Blum GP.  The Reporting Persons therefore may be deemed to be
members in a group, in which case each Reporting Person would be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of an aggregate of 10,150,992 shares of the Common
Stock, which is 16.6% of the outstanding Common Stock.  As the sole general
partner of Blum L.P., RCBA Inc. is deemed the beneficial owner of the
securities over which Blum L.P. has voting and investment power.  As Chairman,
director and a substantial shareholder of RCBA Inc., Richard C. Blum might be
deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by RCBA
Inc.  Additionally, Mr. Blum may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the
securities over which Blum GP has voting and investment power.  Although Mr.
Blum is joining in this Schedule as a Reporting Person, the filing of this
Schedule shall not be construed as an admission that he, or any of the other
shareholders, directors and executive officers of RCBA Inc., or managing


CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                     Page 8 of 10


members and members of Blum GP, is, for any purpose, the beneficial owner of
any of the securities that are beneficially owned by RCBA Inc. or Blum GP,
except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

(c) On November 11, 2002, one of the limited partnerships for which Blum LP
serves as the general partner distributed 679,125 shares of the Common Stock
to one of its limited partners in connection with the withdrawal of this
limited partner from the limited partnership.


(d) and (e)  Not applicable.

Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits
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Exhibit A  Joint Filing Undertaking



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                    Page 9 of 10

                                  SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the
undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated:  November 18, 2002

RICHARD C. BLUM & ASSOCIATES, INC.    BLUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                                      By  Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
                                          its general partner



By  /s/ Murray A. Indick              By  /s/ Murray A. Indick
    -------------------------------       -----------------------------------
    Murray A. Indick                      Murray A. Indick
    Partner, General Counsel              Partner, General Counsel,
    and Secretary                         and Secretary

                                      THE CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FOR
                                          SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  By  Blum Capital Partners, L.P.,
its investment advisor
                                       By  Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.,
                                           its general partner
RICHARD C. BLUM


By  /s/ Murray A. Indick               By  /s/ Murray A. Indick
    --------------------------------   -------------------------------
By  Murray A. Indick                   By  Murray A. Indick
    Attorney-in-Fact                       Partner, General Counsel
                                            and Secretary


BLUM STRATEGIC GP, L.L.C.


/s/ Murray A. Indick
    -------------------------------
By  Murray A. Indick, Member



CUSIP NO. 72813P-10-0            SCHEDULE 13D                    Page 10 of 10

                                   Exhibit A
                           JOINT FILING UNDERTAKING

The undersigned, being duly authorized thereunto, hereby execute this
agreement as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D to evidence the agreement of the
below-named parties, in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to file this Schedule jointly on behalf of
each such party.

Dated:  November 18, 2002

RICHARD C. BLUM & ASSOCIATES, INC.    BLUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
                                      By  Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
                                          its general partner



By  /s/ Murray A. Indick              By  /s/ Murray A. Indick
    -------------------------------       -----------------------------------
    Murray A. Indick                      Murray A. Indick
    Partner, General Counsel              Partner, General Counsel,
    and Secretary                         and Secretary

                                      THE CARPENTERS PENSION TRUST FOR
                                          SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  By  Blum Capital Partners, L.P.,
its investment advisor
                                       By  Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.,
                                           its general partner
RICHARD C. BLUM


By  /s/ Murray A. Indick              By  /s/ Murray A. Indick
    --------------------------------      -------------------------------
By  Murray A. Indick                  By  Murray A. Indick
    Attorney-in-Fact                      Partner, General Counsel
                                           and Secretary


BLUM STRATEGIC GP, L.L.C.


/s/ Murray A. Indick
    -------------------------------
By  Murray A. Indick, Member