Being a mozzie magnet I was intrigued to read, a couple of years ago, claims that the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range was efficient at repelling the little blighters or should I say biters. Mmm I said to meself I must try it!
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Advantages: Deprives vampire mosquitoes of my blood Disadvantages: Can rival Dancing On Ice for performances while skating on slippy floors
...years ago, claims that the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range was efficient at repelling the little blighters or should I say biters. Mmm I said to meself I must try it!
Normally when I go abroad on my jollies, word gets out to the mozzie population and they arrive at the airport just in time for me to alight from the plane. I am sure they line up just to take a good couple of bites each. They know are in for a good meal. ...The first year I used Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range, I bought practically the entire range as they had a special offer on at the time. They always have special offers on, but that was my justification for buying so much.
It dawned on me while I was waiting for my bumper parcel of goodies that if mosquitoes were repelled by it, then it might not smell so good to me either.
Being a mozzie magnet I was intrigued to read, a couple of years ago, claims that the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range was efficient at repelling the little blighters or should I say biters. Mmm I said to meself I must try it!
Normally when I go abroad on my jollies, word gets out to the mozzie population and they arrive at the airport just in time for me to alight from the plane. I am sure they line up just to take a good couple of bites each. They know are in for a good meal.
"Mm look there's Susan, where have you flew in from to eat her alive? I heard about her from my second cousin in Rhodes." "Oh my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandma met her in Crete last year and has passed the legend on of her tasty blood so I thought I'd stock up on some." "Good Idea, lets get biting."
The last time I cut myself (not on purpose - totally accidental - tin openers are dangerous!), I had a taste of my own blood but I couldn't see the attraction for it that mosquitoes have.
The first year I used Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range, I bought practically the entire range as they had a special offer on at the time. They always have special offers on, but that was my justification for buying so much.
It dawned on me while I was waiting for my bumper parcel of goodies that if mosquitoes were repelled by it, then it might not smell so good to me either.
Obviously mozzies must have a different sense of smell to us - well they do have different shaped noses anyway - because when I smelled the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh I thought it has a lovely fresh and summery scent. I don't wear perfume on holiday as that attracts unwelcome visitors, mozzies and strange men, but the Avon Skin So Soft range is so pleasant that I don't need any other smells on.
Seemingly even the British Royal Marine Commandos have been know to use Avon Skin So Soft to repel mosquitoes. I bet they smell fab and have lovely soft skin.
There has been, to my knowledge, no scientific research as to why the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range stops mozzies in their quest for my and other people's blood but it is thought that as it leaves a thin oily layer on the skin it makes it more difficult for the buggers to grab a hold and bite. I like to think of them sliding off my skin and landing in a heap somewhere where I can swat them with my latest copy of Take A Break (compulsory holiday reading - its full of potato faced people drinking Special Brew to commemorate the death of their misunderstood paedophile sons and suchlike heart-warming stories to make you feel superior).
I had bought shower gel, body lotion and the dry oil spray but I have found just using the dry oil spray is just as effective as using the whole range.
The Soft and Fresh dry oil spray comes in a handy sized plastic green 150ml container with pump action spray. It is usually priced about a fiver but as I said before there are usually special offers on it, two for ones and suchlike.
As I have a slight allergic reaction to some mosquito bites (massive blisters and bad temperedness at getting bitten) I was a bit wary using the Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh range as it is only unofficially an insect repellent but I have found that when I use it I am less likely to be bitten. I have started taking, just as a precaution, antihistamines through out my jollies to lessen the effect of any bites, which may occur. On the odd occasion when I have been lax in my spraying and I have had a bite they haven't blistered since taking the antihistamines.
I have a routine on holiday that as soon as I get out of the shower I am completely sprayed from head to toe in the stuff. I find one bottle lasts me my usual two weeks away, although I now have to take two as my daughter has discovered it. With it being a dry oil formula it is non greasy and absorbs quickly into the skin. I don't even bother with aftersun now as I mind its moisturising properties are so good. I try not to overdo the sun anyway as I have fair skin and freckles and burn within five minutes of exposure and I don't want to be damaged and wrinkly when I get older.
I find Avon Skin So Soft, Soft and Fresh dry oil so convenient to use, as it doesn't need rubbed in and just sinks into my skin. With it having a pump action spray I find when it is full it is easier to spray but when it gets more than half way through the pump action doesn't work as well as it should. I also have to have help applying it to my back as sometimes the spray doesn't come out in the direction I expect and I end up decorating the walls, the bed, the friendly (well not so friendly anymore) cat that visits and sometimes it ends up in my lager which is just not on. Soft and Fresh lager is just not nice - I still drink it though, don't like waste. I have had a few mishaps on the floor much to the amusement of the family when a bit of the spray inadvertently lands there. The last display resulted in them awarding me 8/10 for content and 3/10 for artistic merit, and the floor awarding me a nice set of bruises to display at the pool the next day.
All in all I find Skin So Soft, Soft and Gentle a must have for my holidays. Its lightweight, convenient to use, moisturises my skin beautifully, smells like summer, and stops mozzies using me as a convenient snack. Sorted.
Advantages: Effective, Product Offers, Lovely Smell Disadvantages: Pump Action Can Be Difficult
...skin.
Browsing through my Avon catalogue I chanced upon their skin range called 'Skin So Soft and found they did a product called 'Dry Oil Body Spray'. This product promised to 'Lock in moisture after bath or shower. Non greasy, quickly absorbs into skin in a convenient spray', at the time of purchase last summer, the spray was on a half price offer and cost me £2.50 and currently the full price is still £5 for 150ml, pump action bottle.
Avon's ... ...feminine pink bottle. In the avon catalogue, the Soft & Sensual fragrance is described as being 'ultra moisturising and feminine'. I would describe the scent as softly musky yet slightly floral, although I am hard pushed to describe any particular fragrance notes as it seems to be a blend of fragrances rather than one individual scent.
The bottle is curved slightly and this makes it fairly easy to hold.
I started using this after a shower and there ...
memphisto_chick 25.06.2007
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Advantages: A nice light moisturiser, repells biting insects..yay! Disadvantages: Doesn't do anything for them devil spawn wasps
...this has to do with Avon Skin So Soft Dry Oil Body Spray. Well, last year while flicking through an Avon catalogue in the staff room at work, a colleague walked in and said ' Oh good Avon, I must get some skin so soft for the horses'. Yes, you read right, the horses. I knew my colleague was a huge animal lover, and owned a couple of horses she cared very much about, but pampering them with Avon products seemed a bit OTT. Until she explained that ... ...Product ~ My Avon order was delivered a couple of weeks later, and there in my bag was my Skin So Soft Dry Oil Spray. The bottle is pretty basic, being a mint pearlised green with a spray pump and holding 150 ml of product. There's not a lot of information given about the product on the bottle other than telling me it has 'Softness delivery system' and should be sprayed on after a bath or shower gel to lock in moisture (in 7 different languages). ...
Rhiana 26.04.2009
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...and Sensual fragrance. As an Avon rep I have to say the Skin So Soft range is probably a best seller of mine and there is often offers on this range. The bottle is a light green colour with a pump action spray. It has a clear lid. It's 150mls, which doesn't sound like a lot, but a little goes a long way. Often the right price for this is £5, but it was on buy one get one free recently, and I think last time it was half price, so it's a bargain to ... ...get a 90 day time in which you can return and get your money back if you're not happy with it. The blurb on the bottle says "With softness delivery system. Spray on after bath or shower to lock in moisture". I think this does what it says on the bottle. When you spray this it goes onto the area you spray to, and then spreads over a bit. You could rub this in I suppose, but it can be quite oily when it first comes into contact with your skin, so it's ...
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Advantages: Leaves your skin soft ! Disadvantages: none
...who have never heard of avon .
( Although i,m sure that won,t be many lol. )
The avon book is like a little catologue ( ok so its not as thick and you can,t pay weekly lol.)
Thats what it reminds me of though .
Anyway avon sells everything for your beauty routine you could think of for men and women., all avons own brand of course .
It also sells , underwear, nightwear , jewellery, gifts,toys.
You will probarly find that you have an avon representitive ... ...own web site too its avon .uk.com
Anyway one of the ranges they do in the book is called the skin so soft range , they sell body washes, shower gels, hand creams, moisturises, bubble bath and dry oil body spray .
~ All about the dry oil body spray ~
The dry oil body spary comes in two frangrances .
Soft and fresh and soft and sensual .
I always go for the soft and sensual it has a very feminine smell .
The bottle is 150ml and is pink and has ...
textmad 11.03.2007
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Advantages: insect repelant without even knowing it. Cheap!! Disadvantages: can be a little greasy if too much is used.
...turkey and i bought this avon SSS dry oil spray (woodland fresh) in a green and white coloured bottle.
I thought it would be very handy in mosturising my skin at night after being layed in the sun all day and so it was, although i did notice that if i used too much it could be a little too greasy on my skin and slippery on the tiled floor the bottle gets a little greasy and slippery too but that is easily resolved by wiping with a dry cloth.
Once ... ...actually think it was the avon spray,i persuaded my hubby to take me again just to prove a point you know! (not for any other reason of course) We flew back the same year in September to the same place once again i stocked up on the spray, the first 5 days i did'nt use the spray i was bitten allover from head to toe in mosquito bites but the last 9 days i had had enough and started to use it believe me no word of a lie i was not bitten again for ...
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