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How to repel mosquitoes and keep your skin soft and smelling good at the same time.

By Mary Ann I

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We all know how dangerous mosquitoes are and how important it is to use a mosquito repellent to keep mosquitoes away from us, but we like to also keep our skin soft and smelling nice, and Avon Skin-So-Soft is really good for that. So this is what I do...

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Empty spray bottle (small)
  • Avon Skin-So-Soft
  • Liquid mosquito repellent
Step1
Spray Bottles Spray Bottles Buy an empty spray bottle. (A small one so you can carry it with you)
Step2
Avon Skin So Soft Avon Skin So Soft Buy a good brand of liquid mosquito repellent in a spray bottle and a bottle of Avon Skin-So-Soft. Avon also has a Skin So Soft Insect Repellent, but that's all you use it for. I buy just the Skin So Soft so I can use it for other things as well.
Step3
Then I mix half and half the mosquito repellent and Skin So Soft into the empty spray bottle. I sometimes use the mosquito repellent bottle too, after it's about half gone I just add the Skin So Soft to it.
Step4
You can use more or less of one or the other to see what works best for you to keep those awful mosquitoes away from you. Half and half works just fine for me, but everyone is different.
Step5
Spray onto your skin and rub in, keeping away from your eyes.
Step6
After you get home take a shower to remove the mosquito repellent.
Step7
Lastly, apply just plain Skin So Soft or whatever skin lotion you prefer to keep your skin soft, I like Skin So Soft or White Cherry Blossom from Bath and Body Works.

Tips & Warnings

  • I put my spray into a small baggie (incase it leaks) and keep it in my handbag so that I always have it with me, because you never know when or where those nasty, pesky mosquitoes will be.
  • If your not sure about the mixture, you should ask your Doctor.
  • Do not apply around your eye' s.
  • Make sure you write on the spray bottle what you have in it. I put a piece of tape around the bottle and write on that. If you write on the bottle itself it will eventually rub off, even with a permanent marker.

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beatnik said

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on 6/9/2007 Great tip ive been using skin so soft since i was a young boyscout lol learned it from a den mother lol it works well

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