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Old 12-29-2013, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SarFred View Post
They are probably no-see-ums. The thing that definitely works in deflecting them is Avon's "Skin so Soft!" We found this out on a trip to Ft. Myers.. they are really everywhere in Florida, but a gentleman who lived at the place we were camping gave us some Skin So Soft and voila! No no-see-ums!! It really does work.

Avon Skin So Soft began life as a bath oil. Then someone discovered that applying it to their skin right out of the bottle kept mosquitoes off of them.

As time went by literally dozens of other uses were found for SOS. One of the first ones I recall was removing the residue of band-aid tape from the skin. There is a web site that lists 100 uses, including personal use, household use, pet use and even polishing horses hoofs. That is at Household, Health and Beauty Uses for AVON Skin So Soft- Kitchen Crafts 'n' More

Apparently, Avon has modified the SOS formula to enhance the mosquito repellent properties and now produces a SOS Bug Guard.AVON - SKIN SO SOFT Bug Guard Plus Picaridin Pump Spray I can't attest to the effectiveness of the Bug Guard, but I have successfully used the original SOS as a mosquito repellent in the past.