Beauty Tips/Tricks? - Page 3

limey · 08-14-2007, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

Avon skin- so -soft is a bug repellant. Not sure if the ingredients are more or less dangerous than "Off" but I am definitely giving it a try. Plus- I smell pretty.
BTW (a guy gave me my first bottle and recommended it)

We believe that here on Arran, too! Our Avon laides do a roaring trade in it as we have the smallest fiercest midges on Earth!

Cicero · 08-14-2007, 02:36 PM

Alright....I don't know yet.....about "SSS"
I am allergic to these mosquitos down here...I'm trying anything......you should see what the little buggers did to my neck.... I also heard it from separate sources. Has anyone else actually tried it and found that it doesn't work as a repellant?

smurfalicious · 08-14-2007, 02:54 PM

SSS works fabulously on the skeeters down here in swampy South Florida. My family has been using it for 30 years.

Oddly, mosquitos do not bite me. They land on me, but they don't like the way I taste, apparently. Someone once told me that it could be because of my Native American blood...

lumberjim · 08-14-2007, 02:57 PM

I have

08-14-2007, 03:30 PM

Studies have shown the only thing that actually works on mosquitoes is deet.
The SSS that works is the one with deet.

jester · 08-14-2007, 04:48 PM

I've always heard that "uping" your B Vitamins help with Mosquito Bites, as in helps repel them.

lumberjim · 08-14-2007, 05:00 PM

I've upped my B vitamins.....now up yours!

jester · 08-14-2007, 05:07 PM

sheathe them claws, girlfriend - actually i expected something a little more along the lines of "i've heard....." (subsandwich post)

smurfalicious · 08-14-2007, 05:13 PM

I don't need studies to tell me that when I put the stuff on, it works.

lumberjim · 08-14-2007, 05:14 PM

rowr!

Cicero · 08-14-2007, 05:34 PM

Hey- thanks smurf. You guys have to be the mosquito experts down there.
I've also been taking B vitamins recently. (orally) Hopefully that helps.

jinx · 08-14-2007, 05:39 PM

Does not work against mosquitos or black flies in the Adirondaks. Tried it many times over the years because of the people who kept insisting it worked.

bluecuracao · 08-14-2007, 07:13 PM

Damn, B vitamins don't work for me. I take them fairly regularly, and still get bit.

Cicero · 08-16-2007, 06:00 PM

It's working.....the SSS is working! (I haven't been regular with the B vitamins but I put the SSS on every night now). I've spent 2 nights in the yard- I usually get bitten at least once and expand like a red flesh baloon. I'm serious! It's soo perfumey and the smell gets annoying. But by god, I think it's working! I'll update if the mosquito drama changes....

Cloud · 08-16-2007, 07:21 PM

3 cases of West Nile virus in my town this year.

Fortunately, I live up on the hill and not in the valley.

08-14-2007, 02:36 PM	#32
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Alright....I don't know yet.....about "SSS" I am allergic to these mosquitos down here...I'm trying anything......you should see what the little buggers did to my neck.... I also heard it from separate sources. Has anyone else actually tried it and found that it doesn't work as a repellant? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-14-2007, 02:54 PM	#33
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	SSS works fabulously on the skeeters down here in swampy South Florida. My family has been using it for 30 years. Oddly, mosquitos do not bite me. They land on me, but they don't like the way I taste, apparently. Someone once told me that it could be because of my Native American blood... __________________

08-14-2007, 02:57 PM	#34
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I have __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2007, 05:00 PM	#37
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I've upped my B vitamins.....now up yours! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2007, 05:13 PM	#39
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	I don't need studies to tell me that when I put the stuff on, it works. __________________

08-14-2007, 03:30 PM	#35
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Studies have shown the only thing that actually works on mosquitoes is deet. The SSS that works is the one with deet.

08-14-2007, 04:48 PM	#36
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	I've always heard that "uping" your B Vitamins help with Mosquito Bites, as in helps repel them.

08-14-2007, 05:07 PM	#38
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	sheathe them claws, girlfriend - actually i expected something a little more along the lines of "i've heard....." (subsandwich post)

08-14-2007, 05:14 PM	#40
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	rowr! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2007, 05:34 PM	#41
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Hey- thanks smurf. You guys have to be the mosquito experts down there. I've also been taking B vitamins recently. (orally) Hopefully that helps. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-14-2007, 05:39 PM	#42
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Does not work against mosquitos or black flies in the Adirondaks. Tried it many times over the years because of the people who kept insisting it worked. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-14-2007, 07:13 PM	#43
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Damn, B vitamins don't work for me. I take them fairly regularly, and still get bit.

08-16-2007, 06:00 PM	#44
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	It's working.....the SSS is working! (I haven't been regular with the B vitamins but I put the SSS on every night now). I've spent 2 nights in the yard- I usually get bitten at least once and expand like a red flesh baloon. I'm serious! It's soo perfumey and the smell gets annoying. But by god, I think it's working! I'll update if the mosquito drama changes.... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-16-2007, 07:21 PM	#45
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	3 cases of West Nile virus in my town this year. Fortunately, I live up on the hill and not in the valley. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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