And I made not one, but two happy discoveries in the last couple of weeks!
The first one has to do with Skin So Soft Original lotion. For years and years I’ve
heard about how it wards of mosquitoes, etc., but I’d never tried it myself. (Avon never claimed it worked as a mosquito repellent but some folks who used it swore by it, including my sister who lives in Florida and my sister-in-law who lives here in California.)So last week we did a little family campout in the local mountains. My husband and his brother went up on Thursday and I followed on Friday afternoon after our son got out of school. By the time my son and I got there, my husband was uncharacteristically dressed in long pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
As soon as we stepped out of the car he said, “You want to change your clothes. Now.” Then he showed me a multitude of bug bites he’d gotten the night before from what we now think were mosquitoes and black flies. There were at least a dozen on his legs and more on his arms.
Now, he’d used Avon’s Bug Guard sunscreen in the morning and spent the day hiking. He didn’t reapply it at night because A) he didn’t need sunscreen at night and B) he assumed he was still covered from the morning application.
So my son and I immediately put on our long pants and long-sleeved shirts and I applied a layer of the Skin So Soft Original lotion to both of our exposed bits of skin. And my husband used it, too. That night, I didn’t get one bite and my husband didn’t get any more.
The next morning, the boys went fishing and I put my son in long sleeves, sunscreen and SSS Original. When we got home, he did not have a single bite on him.
I wore short sleeves and shorts with the SSS Original and ended up with one bite on my arm and one on my leg. That’s it. So now I have anecdotal evidence that it does work.
My suggestion is that you buy a few of the little travel size SSS Original and stash them in your purse. You never know when you’ll be out later than you think at that baseball or soccer game or a concert in the park.
The other happy discovery has to do with these cute (non-Avon) shoes and this magical product: Foot Works Anti-Rub Blister Stick. I bought those shoes and decided they looked best sans socks. So I put them on and took myself off to the grocery store only to
discover that they rubbed my heels and made hot spots on them. Ouch.
I’d seen the Anti-Rub Stick in the catalog so I ordered myself a couple. As soon as they came I put the product on my heels and put on my shoes. And Oh. My. Goodness. No rubbing. At all. I cannot tell you how excited I am to have a product that will make band-aids or mole skin on my heels a thing of the past. Bring on those fall boots! Those strappy sexy heels! I can take it! And so can my heels.If you, or your kids or anyone in your family, has ever suffered from new shoe syndrome, I suggest you also stash one of these in your purse for emergencies.
As I think about it, with all this stuff you’re going to stash in your purse, you might need a bigger one. But not to worry! Avon has some really cute purses to choose from. You can find in my e-store. :)
Until next time…
