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Post by Oggy on Jul 31, 2009 21:49:59 GMT
Can any one tell me which skin so soft stuff is the stuff to buy, ive been on the Avon website and theres hundreds of skin so soft products. Going to give this a go as the deet stuff is doing my head in now, it stinks and im sure its not good for you if you use it 3 times a week, someone told me it had a cancerous agents in it to  |
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Post by hugzee on Aug 1, 2009 5:45:56 GMT
It's the dry oil spray  |
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Post by thistle on Aug 1, 2009 8:09:27 GMT
someone told me it had a cancerous agents in it to So does everything though ;D but maybe that's why the midges give it a wide berth. www.thiscausescancer.com/ Although the guy has stopped updating it. |
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Post by davydonn on Aug 1, 2009 8:10:47 GMT
ive been on the Avon website I bet you never thought you'd say that never mind post it on a public forum ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Oggy on Aug 1, 2009 8:48:24 GMT
ive been on the Avon website I bet you never thought you'd say that never mind post it on a public forum ;D ;D ;D Whoop, im ment to say 'the mrs has been on the avon webiste' ;D |
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Post by Arnie on Aug 1, 2009 23:11:29 GMT
Now hands that swat midges can feel soft as your face...
With mild green, Oggy Liquid ;D
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Post by gadgers on Aug 2, 2009 11:04:59 GMT
dont get it from avon itself, go on ebay, loads of the stuff on there at a good price  |
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Post by Oggy on Aug 2, 2009 19:43:58 GMT
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Post by Mark on Aug 12, 2009 22:16:29 GMT
so does it work then compared to the stuff you were using before??? Its at £2.50 now but still worth it not to get eaten alive!!!!  |
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Post by Oggy on Aug 13, 2009 20:01:45 GMT
so does it work then compared to the stuff you were using before??? Its at £2.50 now but still worth it not to get eaten alive!!!! Seems to m8, smells alot better than the deet stuff to, also cheaper  |
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Post by gadgers on Aug 13, 2009 20:14:54 GMT
defo works, even the add on avon says it has insect repellant properties
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Post by Caz on Aug 18, 2009 18:31:04 GMT
It stinks horrible....but it works!
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Post by joelyon on Aug 26, 2009 20:58:12 GMT
I get bitten to flip by midges (I must be tasty), tried all sorts but I could always guarantee I would get loads of huge welts where I'd been bitten if I was outside when they were (especially at dusk). It got bad last year when a bite on my hand got infected and within a few hours my hand was swollen like a balloon! I done some research, spoken to a few doctors and specialists and found out a few things that really work (for me) in preventing bites.
First, there are a lot of things that midges don't like the smell of, deet being one of them, another is vitamin B. During the summer months I take a one-a-day vitamin B complex tablet. There is more than your RDA in each tablet so your body excretes the vitamin through the skin, this repels the little buggers. If you take one each day (at 3-4pm-ish is best so it's most active around dusk) it slowly builds up in your skin so becomes more effective. Best of all is that us people can't really smell it so you don't go around absolutely humming! (unless you've just spent a good few hours on your trusty steed) Another great source of this vitamin is those Barocca tablets (something stupid like 2000% RDA), they are also great just before a ride because it gives you a nice little energy boost.
Second, you get the itchy red horribleness from a bite because your body is over producing histamine to fight the foreign insect bite. The production of histamine causes inflammation and itchiness, you can reduce this by taking an antihistamine (allergy tablet). This is fine but you usually only take the tablet after you've been bitten and are suffering, which really is too late. One thing that was advised to me was to take a daily antihistamine to build it up inside the body and regulate the production of histamine better. If you do this you can still get bitten because it's not a repellant but your body does not over produce histamine to fight it and it does not go red and swollen, you don't even notice it. Not all allergy tablets are safe to take daily, but one that is made of Loratadine is perfectly fine, that's what I take daily.
So I take..
1x Vitamin B Complex tablet each day,
1x Loratadine tablet each day,
and have a Barocca just before I go out for a ride.
These things work best for me, I don't have to use a repellent at all now. It may not work for you but I would certainly recommend you give it a try if you have issues with midges. ;D
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Post by gadgers on Aug 27, 2009 22:39:37 GMT
interesting that, i will try that one when the midges are bad. i,e next week in scotland, i always seem to get bitten.
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