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AD | I have been or could be if you click on a link in this post compensated via a cash payment, gift or something else of value for writing this post. See our full disclosure policy and privacy policy for more details.Being targeted by midges and mosquitoes can really spoil your holiday, especially if you react badly to the bites. However mosquito repellent doesnt always smell very nice and often stings too. If youre getting dressed up to go out it isnt always the perfume you want to put on either. Now this post isnt a medical advice post. I cant guarantee if you use any of the things we use you wont get bitten. We regularly do get bitten when we forget to use repellent, so much so that my daughter nearly didnt get on a plane back from Lanzarote as she had so many bites they thought she had chicken pox – and whether you can fly with chicken pox is a whole other blog post! Flying with Chickenpox… So what can you use? Avon Skin So Soft is not marketed as a mosquito repellent. Its sold as spray infused with natural oils, including jojoba, which has been formulated to help lock-in moisture, leaving your skin soft and smelling great. But many claim that Avon Skin So Soft does work as a mosquito repellent. You can read some incredible reviews of Avon Skin So Soft over on Amazon where you can also buy it too. Bought this for a holiday , partly as I know Avon products are good quality and then as it was recommended by friends. It was. A very good dry oil moisturiser as well as a useful insect repellent. I normally get bitten by everything, but using this I had no insect bites at all. I agree with the reviewer who disliked the initial smell, but I found the scent vanished within a couple of minutes.Im still using it at home as a general moisturiser, its so good.busy person5.0 out of 5 stars Useful and good value. While Avon Skin-So-Soft is definitely not as effective as DEET-based repellents, and I wouldnt use it at all when we were travelling to Africa and Malaria was an issue, but in my experience it definitely does a decent job of repelling mosquitoes. The reason Avon Skin So Soft could work as a mosquito repellent is possibly due to one of its ingredients, icaridin. Icaridin works similar to DEET, but most reviews say it doesnt last as long. The other reason some suggest it works is due to the use of citronella in the ingredients which again repels mosquitos. If Avon Skin So Soft isnt for you and you need something stronger, why not check out Lifesystems Mosquito Repellent. Why not PIN this post – Does Avon Skin So Soft work as a mosquito repellent? Image not available forColor: To view this video download Flash Player 150ml Your color match Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. The .gov means its official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. The site is secure. The https: ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. Display options Format AbstractPubMedPMID Two U.S. military issue deet repellent formulations (75% deet liquid and 33% deet lotion) and Avon Skin-So-Soft were tested against ceratopogonid midges under field conditions in Honduras. Test subjects were U.S. military personnel deployed to Honduras for training. Culicoides furens accounted for 96.3% of all midges collected. The liquid and lotion formulations of deet and Avon Skin-So-Soft provided 97.9, 95.9 and 71.4% protection, respectively, compared with the untreated control. Both deet formulations provided significantly better protection (P less than 0.05) than Avon Skin-So-Soft. The latter provided protection by trapping the midges in the oily film and not by repelling the insects as did the deet formulations. Repellents and other personal protection strategies against Aedes albopictus. Schreck CE, McGovern TP. Schreck CE, et al. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1989 Jun;5(2):247-50. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1989. PMID: Repellency of two controlled-release formulations of deet against Anopheles quadrimaculatus and Aedes taeniorhynchus mosquitoes. Schreck CE, Kline DL. Schreck CE, et al. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1989 Mar;5(1):91-4. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1989. PMID: Does anything beat DEET? Roberts JR, Reigart JR. Roberts JR, et al. Pediatr Ann. 2004 Jul;33(7):443-53. Pediatr Ann. 2004. PMID: Review. Biting midges--those marauding no-see-ums. Cohn BA. Cohn BA. Int J Dermatol. 2003 Jun;42(6):459-60. doi: 10.1046j..2003.01850.x. Int J Dermatol. 2003. PMID: Review. No abstract available. Cited by Spatial repellency and vapour toxicity of transfluthrin against the biting midges Culicoides nubeculosus and C. sonorensis (Ceratopogonidae). Verhulst NO, Cavegn JC, Mathis A. Verhulst NO, et al. Curr Res Insect Sci. 2020 Oct 24;1:100002. doi: 10.1016j.cris.. eCollection 2021. Curr Res Insect Sci. 2020. PMID: 36003605 Free PMC article. Malaria: prevention in travellers (non-drug interventions). Croft AM. Croft AM. BMJ Clin Evid. 2014 Nov 17;2014:0903. BMJ Clin Evid. 2014. PMID: 25399869 Free PMC article. Review. Malaria: prevention in travellers. Croft AM. Croft AM. BMJ Clin Evid. 2010 Jul 12;2010:0903. BMJ Clin Evid. 2010. PMID: 21418669 Free PMC article. Review. Malaria: prevention in travellers. Croft AM. Croft AM. BMJ Clin Evid. 2007 Nov 29;2007:0903. BMJ Clin Evid. 2007. PMID: Free PMC article. Review. Publication types MeSH terms Substances LinkOut - more resources Cite Format: AMA APA MLA NLM

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