Ok... Going to preface this with a couple of disclaimers...
1. Avon only recognizes its use as it was intended, a moisturizing oil
2. I have no personal experiences with these uses. I got the information from customer experiences that are all over the web :) .
That being said I know someone that swears by the SSS being good to keep mosquitoes away (and here in Texas... That is a BIG deal :) )
Currently the 24 fl oz size of the original bath oil is on sale for $9.99 (regular $18)
and the 16.9 fl oz size is on sale for $6.99 (regular $15)
or you can get it in a spray bottle of 5 fl oz for $3.99 (regular $7.50)
So it is a good time to stock up :)
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Uses Avon’s Skin So Soft Bath Oil
PERSONAL
USES
1.
It's a bath oil and after shower moisturizer.
2. It can be used
to remove makeup.
3. Great tanning oil (no sunscreen).
4. Hot
oil treatment to soften cuticles.
5. Great massage oil for tired
muscles.
6. Cleans off tape marks left from bandages on skin.
7.
Cleans ink off the skin.
8. Insect repellent.
9. Helps
relieve itching caused by dry skin.
10. Cleans oil and grease off
of skin.
11. Painting something? Use SSS to remove paint from the
hands. (Instead of turpentine).
12. It soothes light sunburn.
13. Rub hands with it before washing, it helps get them cleaner.
14. Rub on dry, cracked skin.... helps heal skin in 2-3 days.
15. Put 1-2 cap fills in liquid soap and use it for shaving legs
and under arms. Helps razor glide and leaves skin feeling smooth.
16. Pour a little into your Foot Saver to help moisturize your
feet while you relax them.
17. It removes chewing gum from hair,
skin, and most nonporous surfaces.
18. Cleans permanent ink off
stamps.
19. SSS Original Bath Oil works GREAT on Head Lice!!!!!
Saturate head and let it set for 15 minutes. Then rinse under an
outdoor faucet, but the lice were gone!!!!!!! Of course shampoo hair
a couple of times to get the oil out, but the lice were gone and
stayed gone!
20. It kills ants instantly.
21. Spray on skin
to relieve dry itching skin. Helps skin retain it's elasticity.
22.
Wash hair with shampoo and conditioner like always and after it
dries.... Use about the size of a dime of SSS and rub it in your
hair. It goes straight in and leaves hair as shiny as the ads on TV,
not greasy at all, just soft and shiny.
23. Use bath oil
towelettes -- cover windowsill with towelettes to keep ants out.
24.
(LICE) Sometimes, using a bath oil, like Avon's SSS, will work to
loosen the glue, which holds the nits to the hair. There is a product
called Neon Nits, which when sprayed on the hair, will highlight the
nits so you can see them to then snip them out with a small scissors.
25. This is to let you readers known about something that helped
me for a mild case of psoriasis on my elbows. My internist
recommended that I try Avon's SSS bath oil spray. I did and it
eliminated the psoriasis on my elbows.
26. Bath use, fill bath
with water and a little SSS, very relaxing and gets rid of dry skin.
HOUSEHOLD
USES
27.
Sponge it around doors, windows, and on screens to keep crawling bugs
out.
28. It's a good wood cleaner and conditioner for natural
wood.
29. It removes glue and gum left from price tags and labels
from glass, metals, and most plastics.
30. It removes soap scum
from shower doors and curtains, and bathroom and kitchen figures.
31. It removes lime and hard water deposits from fixtures, tile,
shower doors and windows.
32. It's an oil lubricant for fitting
pipe joints that won't slip together.
33. It cleans ink off most
vinyl and painted surfaces.
34. It cleans heavy oil and grease
from nonporous surfaces.
35. It takes fur off of clothing.
36.
Rub on brass ornaments or figurines to help keep them from turning
dark.
37. Removes crayon from appliances and most painted
surfaces.
38. Wash cupboards with it mixed in your cleaning water
to keep ants off and out of the cupboards.
39. Use it to
discourage hornets from building their nests. After using a hornet
killing spray, remove the nest and keep the area sprayed with SSS.
They will not rebuild there.
40. Use it to clean leather; it will
also keep it soft and supple.
41. Use it on your air conditioning
screen (filter)--your incoming air will smell fresher and the filter
is easier to clean.
42. Rub all over windowsills to keep ants
out.
43. It cleans paintbrushes easily and leaves them soft as
new.
44. It removes gum from carpets.
45. It removes
scuffmarks from patent leather shoes.
46. Use it on running rails
for sliding glass doors and windows.
47. It removes "ring
around the collar".
48. It removes liquid nail (paneling
glue).
49. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a
little SSS down the sides and they'll come apart easily.
50. It
removes candle wax from furniture, carpets and clothing.
51.
Hummingbird Feeders: To deter bees try rubbing SSS on the feeder
surface by the feeder ports.
52. Maggots too!! You squirted SSS
in can and lid, then later flushed with soapy water, you shouldn't
have any bugs in cans rest of summer!!!
53. It is a great
furniture polish!
54. Ok, we have a new use for SSS bath oil. Put
it in one of the bottle that you attach to your backyard hose and
then spray down the back yard! Will cut down on ants, mosquitoes and
other creepy crawlies.
55. People around the outskirts of Eureka
and surrounding areas (and sometimes in town) spray it on their rose
bushes to keep the deer from eating them, and at the cemeteries on
the flowers they put out there for the same reason.
56. Kills
spiders.
57. It cuts grease and cleans dirt from range hoods.
58. Add a capful to wash water of clothes...acts as a fabric
softener and keeps the bugs off clothes.
59. Spray on orchids and
other flowers for moisture and to keep bugs away.
60. Cleans
baseball caps. Just spray on and rub with toothbrush.
61. SSS I
used this recipe mix one part SSS and 2 parts water on my tomato
plants and kept those ugly old tomato worms off. I think that adding
the vinegar would be fine too and would be nice not to have to shake
the spray bottle all the time. I sprayed my plants about every 2 or 3
days. Worked grand!! Too late for most this year, but file this for
next.
62. SSS bath oil also does a great job cleaning cherry wood
cabinets.
63. Put a little in your mopping water to help keep
crawling bugs out. (Not too much or the floor gets slippery.)
64.
Use to clean windows.
65. Removes crayon from most surfaces.
66.
It's a great insect repellent (or you can use Bug Guard, the actual
SSS repellent)
67. Screens can be lightly sprayed with Avon SSS
to repel no-see-'ums and tiny gnats that otherwise might slip though
the screens.
68. Another use for SSS is it will kill those pesky
earwigs. Spray it on & they don't return to life.
69. Also if
you ever make candles, use clear wax and melt put SSS in it and
harden works great for out side in the summer.
70. As a
deodorizer, spray into air and let settle, kills those nasty pet
orders.
71. Kids rooms if a child wets the bed, spray the bedding
and sheets before washing and will give it a fresh clean smell.
ANIMAL
USES
72.
It's a great insect repellent for your pet. (As recommended in
"Outdoor Life" and "Field and Stream")
73.
Mix 5 parts water, 1 part SSS and mist on animals. Brushing it in
makes their coats gleam and keeps insects off so the animals don't
fidget in the show ring.
74. Mix in your pet's bath water. It
takes the fleas off of them...and in between sprays them with the
same mixture as in #2 to help keep them off.
75. Rub on your
hands before and after working with your pets and farm animals. It
will remove the strong smells.
76. Black Fly Spray For Dogs: Use
as a spray or a dip. 1 cup SSS, 1/2 cup liquid detergent and 3
gallons of water.
77. For dogs dry skin mix 1 tablespoon of SSS
per gallon of water and use as an after bath rinse. Or spritz your
pet's coat once per week.
78. If your dog should get tar or
asphalt on the pads of their feet rub on SSS and then wipe off.
79.
Flea Bath: Use a flea and tick shampoo. Rinse, rinse, rinse so no
soap residue is left. Follow with final rinse of 2 gallons of water
mixed with flea dip and 1 capful of SSS. The SSS helps replace the
oils lost in bathing and has the added benefit of repelling insects.
80. Flea Repellent: Avon's SSS Bath Oil. 1-1/2 ounces per gallon
of water; used as a sponge-on dip (or as a spritz) has been tested
and proven to have significant, but not complete, flea-repellent
activity for a 6-day period. It should help those dry coats, too.
81. Does anyone use the Avon SSS bath oil on his or her chows? I
have begun using it on Chancey and it has done wonders for her skin.
Like, many chows, she has very dry and flaky skin, especially for
being black. Since I started using that product, her dandruff and
itchiness has improved tremendously and her hair has become shiny and
smooth. It also serves as a great flea and tick protector. I use it
about twice a month and I just spray it on her. I really like it.
82. I use the following on my horses and on my dogs when
necessary. 1-cup Avon SSS bath oil 1-cup white vinegar 1-cup (or
more) water 5 cc of essential oil of citronella (from the health food
store NOT the type you burn to keep insects away that is available in
a drug store) Mix in a spray bottle. Straight SSS works well for
mosquito?s too but really makes your dog greasy.
83. (Barns) Use
of an inexpensive fly control spray or a diluted mix of Avon SSS in
water can be sprayed on barn walls and floor to discourage insects
from hanging around or to eliminate them before putting in the new
bedding. As time permits, and if you can keep your goats out of the
barn for a few hours - let the barn stand and air out before
re-filling with bedding.
84. Rub on your hands before and after
working with pets and farm animals, takes away pet odor.
85.
Avon's SSS bath oil massaged directly into the skin of your
Rottweiler acts not only as a successful repellant and makes their
dogs smell good but helps prevent drying and itchy skin.
86. A
natural way to help cats with flea problems and flea allergies is to
rub Skin So Soft into the skin. Once a bug, always a bug. Fleas don't
like it either! Spread the word!
87. Cats: SSS IS SAFE FOR FUR
LICKING -------The SSS plus is safe as long as it is the one without
sunscreen.
88. Don't overuse the SSS. I just use the lotion, and
rub it into the skin, not more than every few days. My cat's
sensitive and we're being careful. Common sense is the rule.
Sprinkling Yeast on the cat food helps, too. My cat's fur is
medium-length; he's part Persian, and he's doing fine, no ill effects
from the SSS. You can check with your vet to be sure if it's okay...
USES
FOR HORSES
89.
SSS can be used as a hoof polish. This will put a nice shine to the
hoof without drying it. The farrier's wife will appreciate this one!
90. SSS can be used as a muzzle, eye, and ear enhancer. Generally
we used baby oil but it was so messy. I tried SSS and it works great
and still helps keep bugs away.
91. I have a show mare that has
allergies and also gets dry skin very easily so I started giving her
baths in SSS. What I do is bathe her like normal and then I put a
capful of SSS in a 5-gallon bucket of warm water and sponge this all
over her. Her hair coat dries silky soft and she quits itching. Works
for her.
92. The bug guard towelettes we had last summer work
great on the horse’s ears and around their eyes.
93. When I
have to band (braid) their manes I use the Techniques Oil Sheen. It
seems to help hold the braids a lot better and they don't try to rub
them out.
94. The dry end serum works great in their tails as a
detangler. Everything I have mentioned here I use faithfully on our
show horses. The products are a heck of a lot cheaper than actual
horse products. People see me using these products at the horse shows
and start inquiring about them. I usually let them take my bottles
and try them on their horses at the show, which usually ends up in a
sale for me.
AUTOMOBILE
USES
95.
It removes tar spots from the car without damage to the paint.
96.
Use it to clean vinyl dashboards, seats, and tops. It not only
cleans, but also keeps it soft and helps to prevent any cracking.
97. After washing your car, use it as a tire dressing to keep
them looking like new. 98. Put some on a small washcloth and leave in
the car to help keep the air fresh and clean.
99. Wipe down vinyl
surfaces inside your car. Cleans nicely and removes smoke odors left
by cigarette smokers.
100. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil
from skin and nonporous surfaces (great for Mechanic's Hands).
101.
It removes tree sap.
102. Prior to traveling...rub SSS on
headlights and grill. It makes insects and bugs easier to remove.
103. Shines vehicle tires
104. Open a towelette and use as an
automotive air freshener.
*SSS
bath oil is approved by the FDA/CDA only as a bath oil. Avon makes no
claims of these uses.
Andrea Stansbury
