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This Campaign's specials:

1. 62 Uses for Avon Bubble Bath

2. SPF and Avon Sun

3. Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil - Much much more than just a Bath oil!

4. Even More Uses for Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil!

ANGELA'S BUBBLE BATH USES

courtesy Angela's Avon

1. Zillions of bubbles that leave NO bath tub ring.

2. Does a beautiful job on washing cars, mobile homes, RVs, and boats.

3. Use as a laundry detergent. You won't need fabric softener.

4. Use for hand washing delicates.

5. Use for pre-soak on heavily soiled laundry - Great for ring around the collar and greasy work clothes.

6. Use to wash windows.

7. Use to wash appliances.

8. Use to wash no wax floors.

9. Use to wash dishes.

10. Use to give pets a bath (along with SSS).

11. Clean bathroom fixtures and mirrors.

12. Use to shampoo carpets (whole room or a spot).

13. Use to wash walls and ceilings.

14. Use bubbles and sponge to shampoo furniture or vehicle interiors.

15. Cleans chandeliers and light fixtures.

16. Cleans china, windows, etc (all glass).

17. Wash your plant leaves, they will shine. Then pour into soil as a fertilizer.

18. Upholstery stains come out by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in full strength bubble bath. Do not wet the sponge with water. Water may leave a stain, the bubble bath won't.

19. Clean your jewelry - even costume jewelry.

20. Splatter grease (butter too) on a good blouse? Put straight bubble bath on the spot, let sit a few minutes and wash. No spots!

21. Wash Venetian blinds.

22. Wash paneling - no rinsing, no streaks.

23. Clean your eye glasses.

24. Put some bubble bath and a bit of water in your potpourri burner.

25. Clean your painted or real wood cupboards.

26. Refill for liquid soap, mild on hands (add a touch of Skin So Soft Bath Oil).

27. Hair Shampoo.

28. Inside and outside the refrigerator - easy to wipe off and gets rid of odors.

29. Polishes all chrome household fixtures - alkali won't mark.

30. Cleans bathroom vanity and ceramic tiles - No water marks.

31. Cleans combs and brushes - leaves no residue.

32. Add to the children's wading pool, makes for great summer fun and keeps the pool and the kids clean too!!

33. Use in the garage to test tires or gas lines for leaks.

34. Add to cleaning water for cars, aluminum or vinyl siding, campers or trailers - repels dust.

35. On cars leaves a protective wax like coating - water marks wash off!

36. Laundry:-Removes stains-Use instead of harsh detergents- 1 or 2 capfuls.

37. Cold water wash-WOOLITE replacement-great for lingerie.

38. Mop floors-cuts through many shoe marks (mix one capful with ½ sink of warm water).

39. Remove wax build up-use straight from bottle with scouring pad, wipe with dry towel.

40. Leaves fresh clean smell, from room to room different fragrances.

41. Leaves TV screen clean - no streaking - wipe with dry cloth.

42. Wash and clean cabinets in any room of home.

43. Great cleanser for mini blinds-helps keep then longer.

44. Great all around cleanser-no rinsing, just wipe with dry cloth.

45. Great for lawns. Fill plastic container with water and 1 or 2 ribs of Avon bubble bath then attach to garden hose and water lawn.

46. Excellent to water your flowers etc in the garden. Use the same as for your grass above.

47. Appliances-use on outside to cut kitchen grease.

48. Eliminates bath ring - great companion to SSS Bath Oil. Dries tub to clean shine.

49. Wipe and clean furniture.

50. Windows, shower doors, etc. Leaves coating that greatly reduces ALKALI MARKS and build up can be easily rinsed off.

51. Crystal.

52. After you've washed stuffed toys with this stuff, you'll hesitate to use anything else. Dry the toy inside a pillow case that has been knotted closed, and the toy comes out as close to new-looking as it will ever get.

52. Can be used as a baby shampoo.

53. Use as a bath or shower gel.

54. Use as face cleaner.

55. Also you can use it to wash pantyhose, hand washables.

56. For snails -- equal parts of water & bubble bath -- spray on flowers -- spray on ONLY AROUND SOIL in eatable garden areas.

57. One of my customers used it to lift wood stain off a carpet (I guess this falls into the it takes all kinds department since most people would protect the flooring with a sheet of plastic or something before staining a piece of furniture, or take the dark thing into a garage or something).

58. Several years ago we changed the kitchen sink from stainless steel to this almond coloured thing with a bit of a textured bottom surface. BIG MISTAKE. Had I known how much work it would be to keep it clean I never would have bought it. Well I don't always have the time or energy to keep after it and the floor of the sink sort of became embedded with tiny bits of dirt (yech!). I tried every cleaner I have in the house including the bubble bath and scrubbed like the dickens. Nothing worked. Then I had a brain wave and added baking soda to the bubble bath making a paste - ta-da, I had discovered a slightly abrasive heavy duty cleaner that worked where nothing else had.

59. Last year someone recommended a cream style liquid furniture polish. I'd always used an oil but figured I'd give it a try. This was almost as dumb a move as the kitchen sink was because this expensive crap left a pale grey haze on the furniture that wouldn't come off. I went into a place that finishes unfinished furniture and they told me that the cream polish and the oil polish had created a chemical bond and that the only way to get it off was to strip and refinish the furniture - not my idea of a fun way to spend the summer. I figured I had nothing to lose and tried the bubble bath, thinning it with just a bit of water. It took about 4 or 5 applications over several weeks and things certainly got worse before they got better. After the first application, all the table tops were kind of gummy and I could see every paw print on every piece of furniture and I could've cried. But the bubble bath had obviously done something so I kept at it and after about a month of weekly applications the grey film was gone.

60. For removing gum I discovered that if you pour on a good glob of liquid detergent (I used Avon bubble bath) and rub it and rinse with cold water (repeat if necessary) it will all come out.

61. The Avon bubble bath works great at removing all types of stains from carpet. It will even take out red wine stains. I use it all the time in my carpet cleaner. It comes out really clean (no soap residue) and it smells really nice too.

62. Beanie Babies: My daughter had melted chocolate on her Maple and I used Avon Bubble bath (vanilla) and just dipped a toothbrush into it and rubbed very lightly. It all came off, didn't smear and looks great. Do not use much and don't soak it with water. Use a clean white face cloth to sort of rub it dry and then brush it lightly with a clean toothbrush to get the nap looking like new.

What does SPF mean?

If you usually start to burn after 10 minutes, applying an SPF 15 will protect you for about 150 minutes (10X 15); applying an SPF 30 sunscreen will protect you for about 300 minutes (10 X 30).

The main difference between SPF 15 and SPF 30 is that you may have to reapply SPF 15 more often than SPF 30.

Remember to apply sun care lotion 15 minutes before sun exposure and to also reapply on dry skin after swimming or excessive perspiring.

To have complete sun care protection you need what is referred to as Broad Spectrum products. These will protect you against burning and aging. Products containing Parsol 1789 give you the maximum UVA protection.

New Avon Sun product for kids:

Avon Sun Kids Disappearing Colour Sunblock Cream - SPF 30

Existing Avon Sun Kids High Protection Sunblock Lotion SPF 40 is now in a tube. 

New Avon Sun Self-Tanning products:

Avon Sun Self-Tanning Cream For The Face

Avon Sun Self-Tanning Spray Lotion

What protection do our Avon Sun and Sun Seekers products provide?

Avon Sun products:

Sunseekers:

DID YOU KNOW that AVON’s SKIN-SO-SOFT Bath Oil is more than just a bath oil?

Our customers tell us it is also good for the following uses:

1.   It’s a super bath oil and is sold only as a bath oil.

2.   It’s an after shower moisturizer.

3.   It can be used to remove makeup.

4.   It’s a suntan oil (no sunscreen).

5.   Pour a little in the water of your foot saver to help moisturize your feet while you relax them.

6.   It’s a hot oil treatment to soften nails.

7.   It’s a good massage oil for those overworked, sore muscles.

8.   It’s a good insect repellant for people and their pets and good flea deterrent, as recommended in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines, Harrowsmith magazine, and featured on CSC Marketplace (1989) and by “Dear Abby”; also given as a gift to participants on “The Price is Right’ (1990).

9.   It helps relieve itching caused by insect bites and dry skin.

10. Sponge it on screens and around doors and windows to keep crawling bugs, as well as flies and mosquitoes, out.

11. It’s a good wood cleaner, conditioner and polish for natural wood. Cuts grease and dirt from kitchen cabinets with ease; polishes furniture.  

12. It removes chewing gun from hair, skin, and most non-porous surfaces.

13. It removes glue and gun left from price tags and labels from glass, metal and most plastics.

14. It cleans tape marks from skin left by bandages.

15. It cleans ink from skin and most vinyl and painted surfaces.

16. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil from skin and non-porous surfaces (great for mechanics’ hands!) -- even from Ultra Suede!

17. It removes soap scum from shower doors, shower curtains, windows, and bathroom and kitchen fixtures.

18. It removes lime and hard water deposits from windows, fixtures, shower doors and tile.

19. It removes tar spots from car finishes without damaging paint finish.

20. It’s an oil Lubricant for fitting pipe joints that won’t slip together as easily as they used to.

21. It removes paint and stain from skin—much gentler than turpentine!

22. It cleans point brushes easily, and leaves them as soft as new.

23. It removes gun from carpets.

24. It cuts grease and dirt from range hoods.  

25. It removes scuff marks from patent leather shoes.

26. It removes candle wax from furniture, carpeting, and clothing.

27. It removes Liquid Nail (panelling glue).

28. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a little SKIN-SO-SOFT down the sides and they’ll come apart easily—no breakage!

29. It removes “ring around the collar”.

30. Wipe down vinyl surfaces inside your car. Cleans them nicely, and removes smoke odor left behind by cigarette smokers.

31. Extra benefit—while using it to clean, etc., it leaves your hands soft and smooth—unlike other harsh cleaners!

 CAN YOU THINK OF ANY MORE?

SKIN-SO-SOFT BATH OIL comes in a 120 ml non-aerosol spray or in a 173 or 350 ml recyclable plastic bottle.

SKIN-SO-SOFT HAND AND BODY LOTION is available in a 240 ml bottle and in single bars of soap. There are also usually shower gels available in the Skin-So-Soft line.

More Uses for Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil

courtesy Angela's Avon

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 Skin-So-Soft 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 caps full 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 non-porous 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 window sill with towelettes to keep ants out.
24. (LICE) Sometimes, using a bath oil, like Avon's Skin So Soft, 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 Skin-So-Soft bath oil spray. I did and it eliminated the psoriasis on my elbows.
26. Bath use, fill bath with water and a little skin so soft, very relaxing and gets rid of dry skin.

HOUSEHOLD USES:

1. Sponge it around doors, windows, and on screens to keep crawling bugs out.
2. It's a good wood cleaner and conditioner for natural wood.
3. It removes glue and gum left from price tags and labels from glass, metals, and most plastics.
4. It removes soap scum from shower doors and curtains, and bathroom and kitchen figures.
5. It removes lime and hard water deposits from fixtures, tile, shower doors and windows.
6. It's an oil lubricant for fitting pipe joints that won't slip together.
7. It cleans ink off most vinyl and painted surfaces.
8. It cleans heavy oil and grease from non-porous surfaces.
9. It takes fur off of clothing.
10. Rub on brass ornaments or figurines to help keep them from turning dark.
11. Removes crayon from appliances and most painted surfaces.
12. Wash cupboards with it mixed in your cleaning water to keep ants off and out of the cupboards.
13. 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.

14. Use it to clean leather, it will also keep it soft and supple.
15. Use it on your air conditioning screen (filter)--your incoming air will smell fresher and the filter is easier to clean.
16. Rub all over window sills to keep ants out.
17. It cleans paint brushes easily and leaves them soft as new.
18. It removes gum from carpets.
19. It removes scuff marks from patent leather shoes.
20. Use it on running rails for sliding glass doors and windows.
21. It removes "ring around the collar".
22. It removes liquid nail (panelling glue).
23. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a little SSS down the sides and they'll come apart easily.
24. It removes candle wax from furniture, carpets and clothing.
25. Hummingbird Feeders: To deter bees try rubbing SSS on the feeder surface by the feeder ports.
26. 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!!!
27. It is a great furniture polish!
28. Ok, we have a new use for SSS bath oil. Put it in one of the bottles that you attach to your backyard hose and then spray down the back yard! Will cut down on ants, mosquitoes and other creepy crawlies.
29. 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.

30. Kills spiders.
31. It cuts grease and cleans dirt from range hoods.
32. Add a capful to wash water of clothes...acts as a fabric softener and keeps the bugs off clothes.
33. Spray on orchids and other flowers for moisture and to keep bugs away.
34. Cleans baseball caps. Just spray on and rub with toothbrush.
35. 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.
36. SSS bath oil also does a great job cleaning cherry wood cabinets.
37. Put a little in your mopping water to help keep crawling bugs out. (Not too much or the floor gets slippery.)
38. Use to clean windows.
39. Removes crayon from most surfaces.
40. It's a great insect repellent (or you can use Bug Guard, the actual SSS repellent)
41. Screens can be lightly sprayed with SSS to repel no-see-'ums and tiny gnats that otherwise might slip though the screens.
42. It will kill those pesky earwigs. Spray it on & they don't return to life.
43. Also if you ever make candles, use clear wax and melt put skin so soft in it and harden works great for out side in the summer.
44. As a deodorizer, spray into air and let settle, kills those nasty pet orders.
45. 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:

1. It's a great insect repellent for your pet. (as recommended in "Outdoor Life" and "Field and Stream")
2. 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.
3. Mix in your pet's bath water. It takes the fleas off of them.....and in between spray them with the same mixture as in #2 to help keep them off.
4. Rub on your hands before and after working with your pets and farm animals. It will remove the strong smells.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. If your dog should get tar or asphalt on the pads of their feet rub on SSS and then wipe off.
8. 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.
9. Flea Repellent: Avon's Skin So Soft 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.
10. Does anyone use the Avon Skin So Soft bath oil on their 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 apparent since she is black. Since I started using that product, her dandruff and itchiness have 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 and so does she.
11. I use the following on my horses and on my dogs when necessary.
1 cup Avon Skin So Soft 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 mosquitoes too but really makes your dog greasy.

12. (Barns) Use of an inexpensive fly control spray or a diluted mix of 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.
13. Rub on your hands before and after working with pets and farm animals, takes away pet odor.
14. 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.
15. 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!
16. Cats: SSS IS SAFE FOR FUR LICKING -------The SSS plus is safe as long as it is the one without sunscreen.
17. 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

1. 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!
2. 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.
3. 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 haircoat dries silky soft and she quits itching. Works for her.
4. The bug guard towellettes we had last summer work great on the horses' ears and around their eyes.
5. 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.
6. 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

1. It removes tar spots from the car without damage to the paint.
2. Use it to clean vinyl dashboards, seats, and tops. It not only cleans, but keeps it soft and helps to prevent any cracking.
3. After washing your car, use it as a tire dressing to keep them looking like new.
4. Put some on a small washcloth and leave in the car to help keep the air fresh and clean.
5. Wipe down vinyl surfaces inside your car. Cleans nicely and removes smoke odours left by cigarette smokers.
6. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil from skin and non-porous surfaces (great for Mechanic's Hands).
7. It removes tree sap.
8. Prior to travelling...rub SSS on headlights and grill. It makes insects and bugs easier to remove.
9. Shines vehicle tires
10. Open a towelette and use as an automotive air freshener.

*Skin-So-Soft bath oil is approved by the FDA/CDA only as a bath oil. This list of uses comes from Angela and her customers. Avon makes no claims for these uses.

Webmaster's note:  Several other Avon products are mentioned in some of the SSS Uses.  These products I suspect are available only in the States as I cannot recall having seen them here in Canada.

Last update: May 11, 2002

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