Avon !

I am sure someone mentioned in the forums not so long ago, that there was a certain Avon product that repelled insects!. Having been bitten on the back of my right hand a few days ago, my hand decided it was going to swell up like a small football, so if this stuff works I'm going to buy ten gallons of it. It was a good job I'm ambidextrous when it comes to lifting beer glasses

Skin So Soft.

It works. And my skin is now so soft.....

Where are you planning to use this? It's fine for the UK but not Africa.

And not for Spain.

No, no! That's Mild Green Fairy Liquid.. "Hands that do dishes can be soft as your face with........"

Autan is what you need and that's made by Johnson Wax

Ok Cliff my wife suffers from bites a lot here in Spain so if you can go to the pharmacist get this cream, HIDROCISDIN don't know if you will need a prescription but it works for her.
Jack.

Jungle Formula (contains DEET) works for me. Dunno who it's made by, Fyffes probably .

Wash your hands after using DEET - it eats plastic!

If yo can get away with Skin So Soft do so. It is good against most mozzies midges and noseeums.
don't rely on it against mosquitoes which carry malaria or the like - then you need DEET. DEET is toxic and should be used with care, and not on young children. There are different formulations of DEET - in the UK and northern Europe the lightest should be enough.

Hidrocisdin is a hydro cortisone cream - another big gun to use against the itch - doesn't stop the bite in the first place tough. Plenty of after bite creams available not involving cortisone which is a steroid.

If I do get bitten I use After Bite which is 35% Ammonia. Smells awful but works like a charm. It's an alkali so no use against alkali stings like a bee sting (I think). The alkali neutralises the acid content in most stings/bites.

I might have that the wrong way round but you get my meaning I hope.

A couple of years ago I got stung for the very first, and only, time in my (almost) 60 years by a wasp. After bite stopped all the associated itching.

The Scottish Highland midges are a real pest in the summer. And you get them in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, south of the Scottish Border too. Year ago I was told by a barman in the wilds of Wester Ross that the power linesmen working on the electricity company power lines in the Highlands use Avon Skin So Soft to repel them. So John was right.
Probably works on photographers as well as the power men.
david

Thanks for that John, I`ll see if the wife has any in her collection. (she has more stock than Boots!)

Just here in the UK Gareth, no trips abroad planned for this year.Had Autan on when I got Bitten, little B......s loved it!. Thanks anyway

Thanks Peter, Gwen ans Jack, for the info,much appreciated. Guess I must have very sweet blood or something, or insects love alcohol

Yer scot midges are a real pain!!
Ime sure they carry mini jack hammers and radioactive suits round with em

My lady love's field crew swore by Skin So Soft. It kept various South Carolina bugs at bay!

some places and times in Canada Products like Muskol 98% deet is the only thing that works...
but when bugs aren't so bad, you gotta worry about excessive bloodloss...
I try to down enough booze to get my blood alcohol levels high enough to seriously impare their ability to fly, and hope the little f#$$kers crash.

Sound like sensible advice to me Don, I`ll try that