Pamper yourself with Skin So Soft Original Bath Oil. This jojoba infused luxury bath oil helps your skin and mind with its uplifting botanical and herbal scent. Stay radiant by using our moisturizing bath oil during your bath and shower. Take your skin from dry to soft, smooth, and touchable with Skin So Soft moisture locking formula. Sponge Skin So Soft Bath Oil around doors, windows, and on screens to keep crawling bugs out. Your Skin So Soft Bath Oil spray is a good wood cleaner and conditioner for natural wood. Skin So Soft Bath Oil removes glue and gum left from price tags.
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Although Avon's Skin So Soft was originally a bath oil, many people have found it useful for other applications, including use as a household cleaner. Since its introduction, Avon has expanded the bath oil to an entire line that today includes insect repellent, body oil and deodorant.
Cosmetic Uses
While Avon today offers a variety of Skin So Soft products, it is the original bath oil that seems the most versatile. Among its additional uses are as a makeup remover and as a tanning oil. Be aware, though, that Skin So Soft offers no sunscreen protection. It does soothe sunburns. It also hydrates hands and softens cuticles.
Pet Uses
Skin So Soft can be sprayed on your dog to help heal his dry skin. It can make your dog's coat shiny, too. Skin So Soft can be used to keep fleas off your dog -- briefly -- after a flea bath. Simply dilute the Skin So Soft with water and rinse your dog with it after you've given him a bath with flea shampoo. Be sure to rinse the flea shampoo from your dog before applying the Skin So Soft solution.
Insect Repellant
Skin So Soft bath oil is sometimes used as an insect repellent for humans, although its effectiveness is questionable. University of Florida researches found that Skin So Soft repels mosquitoes for about 10 minutes.
Cleanser and Polisher
The original Skin So Soft can be used as an all-purpose polish for wood surfaces. It can be used in your car as a dashboard cleaner/polish and on any other interior hard surface. Skin So Soft can be used in the kitchen to dissolve grease and in the bathroom to dissolve soap scum. It also can clean paint from brushes, sponges and hands.
Other Uses
Other uses for the original Skin So Soft bath oil include spraying it on door or cabinet joints to lubricate them. It removes sticky residue left on skin from bandages and also glue residue on metal and plastic. Spray Skin So Soft on your car's headlights, and wipe away dirt and insects.
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Avon's Skin So Soft is a popular line with varying uses and fragrances. It is designed to soften the skin. Many have used the original scented body oil as a mosquito repellent, and now Avon has introduced a Skin So Soft bug spray line. The ingredients in the original Skin So Soft product are soothing and pleasantly scented.
Natural Ingredients
The original Skin So Soft has just a few ingredients, so the chances of allergic reaction are slim. The main ingredients listed are mineral oil, fragrance and carrot seed oil. This is the basis of the bath oil, with two oils as a base and the fragrance to impart a pleasant aroma.
BHT
BHT, or butylated hydroxytoluene, is an antioxidant food additive that has been studied for its antiviral properties. It is used to keep fats from turning rancid, acting as a preservative in Skin So Soft. It will react to free radicals and keep them from oxidizing and changing the color of products to which is added.
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isopropyl palmitate, derived from isopropyl alcohol, is a palm-based emollient used to improve the moisturizing effects of Skin So Soft. It is both odorless and oily.
Dicapryl Adipate
Dicapryl adipate is a synthetic property that is derived from fatty acids and used as a moisturizer in Skin So Soft. This emollient can soothe and soften the skin leaving it less dry and flaky.
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate is a synthetic product that is used as an emulsifier. It is sometimes abbreviated DSS, and a form of it is used as a oral laxative. As a topical, it disperses the application—in this case the bath oil in Skin So Soft—across the skin easily.