Avon Skin-So-Soft Guard Plus Mosquito Repellent

I had the opportunity in Papua New Guinea to test out a couple of natural safe mosquito repellents. I am not one to take malaria tablets due to their side effects and I go running when I see a DEET-based mosquito repellent. While some might think this is irresponsible, I simply don’t like to ingest unnatural crap and I’m certainly not going to slather my body with toxic oils or creams.

The first mosquito repellent I tried was Avon’s Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Plus. I had heard for years that Avon Skin-So-Soft was a great mosquito repellent. I kept forgetting to pick this up before a trip because it’s not something you can buy in a store. Knowing that I was going to mosquito-infested PNG, I remembered to order it ahead of time and was ecstatic to have found it on Amazon. By the way, it appears to be on sale at the moment for about $4. Don’t pass up THAT great price!

I know that it works because I only put it on after I first got bitten (I know, don’t give me a hard time about that, please) in the Mt. Hagen region. It goes on more like a moisturizing lotion than a bug repellent so it’s actually quite pleasant. While it’s lightly scented, there’s absolutely no lingering unpleasant smell. And once I did cover my arms, legs and feet in it, not a mosquito bothered me. It has the added bonus of being SPF 30.

Available as both a lotion and spray on Amazon.