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louculhane | 20:44 Tue 25th Jun 2013 | Home & Garden
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Please please please help, I live in rural ireland and we are inundated wit midges. I cant enjoy my garden as I am being eaten alive. Has anyone got a tried and tested solution! I would be so grateful. Thanks louise. X
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Apparently Avon's Skin so Soft keeps the little sods at bay.

http://avonshop.co.uk/beauty/b/bath-and-body/skin-so-soft.html
Oil of lavender helps(wear it like perfume) and citronella candles help a bit.
light a fire--with plenty of smoke
Call snow white and tell her to take her midgets outta there
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I agree with 2sp.
Avon's skin so soft works very well
I've heard some really good reports about this lou

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smidge-That-Midge-Insect-Repellent/dp/B00413715E
Avon skin so soft. The original dry oil body spray. I use it every day between April and October as I got sick and tired of being bitten to death every summer. Now, instead of having maybe 30 bites at a time I get one or two a summer. A vast improvement!
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Cheers guys, im off to the avon website!!
I've been wearing a sun screen with a built-in insect repellent, and so far, no bites!
Avon not available any more in Rep of Ireland.....out of business
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Thanks a mil mazie and spud queen. Will definitely look up both of these and keep you posted :) x
The Avon tip is good but if the little beggars do get to you try "Anthisan" cream to get rid of the itch. It's an antihistamine which sooths really quickly. you can get it in most chemists.
Take up smoking a pipe.
another source of "Smidge" :
http://www.glasgowscoutshop.com/acatalog/Smidge-Insect-Repelant-7764.html#SID=132
excellent mail order service.
"Avon not available any more in Rep of Ireland.....out of business "

No matter - you can always buy skin so soft from sites like eBay, that's where I bought my last lot.
Eat some Marmite, midges hate it
Hmm, I wonder if there's any midge in my ancestry. :)
Loads of Avon stuff on Amazon...
Avon's Skin So Soft didn't work for me and it's not actually marketed as a repellent. I use Boots own repellent which has 50% DEET in it, the stuff the Aussies use. (Its the silver can not the yellow can which only has 25% DEET i think). It's very strong and feels a bit gloopy when on but trust me nothing gets through it. Plus you can get it mch easier and quicker than online.

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