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Avon Hints and Tips (Part 4)
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Some basic info about AVON.
To join up - contact Avon and you will be allocated an area manager/sales leader who will come out and visit you, give you more information and sign you up - sales leaders are generally easier to contact and provide more help but all comes down to who you get!
You pay a £15 sign up fee when joining, you pay this over the first two campaigns and covers the admin costs and the brochures (which ASM/SL should supply to you)
NOTE: You MUST declare your earnings as you are classed as being self employed whether actually employed, self employed or on benefits already. You can be fined for not doing so and AVON does advise you to sign up as self employed.
Newly self-employed tax helpline: 0845 915 4515
What is Avon: A catalogue with toiletries/makeup/beauty items/some clothes/accessories. A rep orders for customers and earns commission on all items sold.
Reps buy the catalogues from avonand canvass friends and family,neghbours, workplaces and local streets/local businesss for orders.
(books come in packs of five - three packs are around £4.86 and each additional pack is about 48p each) Other costs would be bags for orders - paperbags are very cheap and can be ordered through Hello Tomorrow(HT).
Territory is usally an area (local streets) assigned by your ASM/SL where you can go out and canvass - drop brochures off/door knock to find new customers - its worth going round and seeing if anyone is interested. (check hints and tips for more info).
Warning re Territory - although you maybe allocated territory by your upliner (ASM/SL), it is possible to find someone else dropping books on your territory. This is because they think no one is doing it, have friends and family there or have been mistakenly told by their ASM/SL it is available. Just contact your ASM/SL with details of the other Rep and explain that you have already been allocated this territory.
Plastic bags are often used for delivering books, so that people can leave them outside to be collected - we tend to use sandwich freezer bags - good places to get these include pound shops, supermarkets, ebay.
To get commission of 20% there is usually a minimum order value of around £78 and for 25% its around £146.
A campaign is a brochure (18 over a year) that runs for three weeks - dates for various campaigns differ all over the country. You can backorder the last brochure, ie in Campaign 12 you order from current brochure and from brochure 11 if there are better deals! (see below for tips).
Reps also recieve a preview catalogue (Hello Tomorrow) (HT) that is usually two campaigns ahead and has information on the products that will be available at reduced prices, so that you can demonstrate to customers, also has lots of information about products, tips, and special offers/reduced section.
You order items every three weeks and its usually delivered around a week later, to your prefered delivery address by a local courier company - will vary locally.
You have 10 days after order to pay for items - plenty of time to deliver and get money from customers. Variety of ways to do this. (you only need to pay upfront if on your first campaign you get orders over £200 - as you have this credit limit for first time).
Returns can be made and there's a process for going through them, easiest way is to claim a credit while completing your order online, and then print off the necessary forms and follow instructions for returning via courier (pack up items with forms inside and get it stamped by delivery driver).
Now for the Tips/Hints
keep good records of customers and what they buy, and you can then concentrate your efforts where you'll get the most return.
The most fruitful way of selling is through the workplace - try and get Manager's permission first to avoid any trouble.
Put the brochures through the doors in a freezer bag, with a note saying if they don't want to order then leave it on their doorstep on such and such a date as you will be back to collect it.
When ordering, because you are usually running two campaigns at the same time, some things will be cheaper in the other brochure so by ordering smartly you can maximise any earnings.
Try engaging in a bit of conversation with the customer. This means that when you give them the brochure with the delivery you can draw their attention to any special offers etc.
Have half your customers on the current brochure and half on the one behind, that way you are using your books twice.
Order everything online
Mention avon to everyone you know! Friends, family seem to be great for ordering.
Put a note in the message box of the order form to say a "free gift for orders of £20 or over". Then buy an item for £1 or under (so you spend £1 to gain £4 or more commission), from the clearance part of HT or from the back or current brochure.
Save up bits and pieces from special offers and freebies.
Offer a free gift, if they refer a friend who places an order.
Offer mystery free item or a certain product free when friend spends x amount.
Include your email addresss and mobile number for queries and late orders.
Have a dedicated email address for avon orders.
Look through the customer order and cross referencing it with the book to check that the customer has not missed out on an offer with a product they have bought. If it is buy 1 and get 1 free or they have ordered something which is cheaper in a set, order the extra and write them a note on delivery stating the reason for the extra items.
Party Hints and Tips
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=30481287&postcount=20301
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=29400789&postcount=11622
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=29400161&postcount=1160
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=32671767&postcount=1744
If you click on the links above, this will lead you to posts where people have given ideas for a Party or useful tips for hosting a party.
Elliebee's Hints and Tips
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=27536433&postcount=68
100 Uses for Skin So Soft Original Body Spray
100+ uses for SKIN- SO- SOFT
[Put your contact details here before giving to your customers]
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-pour us 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. Shampoo hair a couple of times to get the oil out, but the lice should be gone and stay gone!
20. It kills ants instantly.
21. Spray on skin to relieve dry itching skin. Helps skin retain its 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. Sometimes, using 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. Psoriasis on elbows. Try Avon's Skin-So-Soft bath oil spray on affected areas.
26. Bath use, fill bath with water and a little skin so soft, very relaxing and gets rid of dry skin.
HOUSEHOLD USES:
27. Sponge it around doors, windows, and on screens to keep crawling bugs out.
28. It's a good wood cleaner and conditioner for natural wood.
29. It removes glue and gum left from price tags and labels from glass, metals, and most plastics.
30. It removes soap scum from shower doors and curtains, and bathroom and kitchen figures.
31. It removes lime and hard water deposits from fixtures, tile, shower doors and windows.
32. It's an oil lubricant for fitting pipe joints that won't slip together.
33. It cleans ink off most vinyl and painted surfaces.
34. It cleans heavy oil and grease from non-porous surfaces.
35. It takes fur off off clothing.
36. Rub on brass ornaments or figurines to help keep them from turning dark.
37. Removes crayon from appliances and most painted surfaces.
38. Wash cupboards with it mixed in your cleaning water to keep ants off and out of the cupboards.
39. 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.
40. Use it to clean leather, it will also keep it soft and supple.
41. Use it on your air conditioning screen (filter)--your incoming air will smell fresher and the filter is easier to clean.
42. Rub all over window sills to keep ants out
43. It cleans paint brushes easily and leaves them soft as new.
44. It removes gum from carpets.
45. It removes scuff marks from patent leather shoes.
46. Use it on running rails for sliding glass doors and windows.
47. It removes "ring around the collar".
48. It removes liquid nail (paneling glue).
49. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a little S.S.S down the sides and they'll come apart easily.
50. It removes candle wax from furniture, carpets and clothing.
51. Hummingbird Feeders: To deter bees try rubbing SSS on the feeder surface by the feeder ports.
52. Maggots too!! You squirt SSS in can and lid, then later flushed with soapy water, you shouldn't have any bugs in cans rest of summer!!!
53. It is a great furniture polish!
54. Put it in one of those 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.
55. Spray it on rose bushes to keep the deer from eating them, (used at the cemeteries on the flowers for the same reason).
56. Kills spiders.
57. It cuts grease and cleans dirt from range hoods.
58. Add a capful to wash water of clothes...acts as a fabric softener and keeps the bugs off clothes.
59. Spray on orchids and other flowers for moisture and to keep bugs away.
60. Cleans baseball caps. Just spray on and rub with toothbrush.
61. Tomato Plants. Mix one part SSS and 2 parts water and spray on tomato plants to kept tomato worms off. Adding vinegar works fine too. Spray plants about every 2 or 3 days..
62. SSS bath oil also does a great job cleaning cherry wood cabinets.
63. Put a little in your mopping water to help keep crawling bugs out. (Not too much or the floor gets slippery.)
64. Use to clean windows.
65. Removes crayon from most surfaces.
66. It's a great insect repellent (or you can use Bug Guard, the actual SSS repellent)
67. Screens can be lightly sprayed with Avon "Skin-So-Soft" to repel no-see-'ums and tiny gnats that otherwise might slip though the screens.
68. Another use for SSS is it will kill those pesky earwigs. Spray it on & they don't return to life.
69. 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.
70. As a deodorizer, spray into air and let settle, kills those nasty pet orders.
71. 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:
72. It's a great insect repellent for your pet. (as recommended in "Outdoor Life" and "Field and Stream")
73. Mix 5 parts water, 1 part SSS and mist on animals. Brushing it in makes their coats gleam and keeps insects off (Great for Show animals).
74. Mix in your pet's bath water to remove fleas and in between spray them with the same mixture as above to help keep them at bay.
75. Rub on your hands before and after working with your pets and farm animals. It will remove the strong smells.
76. 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.
77. For dog's 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.
78. If your dog should get tar or asphalt on the pads of their feet rub on SSS and then wipe off.
79. Flea Bath: Use a flea and tick shampoo. 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.
80. 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.
81. Chow Dogs. Many chows have very dry and flaky skin. The SSS can help dandruff and itchiness and make hair shiny and smooth. It also serves as a great flea and tick protector.
82. Another Insect Repellent Recipe for Pets: 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.
83. Barns. Use of an inexpensive fly control spray or a diluted mix of Avon Skin- So-Soft 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.
84. Rub on your hands before and after working with pets and farm animals, takes away pet odor.
85. A natural way to help cats with flea problems and flea allergies is to rub Skin So Soft into the skin. Fleas don't like it!
86. Cats: SSS IS SAFE FOR FUR LICKING
The SSS plus is safe as long as it is the one without sunscreen.
87. Pet’s with Sensitive Skin: Don't overuse the SSS. Just use the lotion, and rub it into the skin, not more than every few days.
88. SSS can be used as a hoof polish. Put’s a nice shine to the hoof without drying it. The farrier's wife will appreciate this one!
89. SSS can be used on pet accessories such as collars to shine them up.
SKIN-SO-SOFT (and other product) USES FOR HORSES
90. Horses with dry skin: Bathe like normal and then I put a capful of SSS in a 5 gallon bucket of warm water and sponge this all over. Their hair coat dries silky soft and stops itching.
91. The bug guard towelletes we had last summer work great on the horse's ears and around their eyes.
92. When banding (braiding) their manes use the Techniques Oil Sheen. It seems to help hold the braids a lot better and they don't try to rub them out.
93. The dry end serum works great in their tails as a detangler. The products are a heck of a lot cheaper than actual horse products.
AUTOMOBILE USES:
94. It removes tar spots from the car without damage to the paint.
95. Use it to clean vinyl dashboards, seats, and tops. It not only cleans, but keeps it soft and helps to prevent any cracking.
96. After washing your car, use it as a tire dressing to keep them looking like new.
97. Put some on a small washcloth and leave in the car to help keep the air fresh and clean.
98. Wipe down vinyl surfaces inside your car. Cleans nicely and removes smoke odors left by cigarette smokers.
99. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil from skin and non-porous surfaces (great for Mechanic's Hands).
100. It removes tree sap.
101. Prior to traveling...rub SSS on headlights and grill. It makes insects and bugs easier to remove.
102. Shines vehicle tires
103. Open a towlette 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 customers. Avon makes no claims to these uses, nor have they.
Some basic info about AVON.
To join up - contact Avon and you will be allocated an area manager/sales leader who will come out and visit you, give you more information and sign you up - sales leaders are generally easier to contact and provide more help but all comes down to who you get!
You pay a £15 sign up fee when joining, you pay this over the first two campaigns and covers the admin costs and the brochures (which ASM/SL should supply to you)
NOTE: You MUST declare your earnings as you are classed as being self employed whether actually employed, self employed or on benefits already. You can be fined for not doing so and AVON does advise you to sign up as self employed.
Newly self-employed tax helpline: 0845 915 4515
What is Avon: A catalogue with toiletries/makeup/beauty items/some clothes/accessories. A rep orders for customers and earns commission on all items sold.
Reps buy the catalogues from avonand canvass friends and family,neghbours, workplaces and local streets/local businesss for orders.
(books come in packs of five - three packs are around £4.86 and each additional pack is about 48p each) Other costs would be bags for orders - paperbags are very cheap and can be ordered through Hello Tomorrow(HT).
Territory is usally an area (local streets) assigned by your ASM/SL where you can go out and canvass - drop brochures off/door knock to find new customers - its worth going round and seeing if anyone is interested. (check hints and tips for more info).
Warning re Territory - although you maybe allocated territory by your upliner (ASM/SL), it is possible to find someone else dropping books on your territory. This is because they think no one is doing it, have friends and family there or have been mistakenly told by their ASM/SL it is available. Just contact your ASM/SL with details of the other Rep and explain that you have already been allocated this territory.
Plastic bags are often used for delivering books, so that people can leave them outside to be collected - we tend to use sandwich freezer bags - good places to get these include pound shops, supermarkets, ebay.
To get commission of 20% there is usually a minimum order value of around £78 and for 25% its around £146.
A campaign is a brochure (18 over a year) that runs for three weeks - dates for various campaigns differ all over the country. You can backorder the last brochure, ie in Campaign 12 you order from current brochure and from brochure 11 if there are better deals! (see below for tips).
Reps also recieve a preview catalogue (Hello Tomorrow) (HT) that is usually two campaigns ahead and has information on the products that will be available at reduced prices, so that you can demonstrate to customers, also has lots of information about products, tips, and special offers/reduced section.
You order items every three weeks and its usually delivered around a week later, to your prefered delivery address by a local courier company - will vary locally.
You have 10 days after order to pay for items - plenty of time to deliver and get money from customers. Variety of ways to do this. (you only need to pay upfront if on your first campaign you get orders over £200 - as you have this credit limit for first time).
Returns can be made and there's a process for going through them, easiest way is to claim a credit while completing your order online, and then print off the necessary forms and follow instructions for returning via courier (pack up items with forms inside and get it stamped by delivery driver).
Now for the Tips/Hints
keep good records of customers and what they buy, and you can then concentrate your efforts where you'll get the most return.
The most fruitful way of selling is through the workplace - try and get Manager's permission first to avoid any trouble.
Put the brochures through the doors in a freezer bag, with a note saying if they don't want to order then leave it on their doorstep on such and such a date as you will be back to collect it.
When ordering, because you are usually running two campaigns at the same time, some things will be cheaper in the other brochure so by ordering smartly you can maximise any earnings.
Try engaging in a bit of conversation with the customer. This means that when you give them the brochure with the delivery you can draw their attention to any special offers etc.
Have half your customers on the current brochure and half on the one behind, that way you are using your books twice.
Order everything online
Mention avon to everyone you know! Friends, family seem to be great for ordering.
Put a note in the message box of the order form to say a "free gift for orders of £20 or over". Then buy an item for £1 or under (so you spend £1 to gain £4 or more commission), from the clearance part of HT or from the back or current brochure.
Save up bits and pieces from special offers and freebies.
Offer a free gift, if they refer a friend who places an order.
Offer mystery free item or a certain product free when friend spends x amount.
Include your email addresss and mobile number for queries and late orders.
Have a dedicated email address for avon orders.
Look through the customer order and cross referencing it with the book to check that the customer has not missed out on an offer with a product they have bought. If it is buy 1 and get 1 free or they have ordered something which is cheaper in a set, order the extra and write them a note on delivery stating the reason for the extra items.
Party Hints and Tips
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=30481287&postcount=20301
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=29400789&postcount=11622
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=29400161&postcount=1160
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=32671767&postcount=1744
If you click on the links above, this will lead you to posts where people have given ideas for a Party or useful tips for hosting a party.
Elliebee's Hints and Tips
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=27536433&postcount=68
100 Uses for Skin So Soft Original Body Spray
100+ uses for SKIN- SO- SOFT
[Put your contact details here before giving to your customers]
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-pour us 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. Shampoo hair a couple of times to get the oil out, but the lice should be gone and stay gone!
20. It kills ants instantly.
21. Spray on skin to relieve dry itching skin. Helps skin retain its 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. Sometimes, using 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. Psoriasis on elbows. Try Avon's Skin-So-Soft bath oil spray on affected areas.
26. Bath use, fill bath with water and a little skin so soft, very relaxing and gets rid of dry skin.
HOUSEHOLD USES:
27. Sponge it around doors, windows, and on screens to keep crawling bugs out.
28. It's a good wood cleaner and conditioner for natural wood.
29. It removes glue and gum left from price tags and labels from glass, metals, and most plastics.
30. It removes soap scum from shower doors and curtains, and bathroom and kitchen figures.
31. It removes lime and hard water deposits from fixtures, tile, shower doors and windows.
32. It's an oil lubricant for fitting pipe joints that won't slip together.
33. It cleans ink off most vinyl and painted surfaces.
34. It cleans heavy oil and grease from non-porous surfaces.
35. It takes fur off off clothing.
36. Rub on brass ornaments or figurines to help keep them from turning dark.
37. Removes crayon from appliances and most painted surfaces.
38. Wash cupboards with it mixed in your cleaning water to keep ants off and out of the cupboards.
39. 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.
40. Use it to clean leather, it will also keep it soft and supple.
41. Use it on your air conditioning screen (filter)--your incoming air will smell fresher and the filter is easier to clean.
42. Rub all over window sills to keep ants out
43. It cleans paint brushes easily and leaves them soft as new.
44. It removes gum from carpets.
45. It removes scuff marks from patent leather shoes.
46. Use it on running rails for sliding glass doors and windows.
47. It removes "ring around the collar".
48. It removes liquid nail (paneling glue).
49. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a little S.S.S down the sides and they'll come apart easily.
50. It removes candle wax from furniture, carpets and clothing.
51. Hummingbird Feeders: To deter bees try rubbing SSS on the feeder surface by the feeder ports.
52. Maggots too!! You squirt SSS in can and lid, then later flushed with soapy water, you shouldn't have any bugs in cans rest of summer!!!
53. It is a great furniture polish!
54. Put it in one of those 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.
55. Spray it on rose bushes to keep the deer from eating them, (used at the cemeteries on the flowers for the same reason).
56. Kills spiders.
57. It cuts grease and cleans dirt from range hoods.
58. Add a capful to wash water of clothes...acts as a fabric softener and keeps the bugs off clothes.
59. Spray on orchids and other flowers for moisture and to keep bugs away.
60. Cleans baseball caps. Just spray on and rub with toothbrush.
61. Tomato Plants. Mix one part SSS and 2 parts water and spray on tomato plants to kept tomato worms off. Adding vinegar works fine too. Spray plants about every 2 or 3 days..
62. SSS bath oil also does a great job cleaning cherry wood cabinets.
63. Put a little in your mopping water to help keep crawling bugs out. (Not too much or the floor gets slippery.)
64. Use to clean windows.
65. Removes crayon from most surfaces.
66. It's a great insect repellent (or you can use Bug Guard, the actual SSS repellent)
67. Screens can be lightly sprayed with Avon "Skin-So-Soft" to repel no-see-'ums and tiny gnats that otherwise might slip though the screens.
68. Another use for SSS is it will kill those pesky earwigs. Spray it on & they don't return to life.
69. 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.
70. As a deodorizer, spray into air and let settle, kills those nasty pet orders.
71. 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:
72. It's a great insect repellent for your pet. (as recommended in "Outdoor Life" and "Field and Stream")
73. Mix 5 parts water, 1 part SSS and mist on animals. Brushing it in makes their coats gleam and keeps insects off (Great for Show animals).
74. Mix in your pet's bath water to remove fleas and in between spray them with the same mixture as above to help keep them at bay.
75. Rub on your hands before and after working with your pets and farm animals. It will remove the strong smells.
76. 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.
77. For dog's 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.
78. If your dog should get tar or asphalt on the pads of their feet rub on SSS and then wipe off.
79. Flea Bath: Use a flea and tick shampoo. 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.
80. 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.
81. Chow Dogs. Many chows have very dry and flaky skin. The SSS can help dandruff and itchiness and make hair shiny and smooth. It also serves as a great flea and tick protector.
82. Another Insect Repellent Recipe for Pets: 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.
83. Barns. Use of an inexpensive fly control spray or a diluted mix of Avon Skin- So-Soft 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.
84. Rub on your hands before and after working with pets and farm animals, takes away pet odor.
85. A natural way to help cats with flea problems and flea allergies is to rub Skin So Soft into the skin. Fleas don't like it!
86. Cats: SSS IS SAFE FOR FUR LICKING
The SSS plus is safe as long as it is the one without sunscreen.
87. Pet’s with Sensitive Skin: Don't overuse the SSS. Just use the lotion, and rub it into the skin, not more than every few days.
88. SSS can be used as a hoof polish. Put’s a nice shine to the hoof without drying it. The farrier's wife will appreciate this one!
89. SSS can be used on pet accessories such as collars to shine them up.
SKIN-SO-SOFT (and other product) USES FOR HORSES
90. Horses with dry skin: Bathe like normal and then I put a capful of SSS in a 5 gallon bucket of warm water and sponge this all over. Their hair coat dries silky soft and stops itching.
91. The bug guard towelletes we had last summer work great on the horse's ears and around their eyes.
92. When banding (braiding) their manes use the Techniques Oil Sheen. It seems to help hold the braids a lot better and they don't try to rub them out.
93. The dry end serum works great in their tails as a detangler. The products are a heck of a lot cheaper than actual horse products.
AUTOMOBILE USES:
94. It removes tar spots from the car without damage to the paint.
95. Use it to clean vinyl dashboards, seats, and tops. It not only cleans, but keeps it soft and helps to prevent any cracking.
96. After washing your car, use it as a tire dressing to keep them looking like new.
97. Put some on a small washcloth and leave in the car to help keep the air fresh and clean.
98. Wipe down vinyl surfaces inside your car. Cleans nicely and removes smoke odors left by cigarette smokers.
99. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil from skin and non-porous surfaces (great for Mechanic's Hands).
100. It removes tree sap.
101. Prior to traveling...rub SSS on headlights and grill. It makes insects and bugs easier to remove.
102. Shines vehicle tires
103. Open a towlette 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 customers. Avon makes no claims to these uses, nor have they.
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Im a sales leader....MK at the mo..till i get the car sortedcamp 12=£443 13=£425 14=£277 15=£474 16=£492 17=£438 18=£437 1=£319 2=£153:o 3=£220 :jSALES LEADER:j4=£202 5=£191 6=£167 7=£193 8=£216 9=£211
sealed pot challenge no:824
dooyoo £20 = SMASHED!0 -
Can I suggest that someone posts a Party Hints & Tips post fairly quickly so that if someone in the future wants to know about it, we can just say "its on page one or two" and its straightforward?
Ta all! Shiny new thread!0 -
Hi claregre
good suggestion, have put a link to previous posts in first post and as more people post or I find others from previous posts, will update it.
Sorry if people feel that the hints and tips thread was becoming too SL orientated, but there were just a few of us who had started as SL's and it was nice to get feedback and to vent.
I know there are other forums, but I don't have time to visit all of them and I feel like everyone is friendly and helpful on here, so I think that is why we have been posting so much.
And it is about hints and tips....lol, so even SL's need those.0 -
Wow clare, you did well on C6!! What's your secret? Was it recanvassing, incentives or did you find new customers?0
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Wow clare, you did well on C6!! What's your secret? Was it recanvassing, incentives or did you find new customers?
Thanks - I'm really chuffed!
I think the main reason is because I recanvassed the road I live on for the first time since before Christmas as most of the built houses are now occupied (its a new estate), and hit HOV just from that road. That meant that everything from the rest of my territory was a bonus whereas normally that's what gets me to HOV. But my territory orders were about £70 more than usual - I was running a spend incentive but only 2 people took it up.
As for why I got so many orders from that one road ...... I can only assume that they were all nosey and wanted to meet someone else who lived on the new road who wasn't their neighbour?!! (that's probably how I would have been! Nosey!) But quite a few of them were genuinely excited about getting an avon book and probably would have ordered anyway.
Hope it carries on! Am going to see if I can put some flyers out at work (they are a bit odd about advertising on our intranet and noticeboards because its a business I'm running outside of work), and also possibly a notice in the local pub - we give them enough business its about time they did us a favour!!0 -
Well done and I hope your new road put in high value orders regularly.
I tried putting a book in my local pub, it was taken... but I assume it was thrown away.
We aren't allowed to advertise in our local library (pants!) and the charity shop said they are only allowed to advertise their own goods, can't even hold cards saying "looking for reps". But it is worth asking, because someone might say yes.0 -
Looking to join Avon? Why not see if there is a Sales Leader (SL) in your Area? Have a look at the list below, and PM (private message) the person in your area.
If you cannot see someone in your area, post the first 2 letters of your postcode and someone here might be able to refer you to an SL.
Sales Leaders and Areas covered
lozza1985 - The Midlands
aureol212 - Middlesex
sophisoph - Milton Keynes
koeksister - Dorset0 -
Hi claregre
good suggestion, have put a link to previous posts in first post and as more people post or I find others from previous posts, will update it.
Sorry if people feel that the hints and tips thread was becoming too SL orientated, but there were just a few of us who had started as SL's and it was nice to get feedback and to vent.
I know there are other forums, but I don't have time to visit all of them and I feel like everyone is friendly and helpful on here, so I think that is why we have been posting so much.
And it is about hints and tips....lol, so even SL's need those.
Didn't mean it critically Aureol - as a rep I've been as guilty as anyone else of not finding time to post regularly
SL's are as entitled as reps to have their say and get feedback! Totally agree that I prefer this forum to any others i've looked at :beer:
My hints and tips are on p4 of the previous thread - not sure if it will let me post a link. I'll try when I've finished this post
'Better to ask a silly question than to make a silly mistake' Elliebee's Mum
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If this link works, it's the page for my 'hints & tips' & 'sales promo ideas'
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2121065&page=4
Mind you, Aureol seems to have covered most of them - brilliant post A :A'Better to ask a silly question than to make a silly mistake' Elliebee's Mum
Avon Lady 2007-20100 -
Hi Elliebee
have added it to the first post with it's own heading, so newbies can read the first post and see the info there.
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