Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Years ago I taught English horsebacking riding at a girls' summer camp outside Wimberly, Texas. There I learned about the wonders of sulphur soap. You shower as normal, then lather up again with the sulphur soap all over. Then simple step out of the shower and pat the lather dry. No, there isn't an awful odor once it dries, in fact it's a rather nice, clean-smell after it dries. This definitely helped repel ticks, mosquitos and chiggers ... didn't do much for wasps, however. Still, nothing beats a good, thorough search of one's self and one's children after you've been out in the woods somewhere. Sulphur soap now days can be hard to find. Big drug stores typically don't have it (like Walgreen's). If you have a local drug store, one that does compounding and such, they'll have it or can order it for you. When I bought it (back in the old days) it was $.50 a bar ... it's now $5.00 a bar. I also discovered that it was great soap for teenage skin, cleared my face up beautifully. It's a must-have for folks who are outdoors a lot!! Dede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 If you have a ....ethnic...(PC?) section in your store you can find it for around .99 a bar. Ravenstone --- edgetexlady <rbright wrote: > Years ago I taught English horsebacking riding at a > girls' summer > camp outside Wimberly, Texas. There I learned about > the wonders of > sulphur soap. You shower as normal, then lather up > again with the > sulphur soap all over. Then simple step out of the > shower and pat > the lather dry. > > No, there isn't an awful odor once it dries, in fact > it's a rather > nice, clean-smell after it dries. This definitely > helped repel > ticks, mosquitos and chiggers ... didn't do much for > wasps, however. > > Still, nothing beats a good, thorough search of > one's self and one's > children after you've been out in the woods > somewhere. > > Sulphur soap now days can be hard to find. Big drug > stores typically > don't have it (like Walgreen's). If you have a > local drug store, one > that does compounding and such, they'll have it or > can order it for > you. When I bought it (back in the old days) it was > $.50 a bar ... > it's now $5.00 a bar. I also discovered that it was > great soap for > teenage skin, cleared my face up beautifully. It's > a must-have for > folks who are outdoors a lot!! > > Dede > > > > > __ Sell on Auctions – no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 Has anyone on this list ever made sulphur soap? TIA, Mary Alana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Hi, I remember back in the 70s when I went to summer camp they used to dust powdered sulphur over our ankles and shoes to discourage ticks and such during our hikes. I had forgotton all about that until I read your post. Chaeya , " edgetexlady " <rbright@c...> wrote: > Years ago I taught English horsebacking riding at a girls' summer > camp outside Wimberly, Texas. There I learned about the wonders of > sulphur soap. You shower as normal, then lather up again with the > sulphur soap all over. Then simple step out of the shower and pat > the lather dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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