Wednesday, June 27, 2012
I am making a homemade insect repellant blend today. I know, sounds a little weird, but it works.
We lived in Florida for four years and when we were first there I became fine dining for a variety ( and it is endless in FL!) of insects, but especially mosquitos. Most people get an itchy little red bump when bitten, but not me, I get huge, painful welts.
I couldn’t stay in the house as we have dogs that needed to be walked, but
I hate bug sprays. I hate the smell of them, the feel of them and especially what they are made of. There had to be a better way.
I had been making my own cleaning products with essential oils way before companies like Method and Seventh Generation became mainstream; so, I started looking for recipes to make insect repellant. I found lots of them and they were all good, I just wasn’t necessarily thrilled with some of the smells of certain essential oils.
So, I ended up taking what I liked from a few blends and came up with this one that I would like to share.
Insect Repellant Blend:
- 20 drops of thyme
- 20 drops of lavender
- 24 drops of lemongrass
- 20drops of peppermint
- 25 drops of blender oil – Jojoba or sweet almond
- 1 cup of water
- 4 teaspoons of witch hazel
This makes one cup. Put it in a sprayer bottle and it is good to go.
I never have a problem with mosquitos now and the best thing is it is all natural, so it’s safe even for the kids and it smells fresh instead of like chemicals.
I almost always purchased oils on the Internet, but you can also purchase at places like Whole Foods.
I hope you will give it a try. You have nothing to lose except the itch!
Peace
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