Saturday, June 24, 2017

Make Your Own Essential Oil Insect Repellent

By Karen Wood


The summer is here, and it's great spending time outside, enjoying in nature and feeding insects. Well, this part of the whole summer experience is probably not so appealing. And it can be simply avoided using essential oil insect repellent. It is simple, perfectly natural and amazingly effective. And you can even make your own signature mixtures, depending on your taste.

There are so many beautiful plants that will keep mosquitoes away from you. They do not appreciate, for example, eucalyptus, geranium or peppermint. They also dislike lemon, sage and even thyme. Lavender is always a good solution for similar problems, and rosemary also have certain advantages. You can design your own favorite mixture, or simply buy already mixed ones in your store.

Other nasty creatures such as flies cannot bare tea tree oil, and won't appreciate being near peppermint or eucalyptus either. They especially dislike cedar wood, and don't like Patchouli, and all these info can be cleverly used to protect you and your family members and friends this summer. Keep in mind that there are some other plants that will appeal certain insects, and one of such plants is known as lemongrass. It is well-known that bees just love it.

Ticks, on the other hand, dislike plans such as geranium, cedar wood, peppermint and popular tea tree oil. Thyme is another plant ticks will gladly avoid, and all this can be used in protecting your family efficiently. The best thing is that you can make your own, personal mixtures, and create really appealing scents you will enjoy wearing.

Home repellents are really simple to make, especially rub-on ones. Basically, there are two ways of applying repellents - you can rub them in or spray them on your skin. Of course, you cannot apply essential oils directly on your skin, because some are quite hot, or could cause allergic reactions. They should be combined with oil carriers such as coconut oil, almond oil or sweet avocado oil.

For making really simple rub on repellent you need some kind of carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil, or maybe avocado or coconut oil. Using a carrier oil is really important, because some essential oils can be quite aggressive on your skin, if you don't dilute them with carrier oil, for example beautifully scented cinnamon, or also eucalyptus essential oil.

For a small quantity of this rub-on lotion you can use two table spoons of selected carrier and approximately eight drops of essential oils total, in desired combination. You may use, for example, 2-3 drops of peppermint, with a drop or two of eucalyptus, combining this with your favorite scents, for example lemon. Citruses can be quite aggressive as well.

When you are making spray repellents, this mixture has to be additionally diluted. For this purpose you have to add some distilled water, together with a small quantity of witch hazel or vodka. Mix it well before each application, and make sure not to include lemongrass and similar essentials in your designing. Bees simply cannot resist this smell, and you don't want to become a main coarse on their menu.




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