I use either of these recipes. One I got online and the other I just took from the ingredients used in a natural bug repellent I purchased a few years ago. I played with the amounts since they gave the percentages and I came up with something that works very well. My daughter used it when she went to an environmental camp with her 4th grade class in May and she said she was the only one who didn't have ticks on her or mosquito bites.
This is the one I took from the ingredients list of a natural product I purchased years ago:
5% Citronella Oil
2% Cedar Oil
2% Lemongrass Oil
1% Rosemary Oil
1% Geranium Oil
Beeswax
Olive Oil
This is one I found online:
1.5 ounces beeswax
1.5 ounces shea butter
1 ounce cocoa butter
2 ounces neem seed oil
15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
30 drops lemon scented tea tree essential oil
30 drops citronella essential oil
When solid, both of these recipes become like deoderant sticks so you will need something to put it in. A jar will work if you make enough. Even an old deoderant stick. You can leave out the beeswax and use the oil instead but I found that my kids don't really like the oily feel.
I make my own because it is less expensive than the natural products they are selling since I already use the EO's and other supplies for making other product. If you don't have any use for the essential oils other than to make this bug juice then its probably better to buy the natural product. BADGER is the company that makes the first recipe and BURTS BEES makes a natural bug repellent too but his is an oil spray.
Oh, I forgot:
Melt the olive oil and beeswas in a double boiler
Once melted pour into jar. Set aside too cool. Once the oil and beeswax cools to a warm then mix in the EO's.
For the other recipe (shea butter is a skin softner and isn't necessary). Melt the solids and again, add the EO's when warm. You can add a vitamin E tab to these recipes for the added benefit to the skin if you want.
This is the one I took from the ingredients list of a natural product I purchased years ago:
5% Citronella Oil
2% Cedar Oil
2% Lemongrass Oil
1% Rosemary Oil
1% Geranium Oil
Beeswax
Olive Oil
This is one I found online:
1.5 ounces beeswax
1.5 ounces shea butter
1 ounce cocoa butter
2 ounces neem seed oil
15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
30 drops lemon scented tea tree essential oil
30 drops citronella essential oil
When solid, both of these recipes become like deoderant sticks so you will need something to put it in. A jar will work if you make enough. Even an old deoderant stick. You can leave out the beeswax and use the oil instead but I found that my kids don't really like the oily feel.
I make my own because it is less expensive than the natural products they are selling since I already use the EO's and other supplies for making other product. If you don't have any use for the essential oils other than to make this bug juice then its probably better to buy the natural product. BADGER is the company that makes the first recipe and BURTS BEES makes a natural bug repellent too but his is an oil spray.
Oh, I forgot:
Melt the olive oil and beeswas in a double boiler
Once melted pour into jar. Set aside too cool. Once the oil and beeswax cools to a warm then mix in the EO's.
For the other recipe (shea butter is a skin softner and isn't necessary). Melt the solids and again, add the EO's when warm. You can add a vitamin E tab to these recipes for the added benefit to the skin if you want.
