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Home-made bug spray?  

post #1 of 5
4/22/08 at 9:09pm
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Anyone have a wonderful recipe for something natural to keep off the mosquitoes? I know there are a ton of different oils and scents I can blend, but I'd rather avoid the trial-and-error method of formulation. :
post #2 of 5
4/22/08 at 10:03pm
I just made some, haven't tried it yet but it does smell good. It's:

1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup hot water
1/8 cup glycerine
35 drops lavender oil
25 drops patchouli oil
30 drops neem oil
post #3 of 5
4/23/08 at 11:18am
I buy a pre-blended essential oil bug repellent for my products, from Brambleberry. I use it in my soaps and bug off lotions. I started using it last year and had really great success with it. Both for my family and had several customers report success with it. HTH
post #4 of 5
4/23/08 at 3:43pm
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Thanks ladies! I did a little hunting (looked up the ingredients of a commercial natural bug spray) and am going to do a blend like what Sasha_girl posted, with the addition of eucalyptus oil.
post #5 of 5
4/23/08 at 4:56pm
Here is another oil to consider,nepetalactone (concentrated catnip). If you can get it. It is supposed to more effective than DEET. I had a study from some university I forget which one South Caroline maybe? Where they found it was extremly effective! HTH
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