By Karen Wood The winter was so long and exhausting, but summer finally came, bringing millions of nasty insects. These blood sucking vamp...

Essential Oil Insect Repellent Mixtures

By Karen Wood


The winter was so long and exhausting, but summer finally came, bringing millions of nasty insects. These blood sucking vampires surrounded your houses, making it impossible to enjoy spending time outside. And, it is really quite simple to repel them, using pure and simple ingredients. Making original essential oil insect repellent will be simple and funny, and the results will be just amazingly good.

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 are also really nasty creatures, but, luckily, they will be repelled simply using one of these scents. The most effective ones will be geranium, cedar wood, thyme and tea tree. They won't appreciate spending time near peppermint either, and all thee info can be used in your advantage. Besides, you can make really appealing scents you will enjoy in, and this really sounds great.

There are two basic types of home-made repellents, rub on and spray ones. It is really simple to make any of these protective mixtures, depending on your particular taste, as well as of available ingredients. In any case, for making any of these repellents you will also need some other ingredients, but most of them you probably already have in your home.

Any essential oil should not be applied directly on the skin, especially some that are known for being aggressive on the skin, such as cinnamon. When you dilute them using some kind of a carrier oil, they become much gentler. Carrier oils should be neutral and gentle, such as avocado oil, coconut or almond oil or something similar.

For making a perfect rub-on insect repellent, you will have to combine maybe eight drops of selected essential oils in your favorite combination with two large spoons of desired carrier oil. There are numerous combination that will be really effective, and it is always good to combine peppermint with some other appealing scents. In any case, don't use too much essentials.

For making a spray repellent, you have to add distilled water and witch hazel in your designed mixture, because oils will certainly clog the spray without this. You may replace witch hazel with, for example, vodka, in one small quantity, of course. You should never include plants such as lemongrass in any repellent, because bees simply love this scent, and this really would not be a very good idea.




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