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 some plants that naturally repel certain insects. For example, mosquitoes don't like peppermint, lemon, eucalyptus or Thyme. They won't be coming near cinnamon, geranium or sage either. Clove can also be effective in scaring them away, or maybe rosemary and lavender. These lovely essential oils can be used to create beautifully scented repellents.

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.

If you would rather have your insect repellent in a spray bottle, you will need something to additionally dilute the content. For this purpose you may use vodka or maybe witch hazel, and combine this with enough of distilled water. Oils could clog the spray pump without this. In any case, remember not to use lemongrass in any of your mixtures, because this smell attracts bees, and you certainly don't want to do this.




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