Following Up

[badstar]

Some of you may remember this from last year...it's a recipe for some superawesome bug repellent. When I've used it in the past, it's been good for keeping everything - and I mean everything- off for about 5-6 hours before reapplying. Da bugz adore me, and it was highly amusing to watch them get a few inches away from me before flying away. Mosquitos, black flies,you name it.


As a base/carrier oil, you can use grapeseed, almond, jojoba, apricot kernel, or even olive oil.

5 oz carrier oil

Essential oils:

1/2 oz citronella oil
1/2 oz texas cedarwood oil
1/2 oz eucalyptus oil
1/2 oz lemongrass oil
1/2 oz peppermint oil
1/2 oz neem oil

mix 'em all together, shake before using. it can be put into a spray mister bottle. safe to use on pets, but try to keep them from licking their coat.

the stuff I used had grapeseed oil as the carrier oil. it's nice and light, doesn't leave your skin feeling all icky in the heat.

Note, these are essential oils, not scented or fragrance oils.

Comments

[seaya.livejournal.com]

I priced stuff out online...and actually Texas Cedarwood was the most expensive of all of them.

Lemongrass 1/2 oz Essential Oil
$2.95

Citronella Java 1/2 oz Essential Oil
$2.04

Cedarwood Texas 1/2 oz Essential Oil
$3.75

Eucalyptus Globulus 1/2 oz Essential Oil
$2.33

Peppermint Japanese 1/2 oz Essential Oil
$2.20

Grapeseed 16.66 oz Carrier
$6.28

Neem 1/2 oz Carrier Oil
$2.63

What kind of prices have you been finding?

[caletara.livejournal.com]

*BOL* this was just posted on natural living. Your not a part of that comm are you?

[seaya.livejournal.com]

No...I just found a wholesaler and added stuff to my cart then posted the contents here, that's all.

Is this on lj?

[caletara.livejournal.com]

yup! the exact recipie just posted by someone else!

[fuego.livejournal.com]

that was my friend acousticdream that reposted it there.