Essential Oil Bug Repellent Lotion

How to make homemade bug repellent lotion bars with essential oils.

Essential oil bug repellent lotion. Essential oils that repel insects mosquitoes. Citronella peppermint lemon eucalyptus basil clove thyme lemongrass geranium and lavender. Although lavender essential oil is a bug repellent. All of the recipes weve covered are natural but here is another one because you cant ever have too many recipes that involve essential oils and getting rid of bugs.

Citronella clove lemongrass rosemary tea tree cajeput eucalyptus cedar catnip geranium lavender mint. Add 14 cup mango butter. Sweet orange other citrus essential oils like lemon grapefruit spearmint. All of those have insect and mosquito repelling properties and ive included the mixture i use below.

13 cup of fractionated coconut oil. Stir in the essential oils and the grapefruit seed extract. Ingredients for the lotion base of this homemade bug repellent. Peppermint and tea tree oil mixture.

8 oz jam sized mason jar. If the mosquito bite leaves a stinging sensation. Cold compress with lavender and tea tree oil. Some insect repellants already carry pmd paramenthane 38 diol which is the active ingredient in oil of lemon eucalyptus.

Lavender oil mixed with olive oil. Store in a cool dark place. Cedarwood citronella eucalyptus tea tree lemongrass lavender orange and pine. 14 cup raw extra virgin coconut oil.

Of organic shea butter. Lemon eucalyptus essential oil is comprised of 85 percent citronellala compound terpinoid found in citronella rose and geranium oils. Of vitamin e oil. Repellent lotion 1 child friendly 13 cup coconut oil 15 drops peppermint lavender or clove essential oil mix the two together and slather on your kids arms legs and other body parts.

1 cup witch hazel 1 cup water 1 tablespoon vodka 10 drops citronella or lemongrass 10 drops clove 10 drops eucalyptus 10 drops peppermint. Any combination of these essential oils will work. Add 14 cup babassu oil. How effective is it.

Add 12 cup kokum butter. Rose geranium juniper rosewood thyme grapefruit. Add 14 cup beeswax to heat safe glass measuring cup or bowl. Some combine the twopmd and the extract.

Pour the homemade bug repellent lotion into a clean sterilized 8oz 250ml dark glass or pet plastic bottle and allow it to cool before putting the lid on. Add 2 tablespoons apricot kernel oil. 1 oz of beeswax which is just one stick from what you can order here 1 tsp.