Homemade Insect Repellant
Source of Recipe
Edie Taylor
Recipe Introduction
Origins Unknown
List of Ingredients
2 oz sweet almond oil
Combination of 3 drops of the folling essential oils:
Eucalyptus (repels mosquitos and flies)
Citronella Oil (repels mosquitos)
Lemonrass Oil (repels fleas, ticks and flies)
*Thyme (repels ticks)
*Cedarwood (repels mosquitos and flies)
Lavender (repels mosquitos and flies)
*Peppermint (repels ants and mice)
Recipe
You can double the recipe and add more kinds of the above oils. Just experiment and you will find a good combo that works for you and your family.
*Pregnant women need to avoid Peppermint, Thyme and Cedarwood.