How to make herbal spray to keep mosquitos away.

How to make an herbal solution that will keep those pesky mosquitos away.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 4 oz. measuring cup
• 4 oz. spray bottle
• measuring spoon (1/2 tsp)
• citronella essential oil
• cedarwood essential oil
• eucalyptus essential oil
• lavender essential oil
• witch hazel
• polysorbate 20

1. in your measuring cup add the following:
   1/2 teaspoon Citronella essential oil, 1/2 teaspoon cedarwood essential oil, 1/2 teaspoon eucalyptus, 1/2 teaspoon lavender & 1-1/2 teaspoons of polysorbate 20.

2. mix the essential oils and polysorbate 20 together in your measuring cup first. once mixture is combined, then it is safe to add in 4 oz. of witch hazel. Your solution may be cloudy, this is normal.

3. Pour your mosquito be gone mixture into your 4 oz. sprayer and make sure to keep it on hand when you happen to be out and about. This is a great way to keep those mosquitos away without all those other harmful ingredients that so many of the commercial mosquito repellants contain.

Tips & Warnings

• Tip: For each 1/2 teaspoon of essential oil, you will need to add equal amounts of the polysorbate 20, ie. if you add 1 teaspoon of oil, you will need to add 1 teaspoon of polysorbate 20, this will keep your essential oils from seperating in the witch hazel.
• This is for external use only. Do not get spray into eyes. If product does get into eyes, flush with water immediately.

[judithyamada]

on 12/14/2009 I like this. Come spring, I'll give it a try. Thanks