DIY Bug Spray: Protect Your Family with a Simple Recipe

DIY bug spray: Protect your family with a simple recipe using natural ingredients. Not only is it safe for your skin, but it’s also eco-friendly!

Do you like mosquitoes? I feel like that is a trick question…..does ANYONE actually like them?

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I HATE them, they love me…..my skin has the scars to prove it.

I try not to run low on bug spray because I have such bad reactions to them, but I am a busy person so it has happened once or twice (like 12 times a summer). When this happens, I’ve already participated in the adult fun (shouldn’t be driving) and I’m not going to DoorDash bug spray – so I make my own with things I already have on hand.

Witch hazel – if you don’t have a steady supply of this, I highly recommend that you start. WHY? You ask…….

Witch Hazel Benefits

• Native to North America – so we aren’t outsourcing and ruining other people’s homes (found on the east coast from Maine to Florida – loves the mountains especially)
• Natural – witch hazel is harvested from the bark and leaves of a tree-like plant/shrub called Hamamelis virginiana
• Anti-inflammatory – Roscea, sunburns, hemorrhoids, acne – put a small amount of witch hazel on a cotton pad and rub VERY gently (or let the cotton pad sit on the area in question for about 2 minutes), you will see the difference in minutes ***Remember to test a small area of your skin first, so you don’t have a negative reaction***
• Oil reducer – oily skin, acne prone – small amount on a cotton pad and it will sop up the oil
• Large pores – constricts the pores to look smaller, short term fix but helpful pre-makeup
• Great carrier for many natural alternatives to chemical laced products – like bug spray!

Other ingredients

Essential oils!!!

Listen, if you have ever read a single thing that I have written, you know how I feel about these oils.

To avoid boring those of you that have read – here are some links for those of you that have not read my stellar insights to essential oils.

• Eucalyptus
• Tea tree
• Orange

DIY Bug Spray

You will need a small spray bottle like this (size doesn’t matter).

Mix 5 tablespoons of witch hazel, 5 tablespoons of water and 5-10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil. Shake gently and spray on your body.

Obviously the above recipe is intended for a smaller bottle but if you want more, remember your math skills.

15 tablespoons = about one cup; one cup = about 12 fluid ounces

You’re welcome for doing some of the math for you.

Drop us a line and let us know how it went when you tried the bug spray.