DIY Bug Repellent ~ Organic & Natural - HGTV Handmade

1/4 cup distilled water, 1/4 cup witch hazel, 1/2 teaspoon glycerin, 15 drops each rosemary, peppermint, and lavender essential oil

I use lemongrass, tea tree oil, peppermint and eucalyptus, with 30/70 Neutrogena skin oil and alcohol respectively. Rachel D

I've heard that lemongrass is also good for repelling mosquitos.

OMG ! Maria Antoinette, you are an angel ! 👰Thanks for sharing your recipe. It is working wonders. No need for messy, oily, health harming, store bought premade sprays. Your recipe was the easiest to follow. Thank you again!

I loved this, thank you!! You're so nice to listen to, i love your voice!

Lemongrass and citronella oils are also very good smelling oils that will keep em off of you as well

I would use frankincense,lavender,tea tree and eucalyptus

We love anything natural with NO harmful toxins or chemicals! Thanks so much! This is probably the best video I've seen on this subject! Super easy and looks amazing! You and I think alike in our essential oils! I love it! I also just subscribed!😍

I love this..What is the shelf life?

I watch this once per year! I love this mix! Thanks so much, blessings!!! Sometimes I add cinnamon and citronella essential oils to mine. And I didn't find a straight rosemary in the brand I use so I use the 4 thrive mix by nature's truth. ❤

😊I also heard bergamot works well for a deterrent. Love your pleasant voice and how you explained the process

I love this recipe! I have used it successfully for a couple years. I have never made it with (vegetable) glycerin until today and I usually use a "4 thrive" mix by nature's truth since it has rosemary essential oil in it. I also add citronella essential oil to mine. And I wrap silver duct tape around a plastic spray bottle because I didn't have a tented bottle. Unfortunately flies could care less and still come around. I guess I need a repellent for them too! This mix smells so good! Sometimes my friends and I spray it on just to feel refreshed while hiking.

sorry, you need an emulsifier to bind the oil and water together

I am just learning to use essential oils to make things. This is a wonderful idea. Perhaps you could do other oil videos once in a while. I would really love it. I am so enjoying your videos. You have some really great ideas, so keep them flowing.

so glad iv seen this im sat here not with a massive mosquito bite on my arm thats driving me crazy .. thank you so much for this defiantly gonna give it a try as i spend alot of time up the beach in summer and tired of getting bad bites from mosquitoes ...

I'm going abroad and have been warned about mosquitoes so I'll be using citronella and eucalyptus oils :)

I see that I am 4 years late, but this is an excellent video. You have a new subscriber.

I dont have glycerine. Will it be fine? I assume it will be.

Yesssss Black Organic Excellence ❤️

You have helped me so much I have a big misscito problem I hope it works