Moisturizing Anti-Bug kids salve bar
Moisturizing Anti-Bug kids salve bar works! It’s summer, and in the midwest, that means mosquitoes and other bugs! During this time of year, if you are planning to garden, play, camp, or anything outside you’ve got to be prepared to encounter bugs.
There are many products on the market; some are natural while some include DEET or other types of chemicals.
We choose to avoid chemicals and look for many alternatives.
When making your own insect repellent you can decide what scent and how strong you want to make it. Moisturizing Anti-Bug kids salve bar can be made into a salve or lotion bar.
The essential oils that I used in making this lotion are safe for children ages 2-10. This combination contains 100% pure, undiluted essential oils citronella, pink grapefruit, geranium, lavender, tea tree, and patchouli.
- Lavender also shows to repels mosquitoes.
- While having analgesic, and antiseptic qualities.
- You can easily grow beautiful plants to repel insects.
- Geranium oil contains an active ingredient called Geraniol.
- It has been proven effective in repelling a wide variety of insects, including mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, ants, fleas, gnats, and ticks. …
- You might even plant a few of these bug-repelling plants around the patio.
- Citronella also repels mosquitoes.
- Grapefruit essential oils contain the chemical nootkatone.
- Also found in Alaska yellow cedar trees and other citrus fruit.
- Nootkatone is non-greasy, dries quickly,
- And has a pleasant grapefruit odor to it.
- Patchouli essential oil can act as a
- strong and effective insect repellent
- to keep mosquitoes, bed bugs, ants, flies, moths, and fleas away
- provides a natural way to eradicate pests.
This natural chemical is effective at repelling not only mosquitoes and ticks
These essential oils are the main ingredients for the lotion bar. The lotion is a great way to apply to yourself or kids because no spray is getting in their eyes, mouth, etc… Not to mention is soothing on the skin if you need a little moisturizer!
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