Our Summer Issue is full of Natural Summer First Aid and Safety Tips… including this recipe for making your own natural insect repellent.
Why go to the trouble of putting together a non-toxic first aid kit if you’re going to keep spraying your family down with DEET to keep mosquitoes at bay? Commercial insect repellents are toxic, smell awful, and can cause skin rashes and breathing problems in people sensitive to the chemicals they contain.
Here’s a natural alternative that you can feel good about using (and it smells great, too!)
In a 4 ounce glass spray bottle with a fine mist setting, combine:
- 3 ounces of distilled water
- 15 drops of Citronella essential oil
- 10 drops of Lavender essential oil
- 10 drops of Eucalyptus essential oil
- 5 drops of Lemongrass essential oil
Essential oils don’t dissolve in water, so be sure to shake the bottle before each use.
Mist skin and clothing with the mixture and reapply it as needed.
Lavender, Eucalyptus and Lemongrass have dozens of uses when it comes to keeping your family healthy and cleaning & greening your home. Young Living oils are concentrated… these oils will last a long time.
Get the four essential oils that make up this natural insect repellent recipe:
I would most like a natural summer remedy for mosquito bites and sunburn!
With all the bugs in our area, I would most like the natural remedy for bug bites for my little one.
Calendula flowers are a great, and natural, bug bite remedy! If you have flowers growing in your garden, you can make a quick paste by chewing the flower, and rubbing onto bites. Of course, you can also mix with olive oil instead to make a paste. It soothes stings! And calendula is edible … gentle and safe for babies.
I want/need a tick-repellant. Hate those little buggers!
Lavender is such a soothing essential oil and can be applied directly to the skin.
Would love to try this. My girls react horribly to mosquito bites so repellent is a must. If these work, that would be awesome. Hate to use off but definitely need something
DIY insect repellant is great! Thank you.
As much as I’ve heard, I could hear more on the topic of sun safety.
And how about what to carry in my bag for scrapes etc at the park and such?
Just beginning my EO adventure! We have so many ailments within my family and I am super excited to begin healing naturally and eliminating chemicals within our home.
I would love a sunblock that works and doesn’t irritate my little guy or hurt his eyes when he rubs his hand all over his face after I put it on.
love YLEO!!! the best!!
and of course the summer ailment I want is for those little buggers
I would love a remedy for insect bites!
Would love a kid-friendly anti-itch cream recipe!
Dry, itchy skin. Or eczema in general!
Love to explore all the different uses with these!
Something to keep bees away!
Would love insect repellant!
I get an ichy rash on my hands when I’m outside in the summer. I’d love a cure for that!
EXACTLY as someone else said – I would most like a natural summer remedy for mosquito bites and sunburn! I can’t stand mosquito bites (or really – bugs in general) and I am a red head with a four year old boy who’s skin needs protecting too lol A natural sunscreen would be ideal but if the burn happens I want a way to treat it naturally!
Oh my goodness, I can’t even explain how thrilled I would be to win this!!!!!!
I worry about ticks and my little one!
I would love a moisturizing cure for burns
I love using tea tree and lavender for bugs; this looks a lot better! I would like a remedies for dry cracked heels… Summer sandal weather is on the way!
Eczema.
Mosquito Bites for sure! My daughter scratches and scratches and just won’t let them heal.
We live in the DEEP south but hate to be poisoned by all the repellents used to keep the pesky critters away. Anything natural that works gets my attention. Can’t wait to try this DIY spray!
For the kids, ticks and mosquitos, for me, sunburn!
Natural insect repellent and Natural Sunscreen!
I would love an insect repellant that lasts a couple hours.
Definitely allergies and insects are the two things we haven’t found the perfect solution for!
Allergies and bug bites like chiggers or ticks.
would love a natural repellent for fleas, they are out of control this year!
Mosquitoes are my summer nemesis , but I hat bug spray. What a great giveaway.
I love them all. You can mix so many for different things.
I would love to not worry about the mosquitoes. We are try tying to looks at natural ways to do things. Like laundry, cleaning, going to try a more natural way to repel bugs. This would help me get started.
I most want a natural mosquito repellant. Here in SW Oklahoma, they get pretty big! And I can tolerate other bugs, but I HATE mosquitoes!
would love an all natural tick repellant!
BUG REPELLANT for sure!!!!
I would like a remedy for my husband’s allergies!
Making this for all of my friends!!
Cockroaches and spiders getting in the house!! (not an ailment, but they are a pain in my butt)
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I just order some essential oils…but didn’t even think about insect repellent! Those buggers are attracted to me and I have the worst reaction
the oils would be great!
Does this work for ticks? The skeeters are bad around here but so are the ticks. I would LOVE to win this though.
I would like a natural remedy for poison oak/ivy. We haven’t gotten it yet, but best to be prepared.
Insect repellent, especially to keep the ticks away. We had a warm winter so they’re bad already this year.
I would love these essential oils to deter mosquitoes!
I tried to reply using the contest form but it went thru w/o my comment. -Jessica
With all the bugs around, I would most like the natural repellent and one good for ticks too.
A natural way to keep ticks away from my family and a way to calm my little one’s skin when he does get a bug bite.
bugs
Mosquitoes and sunburn…or if you could tell me how to repel flies (we have a horse barn two houses down), that would be fabulous!
I would love to enjoy the evening fires without the gnats and mosquitos ruining the moment!
I’d love a natural sunburn remedy or sunscreen. (Bug repellent is a must in summer, too!)
I would live to use them for the bug repellent!
The mosquitos are really really really bad where I live…….can’t even go outside sometimes with the kids they r unbearable. Would love to try this combo!
Well it is mosquito season almost all year here in Florida so the bug repellant recipe would be #1. But I do also like essential oils in my bath for relaxation and headaches and also to make air fresheners and room sprays.
How to relieve the itch after you’ve been bitten, without chemicals! Mosquitoes are horrible this year!
I’d love a natural insect repellant. Everything with chemicals to put on DD’s skin just scares me!
would love to be able to be outside in the evenings without being eatr alive by all those insects, would love to have some of the essential oil giveaway.
bugs and sunburn =(
Itch relief after being bit
I want a cure for those super itchy mosquito bites since I seem to be a mosquito magnet!
I want to clear up all these hay fever sniffles.
insect repellant!
I would love to keep the bugs away this summer. My 18 month old daughter just contracted lyme disease and I’m terrified.
BUG BITES
A natural sunscreen recipe
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I would most like a natural remedy for mosquito bites
a natural anti irch cream would be great. Also I would be interested to see if their was a natural remedy for planter warts, my kids seem to get these evry now and then.
REALLY need to keep those pesky skeeters at bay!
Perfect for Vermont summer’s!!!!
Natural hair conditioner and I will definitely try this bug repellent!
Well, thanks to some research a few weeks ago I made my own bug spray for camping (used witch hazel instead of water and I used peppermint instead of eucalyptus). Sunburn is a definite that we need a good remedy for!
awesome!
I would love to see a remedy for itchy bugbites.
I would love a remedy for poision ivy, please!
One word… Mosquitos.
Sunburn and heat stroke. Would love to keep the summer weather out of the triple digets in my area.
Bug bites! Baking soda helps for a bit, but I need something better!
I’m mainly interested in bug repellent–especially mosquitos!
would love this – already have our first round of bites.
We are shedding our city life for a new farm and I’m hoping for lots more dirt, bumps and bruises — and uses for gentle healing — as my boy explores freely. Thanks for the chance to take home a great set of essential oils.
I would love a natural rememdy to keep the big flying ants out of the house. I’m so tired of being bit at night
I would love a natural remedy for gnats that love to hover over my tomatoes and bananas.
I’d love one for a good sun block!
I would a natural remedy for gnats and fruit flies that actually works.
This would be so handy to have, a natural remedy that works and smlls divine. I have others by you and especially love the blend Joy. I have shared, thank you
Sounds divine, thanks for this chance to win
I would love to find an all natural sunscreen and of course something for sunburn relief.
I’d love a good natural remedy for bug bites!
We use lavender oil for relief from insect bites!
Bug bites!!
Is this contest for Canada as well?
If so, I live in a city known for it’s mosquitoes so I would love to try something natural and safe for my little ones!
would love a natural remedy for bug bites
I would love a remedy for bug bites!!
bug bites!
Chigger repellent!