Natural Mosquito Repellant

I am glad to see one of my natural repellants is on her list!! 😀

Avon has a lotion called "Skin so Soft" that works also. Not sure how natural it is.

I use this on my skin. It does work against mosquitos but still use deet on my head for those mean flies http://www.allterrainco.com/ecommerce/natural-insect-repellents.html

Mosquitoes don't bother me too much in our area. It's the chiggers. Whew.

Natural Mosquito Repellant - Garlic

The problem I always have with applying anything to my skin was the sweating head. Whatever you put on your forehead or face somehow finds its way into your eyes and mouth. ICK!!

That's why I always stuck to consumption of large quantities of garlic, on a regular basis. A cluster a week, maybe more, cooked in a variety of ways. Those bastards won't mess with you.

I've been lucky though, in that all my gal pals liked garlic to. Don't know about the other people in the room...

Another preventative measure is high doses of vitiman B6. For whatever reason, bugs don't like that. It's just that garlic is cheaper, likely better for you, and tastes good.

the old timers in south alabama would bake sulfur powder into their sweets to keep the critters away. brownines cover the sulfur well from what i have heard.

i've also head georgia swamp boys talking about drinking a cap full of cider vinegar once a day to keep the mosquitoes and chiggers away.

Flowers of sulfur mixed with baby oil and applied to the tops of your boots and socks is the best thing I've found for chiggers. Now if you squat or sit you risk exposure, but if just walking through the woods it is great protection.

I read that three times and see no mention of passing gas.?

Natural Mosquito Repellant (almost natural ...)

I can't stand to gargle with any flavor of Listerine, but that's what my dentist gives me in sample bottles every time I go for a cleaning or checkup. When I put the Listerine into spray bottles, with a few squirts it keeps mosquitos away from my back yard for several hours.

VERY funny... ha ha ha. :-S 😛 Besides, that is WENDELLS natural repellant..for EVERYTHING, including shooing the cat away! hehehehe

(*I* meant the garlic!) :angel:

Wayne

> The problem I always have with applying anything to my skin was the sweating head. Whatever you put on your forehead or face somehow finds its way into your eyes and mouth. ICK!!
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Spray your your hat and collar liberally with DEET. that way you don't need to apply it to your face.

I hadn't heard of the B6 thing before. I'll try that. My gut can handle only so much garlic, which doesn't seem to be enough to repel skeeters.