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July 14, 2018 · 7 Comments

DIY Essential Oil Camping Spray

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If the mosquitos by you are anything like they are here, you want relief. And you want it yesterday! You want those bugs to get away and stop biting. My sister put together an essential oil bug spray recipe and I only slightly tweaked it to include oils from the premium starter kit (and one additional optional one) and it’s been working!

DIY Essential Oil Bug Spray Young Living

We have a big backyard with a lot of trees and leaves…aka places where mosquitos like to breed. Couple that with woods behind our house a a creek and it’s a haven for those little blood suckers.

Honestly, if they just took my blood, I’d be fine, it’s that dang stuff they put in me to stop my bleeding that makes me itch and whelp up that I dislike.

And the girls and I are like a buffet for the mosquitos, so I knew I needed something that worked!

As an added bonus is smells great and moisturizes your skin.

You will need a 2oz spray bottle, fractionated coconut oil, lemongrass essential oil (optional), tea tree essential oil, lavender essential oil, Thieves essential oil and Purification essential oil.

DIY Essential Oil Bug Spray Young Living

Using the below recipe, with fractionated coconut oil to dilute has been best for us. We’ve tried diluting with water and other things, but well, water and oil don’t mix, so you are constantly shaking and hoping the oil will come out in the sprayer with the water.

Diluting in oil means it will mix. Plus, the coconut oil leaves your skin nice and soft! This combination also smells great! However, if you don’t want to use coconut oil, you can also use witch hazel, just remember that you will need to shake to mix before applying.

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Yield: 1 bottle

DIY ESSENTIAL OIL CAMPING Bug SPRAY

DIY Essential Oil Bug Spray Young Living

A DIY camping spray with essential oils and more that should scare the bugs away.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Materials

  • 20 drops Purification Essential Oil
  • 10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
  • 10 drops Tea Tree Melaleuca Essential Oil
  • 5 drops Thieves Essential Oil
  • 10 drops Lemongrass Essential Oil Optional
  • Fractionated Coconut Oil
  • Glass Spray Bottle

Instructions

  1. Place the essential oils drop-wise into a 2oz glass spray bottle.
  2. Dilute with fractionated coconut oil to fill the container.
  3. Spray on skin and rub in.

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Click the image below for more information, or shoot me an email at krystyn at reallyareyouserious dot com and we can chat! I’d love to talk with you about essential oils and bringing them into your home!


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Comments

  1. Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says

    May 28, 2015 at 9:01 am

    I was surprised how well it worked! I’m a magnet for mosquitos, and I didn’t get bit once, and neither did Red. I’ve had some “natural” and even some commercial sprays not work this well!

    Reply
  2. Amanda Dawson says

    December 8, 2016 at 3:54 am

    We know the benefits of essential oil. A few years ago I have started using essential oil. And it has incredible results.

    Reply
  3. Maureen says

    March 19, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    I have made this bug spray before and I LOVE it! It really works! I love that I can use this on my kiddos and feel that it is safe for them!

    Maureen
    maureen.tenney@gmail.com

    Reply
  4. Yami says

    July 28, 2019 at 11:12 am

    Hi! What could I use if I don’t have purification oil?

    Reply
    • Krystyn says

      July 28, 2019 at 4:01 pm

      Hi Yami. I’m not sure of the ratio, but Purification is a mixture of Citronella, Lavandin, Lemongrass, Rosemary, Myrtle, and Tea Tree. You already have a couple of those from the other oils, so I’d at last add citronella, rosemary and myrtle if you can get your hands on it. Definitely you want to add citronella and rosemary.

      Reply
  5. Melissa says

    August 16, 2020 at 11:00 pm

    Hi there, I’m just wondering if I can use water as a base? Or avacado oil? I’m guessing fractionated coconut oil is much thinner and spritzable? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Krystyn says

      August 17, 2020 at 2:58 pm

      Hi Melissa…you could use water as a base, but the essential oils won’t mix in with it, so you’ll have to shake vigorously every time. You might have better luck with rubbing alcohol and a shake?

      You could use avocado oil, but yeah it’s thick and it’s going to be harder to rub in and likely leave you feeling oily.

      Reply

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