How to make a natural remedy for mosquitoes (+ video)

Oh, summer red! I would have loved you,
Had it not been the heat, but the dust, but the mosquitoes and flies. BUT. FROM. Pushkin

Of all these disadvantages Pushkin summer the most disgusting and annoying, of course, are the mosquitoes. These nanoupyri able to turn warm evening gatherings in hell. The chemical industry offers a variety of repellents, but these compositions to water itself as something not very desirable.

What to do? We will prepare your mosquito repellent - a natural, organic, "green" and very nice smelling.

Ingredients

• Hamamelis.
• A mixture of essential oils. Choose from rosemary, thyme, mint, cedar, lavender, catnip, citronella, tea tree and magnolia-vine. It works best tsirusovye and mint flavors.
• Water.
• Vegetable glycerin (optional).

Cooking method

1. Take a glass sprayer (plastic can react with ingredients) volume capacity of approximately 250 ml and half filled with clean water.
2. Refill the tank in a water extract of witch hazel so that there is little room for oil and glycerin.
3. Add half a teaspoon of glycerin. This step is optional, but allows the mixture is better to stay on the skin.
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4. Finish the cooking repellent 25–50 drops of the mixture of essential oils. Recommended oils can be mixed in any proportions and variations - make a mix of their dreams, the most pleasant smell. The larger droplets, the more powerful will the means.
5. Close the container lid with spray, shaken. Mosquito repellent ready.

more advice

If you have kindled a fire, throw into the fire a little sage.

If you are bitten

If the mosquito still get to you, and the hand is a banana, try to gently rub the bite the inside of the banana skin. Itching will not be as strong as the bite itself is dry.

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