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DIY Essential Oil Outdoor Spray

May 23, 2018

This essential oil outdoor spray not only works wonders for keeping your skin protected from any outdoor annoyances, it smells good too!  Everyone will be clamoring to use it.

This DIY essential oil outdoor spray is perfect for keeping those summer annoyances at bay. And it smells amazing!

In the summer, we spend a lot of time at my parent’s lake house.  We swim, boat, wakeboard, and spend time around the camp fire.  But when dusk hits, y’all know what happens.  We are pest free during the day, but then the minute the sun starts to dip, things get interesting.  They can get especially bad being by the water.  So a few years ago I made this DIY essential oil outdoor spray and it has been our go-to ever since!  

This DIY essential oil outdoor spray is perfect for keeping those summer annoyances at bay. And it smells amazing!

It’s non-toxic, and all the essential oils in the recipe are safe to use on children as well.  It’s super simple to make and keep on hand when you plan to be outdoors after dusk.

DIY Essential Oil Outdoor Spray

What you’ll need:

4 oz glass spray bottle
2 ounces Witch Hazel
2 ounces distilled water
10 drops Lemongrass EO
10 drops Purification EO
7 drops Peppermint EO
7 drops Lavender EO

Directions:

Add essential oils to the glass bottle.
Add the Witch Hazel.
Fill the remainder of the bottle with distilled water (about 2 ounces).
Gently shake and spray when needed!

This DIY essential oil outdoor spray is perfect for keeping those summer annoyances at bay. And it smells amazing!

Variations
There are a few variations you can make to this recipe, depending on the oils you have.  Citronella is a great oil to use.  Hello citronella candles!  Substitute Citronella for Lemongrass, or add 5 drops to the above recipe.  Thieves is also another great oil to use.  Add 5 drops to the above recipe.  You can also add Tea Tree oil!  Add 5-7 drops of Tea Tree to the above recipe.  

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This DIY essential oil outdoor spray is perfect for keeping those summer annoyances at bay. And it smells amazing!

** Caution: Avoid spraying around eyes and in ears, and open wounds.  For external use only.  Keep out of reach of children. 

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.  This product is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease.

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Comments

  1. Paige @ An Uncomplicated Life Blog says: May 24, 2018 at 5:54 am

    I’m going on year 3 of making my own bug spray! We have biters out around the clock in Texas, not just at dusk. And because our bugs carry Zika and West Nile, I use citronella, lemongrass, tea tree, lavender, peppermint and geranium. Works like a charm, even with the level of bugs we have here!

  2. Kelli {A Deeper Joy} says: May 24, 2018 at 6:20 am

    Yes! I make the same one and I love it!! No feeling sticky or gross and it works!

  3. Lindsay says: May 29, 2018 at 6:24 am

    Our mosquitoes are sooooo bad in our yard- looking forward to making this with Ginny is week.

  4. Jaelan says: May 29, 2018 at 8:31 am

    Ok. I need to try this. I bought a “natural” bug spray without DEET or picadrin for our getaway over the weekend. It was supposed to just be a lemongrass and eucalyptus spray, but I had a pretty severe reaction to it!

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