

To Make a repellent for your skin: Mix 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol with 1 tablespoon olive oil, add ten drops of any of these essential oils and give it a good shake. Mosquitoes: Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Thyme, Cinnamon, Rosemary, lavender, and lemongrass essential oils can be used to repel mosquitoes. Replenish the cotton ball every two or three days for about 4 weeks and you should have no mice problems for a while. Mice: Place a few drops of peppermint essential oil onto a cotton ball and leave it in the corners and the areas that the mice tend to travel. They will avoid the areas plastered with peppermint. Spray all over the areas you do not want them to land as they ten to be always I clusters and just get annoying. In a spray bottle, mix 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol, cup water and 15 drops of peppermint essential oil.

Love Bugs: Love bugs hate peppermint oil. If not spray in the areas where they may travel or lodge. Mix in a spray bottle and let them have it if they are in sight. Most of the mixtures were tested tactically on the bugs and ingredients were adjusted to be as effective as possible in causing either instant death of the insect when it touches them or repelling them if the mixture is spread around the house.įor this, you will need 1 cup of water, 1 cup white vinegar, 1 tablespoon boric acid, 8 drops of Tea Tree Oil, 8 drops of Lavender Oil.

PEPPERMINT OIL FOR BUGS HOW TO
This post will get straight to the point and tell you how to mix the different essential oil solutions to use to get rid of the bugs that may be a bother to you. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pinterest Email
