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09-03-2006, 11:45 AM
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insect repellent spray
When buying insect repellent, is it better to use a spray or a cream/lotion to repel insects?
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04-11-2006, 06:50 PM
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Or food and drink? I'm convinced that plenty of garlic in the diet, a few glasses of brandy, ouzo or other spirit of the locality keeps most insects away! I'm told that cigar smoke is also effective .... 
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Originally Posted by StuartDH
When buying insect repellent, is it better to use a spray or a cream/lotion to repel insects?
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14-11-2006, 08:33 PM
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When I'm in Spain or in the Summer here I swear by the following on the peak of a baseball cap...
10 drops neat Tee Tree Oil
or 5 Drops neat Tee Tree and 5 of Lavendar
If the worst comes to the worst, you can also dab the neat Lavendar on any bites but so far the cap has done the trick  |
15-11-2006, 10:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaina
When I'm in Spain or in the Summer here I swear by the following on the peak of a baseball cap...
10 drops neat Tee Tree Oil
or 5 Drops neat Tee Tree and 5 of Lavendar
If the worst comes to the worst, you can also dab the neat Lavendar on any bites but so far the cap has done the trick |
My family use tea oil and citronella oil mixed ... which sometimes works. I'm pretty thick-skinned and seldom seem to get attacked - perhaps the insects find the rest of the family an easier touch?
On the other hand, there are different sorts of mossies *and* other insects which bite. I often recall a holiday in the south of France. One week in the Camargue and the family were a mass of bites while I could sit out all night reading and drinking without being touched. The next week we moved along the coast to Narbonne: no one else was touched but me ....
Last edited by paul m : 15-11-2006 at 10:09 AM.
Reason: misspelling
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31-05-2007, 04:01 PM
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natural repellents ...
I've been pleased to see that other people have been coming round to my idea of a clove of garlic a day keeps the biters away! But I've heard a couple of new suggestions.
One is that Marmite deters mozzies - can't say that I've noticed it but haven't specifically tried it! Don't know whether you smear it on or just use it as a hot infusion!
The other suggestion is plantain - Plantago spp - see it in a lot of commercial preparations but presumably we could just rub leaves on our skin? I'll give it a try this summer (if it ever gets warm enough for flies) but has anyone else tried it?
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