Mosquito Repellent (For Pets Too)

[maggiebee]

HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT (ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS)
(And free from chemicals that poison the body)

Ingredients:

1/2 litre of alcohol
100 gram of whole cloves
100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender, fennel etc)

Preparation:
Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days
Stir every morning and evening
After 4 days add the oil
It's now ready to use.

How to use:

Gently rub a few drops into the skin of the arms and legs.
Observe the mosquitoes fleeing the room.
Repels fleas on pets too.

[woofgang]

so its basically cloves steeped in alcohol? and lavender oil is nowhere near similar to baby oil. Have you actually tried this?

[maggiebee]

No I haven't woolfgang, but friend who camps out regularly in the UK and abroad and also keeps cats, swears by it.