07.20.10
Summer Bug Stuff—Naturally!
Look out bugs, here we come!
Some of us, myself included, are blessed by being designated as “prime” by summertime insects. I must surely be walking around with a huge red flag that only biting insects can see, and I’m always amazed at friends who seem blissfully ignorant of the torture of chigger and mosquito bites.
Well, that’s all the more reason to come up with a really good product to keep them away, and using only essential oils to do it. I cannot imagine hordes of little critters in areas to the north, but I can say it works remarkably well here in Kentucky. And not just for me. I have a nurse friend who has been my best salesperson this summer. She has a good part of the staff at her hospital using my Bye Bye Bites products and coming back for more.
In fact, she requested a companion spray for the soap, so I did them one better. I did a spray and then a lotion as well, all scented with the same essential oils bugs don’t like. And the good thing is that my recipe does not use citronella, so you don’t go around smelling like that. It has a combination of essential oils that I think are somewhat medicinal but still pleasing. And again…it works! Hooray.
P.S. A friend at my local market was raving about Bye Bye Bites to another customer, and she insisted they kept her husband from getting chiggers. I can’t verify that myself. As someone who has suffered horribly for a week following chigger attacks, I’m too chicken to test it. I’ll just take her word for it, thank you very much.