The weather is going to get warmer and we'll be spending time up north which means you can't be outside without gnats and mosquitoes bothering and getting in your face. Any suggestions to keep them away from my face would be appreciated. Bug spray doesn't work.
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Mix a small bit of lemon juice in a spray bottle of water and apply lightly to your face.
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Every article written misses one big germ spreading fact, things float in air, (even dead skin cells) they land on all surfaces, look around you, see any drinking containers with an open top, any straws sticking up, a sippy lid on a coffee cup, well they all have germs landing on and In the containers.
The best way to avoid other peoples germs is use your own drink container and put a lid on it both when using and not.
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I swear that I have been less bothered by mosquitos and gnats since I have been taking Vitamin B-12 (2000mg a day), and B-6 (200mg a day). Check it out. I didn't start using it as a repellant, it was a by product. Then I read that it was a repellant. Read about it. Try it. At the least, you'll have more energy to swat them!!
I learned recently that if you spray Listerine around your outdoor areas it will keep the bugs away. I guess I would try it in your mouth (as it was intended) to see if it would help.
Well as stupid as it sounds and as stupid as it looks a wide brimed hat with dangleing beads will work, someone sells them so try Googeling for a skeeter hat, there's like a dozen or more beads hanging but from what i've read they work.
dryer sheets! tie or pin some on you and the bugs scram...penny
Make yourself a beekeeper's hat. There are meshes in your local fabric store that are thin and light so they won't bother your vision at all, and you will have zero bugs on your face. Cover the hat with enough extra on the sides to hang far enough down, trim into a round shape, then hem with ribbon and tie around your neck.
Thank so much for all that responed thus far about my gnats question. I've tried the dryer sheets, and used the bughat, but I shall the others and see what works best. I appreciate all the help as the gnats are bad upnorth and I love to be outside when the weather is nice, which should be any time now, right?
Vicks vapor rub, dab a little bit under your neck, on your temples, and around your nose. We have them bad in the south too, my great grandmother taught it to me, its a old school remedy.
Avon Skin So Soft bath oil is a great bug repellent, & it smells much better!
What kinda skin so soft I have the jell kind..does it have to be the spray kind?
It can probably be any kind because it is the smell that keeps the bugs away. I would try the one you have and see how it works out.
Avon products have known carcinogens and other harmful ingredients that consumers have the right to know about. I would not use any Avon products at all, as they all contain numerous questionable and harmful ingredients.
I make a cup of chamomile tea and then use the wet bag to dab on my face and ears where I don't want chemicals. Actually, I use this for all exposed skin and I find it works better than sprays.
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Don't use any shampoos, conditioners (such as Fructis), perfumes or colognes with a floral or fruity scent. They are attracted to the scent.
How do you clean yourself?
I can't recall where I found this... but there's a note with the original that it works really well. I haven't had a chance yet to use it.
Mosquito Deterrent recipe
Put some water in a white dinner plate and add just a couple of drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dishwashing soap. Set the dish on a porch or patio. Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white color, or what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead, or fall into the water, or on the floor within about 10 feet. Works just super!
The lemon joy on white plate water u said u never used it then at end of statement u say works super WHOA I realize thrifty Fun may not b ur pg r whatever there is no Fun in fighting insects n t like perhaps I should accept what's posted here w/title thrifty fun just sying contradictions (fun) n all.
Use a repellant with Deet. Home remedies and repellants without it or in small concentration are a waste. Deep Woods Off is a good brand.
I live in northern Saskatchewan, and can testify to it's effectiveness.
Should you be drinking anything, bugs seem to be attracted to what people drink, put a complete total cover on the drink, no holes, no straws or slurpee lids.
Just Google drink container protector and you'll find many. One of the best is made in the USA at Pittsburgh Pa.
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