Essential Oils For Bites & Stings

An inevitable part of summer we don’t quite enjoy?

The bugs and their bites!

But not to worry -- we’ve put together the best essential oils for bug bites and stings, so you can make your own DIY blend and get back to enjoying summer fun.

Best Essential Oils for Bug Bites and Stings

Chamomile Roman - Its soothing effect can be especially helpful for bug bites, reducing redness, itching, and irritation. Chamomile can also help speed up healing and recovery times.

Lavender - Although best known for its mood-improving and calming effects, the benefits of Lavender essential oil can include reducing pain and itchiness that often comes with bug bites.

Peppermint - Peppermint essential oil is extremely versatile and often used for relieving pain and swelling. When applied to the skin (properly diluted in a carrier oil), it exerts a cooling sensation (which is precisely what you need after being bitten!). In addition to aiding in stopping that stinging, burning, and itching sensation, Peppermint essential oil may also reduce the risk of the bites becoming infected and speed up the natural healing process.

Tea Tree - A potent antiseptic, Tea Tree essential oil has been used for hundreds of years to treat a variety of skin complaints and is an excellent remedy for bug bites. Studies suggest that Tea Tree oil is a natural antihistamine, reducing the body’s allergic reactions and itching sensations. Many who use Tea Tree for bites say it’s a helpful tool for alleviating swelling and itching.To make, simply add 2 drops of each pure essential oil to an empty roll-on bottle. Fill the remainder of the bottle with a carrier oil like Jojoba or Grapeseed…and just like that you’re ready to go!

Essential Oils To Keep You Cool During The Hot Summer Months

Essential oils are a great tool to help keep you cool during the summertime.

Essential oils like Peppermint, Spearmint and even Eucalyptus can help with the sweltering hot days.

Peppermint is full of menthol and is known for its ability to help headaches with the way it relaxes and eases tension. We love both the cooling sensation as well as the invigorating pick-me-up that we get when we use this essential oil in our Summer Sun Spray recipe.

Spearmint as an alternative to Peppermint is lighter in aroma and but has the same benefits and properties. Use together or separately - it's entirely up to your preference!

Eucalyptus acts as a nice option to Peppermint and Spearmint essential oils as it has similar cooling effects. Eucalyptus globulus is our workhorse while Eucalyptus radiata’s scent is more subtle, but we love both for their excellent abilities to provide a cooling sensation while also keeping us alert.

Put your essential oils to work this summer and try making our Summer Sun Spray recipe to keep you and your loved ones cool.

Summer Cooling Spray

-4oz mister bottle
-40 drops Peppermint essential oil
-20 drops Spearmint essential oil
-12 drops Eucalyptus essential oil
Add essential oils to the mister bottle and use distilled water to fill the remainder of the bottle. Secure the lid tightly, shake, and MIST AWAY!
FYI - misting your feet or the back of your neck will help cool you down right away.

Sunburn Spray with Lavender and Peppermint

Getting caught out in the sun without sunscreen is a bummer.

It’s painful and can leave you feeling desperate for relief.

Utilizing Peppermint’s cooling properties and Lavender’s healing abilities, we’ve created two recipes that will help get you through this unfortunate experience.

Safe for use on children, these are mom-created and mom-approved for the whole family.

Fun Fact: Lavender is known as the “Swiss Army Knife” of essential oils.

Not only is it calming and helpful for stress relief and promoting a good night’s sleep, but it is also efficient for minor cases of cuts, bruises, skin irritations, and burns due to its antiseptic qualities - this makes it the first thing we grab when it comes to our children.

Peppermint contains a significant amount of menthol which gives it a cooling sensation.

Menthol is also known to help relax and ease tension headaches and minor muscular aches and pains.

To make the cooling and healing spray you will need a 4oz Glass Mister Bottle. Simply add ingredients below and shake to combine.

- 10 Drops of Lavender Essential Oil
- 10 Drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
- 10 Drops of Vitamin E OilFill the rest of the bottle with witch hazel or distilled water.
Shake before use and spray onto sunburn as needed for instant relief.

Alternatively you can add the essential oils to your preferred carrier oil or unscented lotion and gently rub into sunburnt skin.

Hydrosols are an equally effective option for soothing sunburns, both when used by themselves or with essential oils added.
Hydrosols (aka floral waters or distillates) are natural products collected during the process of essential oil distillation.

They have similar properties to the corresponding essential oils but are less concentrated, making hydrosols perfect for soothing a sunburn, or irritated/inflamed skin.

They’re also naturally astringent - hydrosols tighten, firm, and tone skin while reducing excess oils and minimizing large pores.

Use Neroli, Rose, or Lavender hydrosols daily as a hydrating facial mist to really reap the benefits!

Cuts & Scrapes Roll-on

Summertime means the kids are always outdoors, meaning the kids are always getting little bumps and bruises.

This DIY is a simple roll-on packed full of kid-safe healing energy.

We wanted to make something simple yet effective with an aroma everyone will want to smell like ALL the time.

Step in Mandarin and Cypress essential oils.

If you’re looking to heal cuts fast, Cypress essential oil is a great choice.

Its antiseptic qualities are due to the presence of camphene, an important component in this powerful essential oil. Revered for its ability to treat wounds, this essential oil can be used as a tool to help prevent infections!

It is also highly valued for its ability to aid the respiratory system, remove toxins from the body, and help relieve nervousness and anxiety through aromatherapy.

Mandarin essential oil is one of our favorite essential oils. Loved for its aromatherapeutic qualities, Mandarin is a powerful tool to help combat nervousness, tension, stress, and even has the ability to aid in nausea relief. Mandarin’s effectiveness in protecting wounds from infections or becoming septic is well known and has been used for centuries.

It has the ability to form a protective covering on a wound, blocking the intrusion of microbes.

To make this topical healing oil, add 30 drops Mandarin essential oil and 10 drops Cypress essential oil into an empty roll-on bottle and fill the rest of the bottle with your favorite carrier oil.

For first aid we recommend Sweet Almond or Grapeseed, but you can’t go wrong with Jojoba or Fractionated Coconut oil as well.

Shake to combine and use on minor cuts and scrapes as needed.

Bug Off Outdoor Spray

The number one question this time of year is about which essential oils are the best for keeping flying insects at bay.

Experts on the subject recommend Citronella, so we are taking a moment to share our favorite outdoor spray starring Citronella and the following essential oils:

The 5 Best Essential Oils for the Outdoors

Citronella has a fresh grassy, lemony scent and is commonly used to ward off insects. It also has a calming and uplifting effect on the nervous system, acting as a general tonic for the body helping to relax and combat fatigue.

Eucalyptus Lemon (Eucalyptus citriodora) is remarkable for its lemony, citronella-like fragrance. It is a powerful deodorant and can be added to household cleaners, soaps, and detergents to help disinfect. Studies have shown that Eucalyptus citriodora is very effective in deterring insects.

Lemongrass has a penetrating lemony herbaceous scent and has a very soothing effect on emotions. Lemongrass is a good essential oil to use when emotionally or physically lethargic or when needing help focusing. Both the plant and the essential oil have been used for centuries to deter insects.

Geranium has a sweet floral smell similar to Rose. It's uplifting, mentally balancing, and helpful in relieving stress and anxiety. Studies have shown it to be effective in deterring ticks.

Lavender has a subtle, sweet floral scent and is the best essential oil to use on minor wounds like cuts and scrapes, bug bites, sunburns, and minor burns. Widely known as the best essential oil for relaxation, Lavender helps calm stress and anxiety, ease headaches, and promote restful sleep. Lavender essential oil is a must-have for every home first aid kit.

How To Make an Outdoor Spray

Add 20-30 drops each of Citronella, Eucalyptus Lemon, Lemongrass, Geranium, and Lavender essential oils to an 8 ounce mister bottle and fill the remainder with distilled water.

Shake to combine and before each use.

Whether out on the lake, hiking, reading outdoors, or sitting by a campfire, we love this spray so much we take it everywhere.

This is one recipe we can't help repeating.

Summer Citrus Diffuser Blend

If you want to bring the summer sunshine indoors, this diffuser blend is full of bright citruses that can help relax your mind while rejuvenating and invigorating your senses.

Combine equal amounts of Bergamot, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, and Orange essential oils in an empty bottle, mix, and add 5-8 drops of the blend to your diffuser.

We love citrus essential oils for summer diffuser blends because they're so refreshing and uplifting!

The AromaPearl diffuser is a great option for summer because in addition to plugging into an outlet, it is battery powered so you can take it on all your outdoor adventures.

Pro tip: use the battery option to bring it along on picnics and camping trips to keep your area bug-free with Citronella and Lemongrass.

You’re welcome!

CONCLUSION
Essential oils can provide safe, effective, and natural solutions for common summertime setbacks.

Stock up on the best essential oils and natural products for summer during our 20% off sale, but hurry - it only lasts until July 6th!