Re: Mosquito repellent:
I’m a historical re-enactor. I often go on camping trips in the woods in Florida (where the mosquitoes get to live and breed all the way through winter – yay!)
I pack my clothes between trips with a bar of lavender soap. Between the lavender and the long sleeves I’ve had nary a problem with mosquitoes, even when sleeping in a canvas tent that doesn’t close.
Re: EOs applied directly to the body for “magical healing properties” or whatever bullshit DoTerra is saying these days:
EOs are powerful chemicals and while they do smell pretty LOTS of them should not be applied in concentrated form directly to skin.
I had a DoTerra rep assault me with a dab of an EO blend on my wrist. About two minutes later my skin was on FIRE. I’m like, “That was basically straight marjoram oil, wasn’t it, no carrier?” she didn’t even know what she was doing. THEN she tried to tell me to put coconut oil on it to get it off. Um, no, that would make it spread. Pass the Dawn and get the fuck out of my way.