Comments on: Mosquito Madness http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/19/mosquito/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Meg http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/19/mosquito/comment-page-1/#comment-43918 Meg Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:26:15 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=7414#comment-43918 The best thing I've found to repel mosquitoes -- even better than commercial repellants -- is rubbing crushed up beauty berry leaves on my skin. That stuff is amazing and grows all over the southeast U.S.! Once I rubbed my arms with it in the morning but forgot to rub my legs. That night my legs were COVERED with mosquitoes despite repeated sprayings of OFF (which I didn't need to spray on my arms). The next day, I had maybe one bite on my arms but my legs were covered so badly with bites that there was more red than white. It looked like I had some horrible disease! Fortunately, I found that crushed lemon balm worked VERY well to remove the itch. I had tried baking soda and several OTC meds the local pharmacist recommended but they didn't even touch it and I was having problems sleeping -- or doing anything productive -- because it itched so much. I'm not one that believes that natural is necessarily better, but I definitely recommend giving these things a try and would love to see more scientific research on them. The best thing I’ve found to repel mosquitoes — even better than commercial repellants — is rubbing crushed up beauty berry leaves on my skin. That stuff is amazing and grows all over the southeast U.S.!

Once I rubbed my arms with it in the morning but forgot to rub my legs. That night my legs were COVERED with mosquitoes despite repeated sprayings of OFF (which I didn’t need to spray on my arms). The next day, I had maybe one bite on my arms but my legs were covered so badly with bites that there was more red than white. It looked like I had some horrible disease!

Fortunately, I found that crushed lemon balm worked VERY well to remove the itch. I had tried baking soda and several OTC meds the local pharmacist recommended but they didn’t even touch it and I was having problems sleeping — or doing anything productive — because it itched so much.

I’m not one that believes that natural is necessarily better, but I definitely recommend giving these things a try and would love to see more scientific research on them.

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