#self heal wasnt in season when i made it at first and calendula only just was so im glad to get more in it

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Update on this: I added some lavender essential oils to mine and tea tree oils to my partner's, it works AMAZING at keeping mosquitoes away and soothing the various scratches and bumps I get covered in.

I didn't realize how well it was working until my partner accidentally knocked the rest of my mini batch over and I had to go a week without it - I got covered in bites over a few days.

I want it more solid at room temperature so I'm adding another 3 cups of beef tallow to the main batch, and taking the opportunity to steep some more healing herbs into it - rose petals, mallow root, mullein leaves and root, Calendula flowers, self-heal; then some more fennel peppermint and spearmint for smell.

It smells amazing, I'll post pics once it's ready to be filtered and jarred

Making anti-mosquito lotion with herbs & "weeds" from my garden

For good smells & repellant:

Lavender flowers & leaves

Lemon balm leaves

Garden thyme leaves

Garden sage leaves

Fennel leaves

Rosemary leaves

Mint and Peppermint leaves

Chives

For soothing existing bites:

Dock leaves and roots

Cannabis roots

Calendula flowers

Using beef tallow (bc I just finished rendering and purifying some) w olive oil as a carrier, but I'd like to add some beeswax in the future