Insect Repellent

Not only do insects leave behind skin irritations, they can also spread diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus, dengue fever, chikungunya fever and Lyme disease.

Insect repellent is something that has been used for years to help keep mosquitoes and midges at bay, but the product itself has often been highly chemical.

Repellents have frequently included products such as DEET, and are often highly toxic and therefore bad for both the body and the environment.

Insect repellent creates a vapour barrier that deters the insect from coming into contact with the skin as it both smells and tastes unpleasant.

Botanical insect repellents are much gentler for human use and can be incorporated into a wide variety of products to make them as effective as possible.

An effective insect repellent should be effective against a wide variety of biting insects without causing any irritation of its own.

You should look for a long period of activity so that you do not have to reapply it too often and it should ideally be water-resistant, particularly if you are on holiday and likely to be sweating, swimming and splashing in the sea.

Most people are used to using a good old fashioned insect repellent spray. This can be sprayed onto any exposed skin to help keep insects away in any situation.

Insect repellent sprays

The incognito Insect Repellent is free of any DEET or parabens and provides protection for all the family against mosquitoes, midges, sand flies, horseflies and ticks. It comes as a spray and has a light, citrus aroma and non-greasy texture. It is also suitable for vegans.

Insect repellent soap

There are a great number of natural mosquito repellents that have been incorporated into deodorants, moisturiser and body wash, including the incognito Luxury Citronella Soap.

This amazing soap contains citronella and coconut oils and contains natural ingredients. Usually, the perfumes in soap are known to attract insects, but this has been specially developed to have the opposite effect.

Insect repellent oils

Citronella is a well-known natural insect repellent, and it can have all sorts of uses. The Miaroma Citronella Pure Essential Oil can be used in a wax burner or mixed with a base oil to massage into the skin.

It has a fresh, sweet and slightly fruity aroma that keeps the insects away in a pleasant way.

Insect repellent sun cream

Protection is important, so a sun cream with insect repellent solves two problems in one.

As we are most likely to encounter insects in places where the sun shines, it makes sense to incorporate both forms of protection in one.

Incognito have created a Suncream Insect Repellent with SPF30 that offers broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection.

This uses the same insect repelling ingredients as their other products, cleverly coupled with sun protection in a moisturising, non-greasy formula with a light citrus fragrance.