Image credit: itscontrarymary via TikTok
It’s Summer once again and it’s that time of the year when everyone plans to go outside for fun activities with friends and/or family. There are a lot of things that you can do from going to the beach, and setting up a backyard pool, to hosting or attending cookout or BBQ parties! However, whether we like it or not it’s not always sunshine and good stuff because Summer also has its disadvantages, and you might be one of the people who suffers from them. When you’re going out or camping, or even if you’re indoors, and you’re in a place where there’s a lot of mosquitoes everywhere, and sadly they just love attacking and biting you, it could be really uncomfortable and irritating.
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What’s worse is that mosquitoes can sometimes carry diseases that could lead to health problems and complications. So, to prevent this from happening, the first thing you would immediately think of is to purchase a good brand of repellent. but, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to repel mosquitoes, you just need the right hack and ingredients to make one on your own. Let this viral TikTok by itscontrarymary show you how a natural and common kitchen ingredient can help you keep mosquitoes from biting you.
Get a clean spray bottle, then add in the water and vanilla extract, you can use any kind of vanilla that you want, but the cheaper the vanilla the better, and if you want it to smell even better and make your spray more potent, add in a pinch of ground cinnamon. N, close the lid of the spray bottle tightly, then give it a good shake, and spray it everywhere in your body.
*These amazing images are all credited to itscontrarymary via TikTok. Check her other content and follow for more!