Health & Fitness
Natural vs. "Natural" Insect Repellent
Not all natural insect repellents are made the same. Don't be mislead by the label, read your ingredients carefully to choose the best natural product for your sensitive skin.
The dangers of using DEET (N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide) in insect repellent have been public and known for years. DEET should be avoided because it is a skin irritant that also causes brain cell death and behavioral changes such as seizures, memory loss, headaches, weakness, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, tremors and shortness of breath. It’s an effective solvent with the ability to dissolve some plastics, rayon and spandex. Imagine the damage it poses for your sensitive skin, your largest organ.
While DEET is on your “don’t” list, some of the ingredients in natural bug sprays deserve a raised brow too. In this chart, we’ve highlighted a few popular natural insect repellents and some of the ingredients that should be on your ingredient watch list because as they are either synthetic or GMO (orange highlight) or toxic (red highlight).
Iwilla Remedy’s Bug-Off Herbal Insect Repellent is made exclusively with fragrant and cooling botanical ingredients that work together to repel mosquitoes, biting flies, ticks, and gnats all while soothing and hydrating the skin.
