FREE: Natural Bug Bite Relief: How to Make a Cooling After-Bite Gel (+ Roll-On Recipe)

The bugs got a vote, and sometimes they win one. Week 2 of our Summer Skin Rescue series is for the morning after: that warm, itchy spot that wants you to scratch it. Scratching feels good for three seconds and makes everything worse, so in this Natural Living Club live class we'll blend an After-the-Bite Cooling Gel that gives your skin something better to do.

This week features two of the most under-the-radar products we carry. Catnip Hydrosol, the gentle water cousin of the catnip essential oil from our tick spray class, brings a fresh, minty calm that's kind to irritated skin. And Plai Essential Oil is the ginger family's cool-headed cousin: where other gingers warm, plai cools, which is exactly what a warm, puffy bite is asking for. As always with a water-based blend, Solubol carries the oils evenly through, 4 drops for every 1 drop of essential oil.

📖 What You'll Learn

- What's actually happening in skin when a bite itches, and why cooling beats scratching
- Catnip Hydrosol: the calming, skin-friendly side of the plant you met in tick week
- Why Plai is the ginger that cools instead of warms, and where it earns its place
- How to blend the gel step by step, plus a 10 ml Bite-Soother Roll-On for your bag
- Who each version is for: the kid-safe path and the adults-only cooling whisper

🧴 The Recipe: After-the-Bite Cooling Gel
Makes about 2 fl oz (60 ml) · Beginner · 10 minutes

- 1 fl oz (30 ml) Aloe Vera Gel
- 1 fl oz (30 ml) Catnip Hydrosol (Nepeta cataria) — featured
- 4 drops Plai Essential Oil (Zingiber cassumunar) — featured
- 2 drops Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
- 24 drops Solubol dispersant (4:1 to the 6 drops of essential oil)
- Optional cooling whisper: 2 to 3 drops Peppermint Essential Oil (Mentha x piperita), adults only, off the face, skip for kids; add 8 to 12 more drops Solubol

Blend the oils into the Solubol first, stir into the aloe and hydrosol, cap, shake, and label with the name and date. Store it cool; the fridge adds an extra layer of relief.

✨ Companion for spot use: Bite-Soother Roll-On (10 ml roller)
- 3 drops Blue Tansy (Tanacetum annuum) + 3 drops Lavender, topped with Aloe Vera Gel or jojoba

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Natural Living Club members also get:
- 3 Essential Oil Blends for a Healthier Life PDF
- Safe Essential Oil Dilution Guidelines PDF
- Free Aromatherapy 101 course
- $20 Aromatics International credit
- 15% off your next Aromahead course