in a pinch I rub black pepper or thyme (hopefully a fine powder) everywhere and on clothes.. (I think thyme tests higher as a repellant for ticks and BPepper for mosquitos).
rub it between your hands to heat it a little to activate the oils inside and apply liberally.
Just remember - do not do it casually at social situations and be wary of staining your clothes and triggering an alergic reaction on yourself.
"Figure 1d and Supplemental Table S2 show the complete protection times (CPTs) measured using the EPA procedure (tick on-arm assay) for different formulations. The organic lotion base provided no protection from tick crossings. The 10% lotion formulations that provided the longest protection from tick crossings were cinnamon oil, clove oil, 2PEP, and geraniol with CPTs longer than one hour. The formulation with 10% thyme oil displayed a CPT of 55 min, while the rest of the formulations tested did not provide CPTs significantly different from the untreated and unscented lotion controls. Our positive control, 10% DEET in unscented lotion, provided protection for up to six hours, at which time we stopped the experiment."
rub it between your hands to heat it a little to activate the oils inside and apply liberally.
Just remember - do not do it casually at social situations and be wary of staining your clothes and triggering an alergic reaction on yourself.