05/22/2026
🌿 Bugs, meet your match. Chemicals, meet your replacement.
Introducing Lemme Alone — a DEET-free, plant-powered insect repellent crafted right here on Beaver Island, and honestly? It’s not like anything else on the shelf.
Here’s why this one is different 👇
No water. No fillers. Most natural sprays are quietly watered down — literally. Lemme Alone skips the water entirely and uses a base of hand-pressed Beaver Island Apple Cider Vinegar, brewed from heritage apples grown without pesticide sprays or runoff. It takes up to 12 months to mature, then it’s macerated with organic rosemary, lavandin, and peppermint for another 6–8 weeks before the essential oils are even added. That’s not a bug spray. That’s a craft product.
The witch hazel is doing real work. Not all witch hazel is created equal — ours is an 86% organic extract, low in alcohol, gentle on skin, and a far cry from the astringent, drying carriers found in most sprays.
Lemongrass is powerful. And a little dangerous. It’s one of the most effective botanical bug repellents out there — but in the wrong concentration, lemongrass essential oil can be highly irritating to skin. Getting the ratio right matters, and that’s exactly what this formula does: enough to work, balanced enough to wear comfortably. Be very wary of products that don’t list their dilutions *my pet peeve*
And no — it does not smell like vinegar. 🍋 Think bright citrus, cool mint, cedarwood, and fresh herbs. The ACV quietly protects your skin’s acid mantle in the background while the essential oils do their aromatic thing up front.
Mosquitos 🦟 Flies 🪰 Ticks 🕷️ Soiders. No-see-ums. Gnats. All of them — handled.
$18 • 4oz • available in small batches in-store now!
Lemme Alone — so the bugs will. 🌲
