My clever DIY candle solution gets rid of flies and mosquitoes – and makes your house smell amazing at the same time
A CONTENT creator has revealed her household hack that will rid your home of pesky flies and mosquitoes.
Her DIY candle also has a double whammy effect of making your home smell gorgeous at the same time.
It’s a win-win as far as this TikToker is concerned and she was keen to show just how she achieved it.
Ariba’s Foodmood’s (@aribasfoodmood) platform is populated with videos of natural remedies for various ailments and conditions.
These include tips for whiter teeth, removing tanning lotion from your feet, and a DIY treatment for glowing skin.
It is a very popular account with over 796,000 followers and another extraordinary 5.9 million likes.
This post was a slight diversion from her usual videos and it was a useful household hack.
It also only used three items and could be easily completed with a minimum of effort.
It was a DIY candle that she promised would “leave your house smelling good, without flies, mosquitoes, and saving you a lot.”
The ingredients included “Coffee, cloves, and mint oil.”
First, with an orange to hand, she sliced off the bottom and the top. Then she removed the orange from the center.
Then, she popped the bottom back in so it would contain the contents of the candle.
Next up, she filled the orange shell with coffee grounds. She used a small wooden stick to make a hole in the middle.
Into this, she placed a wick, firming this into position using the back of a spoon.
At the top and around the edge of the orange shell, she pushed individual cloves into the coffee grounds.
For the final touch, she added a few drops of mint oil, before lighting the wick for a gorgeously aromatic home – and hopefully a fly-free one too.
One commenter concluded the post could only manage one breathless word. “Wow,” they said.