Longsleeve · 20% Picaridin Insect Repellent Lotion
Bug spray had
a good run.
Repellent meets skincare. Up to 14 hours against mosquitoes and ticks, in a fast-drying, fragrance-free lotion with 20% picaridin, 5% squalane, and 5% glycerin.
Launching soon · $19 · 100 mL · 30-day guarantee
The anti-bug spray
Put it on. Go outside. Forget about it.
Old bug spray made you choose: get bitten, or spend the evening greasy and reeking. Longsleeve is a lotion. It dries down and disappears into skin. Up to fourteen hours later it's still working. You just can't feel it.
Fast-drying
Rub it in and get dressed.
Non-greasy
Protection, minus the slick.
Non-sticky
No tacky hands. No residue.
Fragrance-free
Nothing fighting your sunscreen or your dinner.
The formula
Reads like skincare.
Registered like a repellent.
The 20% picaridin does the repelling. The 5% squalane and 5% glycerin are why it lives on your shelf, not under the sink.
®Insect repellent lotion
from mosquitoes & ticks
Active ingredient
Repels mosquitoes and ticks for up to 14 hours.
Other ingredients
Carrier. Brings the formula to volume.
Lightweight emollient. Adds slip and softness.
Humectant. Pulls moisture into the skin and holds it there.
Solvent. Disperses the picaridin evenly.
Film former. Helps the lotion dry down evenly and remain on skin.
Preservative. Prevents microbial growth in the tube.
pH adjuster. Used to set the formula's finished pH.
Conditioner. Softens skin and supports the preservative system.
Manufactured for Hour 72, Inc · New York, NY
* Reacts during mixing to set the formula's finished pH. We list it anyway.
Up to 14 hours against mosquitoes and ticks.
The number on the tube
Up to 14 hours. Not a marketing number.
Longsleeve repels mosquitoes and ticks for up to 14 hours. That protection time was reviewed as part of its federal registration under EPA Reg. No. 101457-1.
Up to 8 hours against biting flies, black flies, gnats, chiggers, sand flies, and no-see-ums.
No PE. No VC. One very long EPA review.
Hi. I'm Andrew. I made your bug lotion.
I used to trade derivatives. Then my pregnant sister-in-law needed serious mosquito protection during Miami's 2016 Zika outbreak, without dreading the thing she had to put on every day.
I spent two years on the formula and five more getting it through EPA registration. It's funded by a Harvard Business School prize and a National Science Foundation research grant. No private equity, no venture capital, no investors.
No board meetings. No growth targets. No one asking whether you'd notice if I used less squalane. You would. So I didn't.
Questions, complaints, unusually specific thoughts about mosquitoes?
drew@longsleeve.comI read it. I reply. It is genuinely me.
NSF SBIR-supported
Nine ingredients. All disclosed.
EPA Reg. No. 101457-1
Worth keeping by the door
The one you won't abandon in a drawer.
A tube is $19. Every ingredient on the label. No mystery blend.
Get first dibs
Launching soon.
Try it outside.
If Longsleeve doesn't earn a permanent place by the door, email me within 30 days. I'll refund you. No forms. No return shipping. No awkward breakup conversation.
