# Longsleeve | Insect Repellent That Feels Like Skincare

> A fast-drying, fragrance-free insect repellent lotion with 20% picaridin, 5% squalane, and 5% glycerin. Up to 14 hours against mosquitoes and ticks.

Source: https://longsleeve.com/

Longsleeve · 20% Picaridin Insect Repellent Lotion

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 · $26 · 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

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.

[See the science →](https://longsleeve.com/science)

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.com](mailto:drew@longsleeve.com) I read it. I reply. It is genuinely me.

Worth keeping by the door

## The one you won't abandon in a drawer.

A tube is $26. 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.

[drew@longsleeve.com](mailto:drew@longsleeve.com)

## Wear Longsleeve.

It's nicer out there than you remember.