Plant-Powered Protection. Proven Effective. EPA Registered. Proven to repel mosquitoes for 8 hrs & ticks for 4 hours. DEET-Free, Plant-Based & Skin-Friendly. It all started with a tomato. Not just any tomato - wild ones, growing in North Carolina’s thick, buggy summer heat. While most plants were getting eaten alive, these particular tomatoes stood untouched. No bites. No bugs. Just thriving. A local professor discovered why: they produced Undecanone - a naturally occurring compound that repels mosquitoes and ticks. Nature had built its own bug shield. We just had to listen. For decades, repellents came in two directions: conventional actives or essential-oil formulas designed around scent and feel. Mimikai is different - powered by nature, backed by science, and EPA - registered for proven mosquito and tick protection. We didn’t want to compromise. We’re Stephanie Watson and Michelle Arnau - moms, adventurers, and believers in products that work hard and feel good on skin. We spent seven years perfecting, proving, and EPA-registering this technology - and formulating it to be something you’d actually want to wear. The result? Mimikai - powered by nature. Proven by science. Non-toxic. Rigorously tested in both laboratory and real-world field studies – including some of the buggiest environments – it delivers up to 8 hours of protection against mosquitoes and 4 hours against ticks. Meets the EPA’s lowest toxicity classification (Category IV) when used as directed, proven as effective as the pesticides DEET and Picaridin. Because when nature shows us a smarter way, we follow it.