Lice is annoying and embarrassing, not to mention very difficult to get rid of. I find that most over the counter shampoos do not work. So here is the best lice solution I have ever found. You will need white vinigar, Tea Tree Oil, Peppermint essential oil, and shampoo. You may also want to have a lice comb to get all the dead lice out of your hair. And they will be dead.
Now take some white vinigar and soak your hair with it. Once thouroughly soaked cover your head with a plastic bag as if you were wrapping it with a towel. Leave your hair up in this for about 20 minutes. When done, rinse your hair and then use a lice comb, if you bought one, which I advise.
While your hair is still wrapped take the shampoo and conditioner that you will be using and add the following. Take 2 cups of the shampoo and add 20 drops of tea tree oil, 10 drops of peppermint oil, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Then add 10 drops of tea tree oil and 5 drops of peppermint oil to the conditioner, this can be a full bottle but no less than 1/2 a bottle. Shake them both well so that everything is fully blended. The shampoo might be a little runny but that's ok. Take the remaining shampoo and add another 20 drops of tea tree oil and shake. Save this for later use.
After your vinigar treatment, take the 2 cups of strongly mixed shampoo and the bottle of conditioner that you prepared into the shower. Wash your hair thouroughly with the shampoo and leave it on your hair for about 3 mins if you can. Then rinse and use the conditioner as you normally would. This will kill all the lice on your head.
There have been studies done proving that tea tree oil DOES kill lice. The peppermint oil is for the itching and the damage you HAVE done to your scalp from scratching. The salt also repels lice and simply my extra added way of making sure they go away. You can also add 15 - 25 drop of tea tree oil into a spray bottle filled with water and spray your couch, bed, pillows, curtains, and rugs. This ensures that the lice in your home die.
From here forward always add 15 - 20 drops of tea tree oil to your full bottles of shampoo and conditioner. The reason for this is because lice to not like tea tree oil and will avoid your head because of it. Tea tree oil is also very good for dry itchy scalps and dandruff so it doesn't hurt to have it in all your shampoo anyway.
Had I known this trick years ago, I would have used this all during my children's school years. Tea tree oil has many other amazing uses but this one is definately one of my favorites.
