Getting rid of head lice

I say enemy to be nice. I hate lice! Before you come up with a plan and start getting rid of head lice, here are a few things you should know.

Head lice don't have wings, and contrary to popular belief they don't fry from head to head. They use their legs to attach to hair shaft and feed off of human blood. They love humans! They love the warm environment of hair and neck. Once they attach, female head lice lay eggs. These eggs are known as nits and are the most difficult to remove. If they incubate successfully, nits turn into baby-nymphs and from there into full blown head lice.

Once you start getting rid of head lice, you're actually trying to smother them and in a way, make them "dizzy" enough so that they can slide off the hair shaft easily. Carrier oils or shampoo used in home remedies for head lice have that role. Once that happens, other ingredients used help disinfect and cleanse the scalp and hair.

Kill Lice and remove Nits, NOW with Vickie's Home Remedy Head Lice Treatment Alternative Care Recipe!

Ingredients

* 1 teaspoon of ordinary hair shampoo (baby shampoo will do)
* 2-3 drops of essential thyme oil

When we say thyme, we usually think of food and its wide use in food preparation. However, thyme and essential thyme oil are great antiseptics and disinfectants, and also a great natural insecticide. It shouldn't be used undiluted so you need to this:

Preparation

* Mix the essential thyme oil with shampoo
* Massage the scalp and apply all over the hair
* Leave on for 5 minutes and wash off using lukewarm water
* Following the instructions, use a commercial head louse shampoo

Here's another home remedy:

Head lice oil

Ingredients

* 10 drops of rosemary essential oil
* 10 drops of lavender essential oil
* 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Olive oil serves as a carrier oil, it dilutes the other essential oils keeping them from quick evaporation.

Rosemary and lavender will kill and smother the lice.

Kill head lice NOW!

Head lice are NOT a sign of bad hygiene, so stop blaming yourself and being embarrassed about it. It can happen to anyone, at any time. They all over the place and a simple contact, exchange of hair brushes or hats can invite them over ;)