Treat head lice and nits ... naturally Leonie, our resident aromatherapist, has formulated ths powerful essential oil combination to combat head lice and nit infestations.
Lice Be Gone Concentrate:
Use this Powerful essential oil blend to make your own Lice Be Gone Oil and Preventative Spray
Lice Be Gone Oil Formulation Combine 1.5 ml Lice Be Gone Concentrate with 30 ml (1 ½ tablespoons) sunflower or rice bran oil.
Apply the Lice Be Gone oil mixture to the hair, ensuring that each strand of hair is coated.
Allow the Lice be Gone mixture to soak into the hair and scalp for approximately 10 minutes
Comb through the hair with a lice comb, regularly removing the head lice and eggs from the comb with a tissue.
Shampoo the hair twice
Condition and dry the hair as usual.
Check the scalp and hair daily for head lice and eggs
Repeat the application if further head lice activity is found
Please Note: Higher concentrations of Lice Be Gone Concentrate does not increase the effectiveness of the product DO NOT increase the ratio/ amount of Lice Be Gone Concentrate above the recommended rate as used above.
Lice Be Gone Preventative Spray:
Combine 2.5 ml Lice Be Gone Concentrate with 2.5 ml Shampoo in a spray bottle and mix well Add 100ml water to the bottle and shake to combine.
Use this Lice Be Gone Preventative Spray every morning to help prevent nit infestations
Shake the bottle to mix
Slightly dampen the hair by spraying small amount onto the hair and scalpe
Would highly recommend the preventative spray. Have been using for a few years now. There are always a couple of head lice outbreaks at school each year and my children have never had them! Even when sitting next to someone who has!!
