Comments on London MakeUp Girl: We like Dr Hauschka because nits don't

Threadworms. Lovely. Thank you Mrs Hirons.

2011-06-07T07:40:34.896+01:00

Threadworms. Lovely. Thank you Mrs Hirons.

Oh God memories. Son no.2 was particularly prone t...

2011-06-06T23:12:36.529+01:00

Oh God memories. Son no.2 was particularly prone to them in primary school. Poor child had constant cropped hair because I couldn't bear it. Then A caught them from him when she was about 2 and had really long thick hair. I had to put a spotlight on her head as she slept and pick them out one by one. Ugh. Still, better than picking worms out of bums - I've done THAT too. No need to thank

Hi SB - not sure I'd fancy trying to comb pean...

2009-12-07T13:31:24.689Z

Hi SB - not sure I'd fancy trying to comb peanut butter! I'm sure the theory around the oil is the same; I've heard of people using olive oil and mayonnaise for this too. x

Head Lice are a familiar scourge for those of us w...

2009-12-04T22:34:06.897Z

Head Lice are a familiar scourge for those of us who went to sleepaway camp. Lice checks on the first day were obligatory and camp used peanut butter to treat them! For some reason peanut butter killed them! Probably less aromatic than the Neem Oil but like more budget-friendly!

@Gabriela - ouch! I can imagine the pain with curl...

2009-12-04T19:12:57.732Z

@Gabriela - ouch! I can imagine the pain with curly hair. I didn't like the Dr H shampoo and conditioner either.

@Jo - I was so paranoid about my own hair - and I had a hairdresser appointment for highlights the next week. I'm so glad you managed to get rid without cutting it all off.

@Selina - I really hated those bugs, with a passion! Had not heard about the

Excellent that you decided to blog about this, bec...

2009-12-04T16:52:06.711Z

Excellent that you decided to blog about this, because I'm sure not everyone wants to douse their child's hair in chemicals that they bascially have to bathe in for them to have any effect. It's always nice to find a good natural alternative that is only harmful to what you want to treat and not to anyone or anything else.

I've never had head lice, but I do remember

Oh, the memories of childhood nit infestations... ...

2009-12-04T12:05:10.424Z

Oh, the memories of childhood nit infestations... Gross little horrors they are! Most GPs now don't recommend chemical treatments, as nits do become immune, just like bacteria with antibiotics...

From a 1 second glance i instantly recognised the ...

2009-12-04T10:16:23.013Z

From a 1 second glance i instantly recognised the nit comb... lol. I never had them but i remember my poor school had to send us all home with those combs just in case. My cousin got them and my mum dosed his head in olive oil.. made him sit there for 5 hours then combed through.. he never had a nit again!!

Oh god..this brings back memories of when I had ni...

2009-12-04T09:48:48.886Z

Oh god..this brings back memories of when I had nits (caught from my children) and had them so badly that my skin got infected as well. I didn't even know I had them and blamed my shampoo for making my head itch. In fact, I didn't really know that nits existed! It never occured to me to vacuum them I must admit, but it was a horrendous experience.

Nits used to be the scourge of my summers - I foun...

2009-12-04T08:05:20.772Z

Nits used to be the scourge of my summers - I found the products with Neem Oil in them to be very effective too. I gather one of the things it does is break down the little buggers' carapace - good, I hope they suffer.

A few years ago one of the NZ news programmes interviewed some woman who had discovered that vacuuming her childrens' hair removed the lice. I never found it

Ive had them once too, when my 8 year old first st...

2009-12-04T07:58:02.606Z

Ive had them once too, when my 8 year old first started Nursery. I was mortified, his head was shaved straight away and I spent the whole afternoon crying (haha.. Im so soft) while my mum nitted my hair. At the time my hair was waist length so I was adament i wouldn't get rid completly, obviously I did though. Nightmare experience.

I had the same experience this summer... You are r...

2009-12-04T06:02:09.234Z

I had the same experience this summer... You are right, is a nightmare. My girl's hair is very curly and tangles like the demo.
I tried Dr H shampoo and conditioner before, to be honest I hated it but will give a try to this oil.
Thanks for the sugestion, the idea of less tangles is a dream for her and me.