my mother in law used to rinse with vinegar as the old wives tail says the acidity repels the lice. that was done weekly and nonw of her children had nits, however do like vinegar

i also read that teatree and lavender in water and vodka is the herbal remedy i wouldnt be so keen on that just teatree and water!!

are there any hairdressers who would know if there are any reasons to not use these remedies?? (eg excema, or acidity of vinegar?)

My oldest daughter has a bad bought in pre-K, multiple bottles of that lice shapoo didn't work, so finally I tried Mayonnaise as several people told me this works (nurse at the Dr's office and a teacher at the pre-K)

It worked. Load up the hair goopy and thick in mayo, cover with a plastic bag and let it sit for a few hours. Then get out your comb and remove all nits. One treatment she was clear, but the nit picking took hours. I had a girlfriend help me pick them out

Never again, I love the tea tree and lavender idea, I will be for SURE using this method this year. I have been using the "tight ponytail" and thus far it has worked. However, my (almost ) 4 year old, who starts Jr Kinder this Sept... well she has very very long hair and our school always sends out lice letters, I got 4 or 5 letters last year for oldest daughter's classroom! If our littlest got lice in that long beautiful hair of hers... oh that I'd cry myself to sleep over.

My daughter only ever had them once in her long curly hair .
I was told that a few drops of geranium oil in the final rinse of hair washing would keep the little critters away.
I did this throughout her schooldays and never had the problem again, even though the rest of the class was crawling with them.

Pull my finger and let's find out

geranium and teatree in a water spray...it all stops once the go to high school...well my boys not had them scince primary and my youngest not scince he was about 6..but a number 1 clipper job all over sorted that out pmsl