Mum claims 99p hairspray is the secret to banishing head lice calling her technique ‘life-changing’
PARENTS know all too well how hard it is to tackle head lice as kids are constantly passing the bugs on to each other.
One mum, Annaliese Dent, was at her wit’s end after trying every lotion and potion available to treat nits, with no luck.
The mum, speaking to , revealed her house had been invaded by nits no fewer than nine times last year, and despite vigorous cleaning she wasn’t able to stop them coming back.
She explained one of her kids has long, curly hair, making it nearly impossible to see the lice, while the other had short, dark hair, which made eggs shine like “beacons of doom”.
Whenever her kids brought nits home, Annaliese said she left ‘no stone unturned’ when deep cleaning.
She washed bed sheets, soft toys, hats, vacuumed soft surfaces like the couch and even puts bike helmets in a bin-liner for 48 hours - then repeated the same process in seven days.
She tried ‘old wives’ tales’ by spraying her kids' hair with lavender, tea tree, coconut, kept their hair super-clean and even didn’t wash it for days to see if anything had an effect.
Annalise admitted that at one point she ran a pair of GHDs through her kids' hair, and used an “obnoxiously expensive professional preventer spray”, but nits kept finding their way into her home.
The mum said she hit “rock bottom” when she started Googling flea treatments.
The cheaper the better
Annaliese Dent
She said: “I was deflated, defeated and at the acceptance stage of nit-grief when someone sent me a message on Instagram with the most life-changing piece of advice. ‘Hairspray’ she said.
“‘The cheaper the better.’ They don’t like the sticky and straw-like texture. It makes the hair an undesirable breeding ground.
“It makes it harder for them to navigate around and for the eggs to attach to the follicle.”
- Wella Silvikrin Maximum Hold Hairspray, Superdrug, 99p -
Since being given the tip, Annaliese sprays her kids' hair every day before school, and says her children have't had nits once.
Two terms and five lice notices from school later, the mum said the hairspray was doing the trick as she passed on the “life-changing advice”.
If you want to get your hands on some cheap hairspray, Superdrug sells a can for just 99p.
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