double up on shampoo

lil_me

beemuzed wrote: »

Our school nurse reckons people should use a fine tooth comb really regularly as it "chops the legs off" the little blighters. Trouble is we all tend to wait until we know there's a problem - I think she feels a regular comb through would keep the problem at bay.

I have 2 boys and they get done daily after bath time! I hate the thought of them, only ever caught a couple of crawlers as they are checked so often.

Newgirl_2

amie wrote: »

all shampoo is the same! i used to use trevor sorbie striaghtening shampo (£6 a bottle in boots) and loved it, however i recently got a free sample of head and shoulders and found it was exactly the same- well i cant tell the difference anyway!

Not exactly... I try to find one without sodium laureth sulphate if I can because my skin doesn't like it. And also some will strip things from your hari, not good if you want to keep colour for example.

But I agree that, within a certain range of ingredients, you are really only paying for different fragrance, packaging or advertising.

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Newgirl_2

16011996 wrote: »

don't suppose on the train of washing hair, any one has any advice on head lice, my daughter has just come back from camp, and is riddled. Doing the combing with conditioner every other day, but don't want to use chemicals, any ideas??

not sure if it will get rid once you have them but tea tree oil will prevent them
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diesel9181

esthomizzy wrote: »

I can't get a brush through my hair (it's absurdly thick and wiry) unless I use John Frieda or Tigi. Annoyingly expensive I will try filling the bottle up with water to make it last longer though thanks

i tried that with the tigi conditioner to get a couple of days extra out it. didnt feel like my hair was conditioned properly tho. im sure that the shampoo would dilute down fine tho. if you get the huge bottles (750ml) they last ages and the dispenser on the top saves me using too much. its just a nightmare to hide from the other half!!!!

EDIT i read that if you want to remove a hairdye quickly (quicker than letting it fade out anyway) head and shoulders is great at stripping a dye out!

lisababy2002uk

the best conditioner i have ever used is asda smart price i think its about 30p and i will only ever buy that

Clutterfree

lil_me wrote: »

According to this web page, yes http://www.pr-inside.com/cure-your-dandruff-with-remedies-at-r236704.htm

Thanks Lil_me!
Another use for white vinegar! :T

Oo I am going to smell sooooooo lovely when I go to bed tonight, but if it does the trick....

pigpen

I can only use john frieda.. at the moment.. give me a few more months and it'lll be making me itch and I'll have to find something else. We tried shops own brand shampoo.. it gave hubby horrendous dandruff.. REALLY REALLY bad.. I used the remainder of the bottle for carpet cleaning .. did a great job of that!!

I buy sunsilk for everyone else and the childrens l'oreal for the chiblies.

I have waist length hair and only occasionally double wash it.. only if it is feeling particularly nasty.. like today.. I was ill yesterday so it's pretty nasty.. not to mention the sick! I always condition it.. I put it on the end then comb it through the top so it only gets a light covering and rinse it super-well.

DD1 can only use T-gel.. but we get it on prescription for her so it isn't expensive and if it keeps her psoriasis and eczema at bay I'll put up with her smleling.. plus the lice don't like it much either.

The little ones I have a nitty gritty comb.. best thing since homemade bread and a lakeland slicer!!! Strips out eggs and bugs alike.

Just be aware though the electric combs only stun the lice they don't actually kill them!!! I kept some on a tissue just to check!! They recover after a few minutes..

lindsaygalaxy

I used to manager a hair and beauty supply shop and here are a few things i learnt:

Head lice - Tea tree conditioner and the Nitty Gritty Comb. £9.99 but worth every penny! ( Though i heard NHS are giving them out now) Comb with conditioner in, then wash out, comb again. Repeat every day for 3 days, then again at day 7, 10 and 14.

Shampoo - Many are the same. In my store 3 at least were the same as other brands in there, just different packaging and prices!

I get Clynol - I have psoriasis on my scalp and it the only one that doesnt irritate it. £5.99 1 litre colour protect (trade price).

Many "supermarket" shampoos have silicone in them e.g herbal essence and Pantene. They make the hair shiny but that is about it. Head and shoulders has the same ingredients in it as paintstripper.

You only need about a 50p pience amount for shoulder length hair, that only needs washing about every 3 days. Lank hair may need every other day. Hair being washed too often gets stripped of its natural oil.

Shampoo does not need to lather to work. Some shampoos just arnt made no lather up into loads of suds.

Conditioner- A little after shampooing you hair. The trick is to massage it in. After about a minute rince it out.

Deep treatments ( about 99p of lots on freebies board). Great if hair is dry/been through processing etc. Once a fortnight, massage in, leave on for about 10 minutes. Some you can put in, wrap a towel over and leave, the heat helps activate it.

Hot oil treatment works in a similar way.

cwp500

all good advice.

try diluting ANY soap products you buy. We all tend to use too much instinctively believing that more means better - it doesnt and too much shampooing can actually make the scalp produce MORE oils to counteract the drying effect of aggresive detergents.

if you use a liquid cleaner spray for cubicle cleaning post-shower, try buying 2 and diluting them. they are just as effective.