Lice repellant spray?

[lindberg99]

Has anyone tried a lice repellent spray? Like Fairy Tales Rosemary Repel http://rosemaryrepel.com/catalog/dis....asp?product=2

or something else? Do you think these work? Also, does anyone know the ingredients in Rosemary Repel? I couldn't find them on the site.

Maybe I'll just buy some, my DD's hair is really dry so she could use the conditioning anyway.

[Ruthla]

When we were dealing with lice at my kids' school, I made my own lice repellent spray in a clean spray bottle. I filled it with water and added a few essential oils: I know I used rosemary, but I forget what else I used. I know we have eucalyptus, peppermint, lavendar, and tea tree oils in the house, but I don't think I used all of those in the spray.

The main point of the spray is to confuse the lice: if they think your child's head is a flower garden, they won't want to raise their kids there.

[lindberg99]

Thanks!! I have all of those oils except rosemary. I'll just get some rosemary oil and make my own. Did you add any conditioner? I have some fragrance free conditioner, maybe I'll dilute a little of that in water and then add the oils to make my own conditioning spray. Much less expensive!