Once you get rid of them, theres a little mix you can make up yourself that my naturopath suggested.

Buy one if those spray bottles from the cheapy shops, and mix 10 drops of peppermint oil & 5 drops of tea tree oil (essential oils) into about 200mL of water.

She said to just spray into the hair a couple of times a day - when they walk out the door for school and when they come home.

The tea tree oil is slippery in the hair so they can't stay in there.. and the peppermint is a deterent.. they don't like it.

We use the same mix on our dogs for fleas/ticks, and we don't seem to have an issue.

You can breathe a sigh of relief soon as its school holidays - no headlice for a month & a half... YAY!!!!!!