keep head lice free with preventative Vosene Kids

The words head lice strike fear into the heart of most parents. Those who have been there know it means painful hours combing through the hair of fidgety children who won’t look down because they want to watch the television.

Or, it means a trip to the chemist to kiss goodbye to the first of many expensive head lice treatments.

It is believed that one in four UK children between the ages of four and twelve may be infected with head lice at any one time.

Once you factor in the three-year-olds with their free nursery places, the over twelves and children in private nurseries, we are talking many, many children passing those blasted lice from one to another.

But Vosene Kids are one step ahead. Not only have they created a range of preventative hair products, they have produced an online tool to help parents become aware of when there is a lice issue in their children’s area.

Nitwatch.info alerts parents by county if there is head lice in their region. Parents can also submit nit alerts to the website to warn others.

Head lice expert for Vosene Kids, Andrew Jones believes prevention is better than cure. He says: “One of the key issues with head lice is that once your child has them it’s too late and you spend hour after hour of painful combing trying to remove them. With the help of Nitwatch.info we can help parents share their concern for the issue so that other families can tackle it before it becomes a problem.”

As well as watchfulness and checking children’s hair very regularly, Vosene Kids haircare products are specifically designed to replace your traditional shampoo with one that also actively repels lice.

Vosene Kids 2 in 1 Conditioning Shampoo, is used in place of a usual shampoo. It is formulated to repel head lice with its blend of tea tree oil and lemon eucalyptus. Suitable for children aged three years and above.

Vosene Kids 3 in 1 Leave-in Spray, is also formulated with tea tree oil and lemon eucalyptus. It can work as a standalone product though is best used in conjunction with the conditioning shampoo. It can be sprayed onto either freshly washed hair or dry hair between washes. It is ideal for accessing problem areas such as behind the ears and the bottom hairline. The tea tree aroma of the spray may affect epilepsy or acute asthma sufferers and this product is not suitable for children under the age of three.

Mother Emily Risely, is no stranger to head lice as her daughter Amy quickly picked them up when attending nursery school. Now just starting Reception, Emily is determined there will be no repeat of last year’s lice fiasco as she tests out Vosene Kids for Chopsy Baby.

Emily says: “I have been using this on Amy’s hair every day. She had head lice when in nursery and it drove me mad trying to get rid of them. It’s great that you can do things to prevent them. I heard in the past they didn’t like tea tree but this is the first shampoo I have come across combining the tea tree as a repellent.

“Two weeks ago I was in the playground when I heard a mother say that there was head lice in her daughter’s class. Whether by luck or by Vosene, so far we have managed to avoid them. I consider the occasional £3.79 a better punt than risking nothing and forking out more than a tenner a time to kill them.”

Vosene Kids 2 in 1 Conditioning Shampoo
£2.49 for 250ml or £3.79 for 440ml

Vosene Kids Leave-In Spray Detangler
£2.49 for 150ml

For genuinely useful information about how to prevent and treat head lice, visit:  www.vosenekids.co.uk