How to get Vaseline out of a 1.5 year old's hair????
I washed it four times with shampoo, body soap, dish soap, more body soap... nothing!
All that did was make sure each and every strand of her hair is now covered with Vaseline.
Let this be further evidence for my husband that, yes, we really do need a child lock on each and everyone of our drawers and cabinets!
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Hilarious! Have you tried hairspray? Neither have I. I just know hairspray can remove lots of other stains etc.
Steps For Removing Vaseline From The Hair
STEP 1: Take a paper towel and blot as much of the Vaseline from the hair as possible onto the paper towel. Do not rub as this can damage the hair. Blot and pat carefully.
STEP 2: Apply a little cornstarch or cornmeal powder (do not use baby powder as it can be harmful to the lungs) to the sections of the hair that contains the Vaseline. Blot or pat the cornstarch onto the hair. Again, do not rub. Make sure that the entire area of Vaseline is covered with a light amount of the cornstarch or cornmeal powder.
STEP 3: Once the hair has been completely covered step into a warm, not hot, shower. Apply a good clarifying shampoo to the palms of your hand and then apply to the hair.
STEP 4: Shampoo twice to make sure that all the cornstarch and the Vaseline are removed from your hair.
STEP 5: Rinse with warm water until clear.
STEP 6: Apply a good rinse out conditioner to your hair. This is important since the two applications of clarifying shampoo will tend to dry out most hair.
STEP 7: Rinse well and do a cool or cold water final rinse.
STEP 8: Towel blot hair. Apply a good detangling product, pick out tangles and then let the hair air dry.
If all the Vaseline is not removed during the first treatment, do another treatment in 12-24 hours. That should successfully eliminate all of the Vaseline residue.
Why do you have to use cornstarch or cornmeal powder? The cornstarch binds with the Vaseline and allows it to be carried out of the hair by the shampoo. Without a binding agent (like cornstarch or cornflower) the Vaseline just remains attached to the hair cuticle.
The Downside
I won't lie to you, applying cornstarch or similar powders is very messy. Be sure to apply the removal remedy in the bathroom where it is easy to contain the flying powder. Some people have reported great success standing in a dry bathtub and then apply the powder. Once they are finished they simply turn on the bath water and remove a lot of the cornstarch residue.
Found this information here:
http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip959.htm
Hope it helps!
You could ask Jenn. I remember she had to deal with this. Good luck!
peanut butter got this glue clay stuff out of my daughters hair. it just sounds like you are putting more grease in her hair, but the peanut butter bonds with whatever is in there it clumps together, and you comb it out, then of course you could wash the peanut butter etc. out of her hair.
I know it sounds crazy, but I tried everything to get the hot pink silly putty type stuff out of my daughters hair. I tried the peanut butter and it worked.
desperate times, desperate measures.
hope you don't have to go anywhere today.
Love it!! Is she going to come tonight with a mohawk, cause it would stay up! Harper
Sorry to tell you, but Goo Gone worked for me! Really! Good luck with that...;)
Dish soap? Dawn is supposed to take grease out of your way, right?
Hi Carolyn -
This is so funny! I'm glad my kid's not the only "busy" kid. I can't believe some of the stuff she can get her hands on. This is how lazy I am - after washing her hair for the umpteenth time, we just decided to wait until it wore out!
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