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Removing Vaseline from Hair
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Tip #1: When my son was a baby, I kept a nursery jar of vaseline on
the window next to his bed (yes, I know, bad location!) One day just
after Christmas I went in to get him up from his nap to find vaseline on
the wall, the bed, the sheets, the curtains... and in his hair. I was
able to get it off everything else, but it wouldn't come out of his hair.
I tried everything-- from baby shampoo to dish washing detergent.
Finally, I tried the bar of glycerine soap my husband had put in my
Christmas stocking, and presto! One baby with very clean hair!...Suzi
Tip #2: My friend has a little girl who recently coated her hair with
Vaseline and after repeated washings, it still looked greasy. I
suggested using an egg. She beat an egg in a bowl, lathered it into her
hair, rinsed it out, and shampooed as usual. Worked great!...Laura
Tip #3: My ten-year old came home from camp today with her head
COVERED in Vaseline. We tried shampoo, Dawn dishwashing liquid, Go-Jo hand
cleaner, corn starch - all to no avail. Remembering that peanut butter
removed gum from her hair when she was small, I thought I would give it
a try. It worked like a charm!...Carmen
Tip #4: I got my tip from Vaseline themselves....use a hair dryer to
liquidify the vaseline, blot with paper towel, then wash hair with
shampoo that does NOT have a conditioner in it and repeat if necessary...Rebecca
Tip #5: I recently got Vaseline in my hair after putting it on a burn
and had a hard time getting it out. What got it out for me was simply
a bar of soap. Don't use shampoo. Just scrub your hair with a bar or
ordinary soap and rinse. I repeated about twice and it was all gone. This
was a day after I got it in my hair...Josh
Tip #6: I was listening to Esther Williams a while ago, mentioning
that her '50s and '40s hairstyles were kept together underwater with a
mixture of vaseline and baby oil. Then I made the mistake of getting the stuff in my hair. Head &
Shoulders shampoo is good stuff, and normally very effective - but it had no
effect on the vaseline. Five days running, and it was still in there
after repeated washings. Did keep the hair flat in a wind, though. I got it out with RC Cola. More than once. Just pour a little of it in
your hair and rinse. Repeat if you need to. It's quick, painless, and
uses stuff most of us have in the fridge. I haven't found any normal
soap (lye might work?) that could take out vaseline like Coke does. Simple
and effective. The police, I'm told, use RC, Pepsi, or Coke to clean away bloodstains
at the scene of messy traffic accidents.
Tip #7: After trying 6 different shampoos, pepsi, and corn starch, I
tried an almost forgotten sample of Burt's Bee's Mint Shampoo Bar as a
last resort. It worked!!!...Tobi
Tip #8: We tried cornstarch, Dawn dish soap, clarifying shampoo,
coke, and egg. And many of these several times. Vaseline gunk still
there. I read a tip on line - only one person said it so I thought it not
worthy. We caved and tried it; nothing to lose. WE slathered baby
oil all over and washed it out with shampoo - GONE!!!!...Karen
