Natural remedies and cures for head lice?

[Mishty]

I'm a volunteer and part time teachers aide, I work with a lot of kids, and today my class was head checked and we've had a really,really bad break out of head lice. Since I've been with this class an entire week, and I have really long hair I've worn down, the nurse went ahead and sent me home to shampoo. But, A) I don't want to spend so much money B) Some of the chemicals are really horrendous C)RID and other shampoos sometimes require you to use them over and over, so in other words they don't work. =\

So, I've looked around online and found a few ideas, but nothing with enough reviews to try it.

I've heard olive oil smothers them, but I'd like someone that's tried it to reassure me.

 

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