Quick Ways to Get Slime Out of Hair

This absurdly ooey-gooey sticky slop always ends up in unexpected places, especially when handled by children. Parents have a hard time scrubbing and cleansing it off clothes, upholstery, and rugs. They have it even worse when children mess around and end up having a glob of slime on their heads. To make your work easier, we have compiled a list of ways to get slime out of your kid’s hair. Scroll down to read more.

Materials Needed to Get Slime Out of Your Hair

You can find the pre-requisites for combating slime in your home itself! A few of the best materials for cleaning the hair out of slime without causing damage can include:

• Conditioner
• Shampoo
• Hot water
• Oil (Coconut or Olive oil)
• Mayonnaise
• Coke or Vinegar and,
• A fine comb

How to Get Slime Out of Hair With Shampoo and Conditioner

Clearing out the slime from your kid’s hair with the help of shampoo and conditioner is relatively easier than you imagine. However, make sure that you use conditioner first on the hair rather than shampoo since it contains oil which can easily help remove the slime. The following steps can help you to get slime out of your kid’s hair easily:

• Wash your kid’s hair in warm water.
• Massage the conditioner into their scalp, not withholding the fine strands of hair.
• Once you finish massaging, use a fine comb to scrape out the clumps of slime from the hair gently.
• Simultaneously, wash the comb while you remove the slime.
• Next, thoroughly rinse the conditioner out from your kid’s hair and apply shampoo.
• Lather and massage the shampoo all over the scalp so that the remnants of the slime do not stay behind.
• After a few minutes, rinse and dry the hair properly, ensuring all the slime has come out.

How to Get Slime Out of Hair With Oil

Oil is every parent’s go-to when it comes to slime, mainly because of its ability to grease and detangle to get dried slime out of hair. You can use any oil, but it’s always better to get coconut or olive oil because of their ability to strengthen and heal any hair damage. Oil is also a consistent factor in the rest of the slime removal products, making it all the more indispensable. Here’s how you can use oil to remove the residual properties of slime from your child’s hair:

• Pour a few tablespoons or a cup of oil into the slime-ridden area and gently start massaging your child’s head and scalp.
• Once the slime starts to ease out, use the comb to untangle the hair tresses
• Now use a conditioner and a shampoo to remove any remaining residue, after which you can dry the hair out.

How to Get Slime Out of Hair With Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise has been recommended not just for clearing out slime from the hair but also for the piece of gum stuck on your child’s head because it contains oil-based components. Here’s how to use mayonnaise to get slime putty out of hair:

• Put 2-3 spoonfuls of mayonnaise into the slime affected area and gently massage the root to the tips.
• Using a comb, pick out the slime fragments.
• Now, use a good shampoo and conditioner to massage and cleanse your child’s hair of the mayonnaise and slime.

How to Get Slime Out of Hair Using Peanut Butter

Yes! You read it right. Peanut butter is an excellent source to remove slime from your hair. Let’s see how it works:

• Apply peanut butter to the area covered with slime.
• Now, using your fingers, work through the clumps of slime and extract them from the hair.
• You can now employ the conditioner-shampoo method to finish cleaning up the rest of the residual slime.

How to Get Slime Out of Hair Using Coke or Vinegar

Due to is ability to damage the hair, coke and vinegar are usually the last two options we resort to. However, in times of need, you can take advantage of their compound consistency. Although the steps are similar to those mentioned above, vinegar can be quite dangerous, especially for children. In any case, goggles should be kept handy if you resort to this option. Here are the steps to follow when using coke or vinegar:

• Ensure that the child or person with slime on the hair is wearing the goggles securely so that the vinegar does not come into contact with their eyes.
• Next, mix a cup of warm water with a cup of vinegar (white or apple cider vinegar) in a bowl.
• Your next step is to pour the diluted vinegar into the affected person’s hair and massage to ease the vinegar into the slime, making it lose.
• Proceed with the same step until the slime loses its hold and comes out completely.
• Use the conditioner-shampoo method to remove any residues of the slime.

How to Protect Hair Getting Stuck in Slime

Kids and even grown-ups love playing with slime because of its stress-relieving nature. As a parent who is going to encounter more of these situations, here are some tips which can help you out:

• Slimes can dry up pretty quickly, forming clumps, making it quite hard to remove if you prolong the cleaning process. So, it’s always better to clean the slime from the hair as soon as possible.
• Non-sticky slime is all the rage now. The best part about non-sticky and DIY slimes is that they do not require glue making your work easy. So, you can give this to your child to play with to prevent such accidents.
• You can also keep oil, vinegar, peanut butter, and mayonnaise in handy once you introduce slimes to your kids since it’s bound to get messy.

Slimes are irresistible to both children and adults. However, once stuck on your or your kid’s hair, it is hard to remove. We recommend that you purchase non-toxic slimes so that it does not create a mess at home. But now that you know the cleaning method from the hair, you are better equipped if your child loves these slimy stress busters.

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