Spring Break Travel and Head Lice: 5 Tips for Families

Keep your family itch-free this spring break! Spring break is right around the corner, and for many families that means travel, beach days, sightseeing, and making memories together. Whether you’re heading somewhere warm, visiting relatives, or taking a long-planned family vacation, travel also means increased interaction with new people and environments. While most families think… Read more

If You Think You’re Saving Money Choosing DIY Lice Treatments, You’re Not

When parents find lice, the first instinct is usually the same: run to the store, grab a “just in case” kit, and try to handle it at home. Professional treatment can feel like a splurge — something you hope to avoid if there’s a cheaper option sitting on a pharmacy shelf. But here’s the hard… Read more

Summer is Here and So Are Lice: Preventative Measures and Treatment Options for Head Lice Infestation

Head lice make no plans to take vacations from our heads during the summer months. Rather, spring and summer are perfect times for these opportunist pests to pounce. While kids change social circles–from school to summer activities–head lice look to hitch a ride along! Ladibugs offers chemical free head lice treatment throughout Minneapolis and the Twin… Read more

Stars are just like Us

Jennifer Garner reminded “Tonight Show” viewers on Wednesday that head lice can terrorize the rich and famous, too. The actress, who is married to “Gone Girl” star Ben Affleck, said her whole family suffered through a lice infestation “years ago” when one of her daughters brought home the bug from school.   “Stars are just like us,”… Read more

History of Peppermint

Peppermint (Mentha piperita) is one of hundreds of species in the genus Mentha which also includes spearmint, water mint and forest mint. Peppermint is actually believed to be a naturally occurring hybrid of spearmint and water mint. While some claim peppermint was not hybridized and cultivated until the 18th century in England, peppermint is referenced in ancient… Read more