How to Remove Smoke Smell from Hair?

[SimplyLonghair]

Not to be negative, but you could have absorbed more of the smell in your body, by being around it. I would use chlorophyll tabs to get rid of any order that your body might have absorbed. But ACV works well for hair. Vinegar is used to get rid of smoke in rooms. So the rinse should get rid of the remaining smell. It also makes a great clothes rinse. Makes things soft.

[logica_divina]

I think I may found the way to prevent this problem. And it involves ACV. Yesterday I did the final ACV rinse while washing and went out in the evening. I went to the club (LOTS of people smoking cigs and what not). Any way, when I came back my hair almost didn't smell at all! Of course, I could still sense a bit of the smell but it was all gone in the morning!

Could this be cause of the fact that the rinse closes the cuticle so it prevents the stink from geting in?

[icydove]

Long CO soaks seem to work well with fire smoke, but I don't know if it would work as well with cigarettes

[Sissy]

I would say washing and washing. I don't smoke personally... but I do know how my hair holds the smell of smoke if I go out someplace where people are smoking. I have also seen in Bath N Body Works some hair perfume which you spray in your hair... it has glittery look to it as well. I have some in my closet but hardly ever used it. Got it as a present for Christmas 2007. It is sweet pea scented. However, I'm not sure if there is anything drying or bad about using it.

[logica_divina]

Personally, I'm trying to find the way to neutralise the stink without having to wash my hair if I have already washed it the day before. I'm guessing that would be easier for those who wash daily..
Until I figure something out besides applying EOs and combing in the fresh air (which does help a little), I'm going to stick to ACV rinses as a way to prevent the smell of the smoke from staying in my hair for too long.

[Hue]

I wonder if diluted lemon juice as a final acidic rinse would work as well as cider vinegar. Some of the vilest odors I even got on my hands (no, don't ask) were helped greatly by rubbing raw lemon on them.

I also found washing my clothes in Dr. Bronner's natural peppermint liquid soap did wonders for removing smells. [but it's stronger than I would use for my own hair, I think -- just worked really well on fabrics]

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Disclaimer: I haven't any financial or personal interest in DB soaps. I just happened to run across the brand in a natural foods store, and it worked.

Them lemon trees ain't payin me nuthin', neither. *shakes fist

[DelynofRhondda]

One of the tricks I learned years ago:

Take your hair down out-doors and either brush, comb, or finger-fluff. The air does help to sweeten the hair.

It helps remove chemical odours, too. Not everyone likes the smell of printers ink and I would take the time to sweeten my hair after work before going home.

If your hair is curly, and you don't want to muss up the ringlets, this trick doesn't work as well, sad to say. (There's something in the combination of brushing & airing.) But just letting the ringlets down and tossing them around in the air is enough.

[sherigayle]

The hairscents are just water and essential oils. The smells are very strong so you only need a little bit.

[Fard]

I was wondering if there is a quick way to get the smell of cigarettes out of hair? I recently moved back into the dorm and I feel like everything I own smells like smoke (my mother and brother smoke at home)! Even now, I just came out of the shower and I can still smell it on my hair. Any advice for removing the smell?

This is so ridiculous because i don't smoke ever. so i have no idea about that how can you remove smoking from your hair. you can try hair spray.

[heidi w.]

Mix some baking soda with your shampoo. 3 T each well blended, no lumps, and a few gas bubbles bubbling up. Apply it to the hair, then condition the length, not the scalp hair. Then air dry the hair, then apply oil to the length only. From the earlobes on down is about right. Nothing should be applied to the scalp hair because this causes scalp skin problems, or it might.

Use fairly warm water when conditioning, leave it in for a bit then rinse out.

heidi w.

ETA: One can ACV rinse via using apple cider vinegar, or if you want better smelling hair or are blond ACV with lemon juice. I've used this with great results.

heidi w.

ETA2: If trhe hair stinks then hairspray will not work. Also hair spray is bad for hair.
heidi w.