Helpful Hints From joe-eeze: How to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of your hair. Hint: being a sheethead is not necessarily a bad thing

Dealing with last night's residual smoke was number 6 of 14 "Remedies for Grooming Gaffes" offered by Michelle Hainer in a Washington Post article.

Here is that tip in its entirety.

Not one word has been omitted.

You were at a smoke-filled bar last night, and your hair still smells like an ashtray the next morning.

Fabric softener sheets leave your laundry smelling fresh, and they'll do the same for your tresses, according to Norbert Amsellem, owner of Norbert Hair Designers in the District.

Simply rub the sheet over your head to remove the offensive odor.

If you don't have one handy, a dusting of lavender baby powder will also temporarily mask the smell of smoke, says Lauren Bourland, a hair stylist at Toka Salon in downtown Washington. (Try Johnson's Lavender & Chamomile.)

To camouflage powder residue, follow up with a spritz of hair spray.

Note to readers: it takes an awful lot to get me to overlook/ignore/accept the presence and/or smell of cigarette smoke.

I'm not saying it hasn't been done — but you better be bringing an awful lot to the table.

Wait a sec — what's that song I'm hearing?