With winter fast
approaching, its worth remembering that if you are using henna, the
temperature needs to be warm for the best dye release. Too cold and you won’t
get the results you really want to achieve. 15 degrees centigrade to 21
degrees centigrade is the ideal temperature. Long release hennas such as Jamila
powder can take 48 hours or more. When mixing henna this winter, keep this
in mind so you continue to get great stains from your henna.
Ways to warm Henna
include:
·
Placing it in a pan of
warm (NOT hot, warm) water – but you will need to constantly change the water
and stir the henna to make sure the warmth is evenly distributed.
·
Using a little floor
heater with a thermostat in a closed room; Mix your henna and leave it in that
room to dye release. You can place it near (a foot or so away) the heater if it
produces a small pocket of warm air, but do NOT put it directly in front of the
heater. Keep a close eye on it.
·
When you allow henna to
sit and release it’s dye, put it in a cold oven with the oven light turned on.
Do NOT turn on the actual oven, even to the warm setting! Putting just the
light on, will keep your henna at a constant temperature. If you use this trick
year round, you will find your henna dye release time will remain pretty
consistent, no matter what the temperature is outside or in your house.
It’s worth remembering
that along with delayed dye release, the cold weather will make your body cold
and that leads to poor henna stains. The warmer your body is, the darker your
henna will stain.
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