Freezing Henna

I have leftover henna. As much as I'd love to henna myself from head to toe, there's got to be something better I can do with it.

I've read it can be frozen. Is this true? Can it be put in the 'fridge & if so, for how long? Can it be defrosted & then refrozen?
Thanks!

I read somewhere that if you defrost henna, it shouldn't be frozen again. Maybe someone with some actual knowledge could comment on whether or not that's true.

I bought some that was frozen from an indian store in my area... It came in a cone thingy... I thawed it out and leave it at room temp ever since... I am not sure if that is how you are supposed to care for it but the consistency hasn't changed ::

Put it in cones and freeze the cones. Take out only what's needed. The longer it's at room temp (or hotter) it starts losing it's staining power.

Suzy, how long ago did you buy the henna from that store??

about a month ago lol!!! It still stains just fine... lol. Maybe a smidge less...

Thank you! I'm freezing up a new batch today:-)
I haven't got the hang of cones yet & use the little bottles w/ differnt size tips. I'm ver new to this art form:-)

A MONTH AGO?????

That henna may very well have hair dye in it. No natural henna that I have ever heard of will stain after a month of being left out in room temps.

Read this!!

Psalmbook, learn to use the cones! The jaq bottles will kill you after a while!

This is one I did 2 days ago with it...

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OK, I'll have to get some cones. My hands do get a little sore after doing 1 henna... if I ever do a lot I might just get arthritic

Nice henna Suzy! Do you have a pic of the final stain?

here is the package it came in....

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Psalmbook wrote:OK, I'll have to get some cones. My hands do get a little sore after doing 1 henna... if I ever do a lot I might just get arthritic

Nice henna Suzy! Do you have a pic of the final stain?

I don't lol.... I can take a picture when he gets home from work though

I'd love to see it. My hubby wants me to do a henna! I'm excited because he NEVER lets me face paint him

Do you mind if I show that photo to a henna expert and see what they think?? I'm willing to bet that it has hair dye in it and that is why it still makes a good stain.

I use natural green henna as a product for another project I have been doing for years and regularly refreeze unused portions.

I usually lasts well for 2-3 re-freezings then the color is affected.

SURE DIXIE, THAT IS FINE

I have tried to freeze henna several times, and the consistency was the same. I don't know if the staining power went down, since I used it for test, so removed it right away. But it still sainted the hand for more than a week!

You can freeze and refreeze your paste. Depending on the type of paste you use, it will cause some degradation in the quality. I suggest freezing your henna in usable amounts so you do not have to refreeze naughty word often. Also, if your freezer has a light in it, wrap your henna paste and powder (yes, you even freeze the powder to keep it fresh) in something that is opaque. The light can actually degrade your paste and powder as well.

"refreeze naughty word often" ?? *lol* what word did you use?

LOL.....I have NO idea why it did that.....I had typed "so you don't have to refreeze as often" I must have made a typo on the "AS"....LOL

refreeze is a naughty word... lol... I guess I'll have to add that to my list of new naughty words. Thanks for the info. My daughter is getting lots of requests, but they are at different days & times & I feel like we are wasting a lot of henna. I'm still not sure what 1 persons amount of henna is.
I feel like when we 1st started face painting & I had drippy, wet runny sponge... I only had 1 & it was round... not 1/2ed(I was slam dunking my sponges in my coffee water & wringing them back out into the water... LOL!).

I would take 1 small to medium cone (about 2 oz) for every 10-12 hennas provided they are small designs. For medium designs you should figure one for every 8-10, and for large (detailed full hand pieces), one cone for every 4-5. Then if it is a big gig, I always bring one extra cone for unexpected guests.