Should i refrigerate henna

For long term storage 3 months or more you can tightly wrap the henna and freeze it. Opened Henna Once henna has been opened both powder and pre-mixed and exposed to air, it should be stored properly or may be less effective. If you plan to use your henna in a week or so, store it in the refrigerator.

A light proof, sealed container is ideal to protect the henna from light and excessive humidity. Keeping it sealed also prevents any essential oils in the henna scenting your food in the fridge! Now your paste is ready to use or store until later.

When you want to store the henna paste, make certain you protect it from air, light and heat. Place your henna paste in a glass jar or plastic container with a lid, or wrap it tightly in aluminum foil.

Store the jar or foil with henna paste in your refrigerator if you plan to use it in a few days. Although the henna paste will begin to degrade in the refrigerator, the process occurs slowly and will not affect the henna's staining or dieing properties if you use it within three or four days. Freeze the henna paste if you want to use it after four days or if you want to store an extra amount of henna paste for a longer time.

The paste will last for three months or longer. When the time comes to use the henna paste, just thaw and use it. Refreeze the henna paste in the foil or glass jar if necessary. This will keep the paste fresh for the next time you need it. Chyrene Pendleton has been a business owner and newsletter editor for more than seven years. If I don't sell the leftover paste at the end of an event I bring it back home and freeze it to use later.

When I need to thaw a cone, I put it in a baggie, in a cup of hot water. It's ready in 15 minutes! Angela Diller: "I just put the fresh made paste into a carrot bag and use that to squeeze into a plastic squeeze bottle with a long capped tip, a "yorker bottle". The plastic bottles are more protective for freezing, watertight for quick thawing with hot water, and it's much easier to fill a j-bottle with the hard nozzle than with the wiggly end of a carrot bag. Also, the plastic bottles don't seep dye or "terp" odor, as carrot bags sometimes do.

Alissa : "I n the summer, I make larger batches about ozs. This is handy for keeping henna around any time you need some. In the winter, I mix less, usually just enough for a half ounce Jacquard bottle, plus a little extra for keeping it filled for a while. Any extra henna that I want to get rid of, I collect in a spare plastic bottle and freeze, until I mix it into my latest batch of henna for my hair.

When keeping henna ready for use that day, I always refrigerate my paste until it's time to leave the house. Back to "How" index.