No dye release! And I thought I was a veteran.

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Posted by Betsey on December 16, 2004 at 18:07:10:

Sorry guys. I've been doing henna for months (since last summer) and
have never had a problem with dye not releasing but...

I mixed up a batch about a week or so ago using a slightly altered
version of one of Fia's gel mixes. (I mixed together all 500ml of
fluids, boiled them, added the pectin, let that gel and added the
hot mixture to the henna powder instead of waiting for dye release
first.) After I was finished I set it out for dye release and went
to work... later I found out that I couldn't do the henna that night
so I put it in the freezer right when I got home. I didn't check to
see if the dye had released yet.

Now I took the frozen mix out of the freezer yesterday afternoon so
that it would be ready today, and it was all thawed out when I got
home but no dye release at ALL. Not even a little bit! I warmed up
the mixture by putting it in a tupperware and then putting that in a
pot of warm water, but still nothing. It's making me nervous.

I even thought that maybe the pectin took the acidity out of the
lemon juice when I boiled it all together so I added some more juice
to it. Does anyone know of anything else I can do? If it never
releases dye then I suppose I can just put it in a bottle and use it
as conditioner or something. :D Oh I wish it would work! It's my
last batch before I had to buy some more! Arg.

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: Sorry guys. I've been doing henna for months (since last summer) and : have never had a problem with dye not releasing but... : : I mixed up a batch about a week or so ago using a slightly altered : version of one of Fia's gel mixes. (I mixed together all 500ml of : fluids, boiled them, added the pectin, let that gel and added the : hot mixture to the henna powder instead of waiting for dye release : first.) After I was finished I set it out for dye release and went : to work... later I found out that I couldn't do the henna that night : so I put it in the freezer right when I got home. I didn't check to : see if the dye had released yet. : : Now I took the frozen mix out of the freezer yesterday afternoon so : that it would be ready today, and it was all thawed out when I got : home but no dye release at ALL. Not even a little bit! I warmed up : the mixture by putting it in a tupperware and then putting that in a : pot of warm water, but still nothing. It's making me nervous. : : I even thought that maybe the pectin took the acidity out of the : lemon juice when I boiled it all together so I added some more juice : to it. Does anyone know of anything else I can do? If it never : releases dye then I suppose I can just put it in a bottle and use it : as conditioner or something. :D Oh I wish it would work! It's my : last batch before I had to buy some more! Arg.
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