🌿 Henna shortages--and how NightBlooming is prepared

Published: Thu, 04/29/21

Henna Shortages

I've already had a few customers reach out to me, fretting about henna shortages given the tragic state of India in light of this most recent wave of Covid-19.

Last year, I bought an excess of henna as soon as a worldwide pandemic was declared in March. This proved to be a solid decision because there were delays with both the henna crops that summer, and even more getting the powder exported to the US. (When various henna crops are harvested varies, but most are harvested in June and July.)

This year, I'm taking similar precautions. Experts are predicting the current wave to crest in India in mid-May, which is near enough to the henna harvesting and processing time that I, too, was concerned.

I've stocked up to make sure you will have your favorite NightBlooming hair colors without interruption. At my average rate of henna consumption, I'll have enough henna powder to keep producing all of my blends through the end of the year.

This is a huge outlay for me and my tiny business and Patrons help a TON

People forget... this is a one-woman gig run out of one room in my house. Buying literally thousands of dollars of henna in one go hurts, but I want to make sure that I can still make the things you love if there are delays. These are the kind of things that the people supporting me on Patreon enable me to do--without that buffer, I can't absorb big, unexpected expenses like this.

Even supporting at the $2 a month tier helps a ton (and honestly just seeing that people ARE supporting me is the biggest warm fuzzy ever), and at the $7 and higher tiers you get a code every month for the 15% off Evergreen Discount, which you can apply to every order you make that month. Pledge for a year and that's like getting the discount for 3 months free.

If you can, please consider becoming a Patron, it keeps my morale up and plays such a big part in keeping this little operation spinning.

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