Collection: ORa Henna Powder

About Henna Crop Years

• BAQ henna is harvested once a year.
• Pakistani henna (Jamila) is generally available near the end of summer.
• Rajasthani Indian (ORa) henna is generally available in the late fall/early winter
• Properly stored, unopened powder henna can easily last more than 3 years.
• If you find a crop year you really like, buy extra!

Below is information on our current henna powders. We purchase henna directly from growers, not third-party distributers.

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ORa Henna (Rajasthani Henna - BAQ)

2024 Crop *The Henna in All Kits*

Embrace excellence with our signature henna powder, ORa – a remarkable powerhouse that stands out with a stringy texture and dark color.

Whether you're a novice or an expert, it is my top recommendation. It's my own henna of choice that I use on my clients.

• 10-24+ Hour Dye Release with Lemon Juice (14-24 hours is the norm)
• Extra Dark Staining Henna
• Extra-High Lawsone Content (2.83)
• Slightly Stringy Texture
• Excellent Stickiness (to the skin)
• Excellent Sift
• Very Stable
• Winter Harvest Henna (December 2024)
• Pesticide free
  

Buy ORa Henna Powder Here

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BAQ Jamila Henna (Pakistani Henna)

2024 Crop

Jamila henna is the most well-known professional-grade henna powder, due to it's wonderful sift and creamy consistency. It has been around for many years and consistently offers good color.

• 18-48+ Hour Dye Release with Lemon Juice
  (24 hours is the norm)
• High Lawsone Content (2.7)
• Super Creamy Texture (benefits from adding sugar)
• Excellent Triple Sift (best sift in the industry)
• Very Stable
• Late Summer Harvest Henna
• Authentic Jamila - we buy directly from Jamila, not a distributor

Buy Jamila Henna Powder Here

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Safe Ready Made Henna Paste

I recommend preparing your own mehndi paste using our fresh henna powder. The most optimal color results and the ability to tailor the texture to personal preferences come from mixing your own paste.

Recognizing, however, that not everyone finds it practical to mix their own henna, we've worked hard to provide you with a high-quality, ready-made henna paste.

Our ready-made henna paste is crafted exclusively for us, undergoes flash freezing, and is then express-shipped to us. Upon arrival, it undergoes a thorough quality check and is stored in our in-house freezers. We are committed to delivering a ready-to-use henna paste that is fresh, contains safe ingredients, and is entirely free from harmful chemicals.

Buy Henna Paste Here

Beachcombers' Henna Paste Ingredients

• Pure Henna Powder
• Lemon Juice
• Tea Tree Oil and Clove Bud Oil
• Xantam Gum (sugar)
• Sorbic Acid (instead of parabens as a preservative)

Henna paste must be stored frozen.

Consider our Big Bad Henna Kit which contains BOTH paste and powder!

 

 

That's a personal preference, but I use ORa henna on my clients and myself.

ORa henna leaves beautiful dark color, is a super stable henna, sticks well to the skin, and has a gorgeous stringy texture that allows me to work faster and get cleaner lines. ORa leaves great color on the hair and it's easier to rinse the paste out of the hair.

Jamila is the oldest, most well-known professional henna brand. I used Jamila back when we didn't have many professional-grade choices. It's still a solid henna choice with a creamy texture. To get cleaner lines, adding sugar is a great help or mixing some ORa henna into it.

You can always try both to see what works for you, but if you are new to henna, I suggest sticking with ORa henna.

I'm glad you asked! YES! Our henna is safe. We source our henna directly from growers that provide us with high quality, pure, unadulterated henna product. Since we don't use distributors, we can be sure that we are getting consistent high quality henna.

Learn more about henna safety on the safety page of our free Henna Learning Center.

In 2025, there was a regulation change for organic certification. Previously, just the henna grower needed to be certified, but now both the grower AND the importer (us) need to be certified.

This is a financial burden that, as a small business, we simply can't afford. Though our grower is still certified, we are not. This means our pesticide-free henna is not certified organic.

A tightening up of organic certification is generally a welcome change. This change prevents someone from ordering a small amount of organic henna, and then cutting it with inferior henna and reselling it as pure organic.

We do not repackage our henna. BOTH the silver outside bag and the clear inside bag remain sealed, exactly as the grower sends it to us.

You can read more details about this here on our blog.

Jamila henna has never been certified as organic, and they have no plans to do so.