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IBusiness of Fashion ibika ukuthi ukuthengwa kwamakhandlela kuyakhula. Umdayisi waseBrithani iCult Beauty iqophe ukwenyuka ngo-61% ezinyangeni eziyi-12. Amakhandlela e-Prestige e-US anyuse ukuthengisa ngengxenye yesithathu eminyakeni emibili edlule. Imikhiqizo kanokusho efana neGucci, Dior kanye noLouis Vuitton inikeza amakhandlela “njengendawo yokungena efinyeleleka kalula” kumakhasimende. Amakhandlela avele abe imfanelo yokunethezeka nokuthula. UCheryl Wischhower ubhalela i-Business of Fashion: “Ngokuvamile, abathengi bathenga amakhandlela ukuze bawasebenzise njengengxenye yobuhle basekhaya noma imicikilisho yokuphila kahle. Izikhangiso zivame ukubonisa abahle bekhombisa izifihla-buso ezinekhandlela elilokozayo eduze.”
Wonke lamakhandlela angaba muhle kakhulu, kodwa futhi anohlangothi olumnyama. Iqiniso liwukuthi amakhandlela amaningi enziwe ngopharafini, okuwumkhiqizo wokugcina ochungechungeni lokuhluza uwoyela. Uma ushisiwe, ukhipha i-toluene ne-benzene, ama-carcinogens aziwayo. Lawa ngamakhemikhali afanayo atholakala ku-diesel exhaust.
Abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Carolina baqhathanisa amakhandlela anganamakha, angadayiwe enziwe ngopharafini nengcina yemvelo. Baphetha ngokuthi “amakhandlela asekelwe ezitshalweni awazange akhiqize ukungcola okungase kube yingozi, amakhandlela kapharafini ayekhipha amakhemikhali angafuneki emoyeni.” Uprofesa wesayensi yokuthakwa kwamakhemikhali uRuhulla Massoudi wathi: “Kumuntu okhanyisa amakhandlela nsuku zonke iminyaka eminingi noma ovele ewasebenzise njalo, ukuhogela lezi zinto ezingcolisa umoya emoyeni kungaba nomthelela ekwakhekeni kwezingozi zempilo ezinjengomdlavuza, ukungezwani komzimba noma isifuba somoya.” .
Iphunga lekhandlela nalo liyingozi. U-80-90% wezithako zephunga elimnandi “ahlanganiswe ku-petroleum kanti ezinye zisuka ku-acetone, phenol, toluene, benzyl acetate kanye ne-limonene,” ngokocwaningo lwe-University of Maryland.
Ngo-2001, i-Environmental Protection Agency yashicilela umbiko othi ukushisa amakhandlela kuwumthombo wezinhlayiya futhi “kungase kuholele ekugxiliseni komthofu womoya ongaphakathi endlini ngaphezu kwemikhawulo etuswa yi-EPA.” Umthofu uvela ezintanjeni zensimbi, ezisetshenziswa abanye abakhiqizi ngoba insimbi ibamba intambo iqonde.
Ngenhlanhla, uma ungenawo amakhandlela angaphezu kweminyaka eyi-10, cishe awanayo intambo yomthofu. Kodwa uma ucabanga ukuthi usenawo lamakhandlela, nikeza ikhandlela lakho ukuhlolwa okuncane. Uma unekhandlela elingakakhanyiswa, gcoba isihloko sentambo ephepheni. Uma ishiya uphawu lwepensela olumpunga, intambo yocingo iqukethe i-lead core. Uma ikhandlela selivele likhanyisiwe, vele uhlukanise ingxenye yentambo ibe yizicucu, ubone ukuthi kukhona yini induku yensimbi lapho.
Indlela yokukhetha ikhandlela elifanele
Kukhona amakhandlela aphephile enziwe ngama-wax emvelo namafutha abalulekile emvelo. Nansi inkomba esheshayo echaza ukuthi ikhandlela lemvelo elingu-100% lihlanganisani.
Kafushane, ikhandlela lemvelo kufanele lifake izithako ezi-3 kuphela:
wax yemifino
amafutha abalulekile
ukotini noma intambo yokhuni
I-wax yemvelo yilezi zinhlobo ezilandelayo: i-soy wax, i-rapeseed wax, i-coconut wax, ingcina yezinyosi. Amafutha ephunga noma amafutha abalulekile? Ibalulekile! Amafutha anephunga elimnandi ashibhile kakhulu kunamafutha abalulekile emvelo, yingakho asetshenziswa kakhulu emakhandleleni. Amafutha anephunga elimnandi futhi anikeza izinhlobonhlobo eziningi kakhulu mayelana nephunga, kuyilapho amafutha abalulekile anomkhawulo ngoba akuzona zonke izitshalo emhlabeni ezingasetshenziswa ukukhiqiza amafutha. Kodwa khumbula ukuthi amafutha abalulekile kuphela enza ikhandlela libe yimvelo eyi-100%.
I-wax ethandwa kakhulu ekwenzeni amakhandlela emvelo i-soy. Inezinzuzo eziningi. Ikhandlela elenziwe nge-soy wax likhipha umule omncane uma lishisiwe. Amakhandlela esoya angaqongelela umule omnyama, kodwa inani lincane kakhulu kunalelo lamakhandlela kapharafini. Ngenxa yokuthi amakhandlela esoya avutha kancane, iphunga liphuma kancane kancane futhi alikushayi ngegagasi lephunga elinamandla. Amakhandlela e-soy ayinabo ubuthi ngokuphelele. Ikhandlela lesoya livutha isikhathi eside kunekhandlela likapharafini. Yebo, amakhandlela e-soy ayabiza kakhulu, kodwa ahlala isikhathi eside. I-wax ye-soy nayo iyakwazi ukubola, okwenza ivumelane nemvelo.
Njengoba ubona, ukukhetha ikhandlela lemvelo akunzima. Namuhla, izinhlobo eziningi zinikeza amakhandlela emvelo azonikeza induduzo kanye nemizwelo ejabulisayo kuphela.