Amaranth seeds?

[Obsidian]

Has anyone ever used amaranth seeds in CP for scrubbies? I got some today for eating and they are so small and smooth, I though they would work great in place of poppy seeds. I'm really curious if they keep their nice creamy color or if they turn brown.
I might have to set aside a small bit of batter from my next batch for testing.

 

[boyago]

You could make soap with it but this is way cooler.
"Amaranth was a staple of pre-Colombian Aztecs, who imbued it with supernatural powers and made it part of their religious ceremonies. They would mix amaranth flour and human blood then shaped the dough into idols that were eaten in their well-known sacrificial ceremonies."
http://www.eattheweeds.com/amaranth-grain-vegetable-icon/

 

[Obsidian]

Oh no, you mean I've been doing it wrong? maybe we can put my blood cakes into a package with the fight club soaps...

 

[boyago]

Oh no, you mean I've been doing it wrong? maybe we can put my blood cakes into a package with the fight club soaps...

There is allot of human fluids discussed on this forum. Maybe we should put together a human blood, breastmilk... gonna bail on finishing that as I am already getting the willies.

 

[Obsidian]

Thats wrong on so many levels.

 

[kryse13]

You could make soap with it but this is way cooler.
"Amaranth was a staple of pre-Colombian Aztecs, who imbued it with supernatural powers and made it part of their religious ceremonies. They would mix amaranth flour and human blood then shaped the dough into idols that were eaten in their well-known sacrificial ceremonies."
http://www.eattheweeds.com/amaranth-grain-vegetable-icon/

"Spiny amaranth has edible leaves and might be a medicine and sex aid"

I'm interested!

I obviously am very interested in whether or not this can be used in soap!

 

[Obsidian]

I plan on using some of the seeds in a test batch tomorrow. I'm trying a new brown colorant so I hope the light seeds will stand out nicely. Will also put some in unscented/uncolored to see if there is any changes.

 

[neeners]

I think it would be interesting to try.

just fyi, if you think about growing amaranth, be careful! that stuff spreads like weeds!

 

[Obsidian]

Yeah, I've grown love lies bleeding before, it really does reseed easy.

I made my seed soap this morning. I ended up using black walnut tea in place of water so all my batter is brown, the seeds show up pretty good though and I did a lighter swirl without seeds. I hope it ends up looking like I want.

 

[boyago]

Well I did find a Amaranth soap recipe, betting the oil might be hard to find though. Looks like just suggest raw seeds as well so I have high hopes for your soaps. Also not sure how comfortable I'm with "natural peeling effect".


AGRANA - Amaranth Oil Soap with natural
Peeling Effect with CORN PO4 PH B
release 01, 06.12.12
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Amaranth Oil Soap with natural Peeling Effect
from Amaranth Seeds
GUIDE FORMULATION
“Formulated and developed exclusively for SLI Chemicals by
Tanja Franz, MSC, Dipl-Ing (FH) from Beti Lue Salbenmanufaktur”
Ingredients INCI-Name Content (g) Supplier
OIL PHASE
Phase A
Palm Oil Elsies Guineesis 470,00 Gustav Hees
Coconut Oil Cocus Nucifera 300,00 Gustav Hees
Phase B
Amaranth Oil Amarathus Caudatus Seed Extract 200,00 SLI CHEMICALS
Semigo
Jojoba Oil yellow Simmondsia Chinensis 30,00 SLI CHEMICALS
Desert Oil
WATER PHASE
Phase C
Water distilled Aqua 400,00
Allantoin Allantoin 0,40 SLI CHEMICALS
Deretil
Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Hydroxide 139,80 Behave
Phase D
CORN PO4 PH”B” Distarch Phosphate 12,00 AGRANA
SLI CHEMICALS
Phase E
Amaranth Seeds Amarathus Caudatus Seeds 20,00 SLI CHEMICALS
Semigo
AGRANA STARCH
WWW.AGRANA.COM
AGRANA - Amaranth Oil Soap with natural
Peeling Effect with CORN PO4 PH B
release 01, 06.12.12
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PROCEDURE
1. Melt Phase A by heating gently (not over 70 C).
2. Add Phase B to Phase A in order to hasten the cooling of the melted oils.
3. Dissolve Phase C – Beware – strong heat development.
4. Incorporate Phase D in Phase C in the hot solution while stirring vigorously.
5. Incorporate C – D into A – B whilst stirring carefully at c. 38 – 50 °C; the saponification process commences.
6. Add Phase E (Amaranth Seeds) and carefully pour into the soap mass whilst stirring. The soaps should be aged for 4 – 6 weeks.
This formulation is indicative only and no responsibility whatsoever will be assumed. This formulation is offered solely for your consideration, investigation and verification. It is your responsibility to thoroughly test any formulations before use. All those who use our formulations as well as those who process AGRANA Starches are themselves entirely responsible for the adherence to prevailing statutory regulations and the observance of patent rights as well as other protective rights for other companies. AGRANA does not assure any liability with respect to the composition of the formulation or the use in products.

View attachment AGRANA - Amaranth Oil Soap with natural Peeling Effect with CORN PO4 PH B.pdf

 

[Suzi/SACHIEL]

Has anyone introduced AMARANTH flour in their cold process soap, recipes?

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Has anyone introduced AMARANTH flour in their cold process soap, recipes?

I haven't tried Amaranth Flour but there are a few other Bob's Red Mill flours I have used in CP:
Oat flour in honey & oat castile
Rice flour in CP made with rice water
Barley flour in beer soap

Use Rate: 1 Tablespoon PPO (Per Pound Oils)