I soak annatto seeds in oo (part of my recipe) to make a pale yellow soap. This always turns out very nice, but I wondered if anyone has tried the powder and if so, how does it turn out and do you add it to a small amount of oil and blend in at trace? I've used rosemary powder this way, but never tried annatto powder.
Annatto seed or powder?
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Bnky said:
Id try it! I think the powder would be nice because it exposes more surface area of the seeds to it... it will tend to make it a little more of a scrubby bar but its good stuff
youll get some nice coloring with it too
lecheymiel
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I use anato powder, I add it in the trace just before the esential oils... first the color is brown-orange and 24 h later is just orange...
1 tsbp for 1 kg of trace... (more or less)
good luck
1 tsbp for 1 kg of trace... (more or less)
good luck
gekko62
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I've tried infusing the powder in oil but it just won't play nice.Clumps up & doesn't release any colour. So I experimented with a water infusion.Works great. It completely dissolves,gets a brown foam when lye is added but I scoop some out,leave the rest. 1/2 tsp annatto ppo in recipe gives a bright clear lemon skin yellow. 1 tsp ppo & its more eggyolk colour but that much tints the lather too.
I used annatto powder to color some soap and I think it turned out pretty good. I made a tangerine scented soap and added the annatto powder to a small amount of oils dipped out to swirl in. I made a 2lb loaf. This was some of my first trys at swirling so don't laught when you see it. (LOL) It turned out a pretty shade of orange. Also I used 1/2 tsp ground Annatto to 1/2 cup of oils at trace.
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