Safflower

The Herb Library /Safflower
Safflower
Foundation

Safflower

Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
ConditioningNourishingBotanical source
Botanical nameCarthamus tinctorius
FamilyAsteraceae
Part usedSeed
OriginDomesticated in the Fertile Crescent; grown in India, the Americas and Australia
The power of plants

The plant

A thistle-like annual grown for two entirely different reasons. Its florets gave one of the oldest textile dyes — safflower red was used on the linen wrappings of Egyptian mummies — and its seeds give one of the most linoleic-rich oils in agriculture. The plant sends a taproot a long way down, which is why it survives on dry ground where other oilseeds fail.

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In our formulas

Where it appears

Skincare benefits

What it does

Part of the saponified oil blend that forms both soap bars.

Responsible sourcing

Where it comes from

Botanical-source oil inside the bought-in soap base. Not certified organic.

Worth saying plainly

This one comes in through the bought-in melt & pour soap base rather than being weighed out by us. We name it because it is in there, not because we chose it.

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