COSMETICS

Cold Cream.

I.—	Oil of almonds	425 parts
	Lanolin	185 parts
	White wax	62 parts
	Spermaceti	62 parts
	Borax	4.5 parts
	Rose water	300 part

Melt together the first four ingredients, then incorporate the solution of borax in the rose water.

II.—	Tragacanth	125 parts
	Boric acid	100 parts
	Glycerine	140 parts
	Expressed oil of almonds	50 parts
	Glyconine	50 parts
	Oil of lavender	0.5 parts
	Water enough to make	1,000 parts

Mix the tragacanth and the boric acid with the glycerine; add the almond oil, lavender oil, and egg glycerite, which have been previously well incorporated, and, lastly, add the water in divided portions until a clear jelly of the desired consistency is obtained.

III.—	Oil of almonds	26 ounces
	Castor oil (odorless)	6 ounces
	Lard (benzoated)	8 ounces
	White wax	8 ounces
	Rose water (in winter less, in summer more, than quantity named)	12 ounces
	Orange-flower water	8 ounces
	Oil of rose	15 minims
	Extract of jasmine	6 drachms
	Extract of cassia	4 drachms
	Borax	2 ounces
	Glycerine	4 ounces

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Melt the oil of sweet almonds, wax, and lard together, and stir in the castor oil; make a solution of the borax in the glycerine and rose and orange-flower waters; add this solution, a little at a time, to the melted fat, stirring constantly to insure thorough incorporation; finally add the oil of rose dissolved in the extracts, and beat the ointment until cold.

IV.—Spermaceti (pure), ¹/₄ ounce; white wax (pure), ¹/₄ ounce; almond oil, ¹/₄ pound; butter of cocoa, ¹/₄ pound; lanolin, 2 ounces.

Melt and stir in 1 drachm of balsam of Peru. After settling, pour off the clear portion and add 2 fluidrachms of orange-flower water and stir briskly until it concretes.

Camphorated Cold Cream.—

Oil of sweet almonds	8 fluidounces
White wax	1 ounce
Spermaceti	1 ounce
Camphor	1 ounce
Rose water	5 fluidounces
Borax (in fine powder)	4 drachms
Oil of rose	10 drops

Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the oil of sweet almonds, in which the camphor has been dissolved with very gentle heat; then gradually add the rose water, in which the borax has previously been dissolved, beating or agitating constantly with a wooden spatula until cold. Lastly add the oil of rose.

Petrolatum Cold Cream.—

Petrolatum (white)	7 ounces
Paraffine	¹/₂ ounce
Lanolin	2 ounces
Water	3 ounces
Oil of rose	3 drops
Alcohol	1 drachm

A small quantity of borax may be added, if desirable, and the perfume may be varied to suit the taste.

Lip Salves:

Pomades For The Lips.

II.—Vaseline Pomade.—
I.—	Paraffine	80.0 parts
	Vaseline	80.0 parts
	Anchusine	0.5 parts
	Bergamot oil	1.0 part
	Lemon peel	1.0 part
	Vaseline oil, white	1,000 parts
	Wax, white	300 part
	Geranium oil, African.	40 parts
	Lemon oil.	20 parts
III.—Rose Pomade.—
	Almond oil	1,000 parts
	Wax, white	300 parts
	Alkannin	3 parts
	Geranium oil	20 parts
IV.—Yellow Pomade.—
	Vaseline oil, white.	1,000 parts
	Wax, white	200 parts
	Spermaceti	200 parts
	Saffron surrogate.	10 parts
	Clove oil.	20 parts
V.—White Pomade.—
	Vaseline oil, white	1,000 parts
	Wax, white.	300 parts
	Bitter almond oil, genuine.	10 parts
	Lemon oil	2 parts
VI.—	Paraffine	49.0 parts
	Vaseline.	49.0 parts
	Oil of lemon.	0.75 parts
	Oil of violet	0.75 parts
	Carmine, quantity sufficient.

Lipol.

Manicure Preparations:

Powdered Nail Polishes.—

I.—	Tin oxide	8 drachms
	Carmine	¹/₄ drachm
	Rose oil.	6 drops
	Neroli oil.	5 drops
II.—	Cinnabar.	1 drachm
II.—	Infusorial earth.	8 drachms
III.—	Putty powder (fine).	4 drachms
	Carmine.	2 grains
	Oil of rose.	1 drop
IV.—	White castile soap.	1 part
	Hot water	16 parts
	Zinc chloride solution, 10 per cent, quantity sufficient.

Dissolve the soap in the water and to the solution add the zinc-chloride solution until no further precipitation occurs. Let stand over night; pour off the supernatant fluid, wash the precipitate {227} well with water, and dry at the ordinary temperature. Carmine may be added if desired.

Polishing Pastes For The Nails.—

I.—	Talcum.	5 drachms
	Stannous oxide.	3 drachms
	Powdered tragacanth	5 grains
	Glycerine	1 drachm
	Rose water, quantity sufficient.
	Solution of carmine sufficient to tint.

Make paste.

For softening the nails, curing hangnails, etc., an ointment is sometimes used consisting of white petrolatum, 8 parts; powdered castile soap, 1 part; and perfume to suit.

II.—	Eosine	10 grains
	White wax	¹/₂ drachm
	Spermaceti	¹/₂ drachm
	Soft paraffine	1 ounce
	Alcohol, a sufficient quantity.

Dissolve the eosine in as little alcohol as will suffice, melt the other ingredients together, add the solution, and stir until cool.

Nail-cleaning Washes.—

I.—	Tartaric acid	1 drachm
	Tincture of myrrh	1 drachm
	Cologne water	2 drachms
	Water	3 ounces

Dissolve the acid in the water; mix the tincture of myrrh and cologne, and add to the acid solution.

Dip the nails in this solution, wipe, and polish with chamois skin.

II.—	Oxalic acid	30 grains
II.—	Rose water	1 ounce

Nail Varnish.—

Paraffine wax	60 grains
Chloroform	2 ounces
Oil of rose	3 drops

Pomades:

I.—Beef-Marrow Pomade.—

Vaseline oil, yellow	20,000 parts
Ceresine, yellow	3,000 parts
Beef marrow	2,000 parts
Saffron substitute	15 parts
Lemon oil	50 parts
Bergamot oil	20 parts
Clove oil	5 parts
Lavender oil.	10 parts

II.—China Pomade.—

Vaseline oil, yellow	20,000 parts
Ceresine, yellow	5,000 parts
Brilliant, brown	12 parts
Peru balsam	50 parts
Lemon oil	5 parts
Bergamot oil	5 parts
Clove oil	5 parts
Lavender oil	5 parts

III.—Crystalline Honey Pomade.—Nut oil, 125 drachms; spermaceti, 15 drachms; gamboge, 2 drachms; vervain oil, 10 drops; cinnamon oil, 20 drops; bergamot oil, 30 drops; rose oil, 3 drops. The spermaceti is melted in the nut oil on a water bath and digested with the gamboge for 20 minutes; it is next strained, scented, and poured into cans which are standing in water. The cooling must take place very slowly. Instead of gamboge, butter color may be used. Any desired scent mixture may be employed.

IV.—Herb Pomade.—

Vaseline oil, yellow	20,000 parts
Ceresine, yellow	5,000 parts
Chlorophyll	20 parts
Lemon oil	50 parts
Clove oil	20 parts
Geranium oil, African	12 parts
Curled mint oil.	4 parts

V.—Rose Pomade.—

Vaseline oil, white	20,000 parts
Ceresine, white	5,000 parts
Alkannin	15 parts
Geranium oil, African	50 parts
Palmarosa oil	30 parts
Lemon oil	20 parts

VI.—Strawberry Pomade.—When the strawberry season is on, and berries are plenty and cheap, the following is timely:

Strawberries, ripe and fresh	4 parts
Lard, sweet and fresh	25 parts
Tallow, fresh	5 parts
Alkanet tincture, quantity sufficient.
Essential oil, quantity sufficient to perfume.

Melt lard and tallow together on the water bath at the temperature of boiling water. Have the strawberries arranged on a straining cloth. Add the alkanet tincture to the melted grease, stir in, and then pour the mixture over the berries. Stir the strained fats until the mass {228} begins to set, then add the perfume and stir in. A little artificial essence of strawberries may be added. The odor usually employed is rose, about 1 drop to every 2 pounds.

VII.—Stick Pomade.—

Tallow	500 parts
Ceresine	150 parts
Wax, yellow	50 parts
Rosin, light	200 parts
Paraffine oil (thick)	300 parts
Oil of cassia.	5 parts
Oil of bergamot	5 parts
Oil of clove	2 parts

VIII.—Vaseline Pomade.—Melt 250 parts of freshly rendered lard and 25 parts of white wax at moderate heat and mix well with 200 parts of vaseline. Add 15 parts of bergamot oil, 3 parts of lavender oil, 2 parts of geranium oil, and 2 parts of lemon oil, mixing well.

IX.—Witch-Hazel Jelly.—

Oil of sweet almonds	256 parts
Extract of witch-hazel fluid	10 parts
Glycerine	32 parts
oft soap	20 parts
Tincture of musk, quantity sufficient to perfume.

Mix in a large mortar the glycerine and soft soap and stir until incorporated. Add and rub in the witch-hazel, and then add the oil, slowly, letting it fall in a very thin, small stream, under constant agitation; add the perfume, keeping up the agitation until complete incorporation is attained. Ten drops of musk to a quart of jelly is sufficient. Any other perfume may be used.

Colors For Pomade.

In coloring grease by means of alkanet or annotto it is best to tie the drug up in a piece of coarse cloth, place in a small portion of the grease, heat gently, squeezing well with a rod from time to time; and then adding this strongly colored grease to the remainder. This procedure obviates exposing the entire mass to heat, and neither decantation nor straining is needed.

Brocq’s Pomade For Itching.—

Acid phenic	1 part
Acid salicylic	2 parts
Acid tartaric	3 parts
Glycerole of starch	60 to 100 parts

Mix and make a pomade.

White Cosmetique.—

Jasmine pomade	2 ounces
Tuberose pomade	2 ounces
White wax	2 ounces
Refined suet	4 ounces
Rose oil	15 minims

Melt the wax and suet over a water bath, then add the pomades, and finally the otto.

Glycerine And Cucumber Jelly.—

Gelatin	160 to 240 grains
Boric acid	240 grains
Glycerine	6 fluidounces
Water	10 fluidounces

Perfume to suit. The perfume must be one that mixes without opalescence, otherwise it mars the beauty of the preparation. Orange-flower water or rose water could be substituted for the water if desired, or another perfume consisting of

Spirit of vanillin (15 grains per ounce)	2 fluidrachms
Spirit of coumarin (15 grains per ounce)	2 fluidrachms
Spirit of bitter almonds (¹/₈)	8 minims

to the quantities given above would prove agreeable.

Cucumber Pomade.—

Cucumber pomade	2 ounces
Powdered white soap	¹/₂ ounce
Powdered borax	2 drachms
Cherry-laurel water	3 ounces
Rectified spirit	3 ounces
Distilled water to make	48 ounces

Rub the pomade with the soap and borax until intimately mixed, then add the distilled water (which may be warmed to blood heat), ounce by ounce, to form a smooth and uniform cream. When 40 ounces of water have been so incorporated, dissolve any essential oils desired as perfume in the spirit, and add the cherry-laurel water, making up to 48 ounces with plain water.

Rouges And Paints:

Grease Paints.

White Grease Paints.—

I.—	Prepared chalk	4 av. ounces
	Zinc oxide	4 av. ounces
	Bismuth subnitrate	4 av. ounces
	Asbestos powder	4 av. ounces
	Sweet almond oil, about	2 ¹/₂ fluidounces
	Camphor	40 grains
	Oil peppermint	3 fluidrachms
	Esobouquet extract	3 fluidrachms

Sufficient almond oil should be used to form a mass of proper consistence.

II.—	Zinc oxide.	8 parts
	Bismuth subnitrate	8 parts
	Aluminum oxychloride	8 parts
	Almond oil, quantity sufficient, or 5–6 parts.
	Perfume, quantity sufficient.

Mix the zinc, bismuth, and aluminum oxychloride thoroughly; make into a paste with the oil. Any perfume may be added, but that generally used is composed of 1 drachm of essence of bouquet, 12 grains of camphor, and 12 minims of oil of peppermint for every 3 ¹/₂ ounces of paste.

Bright Red.—

Zinc oxide	10 parts
Bismuth subnitrate	10 parts
Aluminum oxychloride	10 parts
Almond oil, quantity sufficient.

Mix the zinc, bismuth, and aluminum salts, and to every 4 ounces of the mixture add 2 ¹/₄ grains of eosine dissolved in a drachm of essence of bouquet, 12 minims oil of peppermint, and 12 grains of camphor. Make the whole into a paste with almond oil.

Red.—

Cacao butter	4 av. ounces
White wax	4 av. ounces
Olive oil	2 fluidounces
Oil of rose	8 drops
Oil of bergamot	3 drops
Oil of neroli	2 drops
Tincture musk	2 drops
Carmine	90 grains
Ammonia water	3 fluidrachms

Deep, Or Bordeaux, Red.—

Zinc oxide	30 parts
Bismuth subnitrate	30 parts
Aluminum oxychloride	30 parts
Carmine	1 part
Ammonia water	5 parts
Essence bouquet	3 parts
Peppermint, camphor, etc., quantity sufficient.

Mix the zinc, bismuth, and aluminum salts. Dissolve the carmine in the ammonia and add solution to the mixture. Add 24 grains of camphor, and 24 minims of oil of peppermint dissolved in the essence bouquet, and make the whole into a paste with oil of sweet almonds.

Vermilion.—

Vermilion	18 parts
Tincture of saffron	12 parts
Orris root, powdered	30 parts
Chalk, precipitated	120 parts
Zinc oxide	120 parts
Camphor	2 parts
Essence bouquet	9 parts
Oil of peppermint	2 parts
Almond oil, quantity sufficient.

Mix as before.

Pink.—

Zinc carbonate	250 parts
Bismuth subnitrate	250 parts
Asbestos	250 parts
Expressed oil of almonds	100 parts
Camphor	55 parts
Oil of peppermint	55 parts
Perfume	25 parts
Eosine	1 part

Dark Red.

Rouge.—

Zinc oxide.	2 ¹/₂ ounces
Bismuth subnitrate	2 ¹/₂ ounces
Aluminum plumbate	2 ¹/₂ ounces
Eosine	1 drachm
Essence bouquet	2 drachms
Camphor	6 drachms
Oil of peppermint	20 minims
Almond oil, quantity sufficient.

Dissolve the eosine in the essence bouquet, and mix with the camphor and peppermint; add the powder and make into a paste with almond oil.

Black Grease Paints.—

I.—	Soot	2 av. ounces
	Sweet almond oil	2 fluidounces
	Cacao butter	6 av. ounces
	Perfume, sufficient.

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The soot should be derived from burning camphor and repeatedly washed with alcohol. It should be triturated to a smooth mixture with the oil; then add to the melted cacao butter; add the perfume, and form into sticks.

Brown or other colors may be obtained by adding appropriate pigments, such as finely levigated burned umber, sienna, ocher, jeweler’s rouge, etc., to the foregoing base instead of lampblack.

II.—	Best lampblack	1 drachm
	Cacao butter	3 drachms
	Olive oil	3 drachms
	Oil of neroli	2 drops

Melt the cacao butter and oil, add the lampblack, and stir constantly as the mixture cools, adding the perfume toward the end.

III.—	Lampblack	1 part
	Cacao butter	6 parts
	Oil neroli, sufficient.

Melt the cacao butter and the lampblack, and while cooling make an intimate mixture, adding the perfume toward the last.

IV.—	Lampblack.	1 part
	Expressed oil of almonds	1 part
	Oil cocoanut	1 part
	Perfume, sufficient.

Beat the lampblack into a stiff paste with glycerine. Apply with a sponge; if necessary, mix a little water with it when using.

V.—Beat the finest lampblack into a stiff paste with glycerine and apply with a sponge; if necessary, add a little water to the mixture when using. Or you can make a grease paint as follows: Drop black, 2 drachms; almond oil, 2 drachms; cocoanut oil, 6 drachms; oil of lemon, 5 minims; oil of neroli, 1 minim. Mix.

Fatty Face Powders.

Dissolve 1 drachm anhydrous lanolin in 2 drachms of ether in a mortar. Add 3 drachms of light magnesia. Mix well, dry, and then add the following: French chalk, 2 ounces; powdered starch, 1 ¹/₂ ounces; boric acid, 1 drachm; perfume, a sufficient quantity. A good perfume is coumarin, 2 grains, and attar of rose, 2 minims.

Nose Putty.

II.—White wax, 8 parts; rosin, white, 8 parts; mutton suet, 4 parts; color to suit. Melt together.

Rose Powder.

Rouge Tablets.

Ammonium carminate	10 parts
Talc, in powder	25 parts
Dextrin	8 parts
Simple syrup, sufficient.
Perfume, to taste, sufficient.

Mix the talc and dextrin and add the perfume, preferably in the shape of an essential oil (attar of rose, synthetic oil of jasmine, or violet, etc.), using 6 to 8 drops to every 4 ounces of other ingredients. Incorporate the ammonium carminate and add just enough simple syrup to make a mass easily rolled out. Cut into tablets of the desired size. The ammonium carminate is made by adding 1 part of carmine to 2 ¹/₂ parts of strong ammonia water. Mix in a vial, cork tightly, and set aside until a solution is formed, shaking occasionally. The ammonium carminate is made by dissolving carmine in ammonia water to saturation.

Rouge Palettes.

Carmine	9 parts
French chalk	50 parts
Almond oil	12 parts

Add enough tragacanth mucilage to make the mass adhere and spread the whole evenly on the porcelain palette.

Liquid Rouge.—

I.—	Carmine	4 parts
	Stronger ammonia water	4 parts
	Essence of rose	16 parts
	Rose water to make.	500 parts

Mix. A very delightful violet odor, if this is preferred, is obtained by using ionone in place of rose essence. A cheaper preparation may be made as follows: {231}

II.—	Eosine	1 part
	Distilled water	20 parts
	Glycerine	5 parts
	Cologne water	75 parts
	Alcohol	100 parts

Mix.

Rub together with 10 parts of almond oil and add sufficient mucilage of tragacanth to make the mass adhere to the porcelain palette.

III.—	Carmine	1 part
	Stronger ammonia water	1 part
	Attar of rose	4 parts
	Rose water	125 parts

Mix. Any other color may be used in place of rose, violet (ionone), for instance, or heliotrope. A cheaper preparation may be made by substituting eosine for the carmine, as follows:

IV.—	Eosine	1 part
	Distilled water	20 parts
	Glycerine	5 parts
	Cologne water	75 parts
	Alcohol	100 parts

Mix.

Peach Tint.—

a.—	Buffalo eosine	4 drachms
	Distilled water	16 fluidounces
	Mix.
b.—	Pure hydrochloric acid	2 ¹/₂ drachms
	Distilled water	64 fluidounces
	Mix.

Pour a into b, shake, and set aside for a few hours; then pour off the clear portion and collect the precipitate on a filter. Wash with the same amount of b and immediately throw the precipitate into a glass measure, stirring in with a glass rod sufficient of b to measure 16 ounces in all. Pass through a hair sieve to get out any filtering paper. To every 16 ounces add 8 ounces of glycerine.

Theater Rouge.

Cornstarch	4 drachms
Powdered white talcum	6 drachms

Mix.

a.—	Carminoline	10 grains
	Base	6 drachms
	Water	4 drachms

Dissolve the carminoline in the water, mix with the base and dry.

b.—	Geranium red	10 grains
	Base	6 drachms
	Water	4 drachms

Mix as above and dry.

Skin Foods.

Wrinkles on the face yield to a wash consisting of 50 parts milk of almonds (made with rose water) and 4 parts aluminum sulphate. Use morning and night.

Rough skin is to be washed constantly in Vichy water. Besides this, rough places are to have the following application twice daily—either a few drops of:

I.—	Rose water	100 parts
	Glycerine	25 parts
	Tannin	³/₄ part
	Mix. Or use:
II.—	Orange-flower water	100 parts
	Glycerine	10 parts
	Borax	2 parts
	Mix. Sig.: Apply twice daily.

“Beauty Cream.”

Alum, powdered	10 grams
Whites of	2 eggs
Boric acid	3 grams
Tincture of benzoin	40 drops
Olive oil	40 drops
Mucilage of acacia	5 drops
Rice flour, quantity sufficient.
Perfume, quantity sufficient.

Mix the alum and the white of eggs, without any addition of water whatever, in an earthen vessel, and dissolve the alum by the aid of very gentle heat (derived from a lamp, or gaslight, regulated to a very small flame), and constant, even, stirring. This must continue until the aqueous content of the albumen is completely driven off. Care must be taken to avoid coagulation of the albumen (which occurs very easily, as all know). Let the mass obtained in this manner get completely cold, then throw into a Wedgwood mortar, add the boric acid, tincture of benzoin, oil, mucilage (instead of which a solution of fine gelatin may be used), etc., and rub up together, thickening it with the addition of sufficient rice flour to give the desired consistence, and perfuming at will. Instead of olive oil any pure fat, or fatty oil, may be used, even vaseline or glycerine.

Face Bleach Or Beautifier.—

Syrupy lactic acid	40 ounces
Glycerine	80 ounces
Distilled water	5 gallons
Mix. Gradually add
Tincture of benzoin	3 ounces
Color by adding
Carmine No. 40	40 grains
Glycerine	1 ounce
Ammonia solution	¹/₂ ounce
Water to	3 ounces
Heat this to drive off the ammonia, and mix all. Shake, set aside; then filter, and add
Solution of ionone	1 drachm
Add a few drachms of kaolin and filter until bright.

Blackhead Remedies.

I.—	Lactic acid	1 drachm
	Boric acid	1 drachm
	Ceresine	1 drachm
	Paraffine oil	6 drachms
	Hydrous wool fat	1 ¹/₂ ounces
	Castor oil	6 drachms

II.—Unna advises hydrogen dioxide in the treatment of blackheads, his prescription being:

	Hydrogen dioxide	20 to 40 parts
	Hydrous wool fat	10 parts
	Petrolatum	30 parts
III.—	Thymol	1 part
	Boric acid	2 parts
	Tincture of witch-hazel	18 parts
	Rose water sufficient to make	200 parts

Mix. Apply to the face night and morning with a sponge, first washing the face with hot water and castile soap, and drying it with a coarse towel, using force enough to start the dried secretions. An excellent plan is to steam the face by holding it over a basin of hot water, keeping the head covered with a cloth.

IV.—	Ichthyol	1 drachm
	Zinc oxide	2 drachms
	Starch	2 drachms
	Petrolatum	3 drachms

This paste should be applied at night. The face should first be thoroughly steamed or washed in water as hot as can be comfortably borne. All pustules should then be opened and blackheads emptied with as little violence as possible. After careful drying the paste should be thoroughly rubbed into the affected areas. In the morning, after removing the paste with a bland soap, bathe with cool water and dry with little friction.

Hand Creams And Lotions:

Chapped Skin.—

I.—	Glycerine	8 parts
	Bay rum	4 parts
	Ammonia water	4 parts
	Rose water	4 parts

Mix the bay rum and glycerine, add the ammonia water, and finally the rose water. It is especially efficacious after shaving.

II.—As glycerine is bad for the skin of many people, here is a recipe which will be found more generally satisfactory as it contains less glycerine: Bay rum, 3 ounces; glycerine, 1 ounce; carbolic acid, ¹/₂ drachm (30 drops). Wash the hands well and apply while hands are soft, preferably just before going to bed. Rub in thoroughly. This rarely fails to cure the worst “chaps” in two nights.

III.—A sure remedy for chapped hands consists in keeping them carefully dry and greasing them now and then with an anhydrous fat (not cold cream). The best substances for the purpose are unguentum cereum or oleum olivarum.

If the skin of the hands is already cracked the following preparation will heal it:

Finely ground zinc oxide, 5.0 parts; bismuth oxychloride, 2.0 parts; with fat oil, 12.0 parts; next add glycerine, 5.0 parts; lanolin, 30.0 parts; and scent with rose water, 10.0 parts.

IV.—Wax salve (olive oil 7 parts, and yellow wax 3 parts), or pure olive oil.

Hand-cleaning Paste.

A good paste may be made by dissolving soap in the least possible quantity of hot water, and as it cools and sets stirring in the grit. A good formula is:

White soap	2 ¹/₂ pounds
Fine sand	1 pound
Water	5 ¹/₂ pints

Lotion For The Hands.—

Boric acid	1 drachm
Glycerine	6 drachms
Dissolve by heat and mix with
Lanolin	6 drachms
Vaseline	1 ounce

Add any perfume desired. The borated glycerine should be cooled before mixing it with the lanolin.

Cosmetic Jelly.—

Tragacanth (white ribbon)	60 grains
Rose water	14 ounces

Macerate for two days and strain forcibly through coarse muslin or cheese {233} cloth. Add glycerine and alcohol, of each 1 ounce. Perfume to suit. Use immediately after bathing, rubbing in well until dry.

Perspiring Hands.

II.—Rub the hands several times per day with the following mixture:

	By weight
Rose water	125 parts
Borax	10 parts
Glycerine	8 parts

Hand Bleach.

For the removal of developing stains, see Photography.

Massage Creams:

Massage Application.—

White potash soap, shaved 20 parts Glycerine 30 parts Water 30 parts Alcohol (90 per cent) 10 parts

Dissolve the soap by heating it with the glycerine and water, mixed. Add the alcohol, and for every 30 ounces of the solution add 5 or 6 drops of the mistura oleoso balsamica, German Pharmacopœia. Filter while hot.

Medicated Massage Balls.

Casein Massage Cream.

Skimmed milk	1 gallon
Water of ammonia	1 ounce
Acetic acid	1 ounce
Oil of rose geranium	1 drachm
Oil of bitter almond	1 drachm
Oil of anise	2 drachms
Cold cream (see below), enough.
Carmine enough to color.

Add the water of ammonia to the milk and let it stand 24 hours. Then add the acetic acid and let it stand another 24 hours. Then strain through cheese cloth and add the oils. Work this thoroughly in a Wedgwood mortar, adding enough carmine to color it a delicate pink. To the product thus obtained add an equal amount of cold cream made by the formula herewith given:

White wax	4 ounces
Spermaceti	4 ounces
White petrolatum	12 ounces
Rose water	14 ounces
Borax	80 grains

Melt the wax, spermaceti, and petrolatum together over a water bath; dissolve the borax in the rose water and add to the melted mass at one time. Agitate violently. Presumably the borax solution should be of the same temperature as the melted mass.

Massage Skin Foods.—

This preparation is used in massage for removing wrinkles:

I.—	White wax	¹/₂ ounce
	Spermaceti	¹/₂ ounce
	Cocoanut oil	1 ounce
	Lanolin	1 ounce
	Oil of sweet almonds	2 ounces
	Melt in a porcelain dish, remove from the fire, and add
	Orange-flower water	1 ounce
	Tincture of benzoin	3 drops
	Beat briskly until creamy.
II.—	Snow-white cold cream	4 ounces
	Lanolin	4 ounces
	Oil of Theobroma	4 ounces
	White petrolatum oil	4 ounces
	Distilled water	4 ounces
	In hot weather add
	Spermaceti	1 ¹/₂ drachms
	White wax	2 ¹/₂ drachms

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In winter the two latter are left out and the proportion of cocoa butter is modified. Prepared and perfumed in proportion same as cold cream.

III.—	White petrolatum	7 av. ounces
	Paraffine wax	¹/₂ ounce
	Lanolin	2 av. ounces
	Water	3 fluidounces
	Oil of rose	3 drops
	Vanillin	2 grains
	Alcohol	1 fluidrachm

Melt the paraffine, add the lanolin and petrolatum, and when these have melted pour the mixture into a warm mortar, and, with constant stirring, incorporate the water. When nearly cold add the oil and vanillin, dissolved in the alcohol.

Preparations of this kind should be rubbed into the skin vigorously, as friction assists the absorbed fat in developing the muscles, and also imparts softness and fullness to the skin.

Skin Bleaches, Balms, Lotions, Etc.:

See also Cleaning Methods and Photography for removal of stains caused by photographic developers.

Astringent Wash For Flabby Skin.

Cucumber juice	1 ¹/₂ ounces
Tincture of benzoin	¹/₂ ounce
Cologne	1 ounce
Elder-flower water	5 ounces

Put the tincture of benzoin in an 8-ounce bottle, add the other ingredients, previously mixed, and shake slightly. There will be some precipitation of benzoin in this mixture, but it will settle out, or it may be strained out through cheese cloth.

Bleaching Skin Salves.

I.—	Lanolin	30 parts
	Bitter almond oil	10 parts
	Mix and stir with this salve base a solution of
	Borax	1 part
	Glycerine	15 parts
	Hydrogen peroxide	15 parts

For impure skin the following composition is recommended:

II.—	White mercurial ointment	5 grams
	Zinc ointment	5 grams
	Lanolin	30 grams
	Bitter almond oil	10 grams
	And gradually stir into this a solution of
	Borax	2 grams
	Glycerine	30 grams
	Rose water	10 grams
	Concentrated nitric acid	5 drops
III.—	Lanolin	30 grams
	Oil sweet almond	10 grams
	Borax	1 gram
	Glycerine	15 grams
	Solution hydrogen peroxide	15 grams

Mix the lanolin and oil, then incorporate the borax previously dissolved in the mixture of glycerine and peroxide solution.

IV.—	Ointment ammoniac mercury	5 grams
	Ointment zinc oxide	5 grams
	Lanolin	30 grams
	Oil sweet almond	10 grams
	Borax	2 grams
	Glycerine	30 grams
	Rose water	10 grams
	Nitric acid, C. P.	5 drops

Prepare in a similar manner as the foregoing. Rose oil in either ointment makes a good perfume. Both ointments may, of course, be employed as a general skin bleach, which, in fact, is their real office—cosmetic creams.

Emollient Skin Balm.—

Quince seed	1 ounce
Water	7 ounces
Glycerine	1 ¹/₂ ounces
Alcohol	4 ¹/₂ ounces
Salicylic acid	6 grains
Carbolic acid	10 grains
Oil of bay	10 drops
Oil of cloves	5 drops
Oil of orange peel	10 drops
Oil of wintergreen	8 drops
Oil of rose	2 drops

Digest the quince seed in the water for 24 hours, and then press through a cloth; dissolve the salicylic acid in the alcohol; add the carbolic acid to the glycerine; put all together, shake well, and bottle.

Skin Lotion.—

Zinc sulphocarbolate	30 grains
Alcohol (90 per cent)	4 fluidrachms
Glycerine	2 fluidrachms
Tincture of cochineal	1 fluidrachm
Orange-flower water	1 ¹/₂ fluidounces
Rose water (triple) to make	6 fluidounces

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Skin Discoloration.

Detergent For Skin Stains.

If an extra detergent quality is desired, 4 ounces of sodium carbonate may be added, and the quantity of soap may be reduced. Paste thus made will attack grease, etc., more readily, but it is harder on the skin.

Removing Inground Dirt.—

Egg albumen	8 parts
Boric acid	1 part
Glycerine	32 parts
Perfume to suit.
Distilled water to make	50 parts

Dissolve the boric acid in a sufficient quantity of water; mix the albumen and glycerine and pass through a silk strainer. Finally, mix the two fluids and add the residue of water.

Every time the hands are washed, dry on a towel, and then moisten them lightly but thoroughly with the liquid, and dry on a soft towel without rubbing. At night, on retiring, apply the mixture and wipe slightly or just enough to take up superfluous liquid; or, better still, sleep in a pair of cotton gloves.

Toilet Creams:

Almond Cold Creams.

I.—	Sweet almonds	5 ounces
	White castile soap	2 drachms
	White wax	2 drachms
	Spermaceti	2 drachms
	Oil of bitter almonds	10 minims
	Oil of bergamot	20 minims
	Alcohol	6 fluidounces
	Water, a sufficient quantity.

Beat the almonds in a smooth mortar until as much divided as their nature will admit; then gradually add water in very small quantities, continuing the beating until a smooth paste is obtained; add to this, gradually, one pint of water, stirring well all the time. Strain the resulting emulsion without pressure through a cotton cloth previously well washed to remove all foreign matter. If new, the cloth will contain starch, etc., which must be removed. Add, through the strainer, enough water to bring the measure of the strained liquid to 1 pint. While this operation is going on let the soap be shaved into thin ribbons, and melted, with enough water to cover it, over a very gentle fire or on a water bath. When fluid add the wax and spermaceti in large pieces, so as to allow them to melt slowly, and thereby better effect union with the soap. Stir occasionally. When all is melted place the soapy mixture in a mortar, run into it slowly the emulsion, blending the two all the while with the pestle. Care must be taken not to add the emulsion faster than it can be incorporated with the soap. Lastly add the alcohol in which the perfumes have been previously dissolved, in the same manner, using great care.

This preparation is troublesome to make and rather expensive, and it is perhaps no better for the purpose than glycerine. The mistake is often made of applying the latter too freely, its “stickiness” being unpleasant, and it is {236} best to dilute it largely with water. Such a lotion may be made by mixing

Glycerine	1 part
Rose water	9 parts

Plain water may, of course, be used as the diluent, but a slightly perfumed preparation is generally considered more desirable. The perfume may easily be obtained by dissolving a very small proportion of handkerchief “extract” or some essential oil in the glycerine, and then mixing with plain water.

II.—	White wax	¹/₄ ounce
	Spermaceti	2 ¹/₂ ounces
	Oil of sweet almonds	2 ¹/₂ ounces
	Melt, remove from the fire, and add
	Rose water	1 ¹/₂ ounces

Beat until creamy: not until cold. When the cream begins to thicken add a few drops of oil of rose. Only the finest almond oil should be used. Be careful in weighing the wax and spermaceti. These precautions will insure a good product.

III.—	White wax	4 ounces
	Spermaceti	3 ounces
	Sweet almond oil	6 fluidounces
	Glycerine	4 fluidounces
	Oil of rose geranium	1 fluidrachm
	Tincture of benzoin	4 fluidrachms

Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the oil of sweet almonds, then beat in the glycerine, tincture of benzoin, and oil of rose geranium. When all are incorporated to a smooth, creamy mass, pour into molds.

IV.—	Sweet almonds, blanched	5 ounces
	Castile soap, white	120 grains
	White wax	120 grains
	Spermaceti	120 grains
	Oil of bitter almonds	10 drops
	Oil of bergamot	20 drops
	Alcohol	6 fluidounces
	Water, sufficient.

Make an emulsion of the almonds with water so as to obtain 16 fluidounces of product, straining through cotton which has previously been washed to remove starch. Dissolve the soap with the aid of heat in the necessary amount of water to form a liquid, add the wax and spermaceti, continue the heat until the latter is melted, transfer to a mortar, and incorporate the almond emulsion slowly with constant stirring until all has been added and a smooth cream has been formed. Finally, add the two volatile oils.

V.—Melt, at moderate heat,

	By weight.
White wax	100 parts
Spermaceti	1,000 parts
Then stir in
Almond oil	500 parts
Rose water	260 parts
And scent with
Bergamot oil	10 parts
Geranium oil	5 parts
Lemon oil	4 parts

		By weight.
VI.—	Castor oil	500 parts
	White wax	100 parts
	Almond oil	150 parts
	Melt at moderate heat and scent with
	Geranium oil	6 parts
	Lemon oil	5 parts
	Bergamot oil	10 parts
VII.—	Almond oil	400 parts
	Lanoline	200 parts
	White wax	60 parts
	Spermaceti	60 parts
	Rose water	300 parts
VIII.—	White wax	6 parts
	Tallow, freshly tried out	4 parts
	Spermaceti	2 parts
	Oil of sweet almonds	6 parts

Melt together and while still hot add, with constant stirring, 1 part of sodium carbonate dissolved in 79 parts of hot water. Stir until cold. Perfume to the taste.

IX.—	Ointment of rose water	1 ounce
	Oil of sweet almonds.	1 fluidounce
	Glycerine	1 fluidounce
	Boric acid	100 grains
	Solution of soda	2 ¹/₄ fluidounces
	Mucilage of quince seed.	4 fluidounces
	Water enough to make	40 fluidounces
	Oil of rose, oil of bitter almonds, of each sufficient to perfume.

Heat the ointment, oil, and solution of soda together, stirring constantly until an emulsion or saponaceous mixture is {237} formed. Then warm together the glycerine, acid, and mucilage and about 30 fluidounces of water; mix with the emulsion, stir until cold, and add the remainder of the water. Lastly, add the volatile oils.

The rose-water ointment used should be the “cold cream” of the United States Pharmacopœia.

X.—	Spermaceti	2 ounces
	White wax	2 ounces
	Sweet almond oil	14 fluidounces
	Water, distilled	7 fluidounces
	Borax, powder	60 grains
	Coumarin	¹/₂ grain
	Oil of bergamot	24 drops
	Oil of rose	6 drops
	Oil of bitter almonds	8 drops
	Tincture of ambergris	5 drops

Melt the spermaceti and wax, add the sweet almond oil, incorporate the water in which the borax has previously been dissolved, and finally add the oils of bergamot, rose, and bitter almond.

XI.—	Honey	2 av. ounces
	Castile soap, white powder	1 av. ounce
	Oil sweet almonds	26 fluidounces
	Oil bitter almonds	1 fluidrachm
	Oil bergamot	¹/₂ fluidrachm
	Oil cloves	15 drops
	Peru balsam	1 fluidrachm
	Liquor potassa. Solution carmine, of each sufficient.

Mix the honey with the soap in a mortar, and add enough liquor potassa (about 1 fluidrachm) to produce a nice cream. Mix the volatile oils and balsam with the sweet almond oil, mix this with the cream, and continue the trituration until thoroughly mixed. Finally add, if desired, enough carmine solution to impart a rose tint.

XII.—	White wax	800 parts
	Spermaceti	800 parts
	Sweet almond oil	5,600 parts
	Distilled water	2,800 parts
	Borax	50 parts
	Bergamot oil	20 parts
	Attar of rose	5 parts
	Coumarin	0.1 part

Add for each pound of the cream 5 drops of etheric oil of bitter almonds, and 3 drops tincture of ambra. Proceed as in making cold cream.

The following also makes a fine cream:

XIII.—	Spermaceti	3 parts
	White wax	2 parts
	Oil of almonds, fresh	12 parts
	Rose water, double	1 part
	Glycerine, pure	1 part

Melt on a water bath the spermaceti and wax, add the oil (which should be fresh), and pour the whole into a slightly warmed mortar, under constant and lively stirring, to prevent granulation. Continue the trituration until the mass has a white, creamy appearance, and is about the consistence of butter at ordinary temperature. Add, little by little, under constant stirring, the orange-flower water and glycerine mixed, and finally the perfume as before. Continue the stirring for 15 or 20 minutes, then immediately put into containers.

Chappine Cream.—

Quince seed	2 drachms
Glycerine	1 ¹/₂ ounces
Water	1 ¹/₂ ounces
Lead acetate	10 grains
Flavoring, sufficient.

Macerate the quince seed in water, strain, add the glycerine and lead acetate, previously dissolved in sufficient water; flavor with jockey club or orange essence.

Cucumber Creams.—

I.—	White wax	3 ounces
	Spermaceti	3 ounces
	Benzoinated lard	8 ounces
	Cucumbers	3 ounces

Melt together the wax, spermaceti, and lard, and infuse in the liquid the cucumbers previously grated. Allow to cool, stirring well; let stand a day, remelt, strain and again stir the “cream” until cold.

II.—	Benzoinated lard	5 ounces
	Suet	3 ounces
	Cucumber juice	10 ounces
	Proceed as in making cold cream.

Glycerine Creams.—

I.—	Oil of sweet almonds	100 parts
	White wax	13 parts
	Glycerine, pure	25 parts
	Add a sufficient quantity of any suitable perfume.

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II.—	Quince seed	1 ounce
	Boric acid	16 grains
	Starch	1 ounce
	Glycerine	16 ounces
	Carbolic acid	30 minims
	Alcohol	12 ounces
	Oil of lavender	30 minims
	Oil of rose	10 drops
	Extract of white rose	1 ounce
	Water enough to make	64 ounces

Dissolve the boric acid in a quart of water and in this solution macerate the quince seed for 3 hours; then strain. Heat together the starch and the glycerine until the starch granules are broken, and mix with this the carbolic acid. Dissolve the oils and the extract of rose in the alcohol, and add to the quince-seed mucilage; then mix all together, strain, and add water enough to make the product weigh 64 ounces.

III.—	Glycerine	1 ounce
	Borax	2 drachms
	Boracic acid	1 drachm
	Oil rose geranium	30 drops
	Oil bitter almond	15 drops
	Milk	1 gallon

Heat the milk until it curdles and allow it to stand 12 hours. Strain it through cheese cloth and allow it to stand again for 12 hours. Mix in the salts and glycerine and triturate in a mortar, finally adding the odors and coloring if wanted. The curdled milk must be entirely free from water to avoid separation. If the milk will not curdle fast enough the addition of 1 ounce of water ammonia to a gallon will hasten it. Take a gallon of milk, add 1 ounce ammonia water, heat (not boil), allow to stand 24 hours, and no trouble will be found in forming a good base for the cream.

IV.—This is offered as a substitute for cucumber cream for toilet uses. Melt 15 parts, by weight, of gelatin in hot water containing 15 parts, by weight, of boracic acid as well as 150 parts, by weight, of glycerine; the total amount of water used should not exceed 300 parts, by weight. It may be perfumed or not.

Lanolin Creams.—

I.—	Anhydrous lanolin	650 parts
	Peach-kernel oil	200 parts
	Water	150 parts

Perfume with about 15 drops of ionone or 20 drops of synthetic ylang-ylang.

II.—	Lanolin	40 parts
	Olive oil	15 parts
	Paraffine ointment	10 parts
	Aqua naphæ	10 parts
	Distilled water	15 parts
	Glycerine	5 parts
	Boric acid	4 parts
	Borax	4 parts
	Geranium oil, sufficient.
	Extract, triple, of ylang-ylang, quantity sufficient.
III.—	Anhydrous lanolin	650 drachms
	Almond oil	200 drachms
	Water	150 drachms
	Oil of ylang-ylang	5 drops

Preparations which have been introduced years ago for the care of the skin and complexion are the glycerine gelées, which have the advantage over lanolin that they go further, but present the drawback of not being so quickly absorbed by the skin. These products are filled either into glasses or into tubes. The latter way is preferable and is more and more adopted, owing to the convenience of handling.

A good recipe for such a gelée is the following:

Moisten white tragacanth powder, 50 parts, with glycerine, 200 parts, and spirit of wine, 100 parts, and shake with a suitable amount of perfume; then quickly mix and shake with warm distilled water, 650 parts.

A transparent slime will form immediately which can be drawn off at once.

Mucilage Creams.—

I.—	Starch	30 parts
	Carrageen mucilage	480 parts
	Boric acid	15 parts
	Glycerine	240 parts
	Cologne water	240 parts

Boil the starch in the carrageen mucilage, add the boric acid and the glycerine. Let cool, and add the cologne water.

II.—	Linseed mucilage	240 parts
	Boric acid	2 parts
	Salicylic acid	1.3 parts
	Glycerine	60 parts
	Cologne water	120 parts
	Rose water	120 parts

Instead of the cologne water any extracts may be used. Lilac and ylang-ylang are recommended.

Witch-hazel Creams.—

I.—	Quince seed	90 grains
	Boric acid	8 grains
	Glycerine	4 fluidounces
	Alcohol	6 fluidounces
	Carbolic acid	6 drachms
	Cologne water	4 fluidounces
	Oil lavender flowers	40 drops
	Glycerite starch	4 av. ounces
	Distilled witch-hazel extract enough to make	32 fluidounces.

Dissolve the boric acid in 16 ounces of the witch-hazel extract, macerate the quince seed in the solution for 3 hours, strain, add the glycerine, carbolic acid, and glycerite, and mix well. Mix the alcohol, cologne water, lavender oil, and mucilages, incorporate with the previous mixture, and add enough witch-hazel extract to bring to the measure of 32 fluidounces.

II.—	Quince seed	4 ounces
	Hot water	16 ounces
	Glycerine	32 ounces
	Witch-hazel water	128 ounces
	Boric acid	6 ounces
	Rose extract	2 ounces
	Violet extract	1 ounce

Macerate the quince seed in the hot water; add the glycerine and witch-hazel, in which the boric acid has been previously dissolved; let the mixture stand for 2 days, stirring occasionally; strain and add the perfume.

Skin Cream For Collapsible Tubes.—

I.—	White vaseline	6 ounces
	White wax	1 ounce
	Spermaceti	5 drachms
	Subchloride bismuth	6 drachms
	Attar of rose	6 minims
	Oil of bitter almonds	1 minim
	Rectified spirit	¹/₂ ounce

Melt the vaseline, wax, and spermaceti together, and while cooling incorporate the subchloride of bismuth (in warm mortar). Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, and add to the fatty mixture, stirring all until uniform and cold. In cold weather the quantities of wax and spermaceti may be reduced.

II.—	Lanolin	1 ounce
	Almond oil	1 ounce
	Oleate of zinc (powder)	3 drachms
	Extract of white rose	1 ¹/₂ drachms
	Glycerine	2 drachms
	Rose water	2 drachms

Face Cream Without Grease.—

Quince seed	10 parts
Boiling water	1,000 parts
Borax	5 parts
Boric acid	5 parts
Glycerine	100 parts
Alcohol, 94 per cent	125 parts
Attar of rose, quantity sufficient to perfume.

Macerate the quince seed in half of the boiling water, with frequent agitations, for 2 hours and 30 minutes, then strain off. In the residue of the boiling water dissolve the borax and boric acid, add the glycerine and the perfume, the latter dissolved in the alcohol. Now add, little by little, the colate of quince seed, under constant agitation, which should be kept up for 5 minutes after the last portion of the colate is added.

Toilet Milks:

Cucumber Milk.—

Simple cerate	2 pounds
Powdered borax	11 ¹/₂ ounces
Powdered castile soap	10 ounces
Glycerine	26 ounces
Alcohol	24 ounces
Cucumber juice	32 ounces
Water to	5 gallons
Ionone	1 drachm
Jasmine	¹/₂ drachm
Neroli	¹/₂ drachm
Rhodinol	15 minims

To the melted cerate in a hot water bath add the soap and stir well, keeping up the heat until perfectly mixed. Add 8 ounces of borax to 1 gallon of boiling water, and pour gradually into the hot melted soap and cerate; add the remainder of the borax and hot water, then the heated juice and glycerine, and lastly the alcohol. Shake well while cooling, set aside for 48 hours, and siphon off any water that may separate. Shake well, and repeat after standing again if necessary; then perfume.

Cucumber Juice.

Glycerine Milk.—

Glycerine	1,150 parts
Starch, powdered	160 parts
Distilled water	400 parts
Tincture of benzoin	20 parts

Rub up 80 parts of the starch with the glycerine, then put the mixture on the steam bath and heat, under continuous stirring, until it forms a jellylike mass. Remove from the bath and stir in the remainder of the starch. Finally, add the water and tincture and stir till homogeneous.

Lanolin Toilet Milk.—

White castile soap, powdered	22 grains
Lanolin	1 ounce
Tincture benzoin	12 drachms
Water, enough.

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Dissolve the soap in 2 fluidounces of warm water, also mix the lanolin with 2 fluidounces of warm water; then incorporate the two with each other, finally adding the tincture. The latter may be replaced by 90 grains of powdered borax.

Jasmine Milk.

Sunburn And Freckle Remedies.

I.—Apply over the affected skin a solution of corrosive sublimate, 1 in 500, or, if the patient can stand it, 1 in 300, morning and evening, and for the night apply emplastrum hydrargyri compositum to the spots. In the morning remove the plaster and all remnants of it by rubbing fresh butter or cold cream over the spots.

For redness of the skin apply each other day zinc oxide ointment or ointment of bismuth subnitrate.

II.—Besnier recommends removal of the mercurial ointment with green soap, and the use, at night, of an ointment composed of vaseline and Vigo’s plaster (emplastrum hydrargyri compositum), in equal parts. In the morning wash off with soap and warm water, and apply the following:

Vaseline, white	20 parts
Bismuth carbonate	5 parts
Kaolin	5 parts

Mix, and make an ointment.

III.—Leloir has found the following of service. Clean the affected part with green soap or with alcohol, and then apply several coats of the following:

Acid chrysophanic	15 parts
Chloroform	100 parts

Mix. Apply with a camel’s-hair pencil.

When the application dries thoroughly, go over it with a layer of traumaticine. This application will loosen itself in several days, when the process should be repeated.

IV.—When the skin is only slightly discolored use a pomade of salicylic acid, or apply the following:

Acid chrysophanic, from	1 to 4 parts
Acid salicylic	1 to 2 parts
Collodion	40 parts

V.—When there is need for a more complicated treatment, the following is used:

(a)	Corrosive sublimate	1 part
	Orange-flower water	7,500 parts
	Acid, hydrochloric, dilute	500 parts
(b)	Bitter almonds	4,500 parts
	Glycerine	2,500 parts
	Orange-flower water	25,000 parts

Rub up to an emulsion in a porcelain capsule. Filter and add, drop by drop, and under constant stirring, 5 grams of tincture of benzoin. Finally mix the two solutions, adding the second to the first.

This preparation is applied with a sponge, on retiring, to the affected places, and allowed to dry on.

VI.—According to Brocq the following should be penciled over the affected spots:

Fresh pure milk	50 parts
Glycerine	30 parts
Acid, hydrochloric, concentrated	5 parts
Ammonium chlorate	3 parts

VII.—Other external remedies that may be used are lactic acid diluted with 3 volumes of water, applied with a glass rod; dilute nitric acid, and, finally, peroxide of hydrogen, which last is a very powerful agent. Should it cause too much inflammation, the latter may be assuaged by using an ointment of zinc oxide or bismuth subnitrate—or one may use the following:

Kaolin	4 parts
Vaseline	10 parts
Glycerine	4 parts
Magnesium carbonate	2 parts
Zinc oxide	2 parts

Freckle Remedies.—

I.—	Poppy oil	1 part
	Lead acetate	2 parts
	Tincture benzoin	1 part
	Tincture quillaia	5 parts
	Spirit nitrous ether	1 part
	Rose water	95 parts

Saponify the oil with the lead acetate; add the rose water, and follow with the tinctures.

II.—	Chloral hydrate	2 drachms
	Carbolic acid	1 drachm
	Tincture iodine	60 drops
	Glycerine	1 ounce

Mix and dissolve. Apply with a camel’s-hair pencil at night.

III.—	Distilled vinegar	660 parts
	Lemons, cut in small pieces	135 parts
	Alcohol, 85 per cent	88 parts
	Lavender oil	23 parts
	Water	88 parts
	Citron oil	6 parts

This mixture is allowed to stand for 3 or 4 days in the sun and filtered. Coat, by means of a sponge before retiring, the places of the skin where the freckles are and allow to dry.

Freckles And Liver Spots.

There are many such methods, and especially to be mentioned is that of Unna, who uses resorcin for the purpose. Lassar makes use of a paste of naphthol and sulphur.

Sunburn Remedies.—

I.—	Zinc sulphocarbolate	1 part
	Glycerine.	20 parts
	Rose water	70 parts
	Alcohol, 90 per cent	8 parts
	Cologne water	1 part
	Spirit of camphor	1 part
II.—	Borax	4 parts
	Potassium chlorate	2 parts
	Glycerine	10 parts
	Alcohol	4 parts
	Rose water to make	90 parts
III.—	Citric acid	2 drachms
	Ferrous sulphate (cryst.)	18 grains
	Camphor	2 grains
	Elder-flower water	3 fluidounces
IV.—	Potassium carbonate	3 parts
	Sodium chloride	2 parts
	Orange-flower water	15 parts
	Rose water	65 parts
V.—	Boroglycerine, 50 per cent	1 part
V.—	Ointment of rose water	9 parts
VI.—	Sodium bicarbonate	1 part
VI.—	Ointment of rose water	7 parts
VII.—	Bicarbonate of soda	2 drachms
	Powdered borax	1 drachm
	Compound tincture of lavender	1 ¹/₂ drachms
	Glycerine	1 ounce
	Rose water	4 ounces

Dissolve the soda and borax in the glycerine and rose water, and add the tincture. Apply with a small piece of sponge 2 or 3 times a day. Then gently dry by dabbing with a soft towel.

VIII.—	Quince seeds	2 drachms
	Distilled water	10 ounces
	Glycerine	2 ounces
	Alcohol, 94 per cent	1 ounce
	Rose water	2 ounces

Boil the seeds in the water for 10 minutes, then strain off the liquid, and when cold add to it the glycerine, alcohol, and rose water.

IX.—	White soft soap	2 ¹/₂ drachms
	Glycerine	1 ¹/₂ drachms
	Almond oil	11 drachms

Well mix the glycerine and soap in a mortar, and very gradually add the oil, stirring constantly until perfectly mixed.

X.—	Subnitrate of bismuth	1 ¹/₂ drachms
	Powdered French chalk	30 grains
	Glycerine	2 drachms
	Rose water	1 ¹/₂ ounces

Mix the powders, and rub down carefully with the glycerine; then add the rose water. Shake the bottle before use.

XI.—	Glycerine cream	2 drachms
	Jordan almonds	4 drachms
	Rose water	5 ounces
	Essential oil of almonds	3 drops

Blanch the almonds, and then dry and beat them up into a perfectly smooth paste; then mix in the glycerine cream and essential oil. Gradually add the rose water, stirring well after each addition; then strain through muslin.

Tan And Freckle Lotion.—

Solution A:

Potassium iodide, iodine, glycerine, and infusion rose.

Dissolve the potassium iodide in a {242} small quantity of the infusion and a drachm of the glycerine; with this fluid moisten the iodine in a glass of water and rub it down, gradually adding more liquid, until complete solution has been obtained; then stir in the remainder of the ingredients, and bottle the mixture.

Solution B:

Sodium thiosulphate and rose water. With a small camel’s-hair pencil or piece of fine sponge apply a little of solution A to the tanned or freckled surface, until a slight or tolerably uniform brownish yellow skin has been produced. At the expiration of 15 or 20 minutes moisten a piece of cambric, lint, or soft rag with B and lay it upon the affected part, removing, squeezing away the liquid, soaking it afresh, and again applying until the iodine stain has disappeared. Repeat the process thrice daily, but diminish the frequency of application if tenderness be produced.

A Cure For Tan.

Improved Carron Oil.

Linseed oil	2 ounces
Limewater	2 ounces
Paraffine, liquid	1 ounce

Mix the linseed oil and water, and add the paraffine. Shake well before using.

Liver Spots.

I.—	Corrosive sublimate	1 part
	White sugar	190 parts
	White of egg	34 parts
	Lemon juice	275 parts
	Water to make	2,500 parts

Mix the sublimate, sugar, and albumen intimately, then add the lemon juice and water. Dissolve, shake well, and after standing an hour, filter. Apply in the morning after the usual ablutions, and let dry on the face.

II.—Bichloride of mercury, in coarse powder, 8 grains; witch-hazel, 2 ounces; rose water, 2 ounces.

Agitate until a solution is obtained. Mop over the affected parts. Keep out of the way of ignorant persons and children.

Toilet Powders:

Almond Powders For The Toilet.—

I.—	Almond meal	6,000 parts
	Bran meal	3,000 parts
	Soap powder	600 parts
	Bergamot oil	50 parts
	Lemon oil	15 parts
	Clove oil	15 parts
	Neroli oil	6 parts
II.—	Almond meal	7,000 parts
	Bran meal	2,000 parts
	Violet root	900 parts
	Borax	350 parts
	Bitter almond oil	18 parts
	Palmarosa oil	36 parts
	Bergamot oil	10 parts
III.—	Almond meal	3,000 parts
	Bran meal	3,000 parts
	Wheat flour	3,000 parts
	Sand	100 parts
	Lemon oil	40 parts
	Bitter almond oil	10 parts

Bath Powder.—

Borax	4 ounces
Salicylic acid	1 drachm
Extract of cassia	1 drachm
Extract of jasmine	1 drachm
Oil of lavender	20 minims

Rub the oil and extracts with the borax and salicylic acid until the alcohol has evaporated. Use a heaping teaspoonful to the body bath.

Brunette Or Rachelle.—

Base	9 pounds
Powdered Florentine orris	1 pound
Perfume the same.
Powdered yellow ocher . . . (av.) 3 ounces 120 grains
Carmine No. 40	60 grains

Rub down the carmine and ocher with alcohol in a mortar, and spread on glass to dry; then mix and sift.

Violet Poudre De Riz.—

I.—	Cornstarch	7 pounds
	Rice flour	1 pound
	Powdered talc	1 pound
	Powdered orris root	1 pound
	Extract of cassia	3 ounces
	Extract of jasmine	1 ounce

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II.—Cheaper.

Potato starch	8 pounds
Powdered talc	1 pound
Powdered orris	1 pound
Extract of cassia	3 ounces

Barber’s Powder.—

Cornstarch	5 pounds
Precipitated chalk	3 pounds
Powdered talc	2 pounds
Oil of neroli	1 drachm
Oil of cedrat	1 drachm
Oil of orange	2 drachms
Extract of jasmine	1 ounce

Rose Poudre De Riz.—

I.—	Cornstarch	9 pounds
	Powdered talc	1 pound
	Oil of rose	1 ¹/₄ drachms
	Extract of jasmine	6 drachms
II.—	Potato starch	9 pounds
	Powdered talc	1 pound
	Oil of rose	¹/₂ drachm
	Extract of jasmine	¹/₂ ounce

Ideal Cosmetic Powder.

Zinc, white	50 parts
Calcium carbonate, precipitated	300 parts
Steatite, best white	50 parts
Starch, wheat, or rice	100 parts
Extract white rose, triple	3 parts
Extract jasmine, triple	3 parts
Extract orange flower, triple	3 parts
Extract of cassia, triple	3 parts
Tincture of myrrh	1 part

Powder the solids and mix thoroughly by repeated siftings.

Flesh Face Powder.—

Base	9 pounds
Powdered Florentine orris	1 pound
Carmine No. 40	250 grains
Extract of jasmine	100 minims
Oil of neroli	20 minims
Vanillin	5 grains
Artificial musk	30 grains
White heliotropin	30 grains
Coumarin	1 grain

Rub the carmine with a portion of the base and alcohol in a mortar, mixing the perfume the same way in another large mortar, and adding the orris. Mix and sift all until specks of carmine disappear on rubbing.

White Face Powder.—

Base	9 pounds
Powdered Florentine orris	1 pound

Perfume the same. Mix and sift.

Talcum Powders.

The following formulas for other varieties of the powder may prove useful:

Violet Talc.—

I.—	Powdered talc	14 ounces
	Powdered orris root	2 ounces
	Extract of cassia	¹/₂ ounce
	Extract of jasmine	¹/₄ ounce

Rose Talc.—

II.—	Powdered talc	5 pounds
	Oil of rose	¹/₂ drachm
	Extract of jasmine	4 ounces

Tea-Rose Talc.—

III.—	Powdered talc	5 pounds
	Oil of rose	50 drops
	Oil of wintergreen	4 drops
	Extract of jasmine	2 ounces

Borated Apple Blossom.—

IV.—	Powdered talc	22 pounds
	Magnesium carbonate	2 ³/₄ pounds
	Powdered boric acid	1 pound
	Mix.
	Carnation pink blossom (Schimmel’s)	2 ounces
	Extract of trefle	2 drachms
	To 12 drachms of this mixture add:
	Neroli	1 drachm
	Vanillin	¹/₂ drachm
	Alcohol to	3 ounces
Sufficient for 25 pounds.

V.—	Talcum	8 ounces
	Starch	8 ounces
	Oil of neroli	10 drops
	Oil of ylang-ylang	5 drops
VI.—	Talcum	12 ounces
	Starch	4 ounces
	Orris root	2 ounces
	Oil of bergamot	12 drops
VII.—	Talcum	14 ounces
	Starch	2 ounces
	Lanolin	¹/₂ ounce
	Oil of rose	10 drops
	Oil of neroli	5 drops

Toilet Vinegars:

Pumillo Toilet Vinegar.—

Alcohol, 80 per cent	1,600 parts
Vinegar, 10 per cent	840 parts
Oil of pinu spumillo	44 parts
Oil of lavender	4 parts
Oil of lemon	2 parts
Oil of bergamot	2 parts

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the vinegar, let stand for a week and filter.

Vinaigre Rouge.—

Acetic acid	24 parts
Alum	3 parts
Peru balsam	1 part
Carmine, No. 40	12 parts
Ammonia water	6 parts
Rose water, distilled	575 parts
Alcohol	1,250 parts

Dissolve the balsam of Peru in the alcohol, and the alum in the rose water. Mix the two solutions, add the acetic acid, and let stand overnight. Dissolve the carmine in the ammonia water and add to mixture. Shake thoroughly, let stand for a few minutes, then decant.

Toilet Waters:

“Beauty Water.”—

Fresh egg albumen	500 parts
Alcohol	125 parts
Lemon oil	2 parts
Lavender oil	2 parts
Oil of thyme	2 parts

Mix the ingredients well together. When first mixed the liquid becomes flocculent, but after standing for 2 or 3 days clears up—sometimes becomes perfectly clear, and may be decanted. It forms a light, amber-colored liquid that remains clear for months.

At night, before retiring, pour about a teaspoonful of the water in the palm of the hand, and rub it over the face and neck, letting it dry on. In the morning, about an hour before the bath, repeat the operation, also letting the liquid dry on the skin. The regular use of this preparation for 4 weeks will give the skin an extraordinary fineness, clearness, and freshness.

Rottmanner’s Beauty Water.

Birch Waters.

I.—	Alcohol, 96 per cent	3,500 parts
	Water	700 parts
	Potash soap	200 parts
	Glycerine	150 parts
	Oil of birch buds	50 parts
	Essence of spring flowers	100 parts
	Chlorophyll, quantity sufficient to color.

Mix the water with 700 parts of the alcohol, and in the mixture dissolve the soap. Add the essence of spring flowers and birch oil to the remainder of the alcohol, mix well, and to the mixture add, little by little, and with constant agitation, the soap mixture. Finally, add the glycerine, mix thoroughly, and set aside for 8 days, filter and color the filtrate with chlorophyll, to which is added a little tincture of saffron. To use, add an equal volume of water to produce a lather.

II.—	Alcohol, 96 per cent	2,000 parts
	Water	500 parts
	Tincture of cantharides	25 parts
	Salicylic acid	25 parts
	Glycerine	100 parts
	Oil of birch buds	40 parts
	Bergamot oil	30 parts
	Geranium oil	5 parts

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the acid and tincture of cantharides; mix the water and glycerine and add, and, finally, color as before.

III.—	Alcohol	30,000 parts
	Birch juice	3,000 parts
	Glycerine	1,000 parts
	Bergamot oil	90 parts
	Vanillin	10 parts
	Geranium oil	50 parts
	Water	14,000 parts
IV.—	Alcohol	40,000 parts
	Oil of birch	150 parts
	Bergamot oil	100 parts
	Lemon oil	50 parts
	Palmarosa oil	100 parts
	Glycerine	2,000 parts
	Borax	150 parts
	Water	20,000 parts

Violet Ammonia Water.

I.—Moisten coarsely powdered ammonium carbonate, contained in a suitable bottle, with a mixture of concentrated tincture of orris root, 2 ¹/₂ ounces; aromatic spirit of ammonia, 1 drachm; violet extract, 3 drachms.

II.—Fill suitable bottles with coarsely powdered ammonium carbonate and add to the salt as much of the following solution as it will absorb: Oil of orris, 5 minims; oil of lavender flowers, 10 minims; violet extract, 30 minims; stronger water of ammonia, 2 fluidounces.

III.—The following is a formula for a liquid preparation: Extract violet, 8 fluidrachms; extract cassia, 8 fluidrachms; spirit of rose, 4 fluidrachms; tincture of orris, 4 fluidrachms; cologne spirit, 1 pint; spirit of ammonia, 1 ounce. Spirit of ionone may be used instead of extract of violet.

Violet Witch-hazel.—

Spirit of ionone	¹/₂ drachm
Rose water	6 ounces
Distilled extract of witch-hazel enough to make	16 ounces