Place the wax, sperm, and oil on to the alkanet root in a vessel heated by steam or water-bath; after the materials are melted, they must digest on the alkanet to extract its color for at least four or five hours; finally, strain through fine muslin, then add the perfume just before it cools.
White Lip Salve.
| Almond oil, | 1/4 lb. |
| Wax and Spermaceti, each, | 1 oz. |
| Otto of almonds, | 1/2 drachm. |
| " geranium, | 1/4 " |
After lip salve is poured into the pots and got cold, a red-hot iron must be held over them for a minute or so, in order that the heat radiated from the irons may melt the surface of the salve and give it an even face.
Common Lip Salve
Is made simply of equal parts of lard and suet, colored with alkanet root, and perfumed with an ounce of bergamot to every pound of salve.