French Brown Dye.
Blue Bottles.—Saturated solution of sulphate of copper; to this add ammonia enough to precipitate the oxide of copper and redissolve it (as with the silver in the above), producing the azure liquid.
White Bottles.—Mordant.—Saturated solution of prussiate of potass.
Artificial hair, for the manufacture of perukes, is dyed in the same manner as wool.
There are in the market several other hair dyes, but all of them are but modifications of the above, possessing no marked advantage.
Lead Dye.
Liquid hair dye, not to blacken the skin, may be thus prepared:—Dissolve in one ounce of liquor potassæ as much freshly-precipitated oxide of lead as it will take up, and dilute the resulting clear solution with three ounces of distilled water. Care must be taken not to wet the skin unnecessarily with it.
Quick Depilatory or Rusma. (For removing hair.)
As the ladies of this country consider the growth of hair upon the upper lip, upon the arms, and on the back of the neck, to be detrimental to beauty, those who are troubled with such physical indications of good health and vital stamina have long had recourse to rusma or depilatory for removing it.
This or analogous preparations were introduced into this country from the East, rusma having been in use in the harems of Asia for many ages.