Camphor Cold Cream: Take one-half ounce each of spermaceti and white wax, melt and add three and one-fourth ounces of oil of sweet almonds, then add one-fourth ounce of camphor, broken into small pieces, and stir until dissolved. Then pour in one and one-half ounces of distilled water in which fifteen grains of borax have been dissolved. Stir until well mixed and beginning to thicken, then add four drops oil of rose, one drop oil of rose geranium, one drop oil of ylang-ylang, two drops tincture of musk, and two drops tincture of civet. Continue to beat until cold.
Cold Cream:
White wax, ½ ounce.
Spermaceti, ½ ounce.
Orange flower water, 2 ounces.
Almond oil, 4 ounces.
Melt all together gently and pour into cups to cool. When cold pour off the water, remelt, and pour into jars to keep.
Oatmeal Lotion:
Two tablespoonfuls fine oatmeal.
Boil and strain. When cold add
One dessertspoonful of wine (white Rhine preferred), and the juice of one lemon.