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. | |