| 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.