Beat until creamy: not until cold. When the cream begins to thicken add a few drops of oil of rose. Only the finest almond oil should be used. Be careful in weighing the wax and spermaceti. These precautions will insure a good product.
| III.— | White wax | 4 ounces |
|---|---|---|
| Spermaceti | 3 ounces | |
| Sweet almond oil | 6 fluidounces | |
| Glycerine | 4 fluidounces | |
| Oil of rose geranium | 1 fluidrachm | |
| Tincture of benzoin | 4 fluidrachms |
Melt the wax and spermaceti, add the oil of sweet almonds, then beat in the glycerine, tincture of benzoin, and oil of rose geranium. When all are incorporated to a smooth, creamy mass, pour into molds.
| IV.— | Sweet almonds, blanched | 5 ounces |
|---|---|---|
| Castile soap, white | 120 grains | |
| White wax | 120 grains | |
| Spermaceti | 120 grains | |
| Oil of bitter almonds | 10 drops | |
| Oil of bergamot | 20 drops | |
| Alcohol | 6 fluidounces | |
| Water, sufficient. |
Make an emulsion of the almonds with water so as to obtain 16 fluidounces of product, straining through cotton which has previously been washed to remove starch. Dissolve the soap with the aid of heat in the necessary amount of water to form a liquid, add the wax and spermaceti, continue the heat until the latter is melted, transfer to a mortar, and incorporate the almond emulsion slowly with constant stirring until all has been added and a smooth cream has been formed. Finally, add the two volatile oils.
V.—Melt, at moderate heat,
| By weight. | |
|---|---|
| White wax | 100 parts |
| Spermaceti | 1,000 parts |
| Then stir in | |
| Almond oil | 500 parts |
| Rose water | 260 parts |
| And scent with | |
| Bergamot oil | 10 parts |
| Geranium oil | 5 parts |
| Lemon oil | 4 parts |
| By weight. | ||
|---|---|---|
| VI.— | Castor oil | 500 parts |
| White wax | 100 parts | |
| Almond oil | 150 parts | |
| Melt at moderate heat and scent with | ||
| Geranium oil | 6 parts | |
| Lemon oil | 5 parts | |
| Bergamot oil | 10 parts | |
| VII.— | Almond oil | 400 parts |
| Lanoline | 200 parts | |
| White wax | 60 parts | |
| Spermaceti | 60 parts | |
| Rose water | 300 parts | |
| VIII.— | White wax | 6 parts |
| Tallow, freshly tried out | 4 parts | |
| Spermaceti | 2 parts | |
| Oil of sweet almonds | 6 parts | |
Melt together and while still hot add, with constant stirring, 1 part of sodium carbonate dissolved in 79 parts of hot water. Stir until cold. Perfume to the taste.
| IX.— | Ointment of rose water | 1 ounce |
|---|---|---|
| Oil of sweet almonds. | 1 fluidounce | |
| Glycerine | 1 fluidounce | |
| Boric acid | 100 grains | |
| Solution of soda | 2 1/4 fluidounces | |
| Mucilage of quince seed. | 4 fluidounces | |
| Water enough to make | 40 fluidounces | |
| Oil of rose, oil of bitter almonds, of each sufficient to perfume. | ||