Cold Cream

Ingredients

• Take of oil of almond two ounces
• spermaceti half an ounce
• white wax one drachm
• two ounces of rosewater

Method

1. 1

   Melt the oil of almond, spermaceti, and white wax together.

2. 2

   While cooling, add the rosewater, stirring until cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 311. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cold cream. Refined chalk made into a thick plaster with one-third as much gly- cerine as water and spread on the parts will cool inflammation and reduce redness of the nose or face. To Remove Pimples — Two ounces of bi-carbonate of soda, one drachm of glycerine, one ounce of spermaceti ointment, or a weak solu- tion of carbolic acid in rainwater will cure pimples and simple eruptions. 352 THE TOILET. COSMETICS AND LOTIONS. A cheap and simple cosmetic is made by taking one-half pound of white soap ; melt over a slow fire with one gill of sweet oil ; add a tea- cupful of clear white sea sand, and stir till cold. This will make the hands remarkably soft and white. Cosmetic Gloves — (For night wear) — Yolk of two fresh eggs, oil of almond, two tablespoonfuls ; tincture benzoin, one dessert spoonful; rosewater, one tablespoonful. Beat well together. Keep tightly corked. Paint the inside of the gloves every night, and do not wear the same pair longer than two weeks. Use kid or dog skin gloves, if you can- not get India rubber gloves, which are the best. Cold Cream — Take of oil of almond two ounces, spermaceti half an ounce, white wax one drachm. Melt together and while cooling add two ounces of rosewater

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