Excellent Cream for the Complexion

Ingredients

• One-half ounce of white wax
• one-half ounce of spermaceti
• two and one-half ounces of oil of sweet almonds
• three-fourths of an ounce of strawberry juice
• three drops of tincture of benzoin
• two drops of oil of rose

Method

1. 1

   Take large, fresh strawberries, wash and drain thoroughly.

2. 2

   Macerate and strain through muslin.

3. 3

   Shave the wax and spermaceti and put in a porcelain kettle over a slow fire.

4. 4

   When they have melted, add the almond oil.

5. 5

   Heat slightly, remove from fire and pour in the strawberry juice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 381. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EXCELLENT CREAn FOR THE COMPLEXION. A cream that is perfectly harmless, so harmless, indeed, that mothers need not hesitate to rub it on infants' faces, has the juice of strawberries as a principal ingredient. The formula is: One-half ounce of white wax, one-half ounce of spermaceti, two and one-half ounces of oil of sweet almonds, three-fourths of an ounce of strawberry juice, three drops of tincture of benzoin, two drops of oil of rose

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