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Toilet Preparations: Remove

To prepare cold cream, melt in a double boiler 2 drams of white wax, 1 ounce of spermaceti, and 34 ounces of oil of sweet almonds. Remove from the fire and add in a thin stream 2 fluid ounces of rose water, and stir constantly until cold. Those who can use glycerin with safety may add ounce to 1 ounce before the mixture sets.

Or, for a medicated cold cream, melt with gentle heat in a double boiler ounce of white wax, ounce of spermaceti, and 4 ounces of almond oil. Mix separately fluid ounce each of the tinctures of balsam of Peru, tolu, and benzola, to which add in a thin stream 2 fluid ounces of elder-flower water. Beat in the mean time with an egg beater otherwise to form a complete emulsion. Pour this emulsion in a thin stream into the melted wax and oil, meantime beating with an egg beater until all the ingredients are fully incorporated. When cold, this compound will set as a permanent or COLD CREAM Rose Cream.

Crème de Cathay.