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Toilet Preparations: White

White Sug. 1½ lb.

Alcohol.... 1 pt. 2 oz. 6 oz. 1 gal. 3 qts. 2 qts. 1 gal. 1 oz.

Rose Water 7 pts. pt. 1 qt. 1 pt. 5 gal. q. s. 10 qts. 1 qt. 8 oz. 3 gal. 1 pt. pt. 4 OZ.

Rosemary Water... pt.

Elder-Fl.

Water... 1 oz.

Lavender Water.

Tin. Storax Tinc. Benzoin...

Pearlash.

Oil of Rose Oil of Lavender.

Oil of Tartar......

Oil of Bergamot.

Balsam of Peru.... dr. 6 m. dr. 6 oz. 2 dr. 1 dr. fl. oz. 8 oz. 2 oz. 60 m. 20 m. 1 oz. 4 dr. OZ. 1 oz. 1 dr. 20 m. 20 m 20 m.

TOILET PREPARATIONS tar, dram; tincture benzoin, dram. Rub up together in a mortar, beat to an emulsion, and strain.

Or blanched sweet almonds, 1 ounce; grated castile soap, 1 ounce; oil of almonds, 1 ounce; white wax, 6 drams; spermaceti, 3 drams; oil of bergamot, dram; oil of lavender, dram; rose water, 3 quarts; alcohol, 1 pint.

Complexion Paste. -The principal ingredients in standard pastes for the complexion consist of solid and liquid unguents, as spermaceti, wax, paste, suet, various soaps, and the like; soothing substances, as almond oil and honey; mild astringents, as lemon juice and alum; rose water and alcohol for mixing purposes, and various perfumes.

As in other toilet preparations, the solid unguents give substance to the compound and hold the various remedial agents in suspension. Yolk of egg, almonds, honey, and the like, feed the skin, and other ingredients are used for convenience in compounding, perfuming, etc. Any of these pastes may be colored by adding coloring matter in the process of preparation while the mixture is in a liquid state. Rich rose, pink, or red may be obtained by dissolving dram of alkanet root or dragon's blood in about 8 ounces of melted fat. For orange or yellow, use palm oil or annotto. For blue, use finely powdered indigo. For green, steep spinach leaves in oil, and strain before using.

If coloring matter is not used, these pastes will be of a pure white or a slightly tinted yellow from the yolk of egg.

In compounding the above mixtures, a small marble mortar and pestle will be found convenient.

White of egg may be boiled in rose water or plain soft or distilled water. Where pulverized almonds are required, it is better to obtain the fresh nuts and pulverize them shortly before using. The nuts may be first crushed by a rolling-pin, and afterwards pulverized in a mortar. A few drops of rose water or almond oil added in the mortar will assist by softening them. An egg beater will be found convenient in thoroughly blending all the ingredients in these mixtures. Perfumes must be added while the material is in a liquid state.