Or put 1 ounce of Brazil wood in a double boiler; cover with 1 ounce of pure soft water, and let boil 15 or 20 minutes. Strain through cheese cloth; return to the fire; add f ounce of borax, I ounce of cochineal, 1 ounce of alum, and / ounce of isin glass. Dissolve with gentle heat, stir ring constantly, and strain or filter for use.
Or put in a fruit jar with tight rubber ring f ounce of finely pulver ized carmine, and add 1 ounce of pure, fresh aqua ammonia. Seal tightly and let stand 3 or 4 days, shaking frequently. Add pint of rose water, f fluid ounce of essence of roses, and ounce of 90 per cent alcohol. Seal; let stand a few days, shaking frequently; pour off the liq uor and bottle for use.
Or put in a gallon glass bottle 1 ounce of powdered Brazil wood and I ounce of cochineal; pour over this 2 quarts of boiling hot soft water; let stand for 3 or 4 days, shaking frequently; strain through cheese cloth, and add 2 drams each of isin glass and gum arabic, and 9 ounces of 95 per cent alcohol. Perfume with essential oils or essences as desired.
Or put in a quart fruit jar If ounces of red-rose leaves, dried and pulverized, Add 1 pint of pure soft water, boiling hot; simmer with gen tle heat in a double boiler for 9 or 3 hours, taking care that the wa ter does not approach the boiling point. Strain the liquor, and add the strained juice of 9 or 3 large lemons; let stand 24 hours, filter, and add 4 fluid ounces of 95 per cent alcohol as a preservative.
Circassian Cream.—Put in a glass fruit jar 4 ounces of fresh suet, 6 ounces of olive oil, If ounces of pow dered gum benzoin, and f ounce of alkanet root. Place the jar in a double boiler and simmer with gentle heat for several hours. Let stand 24 hours more heat, and strain through cheese cloth, and when cold perfume with dram of essence of ambergris, f dram of oil of laven der, or any other essential oil pre ferred.
Chapped Lips.—Preparations rec ommended for chapped lips are usu ally based upon white wax, sperma ceti, or beeswax, with the addition of almond oil and such specifics as ben zoin, honey, unsalted butter, and the like, adding perfumes and coloring matter according to taste.
Melt together with gentle heat 2 ounces of white wax and 1 ounce of spermaceti; add 9 ounces of pure strained honey, and continue to heat and stir until fully incorporated. Add in a thin stream 4 ounces of oil of almonds; remove from the fire and continue stirring until the mix ture is nearly cold; finally perfume with any essential oil according to taste.
Or cover with rose water in a glass fruit jar 4 ounces of unsalted butter divided into small pieces; seal, and set aside in a cellar or other cool place for 4 or 5 days. Drain off the rose water, and put the butter in a porcelain double boiler; melt with gentle heat, and stir in 1 ounce each of spermaceti and grated bees wax, ounce of powdered alkanet root, 1 ounce of powdered borax, f ounce of confectioner's sugar, 2 drams of powdered gum benzoin, and a double spoonful of strained lemon juice. Beat into an emulsion with an egg beater, and set over a slow fire, stirring constantly. Just before it comes to a boil remove from the fire; cool, strain, and bottle for use.
Or put in a clean double boiler 4 ounces of unsalted butter and 2 ounces of grated beeswax; squeeze in through a piece of cloth the juice of at bunch of ripe grapes; add the pulp of the grapes and a large apple, chopped fine. Simmer with gentle heat, and when all dissolved add ounce each of benjamin and storax, also ounce of alkanet root. Mix until all are incorporated; strain through a piece of fine linen; remelt and pour into jars or molds for use.
Or use pure clarified honey. Per fume as desired.
Or mix equal quantities of white sugar candy, white wax, oil of al monds, and spermaceti, melting all together with gentle heat.