This section is from the "Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas Recipes Processes" encyclopedia, by Norman W. Henley and others.
See also Cleaning Methods and Photography for removal of stains caused by photographic developers.
This is used to correct coarse pores, and to remedy an oily or flabby skin. Apply with sponge night and morning:
Cucumber juice...... 1.5 ounces
Tincture of benzoin .. 0.5 ounce
Cologne............ 1 ounce
Elder-flower water. . . 5 ounces Put the tincture of benzoin in an 8-ounce bottle, add the other ingredients, previously mixed, and shake slightly. There will be some precipitation of benzoin in this mixture, but it will settle out, or it may be strained out through cheese cloth.
A skin-bleaching action, due to the presence of hydrogen peroxide, is possessed by the following mixtures:
Lanolin............ 30 parts
Bitter almond oil. . . . 10 parts Mix and stir with this salve base a solution of
Borax.............. 1 part
Glycerine........... 15 parts
Hydrogen peroxide.. 15 parts
For impure skin the following composition is recommended:
White mercurial ointment............. 5 grams
Zinc ointment....... 5 grams
Lanolin............ 30 grams
Bitter almond oil. . .. 10 grams
And gradually stir into this a solution of
Borax............. 2 grams
Glycerine.......... 30 grams
Rose water......... 10 grams
Concentrated nitric acid............ 5 drops
Lanolin........... 30 grams
Oil sweet almond... 10 grams
Borax............. 1 gram
Glycerine.......... 15 grams
Solution hydrogen
peroxide......... 15 grams
Mix the lanolin and oil, then incorporate the borax previously dissolved in the mixture of glycerine and peroxide solution.
Ointment ammoniac mercury......... 5 grams
Ointment zinc oxide. 5 grams
Lanolin........... 30 grams
Oil sweet almond.. . 10 grams
Borax............ 2 grams
Glycerine.......... 30 grams
Rose water......... 10 grams
Nitric acid, C. P.. .. 5 drops Prepare in a similar manner as the foregoing. Rose oil in either ointment makes a good perfume. Both ointments may, of course, be employed as a general skin bleach, which, in fact, is their real office—cosmetic creams.
 
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