1274. Crystallized Pomade or Pomatum

1274.    Crystallized Pomade or Pomatum. Take of oil of almonds or olives, 1 pint; 1/4 pound spermaceti (best, pure); melt them together by a gentle heat, add scent at will, and whilst sufficiently warm to be clear, pour it into warm glass bottles, and allow it to cool very slowly, and without disturbance. Some persons add 1 drachm camphor. It is usually preferred uncolored. If tinged at all, it must be only very faintly so, and with substances that will not cause opacity.

1275. Pomade Divine

1275.    Pomade Divine. Take of refined beef-marrow, 1 pound avoirdupois; cypress-wood (rasped), orris root (in coarse powder), liquid styrax, of each 1 ounce; cinnamon (powdered, but not dusty), 1/2 ounce; cloves (well bruised), nutmegs (grated), of each 1/4 ounce; digest, by the heat of a water-bath, in a covered vessel, for 5 or 6 hours, and then strain through flannel. Very fine, and much esteemed for the hair, and also as an occasional skin-cosmetic.

1276. Castor Oil Pomade; Palma-Christi Pomatum

1276.    Castor Oil Pomade; Palma-Christi Pomatum. Take of castor oil, 1 pound avoirdupois; pure white wax, 4 ounces; melt them together, and then add of oil of bergamot, 21/2 drachms; oil of lavender (English), 1/2 drachm; essence royale, 10 or 12 drops; stir the mixture whilst cooling.

1277. Bear's Grease

1277.    Bear's Grease. The fat of the bear has long been highly esteemed for promoting the growth of human hair, but without sufficient reason, since experience shows that it possesses no superiority over the fats ordinarily employed by the perfumers. Indeed, if we may regard the somewhat rank smell of genuine bear's grease as an indication of its quality, it must be inferior to them as a hair cosmetic; besides which, it is much more costly. The greater portion of the so-called bear's grease now sold is a factitious article, and is prepared by the following formula :—

1278. Imitation Bear's Grease

1278.    Imitation Bear's Grease. Take of washed hog's lard (dry), 11/4 pounds avoirdupois ; melt it by the heat of a water-bath, add of balsam of Peru, 2 drachms; flowers of benzoin and palm oil (bright), of each 1 drachm; stir vigorously for a few minutes, to promote solution. Then remove the pan from the bath, and, after repose for a short time, pour off the clear portion from the sediment, and stir the liquid mass until it begins to cool.

1279. Pomade for Incipient Baldness

1279.   Pomade for Incipient Baldness. Melt over a water-bath, 12 ounces pure veal grease, 5 ounces nerval balsam, 5 ounces nutmeg butter, and 61/2 ounces oil of almonds; triturate in a mortar until thoroughly mixed; then add 10 drops croton oil, and incorporate. Next dissolve 31/2 ounces subcarbonate of soda in 1 ounce each of alcohol and distilled water; incorporate this with the pomade and perfume to taste.