1248. Macassar Oil

1248.     Macassar Oil. Oil of ben, 1 gallon, oil of noisette, 1/2 gallon; strong alcohol, 1 quart; attar of rose, 2 drachms; attar of bergamot, 3 ounces; attar of Portugal, 2 ounces; and tincture of musk, 3 ounces; mix together, digest with alkanet root (for color), in a stoppered bottle for a week, then strain and bottle.

1249. Cheap Hair Oils

1249.    Cheap Hair Oils. These are made of fixed oils (usually almond or olive oil), gradually receding in quality, scented with less attar, the deficiency being made up by a mixture of oil of rhodium, rosemary, and bergamot. A few drops of neroli, or oil of rose geranium, or a little huile au jasmin, with or without 2 or 3 drops oil of musk or huile royale, are occasionally added to improve and slightly modify the odor.

1250. Tricopherous

1250.    Tricopherous. Castor oil, 1/2 pint; 95 percent, alcohol, 1/2 pint; tincture canthar-ides, 1/2 ounce; oil of bergamot, 2 drachms. Color a pale pink with alkanet root. (See No. 1233 (To Color Hair Oil Bed or Crimson).)

1251. Oil for Incipient Baldness

1251.      Oil for Incipient Baldness. The commonest, and perhaps the most convenient and easily prepared cosmetic of the kind, is a mixture of equal parts of tincture of cantharides and olive oil or almond oil, simply agitated together, and shaken before use. A more effective and cleanly liquid preparation may be made by substituting proof spirit (or good rum) for the oil, and adding 1 to l1/2 drachms of glycerine (Price's) to each ounce of the mixture, a corresponding increase being made in the proportion of the tincture, to compensate for this addition. This preparation imparts as much moisture and gloss to the hair as the former one, and is much more genial in its action on the scalp. Distilled water, or rosemary water, is often substituted for proof spirit. A still more active preparation is made of tincture of cantharides and glycerine only.