Part 159

«White Face Powder.»—

Base 9 pounds Powdered Florentine orris 1 pound

Perfume the same. Mix and sift.

«Talcum Powders.»—Talc, when used as a toilet powder should be in a state of very fine division. Antiseptics are sometimes added in small proportion, but these are presumably of little or no value in the quantity allowable, and may prove irritating. For general use, at all events, the talcum alone is the best and the safest. As a perfume, rose oil may be employed, but on account of its cost, rose geranium oil is probably more frequently used. A satisfactory proportion is 1⁠/⁠2 drachm of the oil to a pound of the powder. In order that the perfume may be thoroughly disseminated throughout the powder, the oil should be triturated first with a small portion of it; this should then be further triturated with a larger portion, and, if the quantity operated on be large, the final mixing may be effected by sifting. Many odors besides that of rose would be suitable for a toilet powder. Ylang-ylang would doubtless prove very attractive, but expensive.

The following formulas for other varieties of the powder may prove useful:

Violet Talc.—

I.—Powdered talc 14 ounces Powdered orris root 2 ounces Extract of cassia 1⁠/⁠2 ounce Extract of jasmine 1⁠/⁠4 ounce

Rose Talc.—

II.—Powdered talc 5 pounds Oil of rose 1⁠/⁠2 drachm Extract of jasmine 4 ounces

Tea-Rose Talc.—

III.—Powdered talc 5 pounds Oil of rose 50 drops Oil of wintergreen 4 drops Extract of jasmine 2 ounces

Borated Apple Blossom.—

IV.—Powdered talc 22 pounds Magnesium carbonate 2 3⁠/⁠4 pounds Powdered boric acid 1 pound

Mix.

Carnation pink blossom (Schimmel’s) 2 ounces Extract of trefle 2 drachms

To 12 drachms of this mixture add:

Neroli 1 drachm Vanillin 1⁠/⁠2 drachm Alcohol to 3 ounces

Sufficient for 25 pounds. {244}

V.—Talcum 8 ounces Starch 8 ounces Oil of neroli 10 drops Oil of ylang-ylang 5 drops

VI.—Talcum 12 ounces Starch 4 ounces Orris root 2 ounces Oil of bergamot 12 drops

VII.—Talcum 14 ounces Starch 2 ounces Lanolin 1⁠/⁠2 ounce Oil of rose 10 drops Oil of neroli 5 drops

«TOILET VINEGARS:»

«Pumillo Toilet Vinegar.»—

Alcohol, 80 per cent 1,600 parts Vinegar, 10 per cent 840 parts Oil of pinu spumillo 44 parts Oil of lavender 4 parts Oil of lemon 2 parts Oil of bergamot 2 parts

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the vinegar, let stand for a week and filter.

«Vinaigre Rouge.»—

Acetic acid 24 parts Alum 3 parts Peru balsam 1 part Carmine, No. 40 12 parts Ammonia water 6 parts Rose water, distilled 575 parts Alcohol 1,250 parts

Dissolve the balsam of Peru in the alcohol, and the alum in the rose water. Mix the two solutions, add the acetic acid, and let stand overnight. Dissolve the carmine in the ammonia water and add to mixture. Shake thoroughly, let stand for a few minutes, then decant.