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Brilliant Yellow Hair Dye
A solution of a neutral salt of iron (sulphate, acetate, or chloride), followed by a weak solution of carbonate of soda, or salt of tartar, or lime water, gives a warm yellow or nankeen color, which, when deep, turns on the red. In the latter case it is apt to assume a sandy shade on very light hair. phuret or sulphide of ammonia), used as a mordant in dyeing the hair with either silver or lead, may be prepared as follows: -Take of sulphur, 1 part; fresh dry hydrate of lime, 2 parts; boil in water sufficient to dissolve the sulphur; filter, and to the filtered liquid add for every 8 parts of sulphur used, 33 parts of sulphate of ammonia. After agitation and repose, the clear supernatant liquid must be decanted, and preserved in bottles. The product contains traces of lime, which do not, however, unfit it for use in the cosmetic art.
When a salt of antimony is used to dye the hair, the neutral hydrosulphuret of ammonia should be employed, as, if the liquid contain more sulphur than is necessary to neutralize