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Glycerine Cream

This superior cosmetic is the well-known cold-cream, (see No. 1125), with glycerine substituted for rosewater. Melt together spermaceti, 6 ounces; and white wax, 1 ounce, in 1 pound of sweet almond oil. Then remove from the fire, and stir in Price's glycerine, 4 ounces; and when congealing, perfume with attar of rose, 20 drops. Other attars may be used as desired, in place of rose.

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