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Hair Coloring which is not a Plaster

Another mode of application is to 1224. Το Αpply a Depilatory as a Dye. Take 1 drachm lac sulphur; sugar of make the paste rather thick, spread it on a lead, 2 scruples; glycerine, 2 ounces; distilled piece of strong paper, and apply it like a water, 6 ounces; mix, and perfume to fancy. plaster . In from 5 to 10 or 15 minutes, or Or, lac sulphur and sugar of lead, each 1 sooner if much smarting occurs, the paste drachm; sulphate of iron (copperas), 10 should be washed off with warm water, and a grains; glycerine, 2 ounces; water, 6 ounces; little cold cream or any simple ointment apmix and perfume. Shake well before using, plied to the part. The liquid depilatories are and apply with a sponge every other day until usually thickened with a little starch powder, a change of color is obtained, after which one before application. (See Nos. 1219 to 1222.) application each week will be sufficient. The hair must be cleansed of all greasy matter be- Depilatories. 1225.

Cautions About Applying fore using the above. (See No. 1213.) Both classes (see Nos. 1223 1217. Magic Hair Colorer and Restor- should be applied to only a small surface at a and 1224) require caution in their use. They er. Take of sugar of lead, 1/2 ounce; lac sul- time, and great care should be taken to pre- . Take of sugar of lead, 4 ounce; lac sul-time, and great care should be taken to pre- SCENTED OILS; PERFUMED OILS. vent them extending to the adjacent parts. (flowers) until the next day, or (for other sub- They lose their properties unless kept entirely stances) for 5 to 7 days, to settle, when the excluded from the air; and no liquid must be added to the dry ones until just before their application, and then no more should be mixed than is required for immediate use. clear portion is carefully decanted into a clean bottle, or bottles. With ambergris, civet, musk, and vanilla, the digestion, with frequent agitation, is usually continued for at least 3 weeks; and exposure of the vessel in the sun, or in some equally warm situation, is cented Oils; Perfumed Oils. The fixed oil that usually bath. When flowers are employed, the free generally substituted for the heat of a waterflowers The fixed oil that usually oil is allowed to drain off, and the remainder forms the basis of the simple scented oils of is obtained by the action of a press. The two the perfumer, is that of almonds, ben, or portions being mixed, fresh flowers are added olives; but other bland vegetable oils are to the oil , and the whole process is repeated; occasionally used, particularly for inferior and this again, with fresh flowers, 5 or 6 qualities. In France, three different modes times, or oftener, until the oil is sufficiently are adopted for imparting fragrance to these fragrant." (Cooley.) For the extraction of oils.

1227. Perfumed Oils by the Addi- from bark, from gums, there appears to be perfume from rose leaves, from scented woods, tion of Essential Oils, or Alcoholic Es- nothing better than glycerine, and this use of of Essential Oils, or Alcoholic Esnothing better than glycerine, and this use of sences. By the simple addition of a sufficient it is constantly on the increase, as the most quantity of the essential oil of the plant, or of delicate odors are perfectly preserved in it. the concentrated alcoholic essence of the substance, if it does not furnish an oil, followed by agitation; the whole being then allowed to repose for a few days, and, if any sediment fails (which should not be the case A series of shallow iron frames, adapted for

1229. Perfumed Oils by Enfleurage . piling on each other, and fitting close together, being provided, a piece of white, spongy cottoncloth is stretched upon each, and is then if the ingredients are pure), the clear portion freely moistened with oil of almonds, olives, decanted or poured off into another bottle. or ben . On the cloth is next laid a thin layer In the case of alcoholic essences, it is better of the fresh-plucked flowers, and each frame, that the fixed oil should be gently warmed as thus covered, is placed on the preceding by placing the bottle or vessel (a well-tinned one, until a compact pile of them is raised. bottle or can with a suitable mouth and neck In for corking, is the best and most convenient for the purpose,) for a short time in a waterbath, before adding them, and then, after tightly and firmly securing with a cork, to agitate it until celd or nearly so. In general, 1 to 14 drachms of a pure essential oil, or 3 to 4 fluid drachms of a concentrated essence, is sufficient to render 1 pint of fixed oil agreeably fragrant; but in some cases, and for the best quality, an additional + drachm, or more, of the one, and 1 to 2 fluid drachms of the other, will be required. 1/2 drachm pure attar fresh ones; and this is repeated every day, or In 24 to 30 hours the flowers are replaced by every other day, until 7 or 8 different lots of flowers have been consumed, or the oil has become sufficiently charged with their odor.

The cotton -cloths are then carefully collected and submitted to powerful pressure, and the expressed oil which flows from them is placed aside in corked bottles or jars, to settle. After some time it becomes perfectly clear, and is then ready to be decanted into other bottles for store or sale. Sometimes trays with perforated bottoms, on which are laid thin layers of roses, owing to the very powerful character of cotton-wool slightly moistened with the of its odor, is sufficient for the purpose. Oils oil, are substituted for the frames and cottonof ambergris, bergamot, cassia, cinnamon, cloth above referred to. cloves, lavender, lemons , millefleurs, musk, sheep's wool or cotton wool impregnated with Sometimes, also, neroli, nutmeg, orange-flowers, roses, and oil, is stratified with flowers in a large earthen all other similar scented oils, may be thus made. The above are chiefly employed as hair cosmetics, with, in most cases, trifling additions of other essential oils or essences, to modify and improve their odor. Some of them are also colored. (Cooley.) vessel, and this, after being closely covered up , is kept for 10 or 12 hours gently heated by means of a water-bath. The next day the old flowers are replaced by fresh ones, and the whole process repeated again and again, as often as necessary. The oil is finally obtained