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Pomade de Ninon de l'Enclos

Take of oil of almonds, 4 ounces avoirdupois; and replacing the oil of cloves with a few hog's lard, 3 ounces; spermaceti, 1 ounce; drops of attar of roses, or sufficient to give the melt, add of expressed juice of house-leek, 3 mixture a marked odor of roses. Some maof roses. Imperial fluid ounces, and stir until the mix- kers omit the balsam altogether. ture solidifies by cooling. A few drops of ored, it forms white rose lip salve. (See No. esprit de rose, or of eau de Cologne, or lavan- 1135. If uncolde, may be added to scent it at will. Used 1172. White Lip Salve. Take 1/2 pound as a general skin-cosmetic; also for wrinkles spermaceti ointment, liquify it by the heat of and freckles. It is said to be very softening, warm water, and stir in 1/2 drachm neroli or cooling, and refreshing. essence de petit-grain as before. 1164. Pomade de Beauté; Pomade 1173. Glycerine Lip Salve. This is de Vénus. Take of oil of almonds, 1 pound; prepared by adding to part of glycerine to spermaceti (pure), 2 ounces; white wax any one of the above whilst in the melted (pure), 1½ ounces; glycerine (Price's), 1 ounce; state, and stirring the mixture assiduously balsam of Peru, ½ ounce; mix by a gentle until it begins to cool. heat, and stir the mass until it begins to solidify. It is sold either white, or tinted of a delicate rose or green color. Used both as a hair and skin cosmetic. It forms an elegant substitute for ordinary cold-cream, lip-salve, &c., and is much recommended by the makers for improving the quality and promoting the growth of the hair.