Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-10
TOILET ARTICLES HOMEMADE.

How to Make for Yourself Parma Cologne,
Jelly of Roees and Other Delights.
ssTNoILET PREPARATIONS of the finest
Il kinds are 80 costly that people would GER
tainly make them for themselves IL they only
knew how" said Dr.. John V. Shoemaker, the
distinguished authority on the skin, 10 q
writer for TIE STAR. IF YOU like, will tell
you how you can manufacture at home several
OF the best and most expensive Of such prep
arations at comparatively small outlay.
Take farina cologne. for example. You can
make that for yourself Of just as good quality
as you can buy by taking fourteen ounces of
deodorized alcohol and putting into il four
drachms Of oil of lemon, one drachm Of oil of
neroh and half q drachm of oil Of lavender
Add enough rose water to bring the mixture
up to pint in measurement and you have one
pint Of real farina cologne.
"All these things you can buy at the nearest
apothecary shop. Possibly You NAV prefer TO
use recipe for eau de cologne. which in a re-
cent competition among makers. was awarded
the nrst prize for excellence among 2i9 recipes
submitted. II so. take one pint Of triple-dis-
titled alcohol and mix with II one ounce Of
orange-fower water. Put into the mixture two
drachms OF bergomot. one drachm Of oil of
lemon, twenty drops of oil of neroli. twenty
origanum.
There are few colognes TO be bought in the
world that can approach in excellence the two
you can make at home by those recipes They
ought to be enough to supply your dressing
table. But there are other delightful things
Tor the toilet which you can manufacture for
yourself likewise. For instance. there is jelly
OF roses, which is a delightful preparation for
the skin and lips. To make il get two ounces
OF pure glycerine and half an ounce of the best
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rose water and put in ten drops OF oil Of roses.
Keep the jelly in tinfoil, SO as to exclude the
AIR as much as possible and retain Its fresh
ness.
IF You choose you can make for your own
use the perfection of face powder by mixing
pulverized. with one ounce of carbonate OF
magnesium, adding five drops of oil of ver-
bena. The result is powder of a slightly
pinkish hue, with which the skin may be lightly
busted. All these things l mention. you re-
member. are to be bought at any frst-cls IS
drug shop. For greasy, shiny, rough or req
condition of the cuticle nothing can be better
than powder made from one ounce Of fines,
prepared chalk with one ounce Of subnitrate OF
bismuth, two drops of oil of roses being no,
forgotten.
More effective than powders as curative
agents, il the skin is greasy or rough. is a
properly compounded lotion. Such a one il
made by simply mixing one drachm of boric
acid with four ounces of distilled witch hazel
1t should be applied with piece of soft old
muslin Surprising that you desire 10 refine
and lmpart luster TO the surface of the nails.
get two drachms of ointment of oleate OF zinc
and rub it thoroughly in, particularly at the
base of each nail.
Il will tell you how to make a delightful
pomade, but You must wait until the next
strawberry season arrives. unless Won care to
purchase some Of dollhouse cultivation. Take
thirteen ounces of fresh Strawberries twenty
hve ounces OF lard, fifteen ounces of suet and
forty ounces Of cacao butter. and add To the
mixture two drops of otto of roses and two
drops OF oil of neroli. If YOU do not wish &c
turn out such a large quantity reduce the in
gradients proporticnately. The process mus,
be carefully conducted. Melt the suet lard
and cacao butter together in a water bath and
| put in the fresh strawberries The temper
AZURE must be kept very low and only high
enough TO keep the mass liquid; otherwise the
strawberry aroma will be lost. After the stun
has thus remained for several hours strain il
and when it is nearly cool add the oils of roses
and neroli.
almond meal of the best kind. to keep the
| skin OF the face and hands smooth and pretty
/ you can make by mixing one pound of ground
almonds with one pound of wheat flour. adding
half pound of powdered orris root half an
ounce of oil Of lemon and a quarter of drachm
| OF oil OF bitter almonds. Florida water as good
as you can buy you can compound from two
] DeASSo Vi oh Va AdNcuucr. Olc ounce OF oil oil
lemon. one ounce of oil of orange peel and five
drachms of oil of cloves-aQ mixed in one gal
Ion OF deodorized alcohol
"A first-rate bandoline is readily composed
by taking seven ounces OF water and mixing
With 1t three ounces of proof spirit and q
drachm and a half of gum tragacanth. adding
/ ten drops of otto of rose. Let the nnixtur.
stand for a day and then strain it, To make
briiiiantine, mix together two ounces of alco
hol. one ounce of honey, half an ounce of CIV
cerine and half an ounce of cologne. The besi
preparation for bleaching the hair is simple per
oxide of hydrogen, which you can buy by the
gallon and turn your raven locks with it tc
golden or white, as you desire. If you want tS
dye your hair you can do it easily with a mix
tire OF one drachm of precipitated sulphur and
like quantity OF acetate of lead. with foul
ounces OF rose water. Apply it twice day un
til the desired depth of hue is obtained And
by the way, if you are bothered with dandruf
you can get rid of the trouble by rubbing into
the scalp with sponge every other night q
solution made OF five ounces of cologne with
two ounces of boracic acid"