Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
LOTION EASILY MADE
CLEANSING CREAM SUITABLE
FOR THE TOILET TABLE.
In Many Ways Better Than Can Be
Purchased, Because Desired Guam
tity May Always Be Prepared
as Desired.

Do you like to mix your own lotions
and experiment with the attractive
looking formulas for creams which
you so often see printed? 1t is a
very delightful occupation and when
the lotion comes out beautifully
blended and with the delicate fra
GRANGE of a high-priced article; when
the cream is white and smooth and
dainty, one feels well repaid for ones
time and effort.
There is another side to this story,
however, because sometimes the To-
ton comes out all curdled looking
and queer and the cream disintegrates
and will not blend, no matter what
you do. Then you register a VOW
that you will never, never again at
tempt to prepare your own cosmetics,
but will spend your dollars for the
prepared articles gratefully.
One great difficulty with many Of
the published formulas is that they
are too complicated for any one but
chemist to prepare and another is
because the directions are seldom
clear. It is not wise to use much
guess-work when mixing creams and
If the formula leaves you in doubt,
lay it aside for a simpler one, or
take it to your druggist and ask his
advice about how to put the ingredi-
ents together.
I have had frequent requests for
the following formulas and / am sure
you will experience no difficulty in
preparing them even though you are
the veriest amateur, provided you
follow the directions carefully:
For a cleansing cream, heat two
ounces of oil of sweet almonds and
melt in it lump of white wax as
large as walnut; when these two
ingredients are well blended add a
rounding tablespoon of white vase
line and few drops of oil of rose
geranium, and beat the mixture while
1t is cooling till it is light and
creamy.
A good nourishing cream contains
one-half ounce each spermaceti and
white wax melted in double boiler
or dish set in pan of boiling water;
add one ounce cocoa butter, one
ounce imported 1anolin and three
ounces sweet almond oil. When melt
ed and thoroughly blended remove
from the fire, add two ounces rose
water and one dram tincture of ben
zoin and beat steadily till cold.
An excellent lotion for the hands
(the formula for which was sent me
by one of my readers) is prepared
from two ounces of glycerin, one
ounce each tincture of benzoin, bay
rum and alcohol, one-half ounce rose
water and five cents, worth of ounce
seeds. Scald the ounce seeds with
about one quart of boiling water,
cover the dish tightly and let steam.
Do not remove the cover for twelve
hours, then strain through thin
cloth and add the other ingredients.
This is especially good to prevent
the hands from chapping.
A simple lotion which is said to
possess bleaching and refining prop
critics is made from half ounce of
glycerin mixed with half pint of
orange flower water and a level table
spoonful of powdered borax dissolved
in the mixture. Another lotion which
is often recommended requires one
ounce oil of sweet almonds, one
ounce glycerin, two ounces strained
lemon juice and ten drops of carbolic
acid. A few drops of rose may be
added for perfume if desired and the
special benefit of the lotion is to cure
the chapped and roughened condition
of the hands caused from the cold
weather.