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Hair Straightener
1. Beef Suet
... 1 pound
Yellow Wax
...
2 ounces
Castor Oil
...
2 ounces
Benzoic acid
.
12 grains
Oil of lemon
...
30 drops
Oil of cinnamon
..
.. 5 drops
Melt the wax
and suet together, add the castor oil and the Benzoic acid, allow this to
cool a little and then stir in the oils. By using this preparation twice a
day, rubbing a small quantity through the hair, massaging well with the tips
of fingers it will straighten kinky hair and make it lie flat.
2.
Petrolatum
..
½ pound
Mutton suet rendered
...... ½ pound
Beeswax
.
3 ounces
Castor oil
.
.. 2 ounces
Benzoic acid
.
10 grains
Oil of lemon or lemongrass
.... 1 fi.dram.
Oil Cassia
..... 15 drops
Melt the petrolatum, suet and wax by heat in a water bath and add the castor
oil. Remove then from the fire and when nearly cold add the benzoic and the
oil of lemon. |