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Massage Skin Food

This preparation is used in massage for removing wrinkles:

1. White wax………………..…   ½ ounce
Spermaceti…………………....    ½ ounce
Cocoanut oil………………...…     1 ounce
Lanolin……………………....…     1 ounce
Oil of sweet almonds………...      2 ounces

Melt in a porcelain dish, remove from the fire, and add

Orange-flower water…………   1 ounce
Tincture of Benzoin………….   3 drops

Beat briskly until creamy.

2. Snow-white cold cream……..  4 ounces
Lanolin………………………......  5 ounces
Oil of theobroma……………. ....  4 ounces
White petrolatum oil……….…...  4 ounces
Distilled water………………...…  4 ounces

In hot weather add:-

Spermaceti……………….…… 1 ½ drachms
White wax……………………..  2 ½ drachms

In winter the two latter are left out and the proportion of cocoa butter is modified. Prepared and perfumed in proportion same as cold cream.

3. White petrolatum 7 av. Ounces

Paraffine wax…………………        ½ ounce
Lanolin……………………..….   2 av. ounces
Water……………………….…         3 fluidounces
Oil of rose…………………….          3 drops
Vanillin………………………..          2 grains
Alcohol………………………..         1 fluidrachm

Melt the paraffine, add the lanolin and petrolatum, and when these have melted pour the mixture into a warm mortar, and , with constant stirring, incorporate the water, when nearly cold add the oil and vanillin, dissolved in the alcohol.

Preparations of this king should be rubbed into the skin vigorously, as friction assists the absorbed fat in developing the museles, and also imparts softness and fullness to the skin.