CHAPTER XXII. OF OILS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND GROWTH OF THE HAIR. Huile du phénix, or baume nerval.-Take of 2 drms. 4 drms. 1 drm. 1 oz. Oil of cloves, lavender, mint, rose mary, sage, and thyme, each Balsam of Tolu Camphor Alcohol 36° Baumè Place the alcohol in a glass matrass, and, by the heat of a water-bath, dissolve therein the balsam tolu; this done, add the camphor and essential oils. On the other hand, melt together the marrow, lard, oil of mace, and, as it congeals, add the alcoholic solution first made, and stir the whole well until it is entirely cooled. Huile de graisse d'ours.-(Bear's Oil.) beef-tallow body 8 oz. 66 66 oil of alder 2 oz. 1 drm. 1 drm. 4 drms. drm. Prepare this as directed for the preceding oils. Huile philocome of AUBRIL.—This composition is made in the cold way. Thus, take equal parts of beef marrow, oil of noisettes, and oil of almonds, and the whole being well incorporated under a muller, is then perfumed with some drops of any essence, according to taste. Huile des célèbres of M'ME. LAE NAQUET, à Paris. This celebrated oil is thus composed. To a pound of superfine olive oil, add eight whole cloves and oz. of cinnamon, cut into small pieces, and boil the whole for an hour, until it has lost a fourth of its bulk by evaporation. Supply this loss by the addition of oz. of the cinnamon root and as much of red sanders. ten minutes, clarify and add Infuse the whole for oz. of ess. Portugal. It is best to operate with stoneware vessels. The properties of these substances are extracted by the modes before mentioned, for the extraction of odors. Huile Comogené.—Mix equal parts of spirits of rosemary and oil, and add some drops of oil of nutmeg. Fluide de Java, of MLLE. J. GLUXBERG.-This renowned cosmetic is composed of beef marrow, white wax, and olive oil, perfumed according to choice. Huile de castor. By M. PIGEAU, Paris.-The inventor of this oil makes it by mixing together the following substances: Huile de macassar (macassar oil), of Naquet. Mix and keep the whole over a water-bath for an hour in a well-closed vessel. Digest then in the same vessel for a week, stirring several times daily. Color with alkanet. Huile de Macassar (macassar oil.)—Take 1 qt. 3 oz. 3 oz. 2 oz. 2 drms. Mix and digest precisely in the same manner and for the same length of time as for the preceding. This oil, however, is preferable to Naquet's, from its property of keeping much longer. Color with alkanet. The pommade de macassar can also be made in the same manner by substituting for the oils of ben and noisettes, the Roman pommades, perfumed a la noisette, au ben, and thinned out with the oil of those fruits. Eau de M. CUVILLIER, Paris, for washing the hair. Huile de M. WERDET, Paris.-Take glue, soften it in water and reduce it to a jelly, by a very mild heat, in olive oil, or oil of flaxseed or of hempseed; to this oil thus prepared, which holds a portion of the glue, add some madder or alkanet. The affinity of one of these last tinctoral substances produces a liquid which is No. 1. The same substances aforesaid, united with an equal portion of solution of caoutchouc, in olive oil, forms the preparation No. 2. No. 3 is a solution of sugar in olive oil. |