Carmine 1 oz. Talcum 21 oz. Gum acacia 1¾ oz.
The ingredients in finest powder are mixed in a mortar by prolonged trituration, then water is added in small portions to form a doughy mass to be filled into shallow porcelain dishes about the diameter of a dollar. If the rouge is desired darker for the use of actors and dark-complexioned persons, the proportion of carmine should be increased.
Carthamin 1 oz. Talcum powder 1 lb. Gum acacia 1½ oz. Oil of rose 15 grains.
This rouge, when dry, has a greenish metallic lustre; it is prepared and sold like rouge en pâte.
Venetian chalk 1 lb. Berlin blue 1¾ oz. Gum acacia 1 oz.
To the powdered solids add sufficient water to form a mass to be rolled into sticks. For use, a pencil is breathed on, rubbed against the rough side of a piece of white glove leather, and the veins are marked with the adhering color on the skin coated with pearl white. Of course, some dexterity is required to make the veins appear natural by the use of this blue color.
ROUGE ALLOXANE (ALLOXAN RED; MUREXIDE PAINT).
Dissolve the alloxan in a little water and mix it intimately with any desired cold-cream. The mixture is white, but when transferred to the skin gradually becomes red. The preparation sold in Austria, etc., under the name of “Schnuda” is identical with this alloxan paint.
The skin often contains spots with marked color which are more or less unsightly; for instance, freckles, liver spots, mother’s marks (nævi), etc. Unfortunately we know of no remedy which radically removes them; even chemical preparations with the most energetic effects, which of course must never be employed owing to their destructive action on the skin, cannot entirely do away with these dark spots which have their seat in the lower layers of the skin. But the public demands preparations for the removal of freckles, liver spots, etc., and—obtains them. We subjoin the formulas for several of such secret remedies, but declare emphatically that none of them will completely effect the desired result.
Camphor 1¾ oz. Ammonium chloride ¾ oz. Corrosive sublimate 150 grains. Albumen 3½ oz. Rose water 2 lb.
We call attention to the fact that the sublimate (bichloride of mercury) is very poisonous and must be used with the greatest care.