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Cornstarch.........     7 pounds

Rice flour...........     1 pound

Powdered talc.......     1 pound

Powdered orris root..     1 pound

Extract of cassia.....     3 ounces

Extract of jasmine...     1 ounce

II

Cheaper.

Potato starch........     8    pounds

Powdered talc.......     1    pound

Powdered orris.......     1    pound

Extract of cassia......     3    ounces

Barber's Powder

Cornstarch.........     5    pounds

Precipitated chalk...     3    pounds

Powdered talc.......     2    pounds

Oil of neroli........     1    drachm

Oil of cedrat........     1    drachm

Oil of orange.......     2    drachms

Extract of jasmine. ..     1    ounce

Rose Poudre de Riz

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Cornstarch..........     9 pounds

Powdered talc......,     1 pound

Oil of rose..........     1.25 drachms

Extract of jasmine. . .     6 drachms

II

Potato starch.......     9 pounds

Powdered talc.......     1 pound

Oil of rose.......... 0.5 drachm

Extract of jasmine. . . 0.5 ounce

Ideal Cosmetic Powder

The following combines the best qualities that a powder for the skin should have:

Zinc, white......... 50 parts

Calcium carbonate, precipitated...... 300 parts

Steatite, best white. . 50 parts

Starch, wheat, or rice 100 parts

Extract white rose, triple............ 3 parts

Extract jasmine, triple .............. 3 parts

Extract orange flower, triple......... 3 parts

Extract of cassia, triple.............. 3 parts

Tincture of myrrh.. 1 part

Powder the solids and mix thoroughly by repeated sittings.