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COMPLEXION WASH
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COMPLEXION WASH

8 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

156
Calories
0g
Protein
14g
Fat
2g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Tea not in our table 0
Whisky not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • six drops of orange-blossom tea
  • half pint of rain-water
  • one teaspoonful
  • one pint of sherry wine
  • one ounce of powdered gum of benzoin in a pint of whisky
  • a pint of whisky
  • one drachm of benzoin gum in powder
  • one drachm nutmeg oil

Directions

1

Put in a vial one drachm of benzoin gum in powder, one drachm nutmeg oil, six drops of orange-blossom tea, or apple blossoms put in half pint of rain-water and boiled down to one teaspoonful and strained, one pint of sherry wine. Bathe the face morning and night; will remove all flesh-worms and freckles, and give a beautiful complexion. Or, put one ounce of powdered gum of benzoin in a pint of whisky; to use, put in water in wash-bowl till it is milky, allowing it to dry without wiping. This is perfectly harmless.

2

Cream cures sun-burn on some complexions, lemon juice is best on others, and cold water suits still others best.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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