Solid Brilliantine

Solid Brilliantine

Phase A

1  teaspoon beeswax
2  tablespoons mink oil
1  tablespoon lanolin

Phase B

2  teaspoons water

Perfume

  5 drops orange extract
10 drops rum extract
10 drops anise extract

Place the ingredients of Phase A into a wide-mouthed jar.  Then melt them together over hot water.  The mixture should be homogenous and clear.

Remove the jar from the heat and add the water  - close a lid on it tightly.   Shake the mixture hard until the water is emulsified (absorbed ).  Keep shaking until this mixture cools.

Add the perfumed ingredients, just before the mixture goes solid and shake again.

Now you have a rich hair dressing to make dry hair or any hair beautiful.   This is unisex and men can use it too.   It can be used as a pressing oil for straightening.  It smells so wonderful and it is very rich.

from The Complete Book of Natural Cosmetics  by Beatrice Traven

Vera A. Liddle