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                                  THE

                                TOILET

                                  OF

                                FLORA.




               Illustration: _FRONTISPIECE. The Graces._




                                  THE

                           TOILET OF FLORA;

                                  OR,

                             A COLLECTION

                                OF THE

                       MOST SIMPLE AND APPROVED

                         METHODS OF PREPARING

                      BATHS,            PERFUMES,
                      ESSENCES,             AND
                      POMATUMS,         SWEET-SCENTED
                      POWDERS,             WATERS.

                                 WITH


                 RECEIPTS for COSMETICS of every Kind,
              that can smooth and brighten the SKIN, give
             Force to BEAUTY, and take off the Appearance
                         of OLD AGE and DECAY.


                       By Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz


                     _FOR THE USE OF THE LADIES._

                       A NEW EDITION, IMPROVED.


                                LONDON,

           Printed for J. MURRAY, No. 32, Fleet-street; and
                  W. NICOLL, St. Paul's Church Yard.

                             M DCC LXXIX.




ADVERTISEMENT.


The chief Intention of this Performance is to point out, and explain
to the Fair Sex, the Methods by which they may preserve and add to
their Charms; and by which many natural Blemishes and Imperfections
may be remedied or concealed. The same Share of Grace and Attractions
is not possessed by all of them; but while the Improvement of their
Persons is the indispensable Duty of those who have been little
favoured by Nature, it should not be neglected even by the few who have
received the largest Proportion of her Gifts. The same Art which will
communicate to the former the Power of pleasing, will enable the latter
to extend the Empire of their Beauty. It is possible to remove, or, at
least, to cover the Defects of the one Class, and to give Force and
Lustre to the Perfections of the other.

The Author, however, though in general he has framed his Work for the
Advantage of the Ladies, has not entirely confined it to them. The
Virtues of Plants and Vegetables, beside the Service they furnish for
the Toilet, have their Use in Articles of Luxury. He has thence been
induced to address himself also to the Perfumer: and his Publication,
he flatters himself, while it comprizes a very perfect Collection of
the Methods which tend to improve Beauty, to repair the Wastes of
Fatigue, and to avert the Marks of Age or Decline, includes likewise a
full Account of whatever relates to domestic Oeconomy and Expence.

Uncommon Pains have been taken to improve the present Edition, which
contains a System of the Cosmetic Art, infinitely superior to any that
has hitherto appeared; and it has likewise uniformly rendered the
various Prescriptions not only compatible with, but subservient to,
the Preservation, and even the Improvement of Health; an Object of the
greatest Importance in a Work of this Kind.




CONTENTS.


  No.                                                    Page.

    1. An Aromatic Bath                                     1

    2. A Cosmetic Bath                                      2

    3. An Emollient Bath for the Feet                      ib.

    4. An Aromatic Bath for the Feet                        3

    5. An excellent Preservative Balsam against the
       Plague                                              ib.

    6. An excellent Cosmetic for the Face                   5

    7. A curious Perfume                                   ib.

    8. Perfumed Chaplets and Medals                         6

    9. Receipt to thicken the Hair, and make it
       grow again on a bald part                           ib.

   10. An approved Depilatory Fluid                         7

   11. A Powder to prevent Baldness                         8

   12. To quicken the Growth of Hair                       ib.

   13. A compound Oil for the same Intention               ib.

   14. A Fluid to make the Hair grow                        9

   15. A Liniment of the same Kind                         ib.

   16. To change the Colour of the Hair                    10

   17. Simple Means of producing the same Effect           ib.

   18. To change the Hair or Beard black                   11

   19. A Fluid to dye the Hair of a flaxen Colour          12

   20. A perfumed Basket                                   13

   21. Natural Cosmetics                                   ib.

   22. A remedy for Corns on the Feet                      14

   23. A Coral Stick for the Teeth                         14

   24. A Receipt to clean the Teeth, and make the
       Flesh grow close to the Root of the Enamel          15

   25, 26,