Oatmeal Wash
Ingredients
Directions
Combine oatmeal and cold water in a bowl. Let it stand for 12 hours.
Strain the mixture through a thin bag to collect the liquid.
Add glycerine and alcohol to the distilled liquid. Mix well.
Use this wash on your face and hands for soft skin.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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