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In a message dated 1/24/00 10:34:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,

arrivill@... writes:

<< What is " cold cream " ?. Is it a cream base? How do I use it >>

Lulu,

Cold cream is a thick cream used to cleanse facial skin. It is made with

fats and oils of various kinds. You massage it onto the skin and wipe it off.

HTH,

Beth

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>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:29:15 -0600

>From: Marge <margexxxxxxxxxxx (DOT) xxx>

>Subject: cold cream

>

>now, most night creams are designed to 'feed' the skin...usually for dry

>skin or mature skin...they will be made with richer vegetable oils that can

>bring different qualities to the skin...and may have other botanical

>ingredients (herbal water, essential oils, sea buckthorn berry, etc) added

>to further 'pamper' your skin.

>

>does that help?

Yes, Marge, it does...thanks! I suspected as much, because I used to do

theatrical

makeup and we always used Ponds to remove greasepaint. It never seemed like

something

I'd want to leave soaking on my skin (plus I have a sort of Pavlovian reaction

to

it...I think I smell greasepaint and suddenly begin quoting from " Arsenic and

Old Lace " ! <grin>)

A few of the cold cream recipes in the Library call don't specify the type of

oil, so I imagine I can play around with the basic ingredients of borax, oil,

distilled water or rosewater and beeswax and come up with something I like.

I came up with a pretty good honey, oat and almond scrub last year. I really

like putting honey in things...

If anyone has any ideas for night cream recipes, I'd love to hear them!

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>Does anyone know of a good recipe to make cold cream?

>that are for cleansing the face and moisterizing. I'm

>looking for cleansing. TIA

I'm afraid I don't have a recipe to offer you, but here is the list of

ingredients from one cold cream: water, white petrolatum, cetyl alcohol,

glycerin, sodium lauryl sulfate, (and preservatives).

Cold creams are generally w/o emulsions, so they're not something that

would rinse off with water like a regular cleanser. Instead of something

that suds up on the skin, it's like applying a heavy cream and then it

would be wiped off, either with a damp face cloth or tissue. Cold cream is

often used to remove make up.

For dry skin, cold cream makes a good cleanser. It doesn't make the skin

feel tight and dry, but leaves it soft. The most famous cold cream is

Ponds...and cold cream always reminds me of my dear old Auntie Rita and her

ever present jar of Pond's. ;-)

Warmly,

Sherri

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