Cosmetic Soap for Washing the Hands

Ingredients

• 1 pound castile soap or other nice old soap
• water
• lavender water or essence
• corn meal

Instructions

1. Take a pound of castile, or any other nice old soap, and scrape it in small pieces.
2. Put it on the fire with a little water and stir it till it becomes a smooth paste.
3. Pour it into a bowl, and when cold, add some lavender water, or essence of any kind.
4. Beat it with a silver spoon until well mixed.
5. Thicken it with corn meal.
6. Keep it in small pots closely covered, for the admission of air will soon make the soap hard.