Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — Nail Varnish. [ARTICLE]

Nail Varnish.

Take a few lumps of gum benzoin, place In a bottle and cover with alcohol. 95 per cent., cork tightly and let stand for two weeks and rhake It well twice daily. Filter through absorbent cotton, color with liquid ceraine. Use sufficient alcohol to form a thin liquid. To make liquid carmine, take -a hair-dram carmine, well powdered in a mortar, add threw quarters dram strong ammonia, work until all is dissolved, then add ten ounces of distilled water. Use enough of this liquid to make the varnish the desired shade. Apply to the finger nails with a small brush.