Cold cream

Cold cream is an emulsion of water and certain fats, usually including beeswax and various scent agents, designed to smooth skin and remove makeup. The emulsion is of a 'water in oil' type unlike the 'oil in water' type emulsion of vanishing cream, so-called because it seems to disappear when applied on skin. The name 'cold cream' derives from the cooling feeling that the cream leaves on the skin. Variations of the product have been used for nearly 2000 years.The modern formula for cold cream is, however, quite a different thing to that given in the works of Galen, in point of odour and quality, although substantially the same--grease and water. In perfumery there are several kinds of cold cream, distinguished by their odour, such as that of camphor, almond, violet, roses, etc.Take of white wax four ounces, oyl of roses omphacine a pound; melt in a double vessel, then powr it out into another, by degrees putting in cold water, and often powring it out of one vessel into another, stirring it till it be white ; last of all wash it in rose water, adding a little rose water and rose vineger.WHEN a pot of cold cream to Eliza you send, Cold cream is an emulsion of water and certain fats, usually including beeswax and various scent agents, designed to smooth skin and remove makeup. The emulsion is of a 'water in oil' type unlike the 'oil in water' type emulsion of vanishing cream, so-called because it seems to disappear when applied on skin. The name 'cold cream' derives from the cooling feeling that the cream leaves on the skin. Variations of the product have been used for nearly 2000 years. Cold cream is mainly used for skin treatment (such as a facial mask or lip balm), due to its moisturizing properties. It can also be used to remove makeup and as shaving cream. The invention of cold cream is credited to Galen, a physician in second century Greece. This 1857 account relates: In France, this substance is still known as cérat de Galien ('Galen's Wax'). A copy of the London Dispensatory, edited by Nicholas Culpeper and published in the year 1650 included the following formula for this substance: