Similar to the chalk rouge and common oil rouge, there's a recipe in The Handbook of Practical Receipts (1857) for a "toilette rouge" which uses talc in place of the chalk: "ROUGE, TOILET.--Talc powder, coloured with carmine." With no proportions given, it's up to the maker to determine the tint. Since the similar receipts have called for 4:1 or 5:1 (or...32:1) of the carrier powder to the carmine, I decided to try this one at 6:1.
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| Carmine + Talc = Toilette Rouge |
The rouge mixes up much like the others, though it tends to clump a little more than the chalk rouge did (reminding me of the oil rouge). Though it shares the chalk rouge's greater tendency to fly around and make a mess.
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| Clockwise from left: toilette rouge, oil rouge, chalk rouge. |
In person, the oil rouge and toilette rouge looked very similar when applied, with the more concentrated chalk rouge giving a more saturated red color. Going forward, I think I'll add the few drops of oil to these powdered rouges, because it really does make less of a mess when you can open the jar without red powder floating out.
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