Here is a special recipe for brides to be used daily at the time of bath for ten days before marriage. The following ingredients are mixed to a paste and rubbed thoroughly. They cleanse and stimulate the skin leaving it soft and shiny.
1 tablespoon dried, ground and sieved orange peel
1 tablespoon dried, ground and sieved lemon peel
2 tablespoons ground almond
a pinch of salt
4 tablespoons wheat germ flour
1 tablespoon ground thyme
a pinch of ground allspice
almond oil sufficient to make a paste
a few drops of jasmine oil (to perfume)