CHARCOAL BEAUTY DETOX

I grew up thinking charcoal was something dirty that you got in your stocking if you were bad as a child or a briquette at the bottom of my father's grill. Little did I know until I got into skin care that activated charcoal would become one of my favorite ingredients especially for customers with acne prone skin.

I first found out about charcoal in beauty years ago from the South Koreans (of course). They use charcoals in masks, soaps and and assortment of other products.

What does activated charcoal do? Most importantly it is a magnet for dirt, bacteria and other chemicals that assault the surface of our skin. You've already probably used charcoal if you've ever 
used a Brita filter as most of us have.

Activated charcoal soap is not too different from African black soap, but I have found that the antibacterial properties of  charcoal soap to be MUCH stronger......and I have used REAL African Black Soap, not the American or European stuff that ends up with a bunch of synthetic ingredients in it.

It's easy to find Activated Charcoal products on Amazon these days. Biore has jumped on the charcoal bandwagon here in the US. I bet their pore strips are amazing.

To read more about the properties of charcoal you can click HERE to Live Strong.