Hyper-absorbent, vegetable charcoal is essential for many people suffering from transit disorders. Taken as a supplement, it improves intestinal well-being and fights bloating. But beyond the health interest, activated carbon also has an aesthetic interest. Some laboratories do not hesitate to integrate it into specific treatments such as masks.
Despite its black color, it would be wrong to tax it as a pollutant. On the contrary, integrated into treatments, charcoal proves to be a good boost to purify skin suffocated by pollutants and environmental toxins, but also to eliminate toxins embedded in the epidermis.
We can therefore take advantage of this natural allywhen you’re a smokersubject to stressbuttons and black spots to purify and detoxify your skin.
If it is present in masks, soaps, exfoliating treatments, it is also found in powder form in shops specializing in natural cosmetics. It is then possible to make homemade beauty recipes such as this regenerating peeling effect mask.
Detoxifying Charcoal Peel-Off Mask Recipe
Ingredients
A base for a peel-off mask
1 to 2 teaspoons of activated charcoal
90ml water
Manual
Mix the powders then add the water, shaking vigorously to obtain a homogeneous paste.
Apply immediately in a thick and homogeneous layer, leave on for 5-10 minutes then remove the mask in one piece by peeling it off from the bottom or the sides of the face.
Beauty recipe provided by Aroma-Zone.
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