#CharcoalForYourSoul

Dude! My charcoal obsession is REAL! I'm an 80's Baby and I distinctly remember our old crazy neighbor using activated charcoal on EVERYTHING and we all thought she was nuts! Bug bite? "Comeer Lil Kid, a little dab of this here charcoal will heal ya!?" I mean, she meant well but she was cray cray over charocoal...

Now. I. See. WHY! I should send her a damn fruit basket all these years later!

If you follow my blog, you already read about my obsession with Charcoal Lemonade but this... This post is all about yo' face! Now, the basic info on Activated Charcoal is typically made from coconut shells or olive pits burnt at a super high temp which activates the coal and that's usually where Google loses me because... Adult ADHD :)

I basically have an EXXON Valdez level oil slick (literally ONLY people over 35 will understand this reference and I'm totes okay with that!) on my face at all times, I don't know if it's hormones, Arizona climate, West Coast hard water or from being #Biracial, but I have considered sleeping with my face buried in a bucket of uncooked rice before - I mean, if it can dry out your smartphone IT CAN DRY OUT A FACE NO???

This super duper easy Charcoal Mask, is an easy alternative. Once or twice a month is all you need and I notice it brightens my skin, pulls all the toxins out of my clogged pores and totally balances my skins pH!

OHHH I forgot the best part - Activated Charcoal is SUPER cheap and I am a HUGE fan of SUPER CHEAP! I got mine off Amazon and I really like the Viva Doria brand, here's the link

Now, I have some tips for you before you slap this magical goop all over your face:

1. HOLY SHIT DO NOT WEAR CLOTHES YOU CARE ABOUT... Hope that didn't come off too dramatic, but I am super clumsy and I can't tell you how many things I've ruined with this stuff. Think of eating a powdered donut during a tornado, but make the powder jet black and completely ready to absorb all things it touches. Just look at the mess I make opening the damn jar!?

Thats Activated Charcoal :)

2. The $3 Plastic IKEA bowls and spoons are the way to go! I use the back of the spoon to smooth the mask on and then throw both away when I'm done. Makes life so much easier I cannot even tell you!

3. I always do a mask right before I'm going to hop in the shower because you need some kind of HazMat containment area once water hits the ACP its like a monsoon of black-ness.. Charcoal Monsoon. Come to think of it.... That would have totally been my stripper name back in the day. NEXT UP TO THE STAGE - CHARCOAL MONSOOOOON

Beh-Beh-Beh-Behhhh *DJ Khalid Sirens*

.... Okay, back on track. Charcoal Mask.

3. After you rinse off the AC Mask, I love to follow up with a pH balancing toner spray. Something light and moisturizing but not greasy/oil based. Honest Beauty has an amazing one. But there are lot's of great aloe based pH sprays Every time I spritz that shiz, I want to find Jessica Alba and motorboat her. That's how good it feels!

And there you go! My face feels amazing! #NoFilter #ThisIs40

Charcoal Mask it up, friends! Let me know if you love it too!

<3 CM