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If you want amazing feeling skin, if you want to remove toxins, reduce acne, and have beautiful skin, then this deep cleaning activated charcoal scrub is the scrub for you!
Odds are you’ve heard of activated charcoal by now.
It’s one of the newer trends in the natural living world, definitely in the natural beauty world!
You’ve likely seen my activated charcoal face mask or my post on whitening your teeth with activated charcoal so it should come as no surprise that I’ve come up with yet another way to love using activated charcoal!
Today, I’m sharing my deep cleaning activated charcoal scrub!
I love a good sugar scrub and I’ve even got a post that contains 52 sugar scrubs but I am always up for more scrubs to add to my rotation!
This activated charcoal scrub is unique for a bunch of reasons but one that surprised me was the texture of this scrub.
Often times a sugar scrub will either be way too oily (I’m not a fan of the oil on top scrubs) or it will become rock hard in winter if it uses coconut oil (which all my scrubs use) but this deep cleaning activated charcoal scrub is like black beaches meets kinetic sand.
That’s my best way to describe it…. at least in winter anyway, in summer I’m sure it will be a bit more on the softer side, but right now it’s winter here and my scrub is firm but scoop-able and always makes me think of playing in the sand at the beach.
Why Activated Charcoal?
Activated charcoal is not the same charcoal as the stuff in your barbecue grill. Thank goodness it is not that!
Activated charcoal has been oxidized which makes the surface porous because of this, the charcoal attracts chemicals, metals, and toxins.
These nasties are bound to the activated charcoal which are then removed with the charcoal. It’s like an impurity magnet!
Where to Buy Activated Charcoal?
You can find activated charcoal in most supermarkets in the supplement section but you can also find it online.
Capsules are a nice way of keeping the charcoal from being a complete mess (it’s never mess free though!)
But you can also buy in bulk which is handy if you know you are making stuff in bulk or if you’ll be using a lot of charcoal through the year.
So you’ve got the impurity removing activated charcoal working to deep clean your skin, while the coconut oil moisturizes the skin and the sugar helps get rid of all that dead skin.
It’s an amazing combination, one that always surprises me at how well it works!
Deep Cleaning Activated Charcoal Scrub
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil softened (or your oil of choice)
1 tsp. activated charcoal
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and then transfer to your favorite jar.
Need More Sugar Scrubs?
Skin Brightening Sugar Scrub
Hibiscus Sugar Scrub
Vanilla Sugar Scrub
Do you have an equally effective recipe with charcoal but NOT sugar? Thank you.
You could try substituting the sugar with salt. Salt scrubs work great but they can sting if you have any cuts or scrapes.
If you don’t want that sugar feel… you should add honey it’s always a great way of skin calming and removal of toxins as well
Plz suggestions preservation…. Storger period
If you want to add a preservation ingredient then rosemary extract or vitamin E are the common preservative ingredients in skincare. I don’t recommend letting it last longer than 6 months… but remember exposing it to water can increase the chance of bacteria growth.
How do you use the scrub
Just made my first batch! I was a little startled by how much color from the charcoal was left behind after rinsing my face. It also felt a little too oily for me. I washed my face with some baking soda and gentle cleanser and the residual charcoal color washed right off. My skin felt great! I’m going to keep using this combination and see how it goes, fingers crossed for fresh clear skin!
I was curious if you could add a liquid glycerine to this recipe for added moisture? Our sub or some of the coconut oil?
You definitely could add some glycerine to the scrub but I’ve found that the oil is moisturizing enough on its own.
How long does this mixture last?
It should last at least 6 months but keep in mind that anytime you scoop the scrub out (or get water in it…) there is the possibility for bacteria to grow as contaminants have them been introduced.