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Merlin

Have you used charcoal on your skin and found it never washes off?

Posted - January 13, 2020
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  • 53509

     Nope, I have never used charcoal on my skin. Is that supposed to be some kind of cleansing regimen?
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      January 13, 2020 5:41 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Yes.  It is supposed to deeply cleanse your skin.  I thought it odd as well to rub something already dirty on your skin.  I guess the trick is to rub coals on yourself and frantically try to get it off.
    I learned to do this trick as a kid.  I should not have spent money on it.
    Big Winks and Smiles.  
    Not one of my wiser moves.
    Thanks Randy D!
    :) :)!
      January 13, 2020 1:45 PM MST
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  • 53509

      Meh, so you came out a little darker than you usually are, big deal. You still have that great smile that turns all the boys’ heads around, don’t you?

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      January 14, 2020 12:26 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I am cracking up!!  Of course I do and that is exactly what I looked like after giving myself my special, homemade spa, treatment!
    :) :) :) :)!!!!
      January 14, 2020 1:17 AM MST
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  • 53509

      Will you be busy Friday night?  We should go out. 

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      January 14, 2020 5:36 AM MST
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  • 34280
    I have used charcoal infused bath soap, bar soap and even toothpaste.  I have always been able to rinse it off. I personally do not see the big deal but a couple of my kids swear by them. 

    I do not think you are supposed to use plain charcoal,  lol. 
      January 13, 2020 5:56 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I am the nerd who bought a whole tub of it for a big chunk of change.
    Big mistake.
    I couldn't get it off for days.  
    You're right though.  Many people swear by it.  I guess mine was a little too much.  I bought one of those charcoal toothbrushes at the dollar store just to try it out.
    Don about died. 
    I didn't see any difference in my teeth.  Don tossed his in the trash.
    Thanks my2cents!
    :) :)! This post was edited by Merlin at January 14, 2020 12:16 AM MST
      January 13, 2020 1:43 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Charcoal is for the barbecue - not my face.
      January 13, 2020 8:39 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Exactly!
    Thanks for the advice.  A little late in my case, but good for others.
    Thanks SpunkySenior!
    :) :)!
      January 13, 2020 1:41 PM MST
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  • 44617
    I spilt a bit of lab-grade charcoal powder on a table at school once. I never was able to get it off. It does wash from my hands, though. Reluctantly.
      January 13, 2020 11:50 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I bought a whole tub of it and used it once.  The key word is once.  The tub is still full.  It took days to come off.  I don't recommend anyone using it unless you talk to a dermatologist first. 
      January 13, 2020 1:39 PM MST
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  • 44617
    Tub?
      January 13, 2020 3:13 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Indeed.  With olive oil to help remove the charcoal.  Bubbles help, too.
    ;) :)
      January 13, 2020 3:44 PM MST
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  • 44617
    I can see the tub ring now.

      January 13, 2020 3:49 PM MST
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  • 10026
     That wasn't me!  I'm sure!!  My tub isn't that deep and my tile isn't so clean. My ring was black!  One would think I rubbed all my indigenous qualities right off me.

    Thanks Element!
    :) :)!
      January 13, 2020 3:56 PM MST
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  • 10026
    I just caught it.  Noooo.  Silly!!  Not the sort of tub I am envisioning in my other reply.  A BIG BLACK TUB You buy from those swanky, facial-place, thingys, boo-bop places!
      January 13, 2020 3:47 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Fortunately, my skin is good, so I don't need to do a lot to keep it that way.  
      January 14, 2020 9:36 AM MST
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  • 46117
    No.  I found it cleans dirt in the pores pretty good and if you eat charcoal caps, it is tremendous for gas.

    https://www.amazon.com/Dermalogica-Daily-Superfoliant-0-45-oz/dp/B01MUZYZWN/ref=pd_sbs_510_2/159-4121326-0037555?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01MUZYZWN&pd_rd_r=cc2f2a1b-4e68-4df5-9c99-a3f0e64e40b2&pd_rd_w=mmnQj&pd_rd_wg=u4Yrq&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=PMCS88MABGBCNSA9BC8Y&psc=1&refRID=PMCS88MABGBCNSA9BC8Y This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 14, 2020 10:36 AM MST
      January 13, 2020 6:34 PM MST
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