Ingredient

Powdered Charcoal

Charcoal deeply cleanses the skin and gives a gorgeous glow. Its soft, dry texture means it gently exfoliates, cleanses and polishes, and helps to absorb excess oils. In deodorants it also effectively absorbs sweat.

Making charcoal is an ancient industry, which is not much practiced today. Trees such as oak, ash, hazel and chestnut are grown in coppices. These are then piled up and seasoned for some time before being stacked in kilns and burned for up to sixteen hours until the wood is carbonized and ground into a fine powder.