My mom thinks charcoal is taking the natural kicking one step too far.  She thinks y'all shouldn't put charcoal well-nigh your eyes considering what goes near your eyes can arrive your optics, and you lot don't want to mess up your vision.

Good betoken?  Clearly a adept signal.  Mothers know everything, and they're like walking warning labels.  One of my aunts has all the latest information on fresh food recalls and the 10-stride process for washing produce.  And there'due south my friend's mom, who has a good five reasons why yous should never stand in front end of the microwave.  And and then there's my mom, who cautions against pulling over for police officers in remote areas and rolling down the machine window also far when request for directions.

I can't be positive why my mom is and then concerned about charcoal, of all things.  It may accept to do with the fact that I arrived home the other solar day with a large canteen of activated charcoal capsules, challenge that I was going to brand homemade eyeliner.  That just may be what fix her off on that kick.

And, really, who wouldn't go along a kicking almost eye makeup made from charcoal?  The idea of putting something you scraped off the bottom of a grill onto your eyelid is really quite agonizing.  First of all, it's a situation that has conjunctivitis written all over it.  And do we even need a second-of-all after that?  So, in an MNM first, I decided to figure out what exactly I was cooking upwardly before I slathered it all over my face.

The activated charcoal I have for eyeliner is not actually the same as the refuse in the bottom of your grill.  Though, in a fashion, information technology almost is; activated charcoal is merely regular charcoal that has been processed to become porous.  This makes information technology good for removing toxins and evidently odors, as well.  (I know yous're thinking what I'1000 thinking…charcoal deodorant!!)

The commencement surprise about buying activated charcoal is where to find information technology in the store.  You don't get to the outdoor section, and you don't get to the grilling section.  Y'all go to the vitamin aisle.  That'south right – activated charcoal is safe to eat.  In fact, information technology'south widely touted for a multifariousness of medicinal uses.

But just because y'all can consume something doesn't mean you desire to dump information technology in your eyes.  I'1000 thinking Tabasco sauce, horseradish, OldBay.  Except in this case, it seems you can dump…and in large amounts.  A search for "activated charcoal" and "eyes" yielded results for homemade pink heart remedies, fifty-fifty charcoal poultices that could be left on overnight.  One site described a charcoal eye rinse – as in, charcoal in the eye, not just on top.

This inquiry has been enough to convince me that homemade activated charcoal eyeliner is, in fact, quite safe.  But, I'd still check with your mom before doing any experimenting; it's always important to read the alarm characterization.