Activated charcoal is an amazing natural beauty ingredient! I believe everyone should have this miracle worker in their beauty pantry! Check out 12 beauty benefits of activated charcoal in this article! What is Activated Charcoal? First off, what is activated charcoal and what does activated mean? Well, activated charcoal is simply common charcoal that has been heated in a way that it develops a lot of small spaces or 'pores' in it that trap chemicals. It is produced by small particles of carbonaceous substances such as saw dust & coconut shells heated to very high temperatures, which forms charcoal. Continue Reading