Did I just find a hangover cure? Not sure but I will say I didn’t wake up hungover and honestly probably should have. As most of you know, this weekend was my friend’s bachelorette party and while I’m not normally a big drinker (RIP those college days) – this weekend would of course involve a lot of drinking and celebrating. I tend to get headaches from drinking very easily even if it’s just a drink and I definitely didn’t want that to happen this weekend. I also planned the bachelorette so we had a bunch of fun things planned everyday and I didn’t want to deal with the hangover struggle, being late, etc because of me or anyone else. This is where my secret hangover helper comes in… let me introduce you to activated charcoal pills.
I’ve tried activated charcoal pills in the past to help with hangovers and felt like they really worked but it has been a while since I’ve taken them and wanted to try it again. I figured it wouldn’t hurt so I picked up a bottle of activated charcoal pills for myself and anyone else who wanted to give this a shot too (and be on time). There has been so much buzz about activated charcoal and the benefits in beauty products and other items. One of the benefits is that it helps absorb and eliminate toxins in the body so logically this made sense to me.
I took two activated charcoal pills after we got back from a night out and woke up the next morning feeling pretty great actually. We even hiked Runyon at 9am…. (that part I didn’t plan). A few more of us tried them the second night and I took might right when we got in after a night out where earlier that day we were drinking frosé and margs poolside. Most of you know day drinking + night drinking is a recipe for disaster and also a very hard thing to do. Again, we woke up the next day feeling pretty good! Tired? Yes. But throbbing headache, spins, etc? None.
Of course word spread pretty quickly when we woke up feeling fine so the next night a few of the other girls tried the activated charcoal pills as well. It was a bigger night out and our last night so this would really put things to the test. Well, the next morning we all woke up pretty much hangover free and no one missed their flight. Don’t get me wrong – I was definitely exhausted but I didn’t have a headache which is saying a lot for me.
Overall, I am so glad that I brought the activated charcoal pills with me to the bachelorette and woke up mostly hangover free (shockingly) every single day. You can get them at CVS, Whole Foods, vitamin store and online of course. I linked to the exact ones I used below.
*Disclaimer: you should always check with your doctor before taking any pills. I am not a doctor and this is just my personal experience.
Other charcoal items:
Boscia has an entire charcoal line of charcoal skin care products which I am obsessed with. I also tried charcoal toothpaste and I was SO skeptical about it. I just didn’t think it would make my teeth feel clean but it really does and now it feels weird not to use it. I also noticed that my teeth were getting a lot whiter after I started using the charcoal toothpaste which is great because sometimes my teeth get really sensitive after using strips. Check out the toothpaste here.
