Vintage advertising. The charcoal toothpaste whitened the teeth
After a long time I go back to posting on Pills of History natural recipes of health and beauty taken from To be beautiful ( Sonzogno, Milan, 1906 ), a manual well known by ladies of the early 20th century.
The following is the recipe for making charcoal toothpaste at home, an ingredient with a strong sanitizing and whitening power.
I quote verbatim:
"The carbon-based pastes, which do not have a pleasant appearance, are excellent from the point of view of effectiveness.
Here is the composition of one of these pastes.
You will obtain a more consistent paste with honey, according to the following formula:
Coal in powder gr. 30
White honey gr. 30
Powdered sugar gr. 30
China powder gr. 15
Essence of mint drops 5
If you prefer, you can replace the mint essence with another essence ".
It seems that this charcoal toothpaste greatly helped our grandmothers and great-grandmothers to show off a dazzling smile.