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ichael Larkin’s journey to creating Miracle Masque began with … a journey. In 2014, Larkin decided to reduce his carbon footprint by walking the three miles from his home in Milton to his work as a server in a local restaurant. To shave some time off the trip, he blazed a trail through a nearby marsh. That’s when he saw the clay pit—a vast painted desert surrounded by Florida swamp. The clay wasn’t red, Michael Larkin the kind the South is known for. Instead, it was “the color of calamine lotion,” Larkin says. So he did what any trailblazer would do: he scooped some up and took it home.
Natural Magic Since ancient times, indigenous cultures have used the clay formed by volcanic ash as a healing agent. The modern appreciation for all-natural health products has ignited fresh interest in the benefits of bentonite clay (named for the volcanic region of Fort Benton, Wyoming). Even before Larkin began experimenting with the clay itself, he was convinced that the barren, two-mile-wide pit that produced it was a volcanic crater. Sure enough, he says, the clay exhibited the qualities of bentonite. “I started bringing it back to the house, watering it down and letting it soften in big vats,” he says. “I’d get elbow deep in it, and as time went on I realized that it had a therapeutic value. It had an effect on my skin—everywhere I used it became baby soft—and I started putting it on my face. Literally, I’ve had a retraction of the aging process. I’m 40 years old, but most people think I’m pushing 30.” Larkin admits that looking younger than his age makes him happy. He figured this miracle clay could make other people happy too.
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