Your morning cup of coffee gets you going, and a coffee-based body scrub can do the same thing for your skin. A coffee scrub exfoliates your skin, helps to prevent acne, reduces the appearance of fine lines and hyperpigmentation and softens your skin. Because caffeine is a natural diuretic, coffee scrubs can also help stimulate the movement of water through your body, making your skin temporarily appear firmer and making skin problems like cellulite less noticeable.
Step 1
Combine coffee, sugar and oil in a small bowl, mixing with a spoon or your hands until the ingredients are completely blended.
Step 2
Add honey, mixing until it is thoroughly combined with the other ingredients.
Step 3
Transfer the mixture to a lidded plastic container.
Step 4
Scoop a generous amount of the scrub with your fingers while you are in a warm shower. Rub the mixture vigorously over your body, using large, circular motions.
Step 5
Rinse the scrub completely from your skin, making sure to remove all the sugar and coffee residue from your skin.
Step 6
Pat your skin dry gently. Do not rub.
Step 7
Store your coffee scrub at room temperature in its sealed container for up to two weeks.
Tips and Warnings
- Mix up this recipe by adding a 1/4 cup of shredded coconut to the coffee-sugar-oil mixture, recommends "Spa Magazine." You can substitute sweet almond oil or macadamia nut oil for olive oil in this recipe.
- Don't use this coffee scrub on dry skin; it's too abrasive. Make sure your skin is damp before applying the coffee scrub.
Things You'll Need
- Small bowl
- Spoon
- 1/4 cup ground coffee beans or 1/4 cup used coffee grounds
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. honey
- Lidded plastic container
References
- "Natural Beauty at Home: More Than 250 Easy to Use Recipes for Body, Bath and Hair" (revised edition); Janice Cox; 2002
- Spa Magazine: DIY Beauty Recipe: A Firming Coffee-Based Body Scrub
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