I like the idea of whipping up an at home spa treatment with ingredients found in my kitchen cupboard. Recently, I came across not one, but two coffee scrubs and I thought I should tell you about them.
The first one, from Spa Index is an exfoliation scrub. All you need is:
Here's what you do:
Mix all ingredients together. Apply in hot shower after your skin is evenly moistened and your pores are open. Using wide, circular motions, rub the coffee mixture onto your skin with strong, even pressure. Rinse off, pat skin dry, and apply a thin layer of your favorite body lotion.
The second coffee rub, from Care2 claims to be a cellulite buster. I have seen many spas offering coffee cellulite treatments, and I don't believe anything like scrubbing your bum with coffee will get rid of the dimples. Cellulite occurs in 50 - 90 % of women regardless of their age or clothing size. But this scrub is an interesting variation on the coffee theme so I am sharing it with you.
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Here's what you do:
Mix coffee and olive oil. Place newspaper on your bathroom floor. Apply coffee mixture to the cellulite area with your hands or a loofah. Some will fall onto the floor, hence the newspaper, you just need a thin layer of the scrub on your skin.
Wrap the area with plastic wrap, and keep it covered for several minutes. This might be a good time to give yourself a pedicure.
When your toe nail polish is dry, or you're just plain bored of hanging out dressed in nothing but coffee and plastic wrap, unwrap yourself and brush off the excess coffee mixture. Shower with warm water.
It is suggested that for best results you should repeat this process twice a week.
So maybe coffee is a pick me up for the skin too.
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Lola Cruz
Karl Kani
interesting, i dont know bout the second one though
1sounds good though! i love home(ie cheap) spa treatments!
2I drink tea, and I probably won't be buying coffee just for this anytime soon. Starbucks gives away their used coffee grounds for free for mulch/compost. But not sure how I feel about using them as a spa treatment.
3Caffeine has been shown to be a great cellulite buster - maybe that's where they're going with the rubbing coffee on one's backside thing.
4i read somewhere before JLO does this kind of treatment religiously. Might as well try it. But currently, I'm using ZA firmer & shaper so far it works wonders.
5Interesting! I've never heard of using ground coffee for exfoliating. Makes sense though - and plus coffee smells sooo good
6I never imagine to put something i drink om my skin but i will try this one i think it's cool
7Cool .. I love the idea
8I love coffee scrub. I buy mine from 5th Avenue Bath Co. (5thavenuebathco.com), and it is the best. I have noticed a difference on my skin.
Belle
9I also have used the coffee scrub from 5th Avenue Bath Co. It is fabulous. I have loved all I tried from them.
10~Tena~
My aunt told me that a co-worker that had cellulite very bad, and that she did the first one (coffee, olive oil, & sea salt) 3 times a week for about 2 months and her cellulite completely disappeared!
11I just use grounds as a great exfoliator.
12I don't think the coffee grounds will go down my shower drain, based on how I have to use the garbage disposal to get them down the kitchen sink drain.
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