What Are the Benefits of Coffee Scrub? And How To Make It!

Whenever you brew a pot of coffee, you're left with a filter's worth of used coffee grounds that probably wind up in the trash. However, you can repurpose those leftover grounds and use them on your body. A coffee scrub provides several skin benefits, including improved skin texture and circulation with a temporary cellulite reduction -- all at no cost to you.

How to Make a Gentle Coffee Scrub

Scrubs are hands-down my favorite natural recipe – because you get that immediate gratification of softer skin. And it helps to remove build-up so that your lotions and products can penetrate and work better. But more importantly, it’s also really important for your overall wellness. A scrub is active skincare – exfoliating helps to stimulate your body, your lymphatic system and get your circulation flowing. It makes you feel good. 

Now, coffee grains make for a really good exfoliant, but – if it’s not prepared properly – it can be too rough for your skin, especially around your face. So, let me show you two tips to make the perfect, face-loving scrub.

Grind it:  They do the job of exfoliating, but without irritating your skin. So, even if you are using a fine grain coffee, I still suggest that you blitz it in the blender until it’s like powder fine, like a flour.

Soak it: After you blitz the coffee grains, soak them in a liquid to soften it even more. It can be water, or it can be something fun and skin-brightening like a squeeze of fresh orange juice! Orange juice is packed with beautifying vitamin C that keeps your skin youthful, it’s amazing for hydrating and it has natural fruit acids that help to clean and clear your skin. But, also, it’s that “happy” scent that I can’t get enough of!

Any time you use citrus, its best to stay out of the sun for a few hours.

Let me leave you with one more quick tip. Normally,  a scrub calls for oil – but try adding honey instead. It’s ah-mazing!! The honey will hydrate and soften your skin, without that oil-rich feeling… which isn’t a bad thing!! But options are nice.

And just like that… my exhausted friend – you have an instant remedy for “blah” days.

Gentle Coffee Scrub Recipe

ingredients:

• 1/4 cup fresh ground coffee
• 1 tbsp orange zest
• 1/2 orange juiced (about 1/8 cup)
• 2 tbs honey

directions:

• blitz the coffee until powder fine
• pour it into a bowl
• zest the orange first
• cut open and squeeze the juice of 1/2 orange into the coffee grains
• let it sit for about five minutes to soak up the liquid
• add honey – which is really nice as a facial scrub
• optional: 1 tsp your favorite oil, if you want extra moisture. Otherwise, moisturise after your scrub

Do you love using essential oils? Add a 5 drops of Sweet Orange to boost the aroma and skincare benefit.

Shelf Life: this is a fresh scrub, and because of the water content from the fruit – we want to use it up within 3 days.  Store it in the fridge.