Let’s face it: there are times when we just don’t look and feel our best. When you are tired, it shows not only in your mood and energy levels but also in your face. What if there was a way to address both the internal and external factors that make us look and feel tired? Luckily for you, one of the many homemade beauty products available can address these symptoms.
A coffee facial scrub may be just the thing you are looking for to treat your face. Coffee has been used for centuries as a way to fight fatigue and reinvigorate the senses. The caffeine in coffee has scientifically been proven to stimulate your energy levels and your fatigue-stricken face through topical application. Coffee’s physical texture also makes it a great exfoliate for sloughing off dead layers of skin, allowing your fresh under-layers of skin to shine and breathe. Before we delve into how to get your coffee beauty on, let’s gather our materials for making one of the best homemade beauty products out there.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons of coffee grounds, the base from which we will make our homemade beauty products
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil, which helps extract and hold the caffeine and antioxidant properties of the coffee grounds.
- A container, which will hold the completed mixture.
Directions
- Place your coffee grounds into a coffee grinder. You want the coffee grounds to be as fine as possible in size and texture as this will act as an exfoliate, furthering the success of the product by exposing fresh layers of skin and allowing the caffeine and antioxidants to penetrate deeper.
- Take your fine coffee grounds and add them into your container.
- Add the olive oil into the container, mixing the coffee grounds and olive oil thoroughly and evenly. Your coffee beauty mixture is ready to be used!
- Your mixture should have a rich, brown color and texture; if you wish to make a larger batch, simply keep in mind that it is 3 parts coffee to 2 parts olive oil.
Result
Once your coffee beauty mixture is complete and stored, apply a dab to your finger and begin gently scrubbing the areas of your face that you would like to exfoliate. When you are done scrubbing, rinse your face with warm water and pat dry. You should feel the tingling sensation of the exfoliation and caffeine at work, relieving puffiness and water retention while stimulating the facial muscles to slowly tighten, giving you a refreshed, youthful glow. Homemade beauty products such as this coffee beauty technique really show us that sometimes we have to look no further than nature to find the best solutions to our everyday problems. Avoid the high-priced exfoliates that you see on the shelves at beauty stores and supermarkets and make your own potent, inexpensive coffee beauty scrub today!
Let us know how great your skin looks after using the coffee facial scrub and share this low-cost, high-value trick with everyone you know!
