Use Coffee Grounds as a Body Scrub

Here's a way to make an all natural exfoliation scrub that will leave you feeling like a million dollars, and it's cheap as well.

Steps

  1. Run very warm water in your bathroom sink and put the wash rag into the warm water to soak.
  2. Go to the kitchen, scoop out the coffee grounds and put them into your cereal bowl.
  3. Put your coffee grounds on the side of the bathtub, or in shower, and ring all the warm water out of the wash rag.
  4. Get into the bath or your shower without turning the water on. Starting with your neck you will begin to rub the warm coffee grounds over the skin in a circular motion. Make sure you have enough coffee grounds to do your entire body: neck, shoulders, chest, arms, stomach, buttocks, legs, and last but not least your feet.
  5. Make sure to rinse your whole body with warm water, to remove all the coffee grounds, and don't soap your body afterward, as that will remove the oils from your skin you just put on there.
  6. Pat your skin dry (don't rub the skin).

Tips

  • Some people say the coffee (or rather, the caffeine in the coffee) could make this work as an anti-cellulite scrub when used at least twice weekly for 10 minutes at a time.[1]

Warnings

  • You can use the coffee grounds on your face, but stay away from right under the eye. The skin area there is very sensitive, so avoid that area all together. Otherwise the coffee grounds are excellent for the face as well.
  • Be realistic in your expectations to what this or any other external cream can do for cellulite. While the appearance of cellulite may improve by using it, to eliminate cellulite you may wish to speak to your doctor.

Things You'll Need

  • Fresh coffee grounds (after the coffee has been made)
  • A small cereal bowl
  • A dry towel
  • Warm wet washrag (wrung out)

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