Homemade Coffee Scrub Recipe For Face
Coffee is one of the most used and favoured beverages worldwide. There are doubts in the minds of people about the benefits and ill effects of coffee on the human body. Being rich in caffeine, it is considered by some as not a very healthy beverage. The distinct aroma makes many people its fan. Perhaps some people do not know that coffee can be used for drinking and also as a scrub to clean the human skin.
Being rich in caffeine helps increase production of adrenaline in the body. Coffee help relieve drowsiness and headache. The dilation of blood vessels is also reduced. In case certain persons’ body produces excess lactate, which causes feeling of body soreness, caffeine helps reduce this production and the person feels a sense of relief.
Coffee beans are extensively used to both tighten and soften the skin. By using a scrub the skin becomes beautiful, clean and well maintained. Coffee is a good astringent because the pH of both coffee and human skin is same namely 4.5.
Those who love coffee always wish that they have coffee to drink and also have clear and beautiful skin. While just drinking coffee may not give you a beautiful skin but coffee scrub will definitely work wonders on your skin. The coffee scrub is good for all types of skin. Your skin may be oily or dry or sensitive or prone to acne, coffee scrub will help. Coffee scrub is an excellent exfoliant and leaves your skin smooth and glowing. Coffee scrub can not only be used on the face, it can be used on any part of the body.
The method of preparation of scrub is as follows:
- You need a small quantity of sour cream. This is an organic product full of nutrients. Take this out of your refrigerator and keep it outside for about an hour so that it reaches room temperature.
- In the mean time grind the coffee beans. These should not be so ground as to make a fine powder but should remain coarse. They should be more grainy than sand.
- Once the beans have been ground and sour cream has reached room temperature, mix them well to get a uniform paste.
- Apply the scrub on the part of your body you want to clean and exfoliate. Apply lightly in circular motion for about two minutes and wash off.
- After shower, apply some lotion to lock in the moisture. If you apply the mask on your face, you can leave it for about an hour and a half. The combination of sour cream and coffee will work wonders.