Coffee Body Scrub
Saturday I was looking up recipes for different organic homemade body scrubs and face masks. I stumbled upon this one, Fresh Coffee Body Scrub! Which I found on Homespunforte.com, a cute site. I decided to switch it up a bit. Enjoy!
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1 Small Can of Organic Olives
One Orange
Two Lemons
Coffee Grinds (Preferably Dark)
Handful of Organic Almonds
Organic Sugar
Sunflower Oil
Pretty much all of these ingredients are easy to find. My choice of coffee was of course, Starbucks. As for the oil, you can use any of the following; Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil, Grape-seed Oil, Neroli Essential Oil. I used Sunflower because that’s what i like to use for scrubs. In the past i have used Grape-seed Oil and loved it! I just don’t like having to order it online in bulk, it gets expensive that way.
Directions
Step One:
Once you have all of your ingredients, peel one orange along with one lemon and process the rind as fine as you can.
Just a tip: I used our coffee bean grinder because it’s more proportioned in size and grinds great!
Step Two:
Squeeze both lemons and set aside the juice.
Step Three:
Combine 3Tbsp of ground coffee, 3Tbsp of crushed almonds, and 6Tbsp of sugar into your food processor. Or coffee grinder!
Step Four:
Combined everything in your food processor, along with 6 crushed olives and 2Tsp of Sunflower oil and blend blend blend!
Extra Advice:
Towards the end, you’ll realize the consistency and you can direct it according to your preference. Either, 1) Add more sugar to thicken it up. Or 2) Add a little more oil to thin it out. I ended up adding a few tablespoons of raw sugar which will thicken it and will also add more exfoliation.
My Results.. I LOVE it! I LOVE coffee so this is great! I’ve already used it. It’s a great mixture and combination. I will definitely make this one again.
P.S. This Coffee scrub has a shelf life of up to 3 months. You may keep it in the shower/bath or fridge. Feel free to tweak the recipe as you would like. I’ll update this post with photos soon, so check back! Have fun and enjoy!
Please, feel free to leave some love and let me know what you think! Feel free to share with your friends. Would love to hear from you, your thoughts and tips! Also if you are brave enough to try this one, let me know how it you end up liking it!
Love & Scrubs,
Sarah Grace
Good Job (^_^) What if I don’t want too smell like Coffee???
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Good Job (^_^) What if I don’t want too smell like something besides coffee?
(((hugs)))
Thanks! There isn’t really enough coffee in it to make you smell like it all day. Lol But you can always add more lemon juice, or add the juice from the orange just in case! I will be posting some other great recipes tomorrow, without coffee. :)
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