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DIY Coffee Scrub for the Body, Face & Scalp
November 2, 2022
Do you throw our your coffee grounds? Stop! There are tons of uses for coffee grounds, including as a DIY coffee scrub for the body, face and even your scalp.
A homemade coffee scrub helps to naturally exfoliate the skin and will reduce the buildup of bacteria, dirt and dead skin cells. Coffee scrubs can also help eliminate pimples and whiteheads by cleansing your pores. It’s also gentle enough to use it daily in order to reduce old skin cells and help new cells emerge.
Plus, massaging a scrub made with grounds into your body and face will help to boost circulation and improve skin quality. It can improve skin tone and make it smoother over time.
Homemade Coffee Scrub Uses
What are the best uses for a DIY coffee scrub?
- Coffee body scrub: The coffee grounds contain antioxidants that help heal the skin while its texture works well as a scrub to get rid of dead skin cells, bacteria, dirt and more. It’ll also improve circulation and help make your skin smoother. See the recipe below.
- Face scrub: A good DIY face scrub often includes coffee grounds to deeply clean the skin, leaving it smoother, softer and blemish-free. It’s also gentle enough for the face.
- Lip scrub: A DIY lip scrub with coffee grounds will gently exfoliate the lips, leaving them supple. The recipe below can work for the lips too.
- Cellulite scrub: The caffeine in the grounds promotes the dilation of blood vessels and works to tighten the skin, helping to reduce the appearance of cellulite and even stretch marks. This DIY coffee scrub for cellulite will exfoliate the skin, decrease tissue edema and stimulate the activity cells that produce collagen. Research even suggests that this may reduce the activity of fat cells and reduce cellulite.
- Scalp scrub: Massaging the grounds into your scalp will help remove dead skin cells and buildup, which stimulates hair follicles. Research indicates that when caffeine is applied to hair follicles, it may even promote hair growth.
Ingredients
Coffee grounds exfoliate the skin, while the caffeine helps the dilation of blood vessels and tightens skin. (Two other natural exfoliators to put into your beauty toolkit? The pumice stone and dry brushing.)
Coconut oil aids in moisturizing and has many potent skin benefits.
Sugar helps to also exfoliate the skin as well as hydrate. If you plan to use this recipe as mostly a coffee body scrub, you can use turbinado sugar. If you also want to use it as a coffee face scrub, use brown sugar because it’s more gentle.
Cinnamon oil causes the blood vessels to dilate as well, giving the skin a subtle plumping effect, thereby decreasing the appearance of cellulite.
How to Make a Coffee Scrub
In a large bowl, add coffee grounds, coconut (or sweet almond) oil, sugar and essential oils. Stir well to combine.
Store in a reusable container. Because of the use of essential oils, glass or high-quality plastic is preferred, but for shower safety, plastic will likely work best. May be stored for up to one year in the refrigerator.
To use as a coffee body scrub, after washing in the shower, massage coffee scrub into areas where dirt and dry skin collect (such as the elbows, knees, shoulders, back of arms, etc.) and cellulite is likely to be found (buttocks and thighs). Massage as vigorously as tolerated, taking care to protect sensitive skin. You do not want to break skin or cause bleeding. Rinse thoroughly and pat dry.
Use this coffee body scrub 2–3 times a week for best results. Some temporary redness to the scrubbed areas is normal. If any discomfort or irritation persists, try grinding your coffee finer, use finer-ground sugar and/or omit the cinnamon oil.
Because coffee scrubs are exfoliating, you will want to finish after your shower with a high-quality moisturizer, like this moisturizer for dry skin or body butter.
For using the coffee scrub for the face, scoop out about half a tablespoon into your palm and then apply to your face with your fingers, massaging gently and in circular motions. Leave on your face for a least a couple of minutes before rinsing off. For the lip scrub, use about a teaspoon and rub horizontally with your fingers across your libs for 10 to 20 seconds before rinsing off.
To use coffee grounds on your scalp, simply fill your palm with the grounds, massage them into your scalp for 1–2 minutes, then rinse and shampoo as usual.
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DIY Coffee Scrub
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 20 applications 1x
Description
Coffee grounds make for an excellent DIY exfoliator. This homemade coffee scrub combines several skin soothing and exfoliating ingredients for a deep cleanse. It can be used for the body (including areas where cellulite or stretch marks appear), hands, face and the scalp.
Ingredients
- 1 cup coffee grounds
- ½ cup coconut oil (or sweet almond oil)
- ⅔ cup coarse sugar (turbinado sugar for body; brown sugar if you’re also going to use on face)
- 4–8 drops cinnamon oil (less if you have very sensitive skin)
- 8 drops vanilla oil, or 1 teaspoon cooking vanilla (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add coffee grounds, coconut (or sweet almond) oil, sugar and essential oils.
- Stir well to combine.
- Store in a reusable container, such as dark glass or high-quality plastic. May be stored for up to one year in the refrigerator.
Notes
Some temporary redness to the scrubbed areas is normal. If any discomfort or irritation persists, try grinding your coffee finer, use finer-ground sugar and/or omit the cinnamon oil.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Category: Body Care, Skin Care
- Method: Mixing
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Great way to re-use coffee grounds. I look forward to making & using. To your good health! Thanks for sharing 😇
Coconut oil clogs drains. My friend learned the hard way……..
Sugar OK for diabetics?
Not going to get absorbed into blood stream?
Does it need to be stored in a dark container b/c of the EO.?
Yes, I would advise that.
How long before you see results
I just found it and wrote it down. I’m going to try for the first time by next week. So I will have all ingredients that I need. Wish me luck and I will let everyone know how it feels and works.
Sounds wonderful, too bad needs a lot of time in the fridge.
Thank you!
May be misunderstanding refrig shelf life?
What a mess. Decided I could live with my cellulite
by “coffee grounds”, do you mean after doing your drip coffee? or ground coffee only?
You’ll find coffee grounds in the paper filter after making a coffee pot. The grounds are after being brewed.I use in my garden and helps keeps bugs away.
I appreciate the information given in this article about the use of the coffee scrub to deal with the cellulite. Deposition of subcuticular fat is solely responsible for the development of cellulite. Regular exercise is one of the most effective way to reduce the cellulite. Besides, applying coconut oil and coffee scrub are also effective against cellulite. Besides, such kind of natural remedies have a little or no side effects on our body. To learn more, visit https://www.entebellamedical.com/eliminate-cellulite-fat-vaser-lipo/
Hello. I know this sounds weird but I don’t want to get rid of my stretch marks but I would like to get a body scrub(open to homemade and processed ideas) that would thoroughly exfoliate my skin. Please, what do you recommend?
Thank you very much!! Sound fabulous!!
Hi,just wondering if it’s OK to use green coffee to make the cellulite scrub,thank you,
Mary
The problems with the comments are there’s no answers to the questions???you would hope to get answers from those who are familiar with or who created the product being discussed but there are no responses? I had the same question re: coffee grounds “Are these after brewing?” Thank you
Yes, you can go to Starbucks and ask them for their used coffee grounds. Supposedly, they will give them to you for free. This was mentioned in the article by Danette May. Look her up on Facebook.
After reading this article I completed a little home work myself. I have concluded that during the roasting process, some of the caffeine is lost. If you brew the coffee then further losing the caffeine hence the purpose of the scrub is for exfoliation and the caffeine to constrict the blood vessels. I will leave the solution up to you.
Just a reader like you.
No not after brewing because it loses its caffiene and that helps tighten the cellulite.
Won’t coffee grounds clog the shower drain?
Yes coffee grounds will clog the drain. use something to prevent the coffee from going down the drain and you’ll be good.
in my case they do!! have tried it for the first time 15 years ago….
Hi
other essential oils i can use coz I don’t have cinnamon oil
Can cinnamon powder work
Can I use cinnamon powder instead of oil in this recipe?
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Can we use coffee grounds after they’ve been brewed?
??? Can you
These are great recipes I am going to try them out ASAP ..
Thank you so much.
Me too! Amazing