How to make and use a coffee scrub?
Coffee is not just a tasty and popular drink, it is often used as a cosmetic product - it is added to gels, made from coffee grounds with scrubs, thanks to which the skin becomes soft and velvety.
Special features
There are still many incredible legends about the origin of coffee. According to some versions, this drink came from Ethiopia from the Kaffa area. Nomads began to consume coffee beans in the 7th century. At first they were dried, made tincture. Arabs used raw grains as a tonic, mixing it with fat. Only by the XI century coffee beans began to overcook to get a delicious flavored drink.
In the XV century, coffee comes to Turkey, where the world's first coffee shop opens. The drink became so popular that many residents began to spend more time in coffee shops than in church, so they began to ban it. When the authorities were concerned that residents in coffee houses spread unwanted gossip about the government, the use of coffee was banned on pain of death.
From Constantinople, the drink goes to Russia, where at first it is not in special demand. Only after Peter I began to insist on its use, he became a popular drink among those close to him and nobles.
Now this delicious drink is very popular all over the world. There are many varieties and types of coffee, it is drunk in its pure form, add sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, diluted with milk. When it became known how positively coffee affects the skin, it was used in beauty salons. After applying a slurry of ground coffee beans, the skin instantly transforms, becomes elastic and beautiful.
This procedure can be successfully carried out at home. Those who cannot feel cheerfully without a cup of coffee can collect coffee grounds and use it as a scrub. If you add other ingredients to the coffee mass, you can make yourself a natural scrub.
Freshly ground coffee or thick coffee remaining on the bottom of the cup after preparing an aromatic beverage will have a remarkable effect on the skin:
- remove the top layer of dead cells;
- help in burning fat;
- improve lymphatic drainage;
- stimulate blood circulation;
- moisturize and tone up the skin, make it firm and elastic.
To prepare a natural product, use ground grain. Sublimated coffee for these purposes is not useful.
Benefit and harm
Today, the stores feature a huge amount of cosmetic products for skin care of the face, body, and hair. Coffee-based scrub can also be purchased in stores, but it’s worth making at home with your own hands. The composition of coffee beans is essential oils, fatty acids, caffeine, amino acids, vitamins and important trace elements. Thanks to these components:
- exchange processes are activated;
- cleansing and peeling of dead cells of the epidermis occurs;
- skin becomes elastic;
- the problem with cellulite is solved;
- there is an increase in blood circulation;
- improves complexion;
- increases skin tone.
Cosmetic procedures with the use of coffee scrub contribute to:
- cleaning the body;
- weight loss;
- getting rid of loose skin;
- quick recovery after pregnancy.
Since caffeine helps speed up metabolic processes, there is a gradual fat burning. Coffee scrubs are very popular and are used as a means for losing weight. When additional ingredients are added to the coffee grounds, the properties of the agent are increased several times. Especially recommended to use a scrub during a trip to the bath. The pores after the bath open, and the coffee mass applied to the skin enriches and nourishes it.
The great advantage of this composition is that it contains only natural ingredients and will not cause irritation, therefore, suitable for use by all without exception.Also, according to scientists, its use can prevent the development of skin cancer.
As with any cosmetic product, there are also contraindications for using coffee scrub. It should not be used:
- people who have an increased sensitivity to the components;
- if there are open wounds on the body;
- during pregnancy;
- in diseases of the cardiovascular system;
- in the presence of a fungal infection;
- with varicose veins, if steaming is used;
- with cancer;
- during colds, with increased body temperature.
When adding ingredients to the scrub, you should check if they will cause allergies. This is especially true of products where there are honey or essential oils in the composition, which can provoke an allergic reaction.
Cooking rules
There are many different ways to make a coffee scrub.
For this cosmetic, it is better to choose finely ground coffee, it is used for delicate skin of the face and delicate parts of the body so that the particles do not damage the skin. For a massage in the abdomen and thighs, you can take a medium grain grinding.
It is necessary to take only ground coffee, but not instant drink. You should not use just the thick, in the composition should be ingredients that make the skin soften. It can be butter, sour cream or yogurt.
After the manufacture of funds necessary to test for allergies. If there is no irritation, redness or itching after application, it can be applied to the face or body.
To prepare a natural scrub, you can take as already sleeping coffee grounds, and ordinary ground coffee. If ground coffee is taken, the price of the product will be higher. When using this option, it should be noted that after using it, there is a slight staining of the skin, and this is not to everyone's liking. There will be less caffeine in the thickened bed, but it will not color the skin and has an unusually pleasant, delicate flavor.
When processing delicate areas it is better to choose finely ground coffee. You can use the sleeping thick of the Turks and coffee machines. If the thick is used to make scrub, sugar, spices, and cream are not added to the coffee.
Many cosmetologists recommend using ground green coffee for the purpose of skin rejuvenation. It is often recommended to drink for weight loss, as it contains several times more healthy ingredients than in roasted. Although the taste of green coffee may not like it, it does not have a pronounced aroma. If you don’t like green coffee as a drink, it is recommended to use it as a very effective scrub.
The sleeping grounds are used immediately after coffee has been drunk, or several servings are collected and left for storage in order to later prepare a mass of ground. It must be dried, otherwise it may become moldy. Dry it in the usual way, scattering it in a thin layer or putting it in a microwave or oven for a few minutes. The dried grounds are stored in a tightly closed jar. Also, coffee grounds are sometimes frozen in the freezer.
Recipes
Due to the amazing properties of coffee, the scrubs based on it will help make the skin taut, soft to the touch and velvety. With this tool you can get rid of black spots on the face, acne. Coffee scrubs, cooked at home, can be an excellent analogue of expensive salon procedures and cosmetics.
Such a tool is successfully used for weight loss programs, thanks to it, stretch marks are noticeably reduced - with regular use you can get rid of them.
There are many recipes for making cosmetics based on ground coffee beans and sleeping shmikha. It is worth considering the most popular of them, thanks to which many ladies have already brought their body and face in perfect order.
Body products
One of the easiest options for making a remedy is to mix the thick with base oil, lotion or body cream.Base oil is necessary so that small pieces of coffee can not injure the delicate skin. When adding oils or other ingredients, the mass will be more comfortable to apply and pleasant to the skin. To enhance the effect of the product, you can add a bit of cinnamon to the composition, this spice will warm the skin, give it a flavor. In addition to cinnamon, add essential oil.
The more components in the scrub, the greater the effect can be obtained after its use.
For the preparation of products based on sea salt should be taken:
- 100 grams of sleeping ground;
- 100 grams of finely ground sea salt;
- 1-2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, which can be replaced by any other, for example, flaxseed, sesame or soy.
All components are mixed to get a homogeneous mass. The resulting mixture is applied to the skin and massaged for 10 minutes. After such a massage, the skin warms up and becomes reddened. Wash away the thick with warm water, after which the skin is smeared with a gentle light cream or coconut oil.
For a recipe with clay you need to prepare:
- thick coffee 60 grams;
- clay 100 grams, you can take pink, blue or black;
- 1-2 tbsp. spoons of water.
Prepared foods should be mixed well and applied to the body. Mass is applied easily. It is recommended to use it in the form of a mask or make a wrap. This mask is considered one of the most effective, since the result from it is simply amazing. The skin after using it looks much younger. Ladies with dry skin can prepare this remedy at home, thanks to him the skin becomes smooth, dryness disappears.
Those who have skin prone to fat content should choose a product with kefir. To cook it, you need to take 2 tbsp. spoons of ground coffee or sleeping thick, add a spoonful of finely ground sea salt. All components dissolve a small amount of kefir. The mass should look like sour cream. She can do peeling daily.
Recipe for body with yogurt:
- a glass of yogurt;
- thick coffee - 100 grams.
Mass is applied to the body and massaged for 10 minutes. For washing off the scrub use warm water.
One of the most effective means of cellulite, many women consider the scrub with honey. To cook it, you need to take the honey and mix it with the coffee grounds.
The components are mixed in equal proportions until a homogeneous mass. After application, it is recommended to make a light massage with clapping movements. Thanks to such a simple procedure, you can get rid of cellulite. The tool should be applied to problem areas of the body in the hips and abdomen. This is a very effective tool, but you should not get carried away. Keep the honey scrub on the body for no more than 10 minutes.
Before using the product, it is necessary to test for allergies, as honey is an allergen.
The composition based on pepper is considered to be the cardinal remedy for the fight against stretch marks and cellulite.
The composition of scrub with pepper:
- need 120-150 grams of coffee grounds;
- salts 120-150 grams;
- 1 tbsp. l pepper tinctures.
Using this composition, after a short time, the skin begins to warm up, blood circulation increases. This tool is kept on the skin for long, after 5 minutes it should be thoroughly washed off.
Every woman wants to always look beautiful and well-groomed. Especially everyone wants to get rid of the hated orange peel. Cellulite can be cured with regular use. For this cosmetic you need:
- ground coffee;
- sea salt;
- olive oil;
- 3-4 drops of ginger oil.
Coffee, salt, butter, take 1 tbsp. spoon and mix. Mass is applied to the places prone to cellulite, and massaged for 5 minutes. To the result was noticeable, it is necessary to carry out such a procedure on a daily basis.
Another remedy for cellulite is a compound for which you need to take:
- one tablespoon of coffee, sour cream and moisturizer;
- add 2 grams of mummy powder.
All components must be thoroughly mixed using a wooden spatula and apply thick on the body.Hands need to hold under hot water and rub the mixture on the skin.
In the composition of many skin care products there is sea salt, as it helps to cleanse the pores, increases skin elasticity. When sugar is added to the scrub, this product can be used to prepare other cosmetics for use. Thanks to him, the skin softens, the cornified layer is carefully removed, the pores open.
To prepare this tool, you need to take a fatty base, consisting of coconut, cocoa butter, wheat germ and grape seed, 20-25 grams each, and mix them. To make the mixture liquid, it is placed in a water bath and melted.
In the oil mixture is added:
- 50 grams of ground coffee beans;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey;
- Cinnamon oil - 4-5 drops.
This tool is used only for the body, as it is tough enough for the face. It is applied to the steamed body, then washed with warm water. There is cinnamon oil in the composition, so a burning sensation is possible during use.
For face
To prepare a gentle mass to moisturize and nourish the delicate skin of the face, must take:
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of ground oatmeal;
- 1 teaspoon coffee cake;
- 1 teaspoon sour cream or yogurt.
The tool is applied to the face, after the skin should be massaged for 1-2 minutes and rinse with running water. When using this tool, the skin will become very tender and fresh.
For those who have oily skin, suitable scrub based on fruit puree. For its preparation take:
- 1 tbsp. spoonful of mashed fruit of any fruit;
- 1 teaspoon ground coffee beans or thick.
Fruit mass is applied on the face with massage movements, then washed off with cool water.
For dry skin, you can choose another recipe consisting of:
- 1 tablespoon thick;
- 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese with high fat content.
The mixture is mixed, then the thick is applied on the face. It is recommended to use the tool as a mask and keep it on the face for 10 minutes. It is perfect for dull and fading skin without a tone.
To give tired skin freshness, use a composition with a walnut. For it is necessary to take 1 tbsp. spoon ground walnut and thick coffee. After mixing the two ingredients, the mass is applied to the face with massage movements. Facial massage is important to do on certain lines.
Coffee scrubs are not only used for the body or face, they can be applied to the scalp. After using them:
- scalp is cleared of dead cells;
- hair growth accelerates;
- dandruff is eliminated;
- nutrition of follicles improves;
- toxins are eliminated;
- getting rid of excess fat.
Coffee scrubs, cooked with your own hands, are perfect for all types of hair care. In order to get the best effect from the procedure, it is recommended during application:
- wet hair and skin before applying;
- it is recommended to put on unwashed hair;
- for sensitive skin, check for discomfort during the massage;
- Grinding coffee is better to do fine or medium;
- Essential oil can be added to the composition according to your skin type;
- it is recommended to wash off the mass from the scalp with the help of a shampoo, and it is better to rinse with a decoction of herbs.
It is not recommended to use the product if:
- there are wounds and cuts on the head;
- with individual intolerance to the components;
- Do not apply to hair that is dyed to a light color, otherwise it may stain.
In case henna is used to dye hair, coffee grounds are added to the mixture to add a chestnut tint.
Hair will be very soft, obedient, will fit well. To make the hair more stable and saturated color means is applied to the entire length.
To create a coffee scrub for the scalp, you must take 3 tbsp. l ground coffee and dilute it in the same amount of hot water, brew the product and strain the water. The thick is rubbed into the scalp and massaged for 8-10 minutes.After such a massage, the mask should be well washed with warm water and shampoo.
For hair loss, use a recipe containing red pepper. To make it you need to take:
- 4 tbsp. l ground coffee;
- 0.5 tsp. ground red pepper;
- 2 tbsp. l burdock oil.
Brewed thick mixed with pepper and oil and rubbed into the scalp. It is recommended to put the mixture in gloves, because the skin from the pepper will pinch. While applying the coffee and pepper mixture, rub it into the scalp, then leave the mass for 15 minutes. If it burns badly, time can be reduced to 5 minutes. After you need to wash your hair with shampoo.
To get rid of dandruff suitable tool that is used as a shampoo. To prepare a medicated dandruff shampoo, you need to take:
- 2 tbsp. l coffee grounds;
- 1 tbsp. l honey;
- egg white.
When all the components are connected, the mixture should be applied to the scalp, massage for 2-3 minutes and leave for another 10 minutes, after which the mask is washed off. Since it is difficult to wash off such a mask with simple water, you must use shampoo.
Owners of greasy hair can use the tool, after which the hair is well cleaned, looks alive, has a beautiful shine.
For the preparation of products for oily hair, you must take:
- 1 tbsp. l ground coffee;
- 2 tbsp. l sea salt;
- 1 tbsp. l grape seed oil.
After combining all the components, an oily hair product is applied to the hair, rubbing it into the roots. This mask should be held on the head for at least 10 minutes, then take the shampoo and wash it off with warm water.
How to apply?
Regular use of cosmetic procedures allows you to always look beautiful and well-groomed. Applying coffee scrubs, prepared at home, you can achieve very good results, the main thing is to carry out the procedures regularly and follow the following recommendations:
- The composition of the cosmetic should include only natural ingredients.
- It is important that all products that are used during the preparation of the mixture were fresh, not expired.
- Before carrying out cosmetic procedures it is necessary to take a shower. Before scrubbing is performed, it is necessary to wash the skin well.
- Apply a coffee tool in places prone to cellulite. Next, hold a massage in a circular motion.
- After applying the product, rinse the mass with warm water.
- Body after a shower is recommended to get wet, and not to wipe a towel dry.
- The cosmetic procedure is completed by applying a moisturizing cream, milk or lotion to the body.
Good results from cosmetic procedures are obtained after visiting the bath and sauna. The skin in the bath is very well steamed, the pores are open, so the effect of all components will be the strongest.
During the first entry into the bath, nothing is applied to the body, since it has not yet been heated. During the second run, the skin can be rubbed with a mass of salt and water. Thanks to this technique will begin to sweat. At this time, you can prepare for the application of scrub.
The mass of coffee begins to be applied to the body, well rubbing and massaging the skin. It is recommended to start the massage from the feet, gradually moving to all problem areas. It is also necessary to apply the mass on the elbows, knees and other coarse areas.
Particularly carefully treated places where there is an orange peel. During the massage, blood circulation increases, seals are broken, toxins are released. After such a procedure, the result will be visible immediately, the skin will become tightened and resilient.
To prepare an anti-cellulite scrub for a bath, you need to take:
- 1 tbsp. l honey;
- 1 tbsp. l ground coffee or ground;
- a pinch of cinnamon.
All products are thoroughly stirred and applied to the whole body. If desired, the product can be applied to the neck and face. After that, you need to go into the steam room and be there for about a minute. If discomfort is felt, the time spent in the steam room should be reduced.Without unpleasant sensations, visiting the steam room increases.
After visiting the bath you need to wash the body with warm water. This cosmetic procedure helps to make the skin very pleasant to the touch, it becomes soft and velvety.
After carrying out cosmetic procedures it is not recommended to take food within two hours. Before the procedure, it is better to drink green tea and clean water.
If the scrubbing is done at home, it should be done 2 times a week. Course - 10 procedures. In addition, it is recommended to follow the diet and exercise, and then the body will be in perfect order.
To combat cellulite, you can use wraps. For this you need:
- take coffee beans and grind them, or use ready-made ground coffee;
- the result of the procedure depends on the quality of the coffee, it should not be burned out;
- grains should be the freshest.
For carrying out procedure use a thick from coffee. The mass is applied to a clean body, top fix with cling film. In this form, you must sit for about an hour. To the result was more noticeable, it is recommended to hide a warm blanket. An hour later, you must remove the film and wash off the remnants of thick.
To consolidate the result, it is better not to eat anything for 1.5-2 hours. After this procedure is not recommended to take a shower in the shower or take a bath for several hours. You should not visit the solarium on this day or go sunbathing on the beach. Conduct the procedure 2-3 times a week. Course - at least 10 sessions.
How to store?
Many are often interested in the question of how to store a ready scrub so that it does not become covered with mold. Those who drink coffee every day, it is better to use a fresh scrub and not leave it for storage, but it is not always convenient. In addition, not all are coffee lovers and drink a drink every day. Coffee grounds should be poured out of a cup and left to dry. You can dry it in the oven and microwave, or simply sprinkle on a plate or napkin, leaving for natural drying. It is better to pour out the next batch separately and pour it after it has completely dried. After cooking a few servings, the dried thick is poured into a jar and sent to the refrigerator for storage.
You can fill in the thick grape seed oil, avocado or other oil, add a few drops of essential oils. This mixture can not be put in the refrigerator, it is stored in the bathroom.
If instead of sleeping coffee to use coffee grounds, you get the effect of tanning.
You can roll a coffee scrub in homemade soap. To make it you need:
- take a piece of baby soap and grate it;
- put grated soap in a water bath, adding a little water;
- when the mass is melted, it is necessary to add basic and essential oils;
- at the very end pour in coffee grounds;
- mass stir, pour into the form and put in the bag;
- put in a cold for setting.
The homemade soap hardens for at least 24 hours, after which it can be used as a soap scrub during a shower.
If you need to prepare the tool "in reserve", mix 200 grams of ground coffee and 3 tbsp. l sea salt (it can be replaced with brown sugar). You need to take 6 tablespoons of coconut oil and melt it. After that, add the prepared components to it, mix and put in a jar or other container.
Recommendations
Those who for a long time can not get rid of stretch marks, dry skin and other troubles should prepare a simple cosmetic. With its regular use, stretch marks will become less noticeable, the skin will no longer peel off, cellulite will disappear, and the body will be taut and beautiful.
To prepare a magic tool, you need to prepare:
- a pack of coffee can be taken not very expensive, since the quality of the procedure does not change from its price;
- coffee grinder;
- container with a lid for storing funds;
- olive oil, you can add orange;
- sugar;
- sea salt;
- vitamins A and E in capsules.
The tool is better to do immediately for two cans.In one jar there will be fine grinding, which is used for the face. In the second jar, coffee is ground to a larger extent.
To make a cosmetic face care product, you must grind the grain. Then add salt and sugar to the dry mass. 5 capsules of vitamin A and E are squeezed into the container. After mixing all the components, add olive oil. The structure mixes up and as a result the dense friable mass of chocolate color turns out.
Apply the product to the skin is better in the evening, because after the procedure, it may turn red. To apply a loose mass, you need to remove makeup and thoroughly clean the skin. In the palm you need to take a little money, rub it in your palms and apply on a wet face. If you feel discomfort and the particles seem coarse, you need to drop a little gel, and the discomfort will decrease. Mass must be washed off with water and apply a nourishing cream on the face.
After this procedure, the skin is cleared, inflammation is removed, the complexion becomes even. The next day, the effect of the procedure remains. On the skin there is no peeling, so the cosmetics fit very well. This scrub can be used regularly, the skin does not get used to the product, and the effect of the procedure pleases every time.
To prepare body scrub you need:
- grind grain;
- add salt and sugar, while coffee grounds should be 3 times more;
- add 10 capsules of vitamin A and E;
- take olive oil + a couple of drops of essential oil of orange.
All components are mixed to obtain a loose homogeneous mass. After taking a shower, apply a scrub on a pre-heated body. This should be done vigorously, trying to pay due attention to problem areas. Circular massage should be done for about 15 minutes. After the procedure, the residues should be washed off with water.
Having taken a shower, the body can be moistened with oils. For this, it is better to prepare a mix of olive and coconut oil. As a result, stretching decreases after a warming massage, and cellulite disappears. The skin becomes very pleasant to the touch, soft, soft and elastic.
In the manufacture of tools for this recipe scrub enough for almost six months. You can store jars with cosmetics simply in the bathroom on the shelf. From the duration of storage composition does not lose its properties.
Many girls refused to salon procedures and switched to the use of scrub from coffee made at home. After reviewing the reviews, you can understand that this procedure is absolutely not inferior to the salon. Taking into account the prices for salon procedures they should be carried out at home.
Due to the action of caffeine and oils, the skin is heated, the pores open and absorb the necessary substances. Through this procedure, the skin becomes tender, like a young child. When this happens the splitting of fats and weight loss.
In the cabin, this procedure is expensive. Its duration is about an hour. In order for the skin to get all the necessary nutrients, at home it needs quite a bit of time, about 5 minutes.
Good reviews are about scrub with oatmeal. To prepare this cosmetic, you need to mix the thick with the ground oatmeal. Apply the mixture on cleansed wet face and massage it. Thanks to this tool, a face massage is performed, the skin is cleansed, and black dots disappear. Such a scrub can be considered an express tool for rapid skin rejuvenation. The face looks fresh and radiant, the skin is smooth. Using natural ingredients for the skin, you can look perfect at any age.
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