I love making my own skin care products at home as it does not contains harsh chemicals, parabens, PEG’s, glycol, sulfates, petrol-chemicals, synthetic fragrances and artificial dyes. These are the products or routine that I have been using, please before trying out any of these suggestions do a patch allergy test .
Not only does coffee wakes and perks you up, but it can serve as a potent exfoliant as well, provided that you rub the ground-up coffee beans on your skin instead of using them to brew a steaming cup of joy.
For Scrub – (don’t add the sugar if you have to use this as a face pack)
Mix two portion of coarsely ground coffee with one portion of sea salt (don’t use the iodized salt – it’s too harsh on skin) or sugar ( it is much gentler than table salt ,experiment with the size of sugar crystal ) and two-to-three tablespoons of massage or olive oil. Take a hot shower to moisten your skin and open your pores, and then, using wide circular motions, rub the mixture onto your skin with strong, even pressure. Then rinse off the scrub, pat the skin dry with a towel.
Coffee as skin care
The caffeine in coffee has a number of benefits for your skin, from treating redness and inflammation, to reducing the appearance of under-eye circles, to getting rid of cellulite.
Coffee as anti-inflammatory –
In a 1978 performed at the University of Tennessee, researchers found that adding caffeine to anti-inflammatory creams significantly increased their effectiveness. Overall, use of skin care products containing caffeine will reduce and prevent inflammation and redness, leaving you with a beautiful, even skin tone.
It reduces puffiness and dark under eye circles –
The diuretic property of coffee reduces the puffiness. It also reduces the redness ( that causes the dark under eye ) due to blocked blood vessels under the eye.
To get rid of cellulite –
The major ingredients in anti cellulite cream is caffeine. If cellulite is a issue then adding coffee to any of your favorite body scrub would also be beneficial.
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Babita Jaishankar 