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Soothing Coffee Hand Scrub

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup ground coarse organic coffee
  • 1/3 - 1/2 cup carrier oil (grapeseed, olive, fractionated coconut, or sweet almond oil)
  • 3 drops peppermint essential oil

Method
 

  1. Combine ingredients in a jar until it looks like wet sand.
  2. Add 1 tsp to your hand and using a gentle motion, massage hands together.
  3. Gently rinse under warm running water until all the coffee residue has come off. Pat dry.
  4. If you're interested in the moisturizing effect, simply rinse and pat dry. You'll have an instant oil barrier that makes your hands silky smooth.
  5. If you're only interested in the exfoliating effect, you can afterwards rinse with a little soap and water to wash off the oil.
  6. Due to the fragility of the carrier oil, use this scrub within 3 months.

Notes

Note, try to find medium grind coffee. Large coffee grinds are too rough on the skin, and fine coffee leaves a color residue behind.