DIY: Using Brewed K-Cup Coffee Grounds to Make Anti-Aging Scrub

I have a really super reader that is excellent at finding great ways to reuse and repurpose almost everything we live with…

Yesterday she told me about a way to make a very inexpensive air freshener.. (which I will post later!) Today she emailed me & let me know how we can give a second life to the Brewed Coffee Grounds in our K-Cups (from the Keurig) or even a regular coffee pot.

She says:

Do NOT throw away brewed coffee grounds!  Well yes, I know some people will run it through one more time and get one more brew out of it.  I do that with my teabags.  But I’m talking about using it as a beauty treatment.  Some believe that caffeine used as a scrub is good for cellulite.

Those darn K-cups are expensive as it is.  Open up that spent K-cup into the palm of your hand, add a dab of hand/dish soap & water until it is sudsy, and "wash" your hands like you normally would.  It’s a great exfoliator and will make your hands soft.  I have tried this and it works.

Coffee grounds on a larger scale from an old school coffee maker can also be saved for another project.  Dry them out on a cookie sheet – here in AZ just set them out in a sunny spot to dry them quicker (no sense wasting electricity in the oven).  Once dry, store them in a Ziploc until you have about 2 cups of grounds.

Anti-Cellulite Cinnamon Coffee Scrub:

• 2 cups coffee grounds
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 6 T favorite oil (not coconut oil, as it’s a solid except during AZ summer months)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2-3 drops cinnamon essential oil

Mix it all together in a bowl, and then transfer to container with a lid.  You can get a pretty glass jar (one of those gasket-type canning jars) and put a ribbon and spoon around it (get them cheap at Goodwill or Salvation Army) and gift it to someone! 

Directions:  Scoop a little bit onto your skin the shower and rub in a circular motion, leave on for a couple of minutes if you wish, then rinse off.

 

Thanks M.!