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5 homemade beauty products using coffee beans

Posted on by Sara Walker

Get creative with your skin care routine and start using coffee beans to brighten up your complexion, make your hair more shiny and reduce under eye shadows.

1. Coffee bean hair shine
Before you shampoo your hair, massage in a handful of ground coffee beans to your wet hair, rinse and wash your hair as usual. Surprisingly, the coffee beans work by removing any build up of products and will leave your hair feeling irresistibly smooth, soft and silky. However, if you have bleached or blonde hair, the coffee beans could temporarily darken the tone so be careful.

2. Exfoliating scrub with coffee beans
Forget expensive body scrubs – gather together your coffee bean supplies and make your own skin exfoliator with ground coffee beans, sugar and olive oil (or a base oil of your choice). You can then experiment and use different essential oils if you don’t want your skin to smell of coffee beans.

3. Chocolate coffee face mask
Many skin care products use caffeine as a main ingredient as coffee beans are great for your skin. Use ground coffee beans mixed with cocoa, honey and yoghurt to create a yummy coffee bean face mask. Leave the mixture on your face for 10 minutes, wash and pat dry.

4. Coffee beans for cellulite
Use ground coffee beans mixed with warm water and olive oil, then apply generously to your cellulite and wrap up with cling film. Leave the mixture on your skin for 10-15 minutes and wash off. If this seems too messy, you could just make the coffee exfoliating scrub and use some cellulite cream that contains caffeine.

5. Coffee beans for tired eyes
Mix ground coffee beans, honey, aloe vera gel and vitamin E oil together and then apply the mixture generously to the delicate area around your eyes. When used regularly, you should see the bags under your eyes start to brighten and the puffiness reduced.

Get rid of cellulite with coffee beans

Posted on by Sara Walker

It has been known for some time that beauty products containing coffee beans might help to reduce cellulite. However, a new product called Slimming Coffee Cream, created by Cinq Mondes has brought coffee beans and cellulite to the fore once again.

So, how do coffee beans help to reduce cellulite?

Products such as the Cinq Mondes Slimming Cream work by draining the toxins that cause fatty deposits. The caffeine basically breaks down the fat cells under your skin, helping to reverse the orange peel effect.

Coffee beans also contain xanthines – a substance found naturally in the human body. Xanthines basically help to increase fat breakdown resulting in smoother, healthier looking skin.

The key apparently to using products that contain caffeine is to use the product early in the morning, late at night or at times when you’re not about to eat. These products work best when your insulin levels are low.

What causes cellulite in the first place?

Although the causes of cellulite are not fully understood yet, the most common causes are:

  • Hormones — Some researchers believe that oestrogen, insulin and thyroid hormones can cause cellulite.
  • Diet — Eating food high in fat, carbohydrates and salt could be a contributing factor. Also, not enough fiber in your diet could cause more cellulite to develop.
  • Lifestyle — Smokers, people who don’t exercise enough and people who site down for long periods of time may have an increased risk of developing excess cellulite.
  • Clothes — Tight underwear or clothing that limits your blood flow could also increase your chances of developing cellulite.

 

Other than coffee beans and caffeine, how else can cellulite be removed?

There’s a lot of information out there about coffee beans and caffeine breaking down fat; but there are other methods to reduce the orange peel effect. Birch oil is a common favourite; fake tan will visually make your cellulite look better; and FitFlops are special shoes designed to tone and shape your legs.

Massaging and scrubbing areas where you have cellulite could also make a huge difference. You could even make your own body lotion and exfoliating cellulite busting products with sugar and ground coffee beans mixed in with a base moisturiser or shower gel.