The coconut sugar used in the scrub lends a toasty, caramelized scent while the coffee helps wake you up. Caffeine is known to be great for your skin as well and this coffee scrub is a great way to get it! The sugar and coffee work together to gently exfoliate your skin while the coconut oil leaves your skin feeling soft. Overall, this homemade body scrub will leave you feeling energized and your skin will feel pampered as you get ready to take on your day.
How to Make an Exfoliating Coffee and Sugar Scrub
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
- 10 drops "Blend of Cinnamon" Essential Oil Blend
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Coconut Sugar
- 1/2 cup finely ground coffee
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Directions
STEP 1
Place coconut oil in a glass or ceramic bowl that can hold at least 2 cups. Microwave bowl with coconut oil in 15 second intervals, stirring in between, until coconut oil is very soft but not liquefied.STEP 2
Add remaining ingredients and stir until well combined.How to use your coffee scrub:
Scoop some of the coffee scrub from the jar. Allow a little warm water to run into your hands and rub together to activate before using to scrub your body, paying special attention to areas in need to extra exfoliation such as feet, elbows, knees, etc.This scrub is also great for deep cleaning hands after doing particularly dirty tasks like pulling weeds or working in the garden.
About the Author:
Carissa Bonham is a lifelong crafter and mom of two creative boys. The owner and lead writer at Creative Green Living, she won the Craftys Award for the "Best Craft Blogger" category in 2016 and the ShiftCon award for "Best DIY Blogger" in 2018.
Her goal is to empower families to make easy projects and healthier choices that are beautiful and delicious! She is also the author of the hardcover cookbook, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls (Skyhorse, 2017) and Proven Techniques for Keeping Healthy Chickens (Skyhorse, 2018).
Her projects have been featured in magazines like Kids Crafts 1-2-3, Capper's Farmer and Urban Farm Magazine. Follow her on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter or join the Creative Green Living Tribe.
Her goal is to empower families to make easy projects and healthier choices that are beautiful and delicious! She is also the author of the hardcover cookbook, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls (Skyhorse, 2017) and Proven Techniques for Keeping Healthy Chickens (Skyhorse, 2018).
Her projects have been featured in magazines like Kids Crafts 1-2-3, Capper's Farmer and Urban Farm Magazine. Follow her on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter or join the Creative Green Living Tribe.
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Definitely need to make sure the coffee is finely ground or you end up with chunks and it doesn't work well! I substituted Epsom salts for the coconut sugar and felt I got a good scrub with it (though less coconut smell). I also added a lot less coffee (1-2 Tbsp) and then added in a bit of ground cinnamon too since I could only find "sugar spice" essential oil at the store. I feel like the end result was great! Thanks for the recipe - it's a great base to jump off from.
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