I used to love experimenting with the ingredients in my kitchen to make home-made beauty remedies. I don’t know why I stop doing it. But I have two favourites that I always make because I always have the ingredients inside my kitchen cabinet; coffee, brown sugar, sea salt and lemon.
I grew to love this scrub when I have a bad case of cellulite and stretchmarks after giving birth to my daughter. The skin around the stretchmarks became really dark. It’s not until I found this home-made remedy of coffee scrub that finally the stretchmarks beaome smoother and the darker skin diminish.
The caffeine in the coffee when used on the surface of your skin will help redistribute fat cells thus eliminating the cellulite on our skin. There are a couple of brands that I know which have coffee body scrub, The Skin Food is one of the brands that came out with one and have received really good review.
But if you want to make it yourself at home, here’s what you need:
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Use it twice a week and you’ll see a significant change to your skin texture after a week of use.
Lemon is known to be very acidic and have so many benefit. But one of the famous ones has to be its lightening ability when used as a skincare ingredient. Not only that but it can also be used as an exfoliator and it feels fresh to the skin. You just have to make it feel good enough for the face to use.
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Word of caution though, don’t overdo this scrub because it also acts as an exfoliant.
Have fun trying these recipes at home. What’s your kitchen beauty secret?