Coffee...More Than a Morning Drink...

Coffee is wonderful for the morning! It is tasty, much needed and addictive! Did you know that used coffee grounds have so many uses? From skin and hair care, to helping our environment, used coffee grounds can be beneficial.

Used coffee grounds can be used in your plants or compost bins as an awesome fertilizer. It helps the plants by adding nutrients to the soil and stimulating growth.

In my post about Colombian Women...Amazing Bodies, used coffee grounds can be used for a skin cellulite treatment. When used coffee grounds are mixed with oils or warm water, this blend makes a wonderful skin exfoliant. You can slough away dead skin cells and the coffee grounds act as a diuretic to help with reducing excess water under the skin.

They can also be used as a skin exfoliant for the face to help refresh a tired look. Or add coffee grounds to a facial mask. 
Mix:  1/4 cup used coffee grounds with 1 egg white 
Apply to face, let dry then rinse off.

Used coffee grounds can also nourish and give luster and shine to the hair. Here are a couple ways to use coffee in your hair routine:
-Add to the hair before shampooing, rub in and rinse. Wash and condition as usual.
-Or you can pour a cup of cooled black coffee on the hair and leave in for about 15 minutes. Then wash and rinse as usual.
**It is not recommended to use coffee in the hair with blonde hair, it may stain.

Finally, used coffee grounds can also be used as a deodorizer, to help take unpleasant odors off of the skin, like garlic, fish or onions. Simply rub your hands under water with the coffee grounds.

So many more uses for coffee than originally thought!

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