Besides one of the most active coffee components – caffeine that promotes lymph flow, coffee includes other useful substances, such as fruit and organic acids, fats, alkaloids, minerals, potassium, magnesium and iron. Coffee oil that is rich of linoleic acid prevents skin from aging and makes it more elastic, and also it has anti-inflammatory properties.
Well, we got added evidence that coffee is undoubtedly very very useful. And now here are some coffee beauty secrets for our skin. Of course one should use ground coffee, but not its instant analog!
Refreshing Face Lotion
Make strong coffee, pour it into ice trays and freeze. Then wipe your face by the derived ice pieces. Such coffee lotion would do a great tonic and refreshing action to your skin.
Toning Lotion
In the mornings one should wipe the face skin by cotton pad, wetted in freshly brewed coffee. This coffee lotion not just tones the skin but also adds a delicate tanned tint to it.
Face Anti-Wrinkle Mask
Dilute a spoonful of rye flour with cold strong coffee and bring it to a thick cream condition, after add an egg yolk and knead it carefully. Apply the derived mixture to your face and wash it off in 15 minutes.
Anti-cellulite Body Wrap
Spread heated coffee grounds on the problem areas of your body and wind them in plastic wrap. Leave it for 15-20 minutes and then wash off. Such body scrub can be applied twice a week. Also you can simply add ground coffee to your favorite shower gel and make gentle massage.
Also coffee can restore gloss and saturation of dark hair.
Coffee Mask for Dark Hair
Beat up two egg yolks and a spoonful of rum with two spoons of warm water, and then add a spoonful of ground coffee and vegetable oil. Apply to your hair and leave for 5 minutes, after wash off with warm water.
And here is another coffee beauty secret shared by Jennifer Love Hewitt:
If you need to recover your dark hair gloss quickly: cool freely brewed strong coffee and spray it on your hair, then comb it carefully. And that’s that! ;)
