My stockpile of
Desert Essence facial scrub is all used up and the brand has disappeared from the shelves of both the Park Slope Food Coop and Trader Joes. What's a girl to do?
Inspired by dull skin, a lack of motivation to search for a new brand of facial scrub, and the crafty folks on the World Wide Web, I made my own facial scrub today. I used the
coffee grounds leftover from this morning's coffee, a minuscule sample of fancypants Mayan sea salt, the dregs of a honey bottle, a drop of tea tree oil, and a wee bit of olive oil.
The results?
The Bad: I had to be super careful not to get any of the brown mixture on my white shower curtain. There was a lot more cleanup to be done post-shower because of the coffee grounds. I wouldn't recommend this unless you have a mesh strainer over your tub drain. (Luckily, I do.) Predictably, the mixture also smells like burnt coffee, which I'm not so into.
The Good: Although the scrub was a bit coarser than what I'm used to, it did an excellent job exfoliating at least a week's worth of nasty dead skin cells- maybe even better job than the
Dessert Essence scrub. My face also felt very soft, moisturized, and refreshed. It probably cost me less than a dollar to make this vs. the $4 I would have spent on a store bought product. Reusing something always feels great and because the
city compost worms will still get the coffee after I've scrubbed with it, I've given the coffee 3 lives!
Conclusion: I will probably continue to use this but only over the kitchen sink. If I get my hands on a chamomile tea bag, I'd like to add some tea to this mixture.
