BEAUTY SECRETS OF COFFEE

28.09.09 / beauty recipes / Author: admin

The unforgettable taste and the smell of coffee makes it to be one of our favorite hot beverages.
It tones up and stimulates. Coffee could be very beneficial for our skin, when we add it to face masks,
lotions and other cosmetic products. Now many nutrition specialists note the useful properties of coffee.
And beauty industry began to look closer at the surprising qualities of coffee grains.

What benefit can bring coffee to our skin?

Amongst coffee constituents there are not only caffeine, but also lot of other substances: fruit and
organic acids, fats, alkaloids, minerals, iron, magnesium and potassium. Essential coffee oil is
rich in linoleic acid, which plays a leading role in the forming of the lipid barrier of the skin. Linolenic acid
increases the elasticity of the skin, prevents its aging, possesses antipyretic and photo-shielding
properties. And nevertheless for the majority of us of coffee – is just a caffeine. Could it be good for the
skin too? Caffeine tones up the skin, improves microcirculation of the blood, stimulates many
physiological and biochemical processes in the organism, for example, fat’s disintegration.

That’s why you can find caffeine it in many anti-cellulite creams and firming gels. Caffeine activates
cellular metabolism (which isimportant if you want to look younger) and lymph drainage. This why it’s
presented in some night creams and eye –care products: it helps to get rid of the swelling.

Here we found some interesting beauty recipes where you can use coffee.
Toning and Nourishment
1. Coffee lotions
Refreshing. Very simple recipe: spill the strong coffee on the small molds for ice. Wipe the skin with
the coffee ice cube in the morning and in the evening. This procedure will tone up and refresh your skin.
Toning up. Instead of the washing with water wipe your face and neck with cotton ball moistened in the
strong freshly-made coffee. This procedure will tone up your skin and combat aging process.
Your skin will also get a little tan nuance. Be very careful if you have a sensitive skin.
2. Anti-Aging Mask
Add 1-1.5 table spoon of chilled coffee to 1 table spoon of rye flour and mix, then add one egg yolk.
Mix well. Spread the mixture on clean face and neck. After 15 minutes wash off with warm water.

3. Coffee body wrap to fight the cellulite
Take the slightly heated used coffee grinds, rub the with your palm into the sections of skin affected
with cellulite. Cover areas with cling film and leave for several minutes. Leave body wrap for 15-20
minutes and then remove cling film and take a shower For the bigger effect use massage your skin
with special rigid brush or use electrical body massager.
Use this body wrap twice a week.

Smart Coffee Peel
Spoil your skin with your own prepared peeling mask:
Mix well 2 table spoons of sour cream or yoghurt and 1 table spoon of fine coffee grains. Your scrub is
ready – apply it onto your skin, leave it for 10-15 minutes, then gently massage it with your fingertips,
avoiding areas around eyes. Rinse away with warm water, finish with facial toner and cream. Enjoy matt
and smooth skin!

Honey and Coffee Mask:

Warm 2 tea spoons of runny honey in microwave oven. Add 0.5 tea spoon of fine grinded coffee. Apply
onto your face when the mixture is still warm. Hold for 10-15 minutes. Rinse away with plenty of water.
Your skin turns smooth and velvety.

4. Use coffee to return the luster to dark hair!
Beat two egg yolks with the table spoon of rum and two spoons of warm freshly made strong coffee and
1 tea spoon of vegetable oil. Apply this mixture on your hair, covering all hair carefully. Hold for 5 min, and
rinse away.

Recipe from the star:
Jennifer Love Hewitt: Quick recipe to refresh your hair: Pour chilled unsweetened natural coffee into spray
bottle and spray it over your hair. Comb hair and repeat spraying if necessary. Your hair will look lustrous
with bright and strong color.