Coffee... The ingredient you need for smooth skin all year long
How do you like your coffee? Cold brewed, with cream, or all over your body? Let me explain...
As well as being your morning energy hit, caffeine provides a large amount of antioxidants to the skin when applied topically, leaving skin tighter and smoother as well as helping to alleviate various conditions like eczema.
It may come as no surprise, therefore, that coffee exfoliation has become the latest craze with brands like Frank Body and Grounded launching scented scrubs that provide a host of beauty boosting benefits.
Here are a few scrubs we love...
Express-o Body Scrub, £14.95, Frank Body
For any fans of Frank Body's original coffee scrub (i.e. everyone who has tried it), this nifty pouch provides a mess-free version for fast-track smoothness. While the coffee content smooths any lumps and bumps, the cinnamon inside this scrub provides antimicrobial benefits and the sweet almond and macadamia oils provide lasting nourishment.
Feel Great Mouthwatering Mandarin Coffee Scrub, £6.99, Optiat
Not only is this delicious coffee scrub made from sustainable beans but it is also blended with mandarin essential oils for a zingy, energy-boosting fragrance and shea butter for your softest skin yet.
Body Scrub, £33, Le Labo
As far as coffee scrubs goes, it doesn't get any chicer than this one from fine fragrance house Le Labo. This finely ground formula gentle buffs away dead skin and nourishes with a blend of natural oils.
Sage and Coffee Body Scrub, £17, Montamonta
Utilising the very best of botantical beauty, this stimulating scrub softens and purifies the skin with its impressive ingredients, such as sage, Vitamin E and detoxifying Epsom salt.
Mango and Papaya Coffee Scrub, £15, Grounded Body Scrubs
This fruity concoction comes from a beauty brand entirely devoted to scrubs (so you know it's going to be good). It's bursting with vitamins and anti-oxidants to take your scrubbing to the next level, alongside some hero ingredients like coconut oil, sweet almond oil, and sugar to keep it sweet.
