Ground & Ready

As Summer aproaches so does the season of open toed shoes, sandals and going barefoot! So how does this relate to coffee? The same coffee that gets you ready in the morning, can get your feet ready for Summer! If you follow my other blog, Positively Pulchritudinous, then you know that I am a big fan of natural products. So it's no surprise that I wanted to come up with a natural way to pamper my feet.


You only need three ingredients to make this simple foot scrub! Used coffee grounds, olive oil, and cocoa butter.  The coffee grounds not only slough off dead skin to polish your feet, but the caffeine also increases circulation to the feet helping your toenails grow healthier! The olive oil provides antioxidants and the cocoa butter moisturizes and protects your skin. I get my cocoa butter for this at the dollar store, it comes in 2 ounce "sticks".


Here's how I make this luxurious DIY scrub...

• Take about 3 ounces of used coffee grounds and set them on a paper towel to dry out for an hour or so.  
• Put 2 ounces of cocoa butter in a microwave safe dish until it is just melted. A few "chunks" left un-melted is fine. 
• To the cocoa butter add 1 ounce of olive oil and stir.
• Add in your dried coffee grounds. If they are dry, your scrub will keep for up to 2 weeks in an air tight container.
• Mix everything together to form a thick coffee paste!
• Use this paste to scrub your feet. Leave it on for 5-10 minutes and rinse with warm water.

Your feet will feel soft and moisturized! The olive oil will keep the mixture pliable, if the paste is too stiff just add more oil. That's it! Easy foot scrub made from your morning coffee!