❤ "I Love Coffee!(So let's use it to make a facial!)" was Posted On: Thursday, May 16, 2013 [at] 11:00 AM | Leave a Comment

So, as I said the ingredients are:

1. Coffee Grounds

2. Olive Oil

So basically you just wake up and mix the coffee and olive oil. Put it on your face and leave it there for 30 seconds. Then wipe off. Supposedly, the coffee is anti-inflammatory(I've heard this alot) and has lots of antioxidants(meh..) and the olive oil works as a moisturizer to brighten your skin and soften it.. Keep going for pictures that just look weird.

So here is my freshly "just-woke-up" face. No makeup and all the discoloration and dryness! As you can see in the red circles I outlined the extra dry spots and even amplified my annoyingly uneven eyelids! This is why I focus on lip makeup and blush and make sure my eye-makeup and eyelashes even those out. Eyelashes work wonders, but that's another post!

I don't have bad skin. I hardly break out, ever! I usually just have to deal with the discoloration on my cheeks, upper lip and forehead. Also my skin is really dry! Dx

I loved this, because it was insanely easy. I've seen soo many D.I.Y facials and they either involve cooking, or smashing or things I don't have. There's one thing I always have and that's coffee! I like avocados too much to turn them into a face mask, so I just buy the pre-made ones. I love most fruits and vegetables too much to turn them into face masks. I might try an oatmeal one though. I, personally, only use olive oil when making potato wedges. So, I often can use that, plus I love coffee and have a lot of it, but I can break a few teaspoons free.
When you mix it you get this result. Actually I had a lot of bad results. At first it was too dry, so I added more olive oil, then it was too moist so I added a little more coffee, eventually I got to this! A moist and oily result, as you can see.
It smelt soo amazing! I really love the smell of coffee, so I was in heaven! Also can we say yay for my camera's high quality pictures! I've had this camera for 2 or 3 years and I'm just realizing how to take pictures where it focuses on the subject in the front and blurs the back. Well, I keep getting off topic, but anywhoo!
Here's some pictures of my face with the facial on it. It was rough, but the coffee was gritty. Also, as I keep saying, it smelled amazing! So did my face! :D
This is actually how much I had left. I made wayy too much! Soo, be careful about that, because I'm not sure if you can save it and I don't know if you would want too. I only do facials once a week, so I wouldn't want this sitting in my refrigerator for a week.

The end results were as expected from any facial. My face didn't look any different. The olive oil definitely made it softer, hell it made it a little greasy. After wiping it off my face felt soft and stilled smelled really good. The dry spots were gone and my discoloration was oddly enough faded. The discoloration on my skin likes to play mind games with me. After doing facials it likes to get lighter, but ultimately it never goes away. As you can see it also made my hair very soft! *o*

As far as my first D.I.Y facial goes this was pretty fun, easy and enjoyable. I don't think I'll do it again, simply, because I love coffee too much to use it on my face and it was still messy.

So, hope you enjoyed this and thanks for reading!
Have you even done a D.I.Y facial(some are better than others)? Do you have one you recommend?