Friday, December 17, 2010

How to make a Delicious Smelling Coffee Scrub.

AHH, did you forget someone on your Christmas list? Don't sweat it if they like bath products. This is a fun holiday science experiment.
Learn how food products can be used for more than just eating. Make fast inexpensive salt scrubs at home with products you have in your own cupboard. Salt, coffee, vanilla extract, almond oil can be used in food preparation or to make salt scrubs.

Almond Salt Scrub-
Pour 26 ounces of salt in bowl. Then immediately add 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract for scent. Mix with spoon. Now add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Mix. Add almond oil (NOT more almond extract) to your liking. More oil will make scrub oily. If you like a drier feel add less oil. Feel to see what you like. When done scoop mixture into zip lock baggy. Roll up closed baggy in colored cellophane leaving room at ends. Tie ends with ribbon to look like a wrapped candy.

***For an amazing scent use coffee beans. Ground beans finely. Substitute coffee grounds for the almond extract. Do everything else the same. I'm not into coffee myself, but I made this scrub with a friend and hands down coffee was the best scent we made. What didn't work was cinnamon for a scent. When scrub was used the cinnamon left a residue on face which looked like a weird sunburn.