Exhilarating coffee body scrub removes cellulite and more

Coffee (public domain photo)

I've been telling myself I would get back to using these scrub recipes for a long time. Of, course, like always, other people's needs come first. Well, no more excuses and that goes for you too! I used them once or twice a while back, then caved to the lack of time genie. Now, this naturally healthy grandma is giving them a more committed shot. Here's the original article I wrote when I first started using these recipes for better health. Let's give them a second spin together, shall we?

Coffee body scrub for cellulite removal

Battling ugly cellulite? Tried everything and nothing works? Coffee wafting into the bedroom wakes you up in the morning. It keeps you awake throughout the day. It can wake up your skin too. A coffee body scrub is aid to stimulate circulation to remove cellulite. Add coarse sugar to slough away dead skin cells. Mix with softening avocado and olive oil to nourish dry skin. This is the first of three breakfast food beauty scrubs. Remove cellulite with the coffee body scrub, then try these other two unusual scrubs for surprising beauty benefits.

1 cup ground coffee
1 cup course sugar (such as brown sugar or raw sugar)
1 mashed ripe avocado
1 tsp. olive oil

Just mix together daily and scrub. Leave on 15 minutes and rinse. Results in two to three weeks.

Crazy cornmeal breakfast beauty scrub

You've taken care of cellulite removal with the coffee body scrub. Now, how about that pretty face? Cornmeal is nutritious and delicious for breakfast. Combine uncooked cornmeal with plain yogurt and almond oil for a glowing complexion. The cornmeal scrubs away dead skin to let your inner beauty shine through. The blended tofu and almond oil provide nourishment and moisture for the skin.

Cornmeal face scrub

1 cup uncooked cornmeal
1 cup (8 oz.) blended tofu
1 tsp. almond oil

Mix together, scrub and rinse.

Banana elbow scrub Coffee body scrub to remove cellulite, cornmeal on your face and bananas on your elbows? If your elbows are dry, red and scaly, bananas are a great natural cure. Just like the coffee cellulite remover and the crazy cornmeal face scrub, you 'll need ingredients that both remove dead skin and soften the new skin hiding underneath. In the case of the banana elbow scrub, use a mashed banana and some dead sea salt. This is a course salt found where you buy soap making supplies.

Banana Elbow Scrub

½ cup dead sea salt
1 mashed ripe banana
1 tsp. almond oil

Mix banana and dead sea salt together, scrub and rinse. Apply ½ tsp. almond oil to each elbow for all day softening power.

Portions of this post were previously published on Yahoo! By this author.