Make your own coffee or sugar scrub

“The first time I made the scrub, a few weeks ago, I set out to make it a teeny bit more complex than what I’m showing you today. My filter had about 1/2 cup of used coffee grounds in it. So to build on that, I added 1/4 cup of sugar in the raw, to make it more exfoliation-y. Then I thought, “OH YEAH, doo, bow bow, chick chicka chicka. I’ll add coconut oil!” But I melted it first, which is totally not necessary. So don’t do that part. And you know what else? The second time I made it, I didn’t use the sugar, and it was totally the same! Maybe even better. Not quiiiiite as gravely. Not quiiiiite like you’re rolling around in parking-lot bar grit after too many frozen margs, with Kid Rock’s “Cowboy” blaring from a broken window. Not that that’s happened to me.”

“This recipe came to me after a loooong week. I’m standing in my kitchen one morning – feeling like I just want to lie on my couch all day and watch clips of Saturday Night Live… You know when you wake up, and already start the day thinking “Breakfast? Dishes? Work? Maybe not….” I felt like I needed something that would make me ridiculously happy. And for me, my brain immediately goes straight to food. The thought of coffee makes me happy…. but I’m more of a sit-in-a-cafe person, then a drink-coffee-at-home person. So, I made myself a coffee scrub, and then I brightened it up with oranges, and I squeezed the juice and I zested and I ate the orange and then I got in the shower and decided to have a really good day. At it totally worked! I won’t make any claims that this scrub is life-changing, but I will make claims that it is day-changing.”