If you swoon when you pass a city coffee bar, imagine that smell for a full 45 minutes while the most fragrant of blends is smothered all over your body. Admittedly this coffee body scrub was only recently invented to cater for our addiction to the aroma of freshly ground beans. In Indonesia, where this scrub is offered, people stick to drinking the stuff, less as an excuse to sit and chat and more to give them energy while they work.
This scrub, rougher than some and ideal for male skin, is offered at all Mandara Spas (at The Chedi, lbah, Bali Padma and Nikko in Bali), the Novotel in Lombok and Malaysia's The Datai) according to this recipe.
Ingredients
200 gms (6 oz) Balinese coffee beans, ground
40 gms (3 tbsp) kaolin clay (or cosmetic clay available at health shops)
pinch ground pumice stone (optional)
1/4 kilo (1/2 lb carrots, grated or blended
10 gms (1 tsp) gelatin, already set (optional)
Steps
1. Balinese coffee is the most fragrant of all Indonesian varieties, but you can substitute this for your favourite blend. Crush the dried beans quite finely and mix with the kaolin clay and ground pumice. Add a splash of water.
2. Rub over the entire body, later rubbing more vigorously so that the mixture sloughs off.
3. Rub the carrot, which can be mixed with the gelatin for easier application, into your body to replenish any lost moisture during the exfoliation process.
4. Shower and moisturize.
This scrub, rougher than some and ideal for male skin, is offered at all Mandara Spas (at The Chedi, lbah, Bali Padma and Nikko in Bali), the Novotel in Lombok and Malaysia's The Datai) according to this recipe.
Ingredients
200 gms (6 oz) Balinese coffee beans, ground
40 gms (3 tbsp) kaolin clay (or cosmetic clay available at health shops)
pinch ground pumice stone (optional)
1/4 kilo (1/2 lb carrots, grated or blended
10 gms (1 tsp) gelatin, already set (optional)
Steps
1. Balinese coffee is the most fragrant of all Indonesian varieties, but you can substitute this for your favourite blend. Crush the dried beans quite finely and mix with the kaolin clay and ground pumice. Add a splash of water.
2. Rub over the entire body, later rubbing more vigorously so that the mixture sloughs off.
3. Rub the carrot, which can be mixed with the gelatin for easier application, into your body to replenish any lost moisture during the exfoliation process.
4. Shower and moisturize.
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