Skin smoothing scrub

When I found out I was pregnant with Lukas the first thing I did was went out and bought vitamin e capsules, and Palmer's cocoa butter. I applied both liberally daily, and yet my stomach was still covered in stretch marks. 

I don't care what your cousin's sister's best friend says, that stuff doesn't work. If you are one of the lucky ones who have the genetic predisposition to get stretch marks it is probably going to happen. If your cousin's sister's best friend did it every day and didn't get stretch marks, all that means is she probably wouldn't have gotten them if she didn't do that stuff either. 

Stretch marks happen. It's a fact. But they don't have to be forever.

See those deep reddish purple stretch marks? Those stayed around for a while.

Then I remembered I had used an under eye serum by Murad that had caffeine in it. It was one of those miracle serums that removed the red puffiness from my eyes, so I got to thinking.

If caffeine could do that for my eyes, maybe it could do the same for my stretch marks?

So I started experimenting, and I came up with a scrub that actually helps! I still have stretch marks, but they are now the same color as my skin... Huge improvement!

To start you need:

Coconut oil (extra-virgin whole kernel)

2 Tbsp Coffee grounds

2 Tbsp Sea salt

4 Tbsp Raw honey

Mason jar

Pour the coffee, sea salt, and raw honey in the mason jar. Fill the rest of the jar with coconut oil and mix thoroughly. Voila! That's it!

The ingredients in the scrub were thought out, and put in for a reason.

Coconut oil is extremely moisturizing, and healing. I'm not going to go into all the benefits of coconut oil, but I can't sing its praises enough! It is a wonderful product. Make sure that you are buying a high quality coconut oil. Some of the cheaper brands dilute the coconut oil with olive oil.

The coffee grounds really are the magic ingredient in this stuff. The caffeine in the grounds stimulates blood flow when rubbed on the skin. This blood flow starts the healing process, and this is when those scars start to heal. This is great for stretch marks, scars, even cellulite!

Sea salt draws excess fluid out and helps tighten the skin. This process is why people lose so much water weight when they get wraps.

Lastly, raw honey is super moisturizing, and contains tons of antioxidants. These antioxidants help neutralize free radicals that are responsible for the aging process. There's a reason Cleopatra bathed in milk and honey!

Not only does this scrub help, but you smell delicious too!

Happy scrubbing ladybugs!