If you’re like most people, then you enjoy a hot cup of coffee in the morning, but did you know those old coffee grounds that you toss away can be put to good use? Here are five reasons to never throw away old coffee grounds again.
1. Beauty scrub
Old coffee grounds make for an amazing exfoliator – just add a little honey for dry skin and lemon juice for oily skin – and because coffee is a natural stimulant, it can make tired and dull skin radiant again. Another trick? Coffee grounds are said to reduce cellulite.
2. Hair mask
Before shampooing and conditioning your hair, rub the coffee grounds into your strands, leave them in for 30 minutes and then rinse them out for shinier, silkier, longer hair. Warning: If you have color-treated hair, do not use this hair mask as it may darken your color and you don’t want that. On the other hand, if you don’t have color-treated hair, this mask will make your natural color pop!
3. Fertilizer
In addition to those apple, banana and orange peels, you can add old coffee grounds to your compost pile. You can even mix them with warm water and use the mixture as a fertilizing spray and/or insect repellant. Score!
4. Odor remover
Got a lingering odor that just won’t go away? Put your old coffee grounds in a bowl and place it in your refrigerator or wherever the lingering odor is to get rid of it.
5. Marinade
Who would’ve thought that you could use coffee grounds as a marinade? Just add a small amount to your marinade for that extra kick! The bitterness of the coffee grounds helps to bring out the flavors of the meat, but that’s not all! The acids in the coffee grounds will tenderize the meat.
5 Cool Ways To Recycle Old Coffee Grounds was originally published on blackdoctor.org
