Guest guest Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Germaben II or Vitamin E are good preservatives. I use either when I make sugar scrubs, mostly for my own use. Coffee Scrub Recipes Does anyone have any good recipes for a coffee sugar scrub to formulate for spa use? Are used grounds used? I would think the moisture would promote bacteria growth. Any suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hi , I haven't made any of these so I'm not sure but I think that if you use fresh ground coffee grounds you may have more success than used ones as I imagine that the used grounds would perhaps become too soft after being soaked in the other ingredients. Very possibly I'm wrong in this. Perhaps using a preservative with vitamin E would help with the bacteria and fungus. Sue > Does anyone have any good recipes for a coffee sugar scrub to > formulate for spa use? Are used grounds used? I would think the > moisture would promote bacteria growth. Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Thanks Sue, Most of the recipes I have found online call for used coffee grounds. I'm going to use fresh ground. > > Hi , > I haven't made any of these so I'm not sure but I think that if you use > fresh ground coffee grounds you may have more success than used ones as I > imagine that the used grounds would perhaps become too soft after being > soaked in the other ingredients. Very possibly I'm wrong in this. Perhaps > using a preservative with vitamin E would help with the bacteria and fungus. > > Sue > > Does anyone have any good recipes for a coffee sugar scrub to > > formulate for spa use? Are used grounds used? I would think the > > moisture would promote bacteria growth. Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 One of the supposed benefits of using coffee is that the caffeine is supposed to reduce cellulite. The used grounds would have much less caffeine in them than fresh ones. Sagescript Institute, llc http://www.sagescript.com Microbiology, Distillates, Botanicals > Hi , > I haven't made any of these so I'm not sure but I think that if you use > fresh ground coffee grounds you may have more success than used ones as I > imagine that the used grounds would perhaps become too soft after being > soaked in the other ingredients. Very possibly I'm wrong in this. Perhaps > using a preservative with vitamin E would help with the bacteria and fungus. > > Sue > > Does anyone have any good recipes for a coffee sugar scrub to > > formulate for spa use? Are used grounds used? I would think the > > moisture would promote bacteria growth. Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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