COFFEE - IT DOES A BODY GOOD
Ah, that rich aroma of coffee, so inviting, so intoxicating, so invigorating to your tired brain and hungry senses as the scent wafts up from???.your feet?
We all know coffee is a great stimulant to drink, sometimes even to eat (when it???s inflicting its jolting powers into ice cream, for instance), but it can have equally miraculous powers of rejuvenating and energizing when applied to the exterior of your body. Which is why you???ll see it abound in various spa treatments, both of the home variety and the full-service kind.
At the Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast in Hawaii, for instance, the ???Get Real??? Kona Coffee treatment uses Hawaiian coffee in an exfoliating mix that is massaged onto the body for a glorious hour and twenty minutes. It is said to ???stimulate circulation??? ??? but at the very least, you can count on it smelling damn good.
Or, if you???re more of the granola type, try the Skamania Lodge in Oregon. This nature lover???s spa offers the Coffee and Sea Kelp Contour Wrap, which combines coffee with other ingredients to detox the body and, as a bonus, soften the skin.
Other spas nationwide offering therapies containing coffee claim benefits of anti-aging, anti-cellulite, anti-fatigue, anti-stress and every other anti- you might look for in a preventative or restorative spa treatment. We can???t necessarily validate any of these claims, but we can bet that they???re fun to try out.
A quicker and more pocketbook-friendly option is to create your own coffee-inspired feel-good potion at home. Simply take two tablespoons of ground coffee, one tablespoon of granulated sugar, a splash of water and a few squirts of unscented moisturizing lotion. Stir it up in a bowl to make a spreadable paste and slather on feet, legs, and arms in the shower. It???ll perk you up before you???ve even had your morning cup.
And, a bonus ??? it???ll make your skin delightfully smooth too.
