Why is coffee good for your skin?
Our Coffee! Tallow Soap is one of our absolute favorites for several reasons, including the incredible smell! It is like a fresh cup of coffee from your favorite coffee shop! Our Coffee! Tallow Soap is made with coffee essential oil and coffee grounds that we source from local roasters. We infuse the coffee essential oil into the tallow and add coffee grounds for exfoliation and additional benefits. That brings us to our first question.
Why is coffee used for exfoliation in skincare?
Coffee grounds don’t dissolve in water, making them great for scrubbing away dead skin cells. The soap helps hold the coffee grounds in place so you can moisturize and exfoliate simultaneously. Combining the coffee grounds with soap can create an exfoliating bar that lasts three weeks to a month! While there are many types of exfoliators, coffee is a particularly good one due to the additional antioxidants and benefits it provides.
What are the benefits of coffee essential oil?
Coffee essential oil acts as a vasoconstrictor and is rich in antioxidants and phytosterols. This means it protects your skin from free radicals, helps your skin retain moisture, and reduces inflammation. It is known in the skincare world for its skin tightening and cellulite-reducing potential. Coffee essential oil is also known to soothe anxiety symptoms, muscle tension, respiratory conditions, inflammatory conditions, allergies, and acne.
How is coffee essential oil created? Why use both oil and grounds for the soap?
Coffee essential oil is created during the cold-pressed distillation process of roasted coffee beans. This potent essential oil smells fresh coffee and is filled with a wide range of antioxidants and active ingredients that provide potential health benefits. Coffee beans come from the coffee plant, taxonomically known as Coffea arabica, and are one of the world’s most common and sought-after plants.
We use both the coffee essential oil and coffee grounds in our soap to increase the benefits of the coffee in the soap. The coffee grounds are used for their magnificent exfoliating properties, and the oil is used for the scent and the additional health benefits.
Combined with our grass-fed, pasture-raised tallow, the coffee essential oil and grounds come together for the ultimate moisturizing, exfoliating and soothing experience. Whether you use this soap every day for light exfoliating or a few times a week for an intense exfoliating feeling, your skin will thank you. Finally, you’ve found a soap that lasts and has the power to exfoliate, moisturize, tighten, and smooth all in one.
