10 Uses for coffee grounds
I love coffee. Years ago, I used to drink 5 cups a day, today, just one. One day I was cleaning out the coffee grounds from the reusable filter to run down the disposal, and I wondered if there could be a use for the used grounds?
1. Caffeine prevents hair loss
Washing your hair with brewed coffee grounds once or twice a week helps stimulate hair follicles, triggers stronger hair growth and adds texture. It is beneficial for your scalp because the grounds help exfoliate and allows for stronger hair to grow.2. Coffee can enhance and darken your hair
This is a better alternative to those over the counter products that can harm your hair and scalp and it dehydrates your hair. Coffee grounds are natural, no harmful chemicals, and less expensive than a salon. It also gives your hair a nice overall glow naturally.3. Coffee Grounds for Gardening
It helps improve drainage. Adding grounds to the soil will do this and it improves water retention. Coffee grounds keep pests like slugs and snails away but entices worms which can help the soil.4. Helps curb odors
Placing a bowl of coffee grounds in your fridge helps neutralize odors. You can put them inside a pair of pantyhose and tie it off and place inside shoes for odor control or gym bags, etc.5. Natural Cleaning Scrub
Just like for your scalp, coffee grounds make for a great natural exfoliator for your skin. Coffee has antibacterial and antiviral properties that are beneficial to your skin.6. Clean your Fireplace
If you frequently use a fireplace, the ashes can get messy. Cleaning one is no fun either. If you spread coffee grounds inside the fireplace, it helps weigh down the ashes and prevents smoke clouds from forming.7. Coffee Grounds help grow Mushrooms
If you are trying to grow mushrooms for the health benefits they give you, put coffee grounds in a spray bottle and the soil you plan to use, put or keep in a plastic zipper bag, poke holes in it and spray it with the coffee grounds. Then cover it in cellophane and poke more holes in it and repeat.8. Helps with eye circles
Since coffee grounds are a good exfoliator, if you have puffiness underneath your eyes, dark circles maybe...if you add a little coconut oil to the coffee grounds and apply it gently to your under eye area (the skin underneath your eyes is very sensitive so be careful) and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
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