Okay, so we all drink our fair share of coffee during the day. But did you know those nasty grounds leftover are actually really useful? Coffee is very aggressive, but it’s also great at cutting through grease, so you can use coffee grounds instead of your regular cleaners to scrub your pots and pans and grills! It’s also great for polishing cookware or to clean out your spotted sink. Coffee grounds are a natural deodorizer as well. Instead of buying more and more baking soda, keep some grounds in the fridge, freezer or corner of your rooms to keep it smelling yummy. You can also layer your ashtrays with a bit of coffee to eliminate that old cigarette stench, or you can rub some in to your hands before handling food, to reduce any kind of odors (so you won’t go around smelling like onions or garlic all day). If you have an ant problem, sprinkle some coffee grounds around, as they are a natural bug repellent!

Coffee grounds are really great for your gardens too. It is bio degradable and makes a great fertilizer as coffee grounds contain high magnesium, nitrogen, potassium and calcium contents. It will enrich your soil and make it more fertile, giving your plants that little extra boost! You can even mix them in with compost for added nutrition. They can be used as a natural pesticide and repellent. The odor is very strong and therefore keeps bugs at bay, but it is completely natural and safe, and therefore does not harm you or your garden in any way. Have a cat-in-your-garden problem? Keep them out of your garden by sprinkling some coffee in to the soil. It will keep cats away from your garden and will also ensure that they don’t dig or poop in your garden, because as we all know cat feces is extremely harmful for your plants. You can use coffee to kill ants outdoors also. Just sprinkle some on the soil and it will become ant free in no time!

Coffee grounds are great for the vanity too! You can actually rinse your hair with coffee to make it softer, sleeker, and shinier! Letting coffee grounds sit on your hair can also give you natural looking highlights. (DIY coffee hair rinse and scrub >>) If you have cellulite or acne, try using coffee grounds instead of those overpriced soaps from the store. To make a natural homemade coffee scrub take ground coffee (not instant coffee) in a bowl and add extra virgin coconut oil to make it into a paste and in circular motion scrub it all your face. If you don’t want to use oil then the best substitute for coconut oil is honey. You can also use coffee to exfoliate your body for a smooth and shiny skin. Simply add ground coffee to your face wash or body wash. (DIY coffee scrub) I use them in my body soap and it’s amazing!

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