Coffee in Soap and Bath Products

We all know a delicious cup of coffee, whether hot or cold, can help you wake up in the morning, but did you know that coffee can also be great in skincare and hair care projects?

Why use coffee in skincare and hair care?

Coffee can have some amazing benefits when used topically on skin and hair, like:

• Antioxidant properties - Packed with flavonoids and other antioxidants.
• Soothes irritated skin - Flavonoids and polyphenols in coffee can help soothe skin.
• Natural exfoliant - Like walnut shells, ground coffee is a natural, biodegradable exfoliant
• Naturally acidic - Since your skin and hair are naturally acidic, coffee is great for balancing and restoring pH.
• Promotes soft, shiny hair - The oils and other components of coffee can help soften your hair and add shine.

Aside from all of these benefits, coffee also smells amazing and lends a beautiful color to your bath and beauty products. Here are some wonderful coffee products you can try out today!

Coffee seed oil

Our Coffee Seed Oil is extracted from roasted coffee beans. It’s a viscous, dark brown oil with a strong, wonderful roasted coffee scent. It’s the best true-to-life coffee smell you’ll find outside of your morning cup.

Coffee seed oil is rich in linoleic and oleic fatty acids, which are great for dry or aging skin.

It can be used as a fixed oil in soaps, scrubs, and more, or it can be added for fragrance to other products, similar to how you would use an essential oil. It’s a very versatile oil, and if you’re a coffee lover, we promise you’ll love this oil.

Coffee butter

A luxurious blend of sweet almond oil, coffee seed oil, and solid vegetable oils, Coffee Butter is a great product to use for whipped body butters, soaps, and other bath and beauty products. Sweet almond oil is a light oil that is wonderful for dry skin, and it enhances the soothing and protective benefits of coffee seed oil.

Use this directly on skin, or add it to soaps, lotions, balms, and butters. You’ll enjoy softer, smoother skin.

Coffee extract

A botanical extract from coffee beans suspended in coconut oil. It contains beneficial compounds from the coffee bean, but doesn’t have a scent or flavor. That means that you can have the benefits of coffee without the scent or flavor interfering with other scents you may be using.

Coffee Extract is full of beneficial esters, vitamins, and fatty acids that are a great nourishing addition to your soap and skincare products.

Dark Roast Coffee Fragrance Oil

Okay, so this one isn’t made directly from coffee, it’s a fragrance oil. But never underestimate the aromatherapeutic value of coffee! 

For a lot of us, the smell of coffee brings up a lot of feelings. It can start a morning off right. It can be invigorating. It’s also warm and welcoming as a scent of home.

Our Dark Roast Coffee Fragrance Oil has a robust coffee note, with vanilla, hazelnut, and a light creamy note. It’s reminiscent of a strong coffee with cream and just a little vanilla syrup.

Coffee projects

So, if you think you’re ready to start putting some coffee in your daily personal care routine, we have some amazing projects to get you started.

For cold process soap, our Simple Coffee Soap Project is a great place to start working with coffee. This project uses both coffee seed oil and coffee butter to give your soap all the skin-loving benefits of coffee plus that amazing coffee smell.

Our Coffee Bath Truffle Project is also wonderful or coffee lovers! It’s like a bath bomb, but also produces a beautiful lather like a bubble bath. It’s scented with coffee seed oil, plus our Espresso Fragrance Oil and our Vanilla Select Fragrance Oil to add a little boost and complexity to the coffee smell.

This Coffee Lip Scrub Project brings the benefits of coffee to your delicate lips. It’s a sugar scrub enriched with coffee extract, and has ground coffee for extra exfoliation. It also uses our coffee butter to create a smooth, buttery texture that helps moisturize your lips, too!

Now you know everything you need to know to get started working with coffee in your bath and beauty products. It’s time to start getting creative and dive in.