LUSH Cup O’Coffee Exfoliating Mask

Cup O’Coffee Exfoliating Mask

A couple months ago i went on holiday and as my tan slowly fades it’s left my face blotchy in colour around the cheeks (insert sad faces here). Its getting colder, i will get paler and the tan fading is super evident with no makeup.

The best way i can get rid of this skin issue besides bleaching (HELL NO TO BEACH!) or using foundation everyday is by regularly exfoliating so the dead tanned skin will slowly leave , leaving my face one colour, soft and shine and damn well cute.

Recently I saw a photo of Lush Cup O’coffee advertised on their Instagram page and thought how interesting would that be for a face mask. A COFFEE face mask. Actual coffee!

After doing a bit of research I found that the Cup O’Coffee face mask was an Oxford street exclusive which is now in stores nationwide, but also originally marketed at men even though there are extensive reviews by women and men.

Coffee has many health benefits when used on the skin:

• It can reduce swelling and inflammation when added to targeted areas like under the eyes. This means no more puffy eyes!
• Coffee can be used to brighten skin
• Whilst normal coffee beans would be a challenge to scrub your face with. Grounded coffee beans can provide a nice soft exfoliant.
• is full of antioxidants
• and enhances blood circulation

Packaging

Your typical lush pot packaging. The simple black tub which comes in two sizes.

Product claim

Just around the corner there’s a rainbow in the sky. So let’s have another cup o’ coffee and let’s have another piece o’ pie! If you’re a sucker for the strong, dark, stimulating type, take a shot of this coffee infusion filled mask to the face. Wake up and invigorate the skin with the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Roasted cocoa extract, vetivert and coriander oil combine to create an addictive fragrance. It’s so enslaving, don’t just use on your face.

The ingredients

Organic Agave Syrup, Kaolin, Glycerine, Coffee Infusion,Talc ,Ground Coffee, Bentone, Perfume, Vetivert Oil, Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute, Roasted Cocoa Extract,Coriander Oil, Caffeine Powder, *Coumarin, *Limonene, *Linalool

Ingredient breakdown

• Organic Agave Syrup – derived from the blue agave plant and is 100% certified organic.
• Kaolin – naturally occurring soft clay, helps to cleanse and exfoliates dead skin cells
• Glycerine – water soluble, obtained from animal fat or vegetable oils
• Coffee Infusion – ground coffee infusion
• Talc – A naturally occurring mineral, talc is a hydrated magnesium silicate
• Ground Coffee – more coffee??
• Bentone – I have no idea what this ingredient is i won’t lie to you, i can’t find it on the lush site or on google so hopefully i can go into a lush store soon and find out what it is.
• Perfume – The only non natural material in this product
• Vetivert Oil – obtained from the dried, chopped roots and rootlets of the Vetiveria zizanoides plant. This oil recommended for weak and tired skin. It is also considered to be aphrodisiac, grounding, soothing and sedative.
• Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute – dried unripe fruits of the orchid Vanilla planifolia. It is also has an antibacterial effect on the skin and is naturally rich in vitamins
• Roasted Cocoa Extract – aw cacao contains nearly four times the antioxidant content of regular processed dark chocolate, 20 times more than
  
• Coriander Oil – has a sweet, spicy, strong and woody aroma. It is effective in warming aching and tired muscles
• Caffeine Powder – powdered caffeine…
• *Coumarin – Coumarin is a chemical compound which is naturally occurring in essential oils and absolutes, such as cinnamon, lavender, tonka, lemongrass, rose, tagetes, and tarragon
• Limonene – occurs in natural oils – added for odour
• Linalool – occurs in natural oils – added for odour

My opinion before hand

Cup of coffee is for both the face and the body. It’s a mask which hydrates and exfoliates. With extracts of vanilla and chocolate this coffee mask smells delicious (and taste it too)! I’m not a fan of how actual coffee smells but this is defo yum.

The ingredients look amazing, Kaolin known for exfoliating properties cleanses impurities from pores and the coffee scrub helps buff the skin making the face glisten and glow. The coriander seed oil stimulates skin with its spicyness, the vetivert oil restores moisture leaving your face and body soft like a babies behind and the ground coffee provides a soft exfoliate which leaves the face really glow!

Availablity

Any lush store, or lush online.

Affordability

£6.50 for 150g or £12 for 325g

How to use:

Apply to the face in circular motions working the coffee into the skin then let sit for 10-15 minutes. Wash with warm water and pat dry.

 

My opinion afterward

There were lots of bits of coffee which was good for really scrubbing the skin, it had a bit of a grainy feel which was ok, but like everyone says it wasn’t harsh at all only thing that i didn’t like was it took ageeesss to get the small pieces off! My skin did feel amazing afterward. It’s silky soft. My cheeks feel soft and smooth and my skin feels super moisturised too! I would say that this mask hydrated my face and it left it feeling amazing. The coffee heightened my sense of smell in the morning making me feel alert. And i generally don’t like the smell of actual coffee but i think the vanilla and cocoa extract soften that smell so it doesn’t smell incredibly bitter.I wouldn’t scrub my face with this everyday as your not meant to exfoliate so regularly, but do think this is amazing enough to use once/twice a month and i defiantly give it 5 stars. It taste yummy too. Its practically 98% natural (besides the perfume) as all ingredients are naturally derived and the coffee beans are kept in cold water to keep all the vitamins locked in. So the tiniest taste won’t kill you for those thinking I’m LOCO. It taste how it smells if your curious.

I suppose i make blog post, so you don’t have to do weird things like this. Ha.

Have you tried this mask, are there other lush face products you would recommend or want me to blog about? Let me know.

P.s Pictures and and ingredient sources courtesy of Lush