It’s Detox time you have started the diet and are using detox helpers but you really want to shift the cellulite! Cellulite or “Orange peel skin” happens when toxic waste and fluid accumulates in the individual fat cells of the hypodermis. Each cell wall gradually grows thicker, due collagen deposits, locking in the toxins and fluids, causing the skin to look puckered. Don’t be fooled into thinking cellulite only affects women who are “holding a little holiday weight”, this condition affects the young to old and thin to overweight. The most common area to be affected is the sides of the thighs, sometimes spreading to the hips and buttocks. The best way to fight cellulite is on many levels, diet, exercise, massage and topical treatments! When trying to blast the cellulite cut out or back on drinking coffee instead swap it for Fennel tea, try drinking 4 cups a day for about 2 weeks, fennel is a natural diuretic. You can use your coffee in a more creative way to help banish the cellulite.
Coffee ground treatment:
Start this treatment by dry brushing your thighs (or problem area). Then take your used coffee grounds and warm them add in a table spoon of olive oil and spread all over your thighs, its best to do this in the shower or bathroom as it gets very messy. After you have covered the areas in the coffee mixture, a lot may fall off this normal, wrap each thigh in Clingfilm and leave for 10 minutes.
To give this treatment an extra kick use the following blends instead of the olive oil!
Mix 10 mls of Evening primrose &10 mls of Linseed oil (naturally great for cellulite busting) with either blend 1 or 2:
Blend 1: 3 drops Grapefruit, 3 drops Cypress, 2 drops Cedarwood
Blend 2: 3 drops Juniper berry, 3 drops Fennell, 2 drops Benzoin
The above aromatherapy oil blends can be massaged into the skin after showering as a standalone treatment for cellulite, as with all aromatherapy oils please follow the safety guidance for each oil!
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