This Coffee-Infused Body Scrub Will Wake You the Hell Up

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I’ve tried just about every exfoliator under the sun: chemical peels, all-natural powders, apricot scrubs from the drugstore, and even those pricey enzyme masks. And while everything worked fairly well, my skin often still looked dull and felt dry; nothing made me say “whoa” after I washed it off my face.

Except for one thing: Palermo Body’s Coffee Body Scrub. The primary ingredient is — you guessed it — coffee, but it also includes rosemary oil, lemon oil, shea butter, and sugar. Everything is blended together to a consistency that’s almost fluffy, but it’s still gritty enough to get the job done. On top of that, it smells like a freshly brewed pot of coffee with hints of rosemary and lemon.

The bottom line is this scrub does an amazing job at getting rid of the annoying dry patches that I tend to get during the winter — which means I can skip the post-shower lotion and catch a few extra Zs instead.