Here are 10 beauty uses for green tea. Whether it be through hair masks, or face masks incorporating green tea into your daily diet or self-care routine will make the world’s difference, not only to how you feel but to how you look as well.
Drinking green tea is one of the best ways to get all the benefits out of it. It’s known for being one of the healthiest beverages on the planet because of it’s natural properties.
Loaded with antioxidants and nutrients, green tea is known for aiding in weight loss, promoting clearer skin, and improving your digestive system. It boosts your metabolic system and reduces the chance of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer. Because of it’s bioactive compounds, it protects the brain from old again for Alzheimer’s later on. You can drink it by brewing a herbal green tea bag into water, or you can get the loose powder green tea, for example matcha.
Make yourself some green tea, and then let it cool. Take 1/4 of the green tea and mix it with 1/2 a cucumber you just blended. Pour it into a spray bottle, and there you have an easy natural toner that’s taking advantage of all the benefits of green tea. This is sure to give you a radiant glow while improving skin texture. Keep it stored in the fridge so it has a cooling effect when sprayed on the face
Brew a cup of green tea, and let it cool. After it’s cooled, take the tea bag out and rub it along your entire face. This allows the herbs and plants in the tea bag to really secrete their nutrients straight into your pores. You can then proceed to use the tea for whatever else you want. This puts not only the brewed tea, but also the tea bag to great use
This involves using the loose powder version of green tea. Whether you’re washing your face at night or in the morning, before you’re about to slather on your favorite cleanser all over your face, add one teaspoon of the green tea powder. Mix it all together in your hands and then rub it into your face. Instead of washing it off right away, let it sit for ten minutes just to soften those dead skin cells on the surface layer of your skin. Then rinse it off with warm water
There’s a bunch of chemically produced spot treatments on the market, but it’s difficult to know which one actually works. And on top of that, a majority of ingredients that are in these spot treatments we can’t even pronounce! Which is why this natural spot treatment, not only is effective, but it’s known to be safe for the skin. Brew a cup of green tea and then let it cool for a little bit. Take a Q-tip and dip it into the tea, and then apply it to the areas where you’re breaking out. This will dry out those inflamed breakouts and reduce redness
This is one of my favorites because you can see the visible results right away. If you had a rough night the night before, and you wake up in the morning with puffy eyes, take two green tea bags and soak them in cold water. After they’ve been soaking for around 10 minutes, place them on your eyes. The coolness from the water, and the inflammatory purposes of green tea will reduce any puffiness in the eyes. After twenty minutes, you can take the few bags off. You’ll be sure to be greeted with a more awake looking version of you.
This is an easy effective hair conditioner that will deliver hydration and moisture straight away to dry damaged hair. Take two green tea bags and steep them in three cups of water. Allow it to cool and after you shampooed your hair, use this on your hair for a final rinse off. It’s going to give you extra shiny and smooth hair.
If you just recently cut your hair and are dying for it to grow back, or your hair just won’t grow for some reason this mask is made to stimulate the scalp for hair growth! Steep two green tea bags into water, and then let it cool. Take two tablespoon of the green tea and place it into a bowl. Then beat an egg into the bowl and mix it all together. Rub it into your scalp and leave it there for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes rinse it off. Repeat twice a wife for around a month and you should see a difference.
A natural body scrub is a great way to moisturize your skin while taking any dead skin cells off at the same time. This scrub is sure to leave your skin silky smooth and radiant afterwards. Take one cup of green tea and add one cup of sugar into it. This will give it a grainy texture to rub against your skin. Add 1/2 cup of coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of honey for it’s moisturizing properties, and you have yourself a body scrub for that harsh winter weather
Natural toothpaste often has a bad reputation, but this green tea toothpaste is sure to leave your mouth feeling clean. It’s been proven also that whose who sip on green tea daily have healthier gums and teeth, therefore incorporating green tea into your oral health is a great idea. Take wet green tea leaves and mix it up with baking soda. Brush your teeth with this mixture, and not only well you see a whitening effect from the baking soda, but your gums and teeth will thank you.
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