Green tea, for many years, has been enjoyed as an antioxidant drink that promotes many potential health benefits. Headache? Have a green tea. Stomach issues? Have a green tea.
As a skincare ingredient, it receives the same attention. They say what’s good for the body is good to apply on the skin as well.
We’ll be diving deep into green tea and find out why it is good for the skin.
What makes green tea a good ingredient in skincare?
If you would notice, green tea as a drink is associated with its healing nature. This is because it contains high levels of antioxidants. Along with antioxidants, green tea is antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and has high levels of amino acids, caffeine, and vitamins.
What skin types benefit from green tea?
As an herbal ingredient, green tea works gently on the skin. All skin types can incorporate green tea into their routine without worrying about potential irritation.
What are the benefits of green tea as a skin care ingredient?
When I consume green tea as a drink, my hunger is controlled and I feel energized. As a skincare ingredient, here’s what it does: ll of which have unique benefits on healing, hydrating, depuffing and detoxifying the skin.
Soothing and Anti-inflammatory
Green tea’s caffeine content is the culprit for this. Although caffeine is energizing for the body, it does the opposite for the skin. Caffeine reduces redness and puffiness.
Tip : After consuming green tea on a drink, refrigerate the tea bags and save it for the night as an eye mask. The results will amaze you!
Treating Acne
As mentioned earlier, green tea has antibacterial properties which makes it a good acne treatment. Compounds in green tea help control on sebum production. We all know that excess sebum = potential acne breakouts!
Antioxidant and Anti-Aging
Green tea is a rich source of EGCG (Google search: Epigallocatechin Gallate) which is considered as the most powerful antioxidant! Antioxidants fight off free radicals that can damage skin cells and cause premature aging.
What green tea-infused products are recommended?
As I shared, you can use used green tea bag as an eye mask. You want another tip?
Okay. After you use it as an eye mask, you can use that green tea inside the tea bag as a face scrub. Leave it on the face while you enjoy a nice steamy bath!
For products in the market, here’s our favorite so far:
Neogen Real Fresh Foam Cleanser Green Tea
Since this is a foam cleanser, this is recommended for combination to oily skin types. Formulated with 100% real green tea, you’ll definitely feel refreshed after a wash of this cleanser!
CORSRX Hydrium Green Tea Aqua Soothing Gel Cream
The soothing effect of green tea delivering in a refreshing gel cream. This has a lightweight formula which absorbs well in the skin. Tip: Use a thicker layer as a mask!
Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum
This is Innisfree’s #1 serum! What makes it different? It contains what they call “beauty green tea” which was exclusively developed for innisfree skincare. They got me on “beauty”. They have this whole green tea line which you might want to explore!
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