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Green Tea for Face Glow - Know its Works!

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Dr. Sanjeev Kumar SinghAyurvedic Doctor • 15 Years Exp.BAMS
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We all know that green tea is one of the most popular beverages nowadays and has many health benefits. It helps in improving digestion, reducing weight, helps in making hair healthy, and also makes our skin healthy.

Green tea also works miraculously in making people beautiful. It can be used in the form of face toner, face mask, face cleanser, and face pack. With the help of green tea, you can have healthy and glowing skin.

Green Tea Benefits for Face

These are the benefits of green tea for face:

  • Reduces Face Fat:

    Consuming green tea on a daily basis is very helpful for the human body. It helps in reducing body weight. Green tea is rich in antioxidants and these antioxidants help in reducing the weight of the body also helps make our face fat-free.

  • Brings glow on the face:

    Applying green tea topically brings glow on the face. You can use green tea packs, toner, mask or products with green tea extracts. It helps in removing toxins from the body which makes skin whiter and reduces dullness.

  • Tones up the skin:

    Green tea is full of catechins and these catechins help in attacking and catching the free radicals which are responsible for skin aging. Thus green tea helps minimize the chances of aging of the skin.

  • Reduces blemishes:

    Using green tea regularly helps in reducing the blemishes present on the skin and creates an even tone. Green tea enhances the growth of new cells thus making the skin softer and glowing.

Green Tea Uses for Face

These are the ways in which green tea can be used on your face:

  1. Green Tea Toner:

    Green tea toner can be used on your face as it helps in skin tightening and also prevents skin from early aging. Tone also brings elasticity in your face and make you look more youthful. You can make a green tea toner at your home in very easy steps:

    Ingredients:

    • 2 tablespoons of green tea
    • Essentials oils

    Procedure for making:

    • Boil some water and boil it till the point of formation of bubbles
    • Pour the water in a cup and put 1-2 tablespoons of the green tea into it
    • Let the tea steep in the water for about 15-20 minutes and then strain the water
    • After that keep the cup aside and let the tea cool down
    • You can add a few drops of essential oils once the tea gets cool down
    • Now pour the mixture in a reusable spray bottle and the toner is ready to use
    • Apply the tome after proper cleansing
  2. Green Tea Face Mask:

    Green tea and honey are one of the best combinations as it is useful for keeping the skin hydrated, moisturizes the skin, reduces redness, exfoliates the skin and makes the skin free from blemishes. You can make honey and green tea face mask easily at home.

    Ingredients

    • 15 ml of honey
    • 2-3 green tea bags

    Procedure for making

    • Boil a cup of water and dir green tea bag in it
    • Cooldown the water and then cut open the tea bag
    • Dump the wet tea leaves in a bowl along with 15 ml of honey
    • Mix both the ingredients together and make a smooth paste
    • Clean your face, apply the paste on your face and let it sit for 15 minutes
    • After that rinse the face with warm water
    • Use this mask once in a week for proper results
  3. Green Tea Bags on Eyes

    If you have puffy, irritated and red eyes you can use a green tea bag for a soothing effect. Green tea is very useful for eyes as it can improve eye appearance, removes dark circles, puffiness, and redness. Tea bags are one of the cheapest and natural ways that can be easily used at home. Green tea can also be used for reducing inflammation as it also has antibacterial and antimicrobial properties present in it. But before using tea bags on eyes you should keep these things in mind:

    • Remove your makeup
    • Do not use bleached tea bags
    • Let the tea bags cool down before using
    • Do not let the liquid go into your eyes
    • Remove contact lenses before using the tea bags
  4. Green Tea Bags for Dark Circles

    Green tea is helpful in reducing the dark circles by decreasing the expansion of blood vessels under the eye. The presence of tannins and caffeine in green tea also reduces swelling and tightens the skin around the eyes.

Thus green tea is useful for your face and can be applied topically or it can also be consumed 3-4 times a day. It can be used in many ways for making our skin glowing, healthy and beautiful. But if in case you feel any type of irritation or problem in your skin you can consult a health expert and get your doubts cleared.

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