How to Use Green Tea in Homemade Beauty Treatments

Green tea is healthy and delicious to drink, but it also can be the basis for a spa-quality beauty treatment. The applications for green tea in homemade beauty treatments are numerous, and you can use the products to pamper yourself all year round.

Instructions

1. Ease tired, puffy eyes with green tea. Brew a cup of green tea and put it in the refrigerator to chill. Dip two cotton balls in the cool tea and put them on your closed eyelids. Sit back and relax for 10 to 15 minutes. Chilled, used tea bags also work.

2. Treat your face to a refreshing green tea spritz. Steep 5 tsp. of loose green tea in a cup of boiling water. Strain the leaves and put the water in a small spray bottle. Mist the face whenever you want to tone and refresh.

3. Enjoy a relaxing green tea bath soak. Put some green tea leaves in the middle of a coffee filter, gather the top, and tie it with a string. Drop it into your warm bathwater, and enjoy.

4. Spend a few minutes with a green tea facial mask. Mix 1 tbsp. of powdered green tea with an egg white and 1 tsp. of pure honey, and whip them together with a fork. Apply the mixture to the face and leave it for about 30 minutes. Rinse it off and apply a moisturizer.

5. Exfoliate your skin with a green tea and almond body scrub. Mix 1/3 cup of finely ground almonds with 1/3 cup of wheat bran, and stir it into 1 cup of hot green tea. Stir in 1 tbsp. of olive oil, and massage the body scrub into dry areas. Rinse the scrub off with warm water, and follow with a moisturizer.