How to Create a Green Tea Facial Steam

Make your own spa in the comfort of your home. With all-natural ingredients, you can have an inexpensive facial steam that can open your skin's pores while deeply cleaning and nourishing your skin's layers. Create a facial steam infused with green tea in order to achieve added benefits. Green tea has been the tea of choice in Eastern cultures. Filled with antioxidants, it can protect your skin from free radicals and leave you with a youthful, healthy glow.

Things You'll Need

• Pot of water
• Stove
• Towel
• Potholder
• Astringent
• Cold water

Instructions

1. Take a deep pot and boil water. Turn off the stove and either place a green tea bag in the water or open the tea bag and release the leaves into the pot. Let the water sit and cool for a few minutes while the green tea settles into the water.

2. Pull hair back from the face. Use a headband, ponytail or both, depending on how short or long your hair is.

3. Prepare the location of your facial steam. Place a pot on a potholder near the edge on the surface of a table. Place a chair in front of the pot. Sit in front of the pot. If the water is so hot that it is painful, wait until it cools to a warm but manageable temperature.

4. Place the towel over your head and create a tent. Lean forward above the pot and let your head hang over the steam pot. Be sure not to sit too close. Remain over the pot for 15 minutes.

5. Rinse your face. Use cool water and apply an astringent to close pores.

Tips & Warnings

• Think about ways to entertain yourself while sitting still. Sitting in front of a pot for 15 minutes can become boring. Consider listening to the radio, a radio show or maybe even a podcast while relaxing

• Do not sit in front of boiling water; it may scald your skin.

Resources

• The Home Spa: Steam Facials- Healthy and Green Living