How to Make Green Tea Body Scrub

Green tea leaves may provide powerful health benefits for the skin.

Body scrubs remove dull, dead skin through exfoliation, revealing the smooth, vibrant skin beneath. The addition of green tea leaves -- unfermented leaves that contain antioxidants -- may provide additional benefits to the skin. Green tea is thought to fight inflammation, help prevent some skin cancers, control acne and soothe many skin conditions. Create your own personalized green tea body scrub at home with the scents of your choosing.

Things You'll Need

• 8 cups raw sugar
• 2 cups avocado
• 1 cup apricot oil
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Green tea
• Fork
• 6 drops essential oil
• Plastic container

Instructions

1. Combine 8 cups raw sugar, 2 cups avocado and 1 cup apricot oil into a mixing bowl.

2. Stir the ingredients together until the mixture forms into a thick, smooth paste. Add more raw sugar to the mix if the paste is runny.

3. Open up a tea bag filled with green tea leaves, and pour the contents into the mixture.

4. Mash the ground tea leaves into the body scrub with a fork.

5. Add six drops of essential oil, the scent of your choosing, to the body scrub and stir well.

6. Pack the green tea body scrub into a plastic container and seal shut with a lid.

Tips & Warnings

• Replace raw sugar with salt if desired.

• Add 1 to 2 tbsp. of honey to the mixture if it's too dry.

• Use essential oils that are cosmetic-grade soap fragrances. These fragrances are safe for the skin.

References

• Freebeautytips.org: Exfoliating Homemade Body Scrubs With Simple Sugar & Salt Recipes for the Home Kitchen
• Youtube; Green Tea Body Scrub; June 2010
• University of Maryland; Green Tea; David Zieve, MD and David R. Eltz
• Amazing Green Tea: Green Tea Skin Benefits