Green Tea Mask

Green Tea Mask


· 2 teaspoons matcha green tea
· 1 teaspoon water.Some suggested optional ingredientsWitch Hazel (for oily skin) Honey (for hydrating) Rose water (for sensitive skin) Egg yolk (for nourishing) Egg white (for skin firming) Mix the matcha with water to make a paste. Add 1 teaspoon of any optional ingredients if you like. Spread the mixture onto the face for 10 minutes. Then wash off with warm water. Your skin will feel soft and refreshed!
If you have sensitive skin please test the mask on the inside of your wrist first for any irritation or allergic reaction.

Green Tea Skin Care

Skin Care
One word describes the main advantage green tea can provide for skin: anti-aging. Using green tea externally can have a youthful effect on the skin for two reasons: One is that since green tea is a powerful antioxidant, it protects against free radical damage to the skin. Free radicals cause oxidative damage, which promotes aging. Secondly, green tea increases the effectiveness of sunscreen. It protects against photo-aging and photo-damage caused by ultraviolet rays, and also brings down inflammation caused by sun damage. Inflammation causes aging of the body systemically because it results from exposure to UV radiation, which in turn creates free radicals and oxidative damage, which decreases immune function and ages the skin. In fact, studies performed at The Skin Study Center at the University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University have found that topically applied green tea decreases the direct effects of sunburn.

Can Tea Slow Aging?

In preliminary studies on 21 plant extracts, scientists discovered that white tea outperformed all other botanicals in stalling the activity of enzymes that wear down elastin and collagen; two proteins that help prevent wrinkles. While it's too soon to tell whether white tea is the new youth potion, sipping the antioxidant-rich brew may knock out free radicals known to speed aging, says New York-based dermatologist Jeanette Graf, M.D. -EB (Body & Soul Dec 2009)

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