With all of its antioxidant qualities, Green Tea makes a wonderful and natural facial scrub and toner.

Green tea is rich in antioxidants which protect skin from free radicals, and it is clinically proven to protect, improve and repair skin removing signs of aging, acne, blemishes and UV damage.

The next ingredient in our Sweet Green Tea Scrub is of course sugar. Refined sugar has glycolic acid, a natural alpha hydroxy acid. It is great for exfoliating dead skin cells, stimulating blood flow and cell renewal for younger looking skin, and cleaning pores and breaking up scar tissue. Sugar also contains glycerin that has softening effects on the skin and generally brightens the complexion.

Try formulating your own facial scrub - It’s easier than you think!

Add to a mug

1 teaspoon loose leaf green tea or

1 tea bag

Pour in

1/3 cup boiling water

Brew and let it absorb as much of the green tea as possible - so give it a few minutes then cool to lukewarm.

Add to bowl

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon lukewarm green tea (lukewarm tea – do not want to melt sugar)

Stir and Add

Add 1 tablespoon sugar

Stir (should look like wet sand)

Add 1 teaspoon of an ingredient of your choice (Honey to Moisturize, Lemon to Cleanse, Yogurt to Soothe)

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Now wash your face, put the tea scrub on a cotton pad and spread it on your face until covered. Avoid your eyes, and massage into skin with a gentle, circular motion, first with the cotton pad, then with your fingertips. Continue exfoliating and massaging for 1-2 minutes. Then rinse with lukewarm water, and pour remaining green tea from the cup onto a cotton pad and rub gently on your face as a toner to firm and detoxify your skin. Smooth on a little of your favorite moisturizer, and voila!

The left over scrub lasts up to 1 week in the fridge. So now when you get a craving for some green tea you will have to ask yourself. Do I want to drink it or wear it?