Green tea is one of the most renowned herbal and healthy teas. The antioxidant present in it makes green tea useful for various purposes. Green tea prevents heart attacks and can prevent cancer even. The micro elements, food fibers, vitamins and minerals present keeps us healthy and helps in proper functioning of the body.

Green tea helps to reduce the weight of the body. Poly phenols present in it helps to melt extra fat by producing heat. It increases metabolism to burn fat better.Visit my latest blog for more other useful information.

Due to its good quality and tremendous contents, now days it is used in many of cosmetics and beauty treatment products. You can use Green Tea many types in natural home remedies as face mask, facial scrub, sunscreen, prevent acne, eye mask etc.

How to use Green Tea in Beauty: English

Mix green tea leaves with mayonnaise. Apply this mixture on the face. Wait to dry it for 15-20 minutes. Now wash it off.

Take tea bag and water. Boil it for 2-3 minutes. Stop heating and wait it to cool. Mix rice flour with this green tea water. Add a mashed banana. Stir well and apply mask on skin for 10-15 minutes. Wash it off with cold water.

Facial Scrub:- Scrubbing helps to remove dead cells of skin and opens blocked pores. This helps in cleaning the skin and makes the skin to take in oxygen. Skin looks fresh and healthy due to its proper breathing. Green tea leaves also helps to make facial scrub. The tanning present in green tea leaves helps to tighten and shrink skin tissues.

How to make and use:- Take a bowl and mix green tea leaves with white sugar and water. Now use this mixture as a scrubber. Do scrubbing very gently with upward strokes for 2-3 minutes. Wash your face and pet it dry.

Use of this scrub will give you exfoliating and smooth skin. An example of a slightly higher grade of Chinese green tea, called Mao Jian. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Natural Sunscreen and Prevents Acne: Green tea leaves being highly antioxidant protects skin against UV damage. Intake of green tea makes body cells automatically to function against sun rays. Antioxidants present protect skin against inflammation. Green tea solution is as powerful as benzoyl peroxide and antibiotic creams to cure acne.

Apply cools green tea water with cotton on the face and other parts, 15-20 minutes before going in the sun. It will prevent your skin from sunburn. The cooled green tea water, when applied also reduces acne. Naturally, intake of green tea also reduces acne problem.

Reduce Dark Circles and Puffiness of Eyes: Tannins present acts as astringent and tightens the skin. It helps to reduce puffiness and dark circles.

How to use: Take used tea bags and keep for some time to cool. Keep these cooled tea bags on closed eyes for some time. Now remove these tea bags from the eyes. It will give a very cooling effect to eyes.

Eye Mask:-Take hot water and to this add two bags of green tea. Steep this for 10 minutes. Let the water cool. Now take two cotton balls. Dip them in to the tea solution. Squeeze out any excess. Put these cotton bowls on eyes.

Refreshing look:-Add green tea leaves to water and keep it to steep for 1-2 hours. Strain it in to a spray bottle and this liquid can be refrigerated. Spray it on the face for a refreshing look.500 year old green tea fields, Boseong, Jeolla  Checkout latest news at http://www.courant.com/community/simsbury/hc-simsbury-green-tea-renovations-ensign-approval-20150225-story.html

Stop Redness and Irritation of Skin:-Take a used tea bag of green tea and cool it. Now make a compress over splotchy, irritated skin. This compress will help to reduce redness of the skin. These tea leaves also helps in cuts and burns, heals cracked feet. These tea leaves control bad odor and are used as mouth freshener.