1. Green tea contains tannic acid, which helps to reduce swelling and shrink pimples.
2. Green tea helps reduce inflammation, natural occurring body oil and acts like a natural detoxification agent to rid the body of poisonous chemicals.
Below here are some homemade face packs from green tea.
Green tea exfoliation face pack-
Boil 1 cup water and add green tea into it. When half switch off the gas. Place it in the fridge so that it gets cool. Add 4tbsp of green tea into rice flour and make a paste of it. You can adjust the thickness of the paste according to your requirement. Paste should neither be thick and nor too thin.
Apply it on your face and leave for 15-20 mins. Rinse thoroughly so that exfoliate your skin nicely. You can add your favourite food also like banana, strawberry or mango in this paste. Don’t forget to apply your favourite moisturiser after exfoliation.
For reducing swelling and pimples-
Take green tea powder (available easily in market) and add egg white into it. Apply it on your face and keep it for 15 minutes. Rinse it off with water.
You can use fresh milk instead of egg white if you are a vegetarian.
This sounds good, ya, like an exotic japanese face pack – green tea plus rice flour.
yaa it actually is quite famous in Japan.