Green Tea in Skin and Hair Care - Everything You Should Know
Green tea is most commonly known as a beverage and a dietary supplement that promotes weight loss. It is also known to relieve headaches and digestive issues and to help with mental alertness. But did you know green tea is also an essential ingredient in skin and hair products? The beauty industry considers green tea a vital component in beauty products designed to improve skin and hair quality. Here's a look at green tea and how you can use it for better skin and hair.
Table of Contents:
- What Is Green Tea?
- Green Tea: Benefits for Skin
- Green Tea for Acne
- Green Tea for Glowing and Youthful Skin
- Green Tea for Puffy Eyes and Dark Circles
- How to Use Green Tea on the Skin
- Green Tea: Benefits for Hair
- Green Tea for Hair Growth and Regrowth
- Green Tea for Reducing Hair Fall
- Green Tea for Scalp Dryness and Dandruff
- Green Tea for Increasing Blood Circulation on the Scalp
- How to Use Green Tea on the Hair
- WOW Skin Science Range of Green Tea Products
- WOW Skin Science Green Tea Foaming Face Wash with Brush
- WOW Skin Science Fuji Matcha Green Tea Clay Face Mask
- WOW Skin Science Green Tea and Tea Tree Shampoo
- WOW Skin Science Green Tea and Tea Tree Conditioner
What Is Green Tea?
Green tea is made from a plant called Camellia Sinensis. The leaves used in green tea are unfermented and unprocessed, unlike most other teas. It gets its name from the light, yellowy green color created during the brewing of these unfermented and unprocessed leaves.
Green Tea: Benefits for Skin
If you wonder how green tea can help you in treating different skin conditions, you’re at the right place. Keep reading to find out how to incorporate this magical ingredient into your skin care routine.
- Green Tea for Acne
Acne is a skin condition that causes zits and pimples. Causes include using harsh skin care products, high humidity, stress, and fluctuating hormone levels. All these stressors are typically seen in teenagers – which is why acne is prevalent during teenage and young adulthood (although it can occur even later).
Acne occurs when the skin's pores get clogged or blocked with sebum, hair, or dirt. The blockages cause acne breakouts (whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, and nodules). While acne is most commonly noticed on the face, it can also occur on the chest, upper back, and shoulders.
Green tea has powerful antibacterial properties that help unclog pores and treat acne. It contains polyphenols that fight against bacterial membranes to weaken the bacteria's defense. There are many ways in which green tea can help you in treating different issues:
- It fights and kills systemic bacterial inflammation
- Prevents infections
- Treats bacteria responsible for acne while calming the skin
- Promotes clear skin
Green tea is also very rich in antioxidant compounds – polyphenols called catechins soothe the skin and relieve swelling, redness, and irritation often associated with acne.
- Green Tea for Glowing and Youthful Skin
Green tea is rich in vitamins E and B2 – two vital skin vitamins. Vitamin B2 is a fantastic collagen booster (the protein responsible for firm, young, and youthful skin). Vitamin E is an excellent skin hydrator and helps with skin cell growth.
- Green Tea for Puffy Eyes and Dark Circles
The caffeine and tannins in the tea are excellent for under-eye treatment and help with dark circles and puffy eyes.
Here is a quick home remedy:
1. Steep two unused green tea teabags in hot water for five minutes.
2. Remove the tea bags from the water and place them in an empty cup until they become comfortably warm.
3. Place a warm teabag over each eye for 15 minutes. The teabags mustn’t be too hot, or they would scald the skin.
4. Remove the tea bags after 15 minutes.
According to board-certified dermatologist Jessie Cheung, green tea stimulants help constrict the blood vessels to tighten the skin. The astringency also helps tighten the skin — caffeine helps reduce puffiness and lighten dark circles.
How to Use Green Tea on the Skin
Collect the leaves from two or three green tea teabags and moisten the leaves with warm water. Mix the leaves with aloe vera gel or honey. Spread the leaves and honey mask only on the acne-prone areas of your face. Leave the mask on your face for anywhere between 10 and 20 minutes. Wash off.
Use the mask twice a week.
Green Tea: Benefits for Hair
Maintaining a healthy mane is not easy for all of us. Hair loss, weak hair, and dandruff are some common hair problems that affect us at different stages. Green tea is rich in vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, and amino acids necessary for healthy hair.
- Green Tea for Hair Growth and Regrowth
Green tea stimulates hair growth and encourages cell turnover in hair follicles. Elements like ascorbic acid, zinc, tocopherol, carotenoids, and selenium promote hair growth and regrowth of lost hair.
Hair follicles are responsible for healthy hair growth. Damaged follicles cause less hair growth and more hair fall. Epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG is a critical element in green tea that prevents hair cell and follicle damage.
- Green Tea for Reducing Hair Fall
Hormonal imbalance and changes are often experienced during pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. Medical conditions like thyroid problems and immune system-related disorders can also lead to hormonal changes, and these changes often lead to patchy hair loss. The EGCG in green tea can help inhibit the activity of hormones (like dihydrotestosterone) responsible for hair loss.
- Green Tea for Scalp Dryness and Dandruff
The vitamin C present in green tea protects the scalp and hair from sun damage.
Green tea is a damage control ingredient that hydrates the scalp and softens hair. Elements like zinc, selenium and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) prevent dandruff and maintain a healthy scalp.
- Green Tea to Increase Blood Circulation in the Scalp.
Hair growth is related to nutrient and oxygen delivery to the skin and scalp. Good circulation leads to healthy development, maturation, and maintenance of hair follicles. On the contrary, poor blood circulation can lead to hair loss. Drinking green tea might increase the supply of essential nutrients to the scalp and improve hair growth.
How to Use Green Tea on the Hair
Brew some green tea teabags in half a liter of water for 15 minutes, and let it cool. Remove the tea bags from the water. After washing and rinsing your hair, massage the green tea water into your scalp and roots for about 10 minutes. Rinse off with cold water.
You can do this up to three times a week for a healthy scalp and hair.
WOW Skin Science range of green tea products
Why lose time on making a green tea home remedy, when you can easily reach out for a WOW Skin Science green tea product? Save time and get maximum benefits and visible results with WOW Skin Science's range of green tea skin and hair products.
These products are designed to deliver the goodness of green tea in adequate and healthy doses. Each product is carefully created with handpicked natural ingredients that work together in each product to provide you with visible benefits.
WOW Skin Science Green Tea Foaming Face Wash with Brush
This is a cleanser and an exfoliator rolled into one in a foaming face wash.
The soft, silicone bristles on the brush gently exfoliate and lift away dirt, dust, and pollutants. The cleanser provides your skin with a burst of soothing botanicals to revive tired skin.
The face wash fights dull and tired skin, so signs of aging like age spots, fine lines, and dryness slowly disappear over time. It washes away pollutants and dirt without drying your skin. At the same time, it replenishes lost moisture, so you can sport healthy and glowing skin.
WOW Skin Science Green Tea Foaming Face Wash contains vitamin B12 and antioxidants — green tea extract that restores your skin's pH balance and neutralizes free radicals. Aloe vera extract provides the skin with a burst of hydration and treats various skin conditions like acne, sunburn, and eczema. Provitamin B5 helps repair and renew the skin and reduce signs of skin aging, and vitamin E reduces all kinds of inflammation.
WOW Skin Science Fuji Matcha Green Tea Clay Face Mask
This is your answer to refined, nourished, and brighter skin in just 15 minutes!
The Fuji Matcha Green Tea Clay Face Mask by WOW Skin Science is a rich mix of clays that pull away pore-clogging impurities and even out skin tone. Oils restore a renewed suppleness while fighting dull and aging skin.
This mask is enriched with skin cleansing properties that fight most signs of aging while reducing blemishes. Kaolin clay is a natural, mineral-rich clay that halts excess oil production. Green Montmorillonite clay cleanses the skin of impurities by extracting surface and ingrained dirt.
It also contains vitamins B, C, and E, jojoba oil, and shea butter, These ingredients hydrate and moisture the skin and restore its elasticity.
WOW Skin Science Green Tea and Tea Tree Shampoo
This is clarifying anti-dandruff shampoo. Soothing botanicals gently cleanse and refresh the scalp. The shampoo improves blood flow, prevents dandruff, and fights dryness.
This shampoo contains green tea extract and tea tree oil that help fight and remove dandruff and soothe the scalp. Rosebay is another botanical that fights scalp irritation. Sweet almond oil fills any gaps in your hair at a cellular level, so your hair feels smooth and soft. Provitamin B5 binds hair follicles and, at the same time, seals in moisture to give you a hydrated scalp and silky hair.
WOW Skin Science Green Tea and Tea Tree Conditioner
End your daily anti-dandruff hair care routine with WOW Skin Science Green Tea & Tea Tree conditioner. The conditioner contains a holistic blend of relief-providing botanicals that soothe itchy irritation caused by dandruff. It also controls excess oil production, so your scalp remains clean and fresh for longer.
Green tea, tree oil, argan oil, rosebay, hydrogenated olive oil, and shea butter are just some fantastic dandruff-fighting, scalp-soothing botanicals in this conditioner. Green tea extracts and tea tree oil cleanse away pesky dandruff flakes, while rosebay soothes any scalp irritation. Fatty-acid-rich argan oil and shea butter help tame frizz and leave hair with a healthy shine.
Green tea is undoubtedly a powerful antioxidant and an excellent ingredient in beauty products. In skin products, it helps fight against acne-causing bacteria, delays the signs of aging, and reduces dark circles and puffiness around the eyes.
Green tea helps hair growth and regrowth, fights and prevents dandruff, and tackles hair fall problems. It is a critical ingredient in hair care products to tackle frizz, tame hair, get rid of dandruff, and make the hair and scalp manageable.
It can also be used in skin and hair care home remedies, but it must be used correctly to get all the benefits. Readymade green tea beauty products like the ones made by WOW Skin Science are easy to use and more effective. Click here to find out more about Wow Skin Science products.
Recommended Products with Green Tea
Fuji Matcha Green Tea Clay Face Mask
Green Tea and Tea Tree Conditioner
Green Tea and Tea Tree Shampoo
Green Tea Foaming Face Wash with Brush
