#selfcaresaturday: Icy Green Tea Glow

Green tea ice cubes? It’s exactly what you think!

Use the healing benefits of green tea to treat your skin. With antioxidant, anti-aging, and soothing benefits, these cubes will help all your problem areas on your skin. Green tea ice cubes can help with acne, sunburns and even minimizing your pores. These cubes can even help with puffy eyes!

How to prep:

1. Brew a batch of green tea. You will probably want about two-three cups worth depending on if you want to fill the whole ice cube tray or not. We recommend using a less expensive green tea (this doesn’t mean low quality!) for the best bang for your buck!
2. Let the tea cool before pouring into your ice cube tray (too hot tea could crack the plastic) Once cool pour into the tray and freeze for at least an hour.

How to use:

1. Wash your face (or area of skin) before applying with a warm washcloth and pat dry.
2. Remove one-two cubes from the tray and gently massage over your skin.
3. As the cube melts it will wet your skin.
4. Don’t wipe off your skin just yet – let the water dry on your skin. It may form a small residue.
5. Once dry, apply warm water to rinse.
6. Finish up with your favorite moisturiser or lotion.

Pro Tip: For extra benefits, add ginger or honey as desired!

This trick is such a life saver on those days you wake up and find an annoying zit in the center of your forehead or tip of your nose. Give these green tea ice cubes a try next time you need to get rid of a blemish before picture day, or under eye bags before an important meeting!