An active lifestyle can be tough on your skin. There’s a lot of friction, sweating, and exposure to the elements—all of which can leave your skin dry and damaged.
The good news is that there’s a lot you can do to keep your skin looking healthy, including staying hydrated and using lotions with green tea extract. You may already know the benefits of drinking green tea, but if you’re just discovering its benefits for your skin, you may also want to understand:
- How to effectively incorporate green tea into your skincare routine.
- How green tea benefits people with different skin types.
- Why applying green tea topically is better for your skin than drinking it.
Now, keep in mind that a lot of lotions have green tea extract as an ingredient, but not all of them will be effectively absorbed into your skin. Yet, the last thing you want when using green tea on your skin is a greasy residue that sticks to your clothes.
Our KOYA Arnica & Green Tea Blend active body is designed to be fully absorbed and never leave an oily residue—making it perfect for people with busy and active lifestyles.
Table of Contents
- Moisturizes and Hydrates All Types of Skin
- Green Tea Protects Your Skin From the Sun
- It Enhances Your Natural Complexion
- Keep Your Skin Healthy With KOYA Green Tea Blend
1 - Moisturizes and Hydrates All Types of Skin
Green tea is possibly the most multi-skin-type-friendly extract as it can balance oily skin and moisturize dry skin. Furthermore, green tea reduces inflammation in people with skin conditions such as dandruff and eczema.
It soothes, moisturizes, hydrates, and brightens all types of skin. Here’s how it works on different skin types:
- Dry skin: Green tea is packed with vitamin E, which hydrates dry and parched skin. It also repairs skin damage and brightens dull skin.
- Oily skin: Green tea contains a compound called EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) that controls and balances the natural oils in your skin. It also has tannins that reduce the size of your pores and make your oily skin less prone to clogging.
- Combination skin: Since it can balance the oily parts of your skin while hydrating the dry parts, green tea is perfect for someone with normal or combination skin.
- Sensitive skin: Vitamin B3 (Niacin) contained in green tea has an incredible ability to soothe the skin and reduce the appearance of any redness, making it perfect for people with active lifestyles.
- Aging skin: Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) contained in green tea revitalizes your skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines.
While green tea works wonders on its own, it’s even better when blended with other super ingredients. Our Green Tea & Arnica Blend lotion blends green tea extract with:
- Vitamin E: Supports overall skin health and helps to repair and restore your skin.
- Arnica: An antioxidant that reduces bruising, swelling, and muscle aches.
- Ginkgo biloba: Has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and soothing properties.
- Horsetail: A natural plant extract with antibacterial and antimicrobial properties.
- Vanilla: Because it smells great.
The lotion is made from natural ingredients and works well on sensitive skin. It also blends and absorbs quickly without leaving any residue or oil film: you’ll only need to use a small amount to keep your skin looking hydrated. If you have dry skin, you might want to apply extra to any areas that are prone to dryness like the elbows and knees.
After using our KOYA Green Tea and Arnica Blend, you’ll never look at green tea the same way again. Here’s what one of our customers has to say about the lotion:
“My cream absorbs so well. No residue… My skin looks toned, hydrated and I love the results I’m getting!”
— Kim Lawless.
2 - Green Tea Protects Your Skin From the Sun
Did you know green and black tea (as well as oolong tea) all come from the Camellia sinensis plant?
However, green tea is less processed and thus retains most of its antioxidants.
Green tea is prepared from the unfermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, oolong tea leaves are partially fermented, and black tea leaves are fully fermented. The fermentation process leaches out some ingredients from the plant, so this leaves green tea with the highest concentration of antioxidants called polyphenols.
These antioxidants protect your skin by counteracting free radical production and reducing inflammation, so your skin can repair and restore itself. The antioxidants in green tea can also:
- Help your skin fight the symptoms of aging (wrinkles and fine lines)
- Reduce inflammation in acne-prone skin
- Improve skin microcirculation
Other antioxidants like vitamin C can also stimulate collagen production, which is why an antioxidant serum is a must for your skincare routine.
While there aren’t many studies that directly compare one antioxidant to another, green tea is also known to be richer in antioxidants compared to other sources such as vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin B3.
In the table below, we compare the benefits of other antioxidants to green tea.
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With an active lifestyle, using green tea is one of the best ways to protect your skin from free radical damage and environmental stressors such as pollution and UV rays.
3 - It Enhances Your Natural Complexion
Green tea contains moderate amounts of caffeine, which has the following effects on your skin:
- Reduces puffiness in your skin
- Minimizes the appearance of dark circles
- Improves your natural skin tone
Caffeine also stimulates your skin to shed dead cells, making green tea a natural and gentle exfoliant that takes care of your skin from the inside and outside. You can drink it, apply it as a face mask, or use it as a lotion.
You can also use green tea bags as a home remedy to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and puffiness on your eyes, and to achieve a more even skin tone.
Our favorite way to enjoy green tea benefits for the skin is using KOYA Green Tea & Arnica Blend lotion that leaves your skin smooth, supple, and hydrated. When you incorporate our green tea blend into your skincare routine, you can expect the following results:
- Brighter and smoother skin
- An enhanced natural skin tone
- Lesser appearance of redness and puffiness
- Hydrated skin
- Improved skin texture
- Reduced appearance of wrinkles and fine lines
“…makes my skin feel soft and supple. It's not greasy…allows my skin to keep very healthy and not dry out.”
— Louis Rodriguez
When applying green tea topically, remember to cleanse your skin first.
Dirt and dryness will prevent your skin from absorbing all the goodness and moisture from green tea extract.
Keep Your Skin Healthy With KOYA Green Tea Blend
Now you know how the antioxidants in green tea can protect your skin from the sun while you’re out and about.
With moisturizing and skin repair properties, green tea is a must-have for your skincare routine. It can revitalize and balance all types of skin, and all you have to do is put a little bit of the lotion on after a shower.
Get your KOYA Green Tea & Arnica Blend today and keep your skin looking youthful and healthy.
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