Hey Dolls! So I want to share a beauty secret with you! I’ve always been in love with green tea, it’s so wonderful for your skin and body! It has antioxidants in it which battle free radicals. If you aren’t familiar with these terms then here is a little lesson on what free radicals do to us.
The human body is made up of many different types of cells. The cells inside are different than the cells you see on the outside. Cells are composed of many different types of molecules. Molecules have one or more atoms of one or more elements joined by chemical bonds. Some of you might be familiar with the periodic table and all the different elements on there. To keep it simple those elements have electrons which carry a negative charge, protons which carry a positive charge, and neutrons which carry no charge. Every atom wants to be stable and so it hunts for a pairing that will make it stable. Much like dating. Atoms love when their electron shell is full so it will go out in search of an atom that it can fit with so that both end up with full shells.
Free radicals are formed when weak bonds split and a molecule is left with an odd number of electrons. This isn’t normal. Sometimes our body will actually create free radicals to combat viruses, but this type of free radical does not harm the cell’s function. So, when weak bonds split and create these unwanted free radicals the molecule begins to attack other surrounding molecules that are just fine and stable and steals electrons to become stable. Imagine this as the boyfriend stealer. A girl who just can’t hang on to a man and steals your man to be happy. So now the molecule that just had it’s electron stolen has become a free radical and there is the beginning of a vicious chain reaction. Once this process gets going it can disrupt a living cell and cause damage.
So what causes this reaction? Pollution, radiation (suns rays), cigarette smoke and herbicides can spawn these horrible unstable molecules. You can combat these guys with antioxidants. How does that work, you ask? Simple! Vitamin C and E are the most popular antioxidants. These act like superheroes by giving up an electron to stop the chain reaction. This is ok because the vitamin is stable in either form. Here is the catch though! Vitamin E and C are essential vitamins meaning that they are not naturally occurring in our body, which means we have to CONSUME them! So if you’re not getting enough vitamins in your diet then you could be contributing to this chain reaction and there is damage happening all over in your body. So eat your fruits and vegetables or take a daily vitamin!
Now with all that being said…here is my recipe for a facial that will combat those free radicals. All you need is:
Green Tea
Water
Vitamin E oil
Ice cube tray (optional)
All you have to do is brew the green tea like normal. Let it come down to room temperature, mainly because you don’t want to damage the vitamin E oil. Add in about 5 drops or so of the oil, mix vigorously, and pour it into the ice cube tray. You should fill it about half way and then let it freeze. That’s it! Just pop one out rub it on your face. The cold will shrink pores while the Vitamin E and green tea together will fight free radicals. The vitmain E also evens the skin tone and repairs damage.
Now I mentioned that the ice cube tray is optional. You can brew some green tea for yourself and then put a little aside. Drink your green tea to get those free radicals in your system and with what you put aside, put a little bit of Vitamin E oil in it, mix it up, and use a cotton ball to apply to your face. It works the same. That’s an option if you don’t want to make ice cubes.
If you want to put some toothpicks in it so that you can hold the cube like a popsicle, just set it to freeze and wait about an hour then go in and poke toothpicks through the top layer of ice. Let it freeze all the way and they should be good to go!
Let me know how this works out for you. You should see a noticeable difference in about a week or two.
Here’s the video I made related to it:
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