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Natural Beauty Brew: A Sassy Green Tea Skincare Cocktail

By Alexis Wolfer

It’s already hard not to gush over green tea. It’s loaded with antioxidants, fights the free radicals that can contribute to cancer, can help prevent blood clots and has been show to promote heart health. It can lower total cholesterol, raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol and reduce LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. It has even been shown to help protect your liver from damage, benefit arthritis by reducing inflammation and boost your metabolism.

And while all of this is reason enough for us to guzzle the green, we’ve found another reason you’ll want to stock up on this sassy variety from Village Tea Company: its topical skincare benefits. Yup, we’re suggesting you give green tea a go as part of your skincare beauty routine! (Celebrities including Taylor Swift and Cameron Diaz already have!)

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With potent antioxidants from both the specially harvested loose green tea leaves and the Brazilian Acai, Village Tea Co.’s “Sassy Green Tea with Acai” is a perfect all-natural anti-aging skincare tonic to help brighten and even skin tone, promote cellular regeneration, and perk up skin. Just steep one heaping tablespoon of “Sassy Green Tea with Acai” in 8 ounces of water for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour yourself a 6-ounce cup to sip on while you let the tea continue to steep in the remaining 2 ounces (and while you relish in all of the health benefits for your body). After an additional 15 minutes, use a cotton ball to apply the remaining 2 ounces of highly concentrated tea (which Village Tea Co. calls their “Super Skin Cocktail”) to your face for a double-duty beauty-brew that promotes health, wellness and beauty both inside and out.

Village Tea Company “Sassy Green Tea with Acai,” $13.95, villageteaco.com