Aesthetic Make-Up Blog

Tea has long since been acknowleged for its healthy benefits, not only as a beverage, but also as a key ingredient in many beauty products. The most popular, by far, is green tea, an anti-inflammatory and immunity-booster with powerful anti-oxidant properties that help prevent skin cell damage. Another common choice, is white tea, a mild tea that still packs a powerful punch with its potent anti-bacterial properties. The latest tea on the beauty front is red tea, which has been praised for its varied benefits ranging from anti-ageing to acne-prevention.

Many cult favorite skincare products incorporate tea in their ingredients. Shu Uemura Skin Cleansing Purifier is a cleansing oil that contains green tea to combat skin ageing. Origins A Perfect World White Tea Skin Guardian, is a skin serum that contains white tea leaf extracts to help prevent skin oxidation, as well as skin dehydration.

There are also a plethora of fragrances with tea notes; some notable ones include Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Tropical, a new variant on the classic EA Green Tea fragrance that mixes heart notes of green tea with notes of tropical fruits (like lychee, passion fruit, and dragon fruit.) L’Occitane The Vert Eau de Toilette, is an invigorating blend of green tea and citrus fruits. Monotherme White Tea Eau de The Blanc Pour Femme, combines delicate white tea with soft musk, white flowers, and rare spices. And Bvlgari Eau Parfumee Au The Rouge, which incofporates notes of walnut and fig with a heart note of red tea.