Tea: skin's good friend?

[Jewelry]

Does tea really will improve your skin? If so what kind of tea?

 

[Harlot]

Ive heard (and browsed) that:

Green tea - helps cell rejuvination (i.e. anti-aging benefits); is used by the Chinese as a traditional medicine to treat many ailments including acne; decreases production of the pigment melanin, allowing for lighter and brighter skin; able to suppress free radicals; anti-inflammatory

Lemon Tea - fights skin cancer

Its really cool. Come to think of it, I should drink more tea lol.

 

[chic_chica]

My mom drinks some sort of green tea for her skin....but i never heard her say if it really did anything for her skin.

I drank some honey and lemon tea (Lipton) and it was yuckyy!!!!!!! ewww omg i threw away the rest after that sip.

 

[reginaalear]

I was drinking Green Tea with Citrus for a while and it was good, but I quit drinking it for a little while.

 

[mowgli]

green tea with jasmine from whittard (dont know if you have whittard in the us) is the most delish, fragrances green tea ever! I drink it every day..

 

[magosienne]

i'm not surprised. i'd say some lipton teas are better than others, but all their flavored teas are kinda yuck and eww (NEVER try their toffee tea). try instead Twinings and Tetley (i just tried their white tea with tangerine yum !). or just buy it in a teashop, the quality is so much better.

i drink green tea almost everyday (mines are blends though). i also make my own toner with it. i can't say if it helps, it's surely not bad for my skin.

 

[iraM]

yaa i heard abt Green Tea a lot.. really Gud for Skin nd health

 

[pinksugar]

I've tried it, but I find green tea makes me go a bit crazy.. I've heard it can do weird things to you. It makes me feel reaallly violently ill. Not sure why, but I sometimes feel dizzy and weird when I drink it. Mostly that's how I feel with the jasmine one. I do love green tea though /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I want to try the white tea with mandarin, that sounds uber yummy. I've only seen that as iced tea here, but I'll look em up.

I drink a lot of blends too, but I dunno if it does anything for my skin. I've used tea bags as refreshing eye-bags before - it really does get rid of puffy dark circles, so I guess it IS good for the skin after all!

 

[chic_chica]

The original lipton is better than the flavoured ones i think.

I bought tea in shops already....and their stuff is really does taste good.

 

[greeneyedangel]

Just to let you know sometimes when I drink green tea on a totally empty stomach I feel reallllyyyy sick as well. I think its just the high amount of caffine in it. What I do now is drink it right after lunch and dinner and I feel fine afterwards. Its good for digestion too!

 

[magosienne]

i can't stand green tea alone (i feel kinda weird too), but i love my blends.

i love tetley and twinings are doing white tea because it's so expensive in teashops !

 

[blonde65]

Green tea is full of antioxidents, can only be good for skin and the body as a whole. I find the taste rather unpleasant sadly. Why is it that stuff thats good for you often tastes yukky? lol.

 

[Retro-Violet]

maybe, my parents being middle eastern drink tons of tea (at least like 2 cups a day) and my mom has great skin.

 

[Michee]

Thanks great info

 

[Leij]

White tea is a good tea.

http://www.whiteteaguide.com/whiteteahealthbenefits.htm

I drink alot of green and white teas for the benefits of the teas.

And black flavoured for the pleasure and smell.

 

[shellie]

I LOVE TEA! right now i'm drinking lipton's green tea with mandarin oranges, red tea with strawberry, vanilla truffles, etc. i probably have more than i can drink now but they are really good.

as for skincare, i'm using bio-essence radiant youth serum and green tea (i believe) is the main ingredient. in the last 3 days it have made my skin baby-soft. i'm actually scared (you know, when something works so good you're scared it'll go bad) and am hoping it keeps working like this. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Leij]

Black tea contains more caffeine then green tea.

Black tea is almost always the flavoured teas (unless it says white/green).

Green contains more caffeine then white tea, but less then black.

And white tea contains the least caffeine.

(Thats what Ive read and learned anyway.)

 

[blahblah900]

would it be a good idea to use the tea to make a toner? I read a thread about this on acne.org to help with red marks/brown marks.

 

[deermere]

I'd say green tea for anti-aging. However tea is really bad for teeth.

 

[Leony]

At least not that bad as coffee.

I drink tea everyday and it's any kind of tea. I must admit that I couldn't live without tea. I think I'm addicted lol