We all know the benefits of green tea as a beverage. Do you know that you can use green tea as an oil to get great skin care and hair care? The benefits of green tea for our body internally also apply for external skin and hair care.

Here are the benefits of green tea oil for skin care and hair care:

1) Anti-aging

Green tea contains powerful antioxidants from catechins, gallates, flavonoids, which protects the skin from damages by UV radiation and free radicals from the environment.  This helps to repair and rejuvenate collagen, thereby, reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and increase in skin resiliency. So, green tea oil has anti-aging properties.

2) Moisturization

Green tea oil penetrates quickly and deeply into the inner layers of the skin, providing hydration without the oily feel.

3) Anti-bacteria and anti-fungal

A research conducted in the hospital found that the polyphenols in green tea are effective in killing “super-bugs”. So, it is effective for treating acne on skin as well as removing odor caused by bacteria and fungus present in the sweat in the under-arms.

4) Fat burning

Green tea increase fat burning metabolism and reduce cellulite. When apply on the face and body, it can help to trim the fat and cellulite underneath the skin.

5) Hair care

When applied on the damaged, dyed, chemically treated hair, green tea oil add shines, smoothness to the hair.

Korean scientist at the Seoul National University College of Medicine did research on mice to show that the catechins ( epigallocatechin-3-gallates) can promote growth in the hair follicles by stimulating dermal papilla cells to boost hair production, preventing hair loss. The antioxidant properties of catechins also keep hair healthier, growing at optimum rate.

Most of the green tea extract has been used are converted into water-based products. Unicity has found a way to extract organic green tea into oil soluble product. Besides organic green tea, it also contains organic jojoba oil, botanical squalane and natural vitamin E. Try out this product to get the benefits on skin and hair.

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