DIY Green Tea Cream To Treat Under Eye Wrinkles

While we pamper our face by applying face masks, creams, and whatnot, it’s the eye area that is ignored. No matter how great your skin is, eye bags and dark circles can make you look tired and ruin the whole look. To take care of your eye problems here is an effective and natural solution: DIY green tea under eye cream for wrinkles and dark circles.

This under eye cream will rejuvenate the skin around your eyes and reduce dark circles. Read on to find out the benefits of green tea and all the other ingredients that go into this eye cream and also how to make it.

Beneifts of Ingredients

# Green Tea And Extract

Green tea and its extract is rich in vitamins, antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea helps to reduce skin irritation, redness, and de-puffs the inflamed skin. It also helps to minimize wrinkles and lightens dark circles. It has anti-bacterial properties which help to reduce acne and unclogs blocked pores.

# Glycerine

It acts as a humectant, which allows the skin to retain moisture and increases skin hydration. It helps to relieve skin dryness, wrinkles, and can soften skin.

# Rosewater

Rosewater has antioxidant properties, which helps in the regeneration of new cells. It helps in reducing the appearance of crow’s feet and fine lines. It also hydrates your skin, unclogs blocked pores, and makes under-eye skin soft and plumpy. It soothes the skin and reduces puffiness.

# Kokum Butter

Kokum butter is an excellent emollient and therefore, keeps the under-eye skin soft and moisturized. It is rich in vitamin E which protects the skin from oxidative damage. It may aid in cell regeneration, and thus reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. It can also soothe skin inflammations. Hence it will help in treating dark circles and puffy eyes.

# Rosehip Oil

Rosehip oil is rich in antioxidant properties, which prevents sagging of the skin under the eyes.

# Hemp Seed Oil

It plumps the look of your skin and helps to tighten your skin’s appearance. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties which help to de-puff the inflamed under-eye areas.

# Vitamin E Oil

Too much exposure to UV rays can lead to wrinkles around the eyes. Vitamin E oil has photoprotective and anti photoaging properties. This means that it protects the skin from the adverse effects of UV radiation. This oil also nourishes and moisturizes your under-eye skin, making it smooth and soft.

# Emulsifying Wax

Emulsifying wax is extracted from plant oils. At room temperature, emulsifying wax is solid and it is basically odorless but it does have a slight waxy smell.

# Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense essential oil is one of the best essential oils for reducing fine lines and wrinkles. It is full of powerful antioxidants that neutralize damage-causing free radicals. Hence it keeps the under-eye area firm and youthful. It also boosts collagen production in the skin.

Ingredients

15g brewed green tea
22.5g rosewater
1.25g glycerin

Oil Phase Ingredients

2.5g kokum butter
2.5g rosehip oil
2.5g hemp seed oil
2g emulsifying wax NF

Cool Down Ingredients

1g vitamin e oil
0.25g liquid germall plus
0.5g green tea extract
5 drops frankincense essential oil

Method

How To Brew Green Tea

* Take a container and add ⅓ cup of distilled water and 2 tablespoons of green tea.

* Bring them to boil over low heat for 1 minute and then keep it aside until it comes at room temperature. Then, strain the tea using a strainer. Your herbal green tea is ready.

Under Eye Cream

* Prepare a double-boiler system by adding about 1 inch of water in a wide, flat-bottomed sauté pan. Put the pan on the stove and set the stove on low heat.

* Weigh the water phase ingredients into a small heat-resistant glass measuring cup. Cover the container with aluminum foil to avoid evaporation of water content.

* Weigh the oil phase ingredients into a second heat-resistant glass measuring cup.

* Place both measuring cups in your prepared double boiler system to melt everything through.

* After about 20–30 minutes the oil part should be completely melted and the water part should be warmed.

* Remove the double boiler pan from the heat, remove the foil and pour the oil part into the water part.

* Mix the water and oil mixture with a spoon vigorously to combine them. Stir the spoon for 20-30 seconds. Then, remove the mixture container from the double boiler pan.

* Now, immediately grab your immersion blender (or milk frother for smaller quantities) and begin blending the lotion.

* Blend for about a minute, leave to cool for ten minutes.

* After 10 minutes, blend for another minute or two, and repeat this blend-cool-blend cycle until the glass measuring cup is barely warm to the touch and the lotion is thick and creamy.

* When the lotion is cool it’s time to incorporate cool-down phase ingredients.

* Weigh down the liquid germall plus preservative, vitamin e oil, essential oil, and green tea extract and add them into the cream.

* Mix everything well and store it in an airtight jar.

* Apply green tea under eye cream twice on cleansed skin. Do not apply it on eyelids as it can irritate your eyes.