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  The best ways to enjoy green tea for skin and your beauty routine We’re in a committed relationship with green tea: a superstar ingredient with major benefits for skin and health. Sure, it’s been one of the world’s most popular beverages for centuries — but it’s still relatively new to skin care and beauty. Green Tea Health Benefits First, let’s talk about the origins of green tea. In the 7th century, Japanese monks visiting China to study Zen Buddhism returned home with their new discovery of green tea’s wonderful healing properties. In the following centuries, drinking green tea became a staple for Japanese monks, imbuing them with energy and mental focus that enhanced their meditation. Benefits of Green Tea for Skin Green tea fights skin cancer by promoting DNA repair. It contains a powerful antioxidant called EGCG, which fights DNA damage from UV rays to prevent skin cancer. That means green tea for skin also a potent anti-aging ingredient that combats signs of premature agin...

  Decoding Your Bathing Essentials Shower gels and body washes, two similar yet distinct products, often raise such confusion. The need to understand the difference between these two products stems from the fact that our skin’s health largely depends on the type of products we use. This blog post will delve deep into the details, defining both products, highlighting their differences, and guiding you to make an informed decision. What Is Shower Gel? What is shower gel ? Often confused with body wash, it is a viscous liquid designed to clean the body. Introduced in the late 20th century as an alternative to traditional bar soaps, shower gels quickly became a go-to for many due to their convenient and hygienic use. Shower gels possess a thick, gel-like consistency that comes from a combination of water, surfactants, and a variety of other ingredients. Such additional ingredients can include humectants, which help retain moisture, to preservatives that increase shelf life. Many shower...

  Curious about how to pick matte makeup for dry skin or oily skin You’ll also be on the lookout for aluminum starch, which is an anti-caking agent that offers both thickening and mattifying effects for matte foundation formulas, but is unfortunately a synthetic byproduct of aluminum. Speaking of aluminum, the powder byproduct of this metal is quite a popular cosmetic colorant in many foundations available on the market today; it’s especially prevalent in the most recognized cosmetic brands. What We Use Instead 100% PURE plays it safe by formulating with only natural ingredients, meaning these ingredients only undergo chemical changes from biological processes like fermentation, distillation, and cold processing. Instead of talc, we use finely pressed rice starch. Instead of aluminum starch or other harsh anti-caking, mattifying components, we use bamboo silica, which is the protective layer in the epidermal cell walls of bamboo. Bamboo silica also provides impressive light-refract...