Green tea can oftentimes be an underrated ingredient in beauty products. There are some great benefits to incorporating green tea into anyone’s skincare routine. This green tea soap bar recipe is an easy start if you’re new to making your skincare products. If making skincare products is not new to you, the green tea soap bar recipe is simple and quick making it a good addition to your homemade skincare collection.
Green Tea Soap Bar Recipe Ingredients:
- Melt + Pour Shea Butter Soap Base
- Vitamin E Oil
- Green Tea Packets
- Soft Skin Essential Oil
- Green Tea Benefits for Skin
Green tea is great for anti-inflammatory purposes. If dealing with skin irritation, skin redness, or acne, adding green tea into your skincare routine can be very beneficial. According to this article, “Green tea is a powerful antibacterial agent for treating acne and unclogging pores. Polyphenols in green tea damage bacterial membranes and fight against infection, meaning that it’s a useful tool for treating the bacterial growth that causes acne. It helps kill systemic bacterial inflammation for calm, clear skin.”
Vitamin E Oil for Skin
Vitamin E Oil can provide many benefits to our skin when used topically. The main benefit often associated with vitamin E oil is its ability to reduce appearance and prevent fine lines and wrinkles. Vitamin E oil is also very moisturizing which helps with creating that “glowing” look.
Shea Butter for Skin Benefits
If you’ve ever used body butter, it probably had shea butter in it. Shea butter, once set, truly feels like the texture of butter. I love the feeling of rubbing a product with shea butter on it my skin, it always leaves my skin feeling soft and moisturized without looking oily. There are a few different types of soap bases that can be used however, I prefer the shea butter soap base for its buttery texture and benefits.
According to this article, “Shea butter has significant levels of vitamins A and E, which means it promotes strong antioxidant activity. Antioxidants are important anti-aging agents. They protect your skin cells from free radicals that can lead to premature aging and dull-looking skin.”
Essential Oils for Soap Making
I love to add essential oils to any skincare product I’m making. There are a lot of benefits depending on which oil you choose.
Here are a few oils I would recommend adding to your green tea soap bar recipe:
Essential Oil Blends for Skincare
The perfect blend for achieving soft and glowing skin. This essential oil blend is great for use on the face or body.
This blend is best when the green tea soap bar recipe is intended to be used as a face wash. I love using this blend in the soap bar I use on my face every night for the benefits it brings, such as reducing the appearance of fine lines and leaving my skin feeling refreshed.
Frankincense is oftentimes used for the skin. This blend combines a few different types of frankincense oils making it a great addition to the green tea soap bar recipe.
The zit fighter blend is for all my fellow humans who deal with acne, like myself. I like to put this blend in a soap bar and use it during “that time of the month” when I tend to break out more.
Essential Oil Singles for Skincare
How to Make: Green Tea Soap Bar Recipe
What You Need:
- Shea Butter Melt + Pour Soap Base
- Vitamin E Oil
- Green Tea Packets
- Essential Oil of Choice (I used this one)
- Dye (optional)
Instructions:
- Set up a double boiler by boiling 1 cup of water in a pot with a glass, heat safe, bowl on top.
- Cut melt + pour soap base into approximately 1 inch cubes.
- Add soap base into glass bowl and begin to stir until soap has melted.
- Once melted, turn off the heat, and add the remaining ingredients (vitamin E oil, green tea packet, dye, and essential oil). Mix in thoroughly.
- Immediately pour soap mix into molds. I use these simple silicone soap bar molds.
- Allow to sit for 4 hours until bar has completely set.
Notes: This green tea soap bar recipe can be used on the face or body. When choosing an essential oil it is best to consider which purpose the soap bar will be used for. For example, using the Anti Age essential oil blend for a body soap bar would be fine, but the benefits of the essential oil would be better reaped if used in a face soap bar.
If you do not use a dye in the soap, it will turn brown when it is dry. There is nothing wrong with the soap, it is a normal process.
Green Tea Soap Bar Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Silicone Soap Bar Molds
Materials
- 1 pound Shea Butter Melt + Pour Soap Base
- ¼ Tsp Vitamin E Oil
- 2 Packets Green Tea Packets
- 10 Drops Soft Skin Essential Oil Blend
- Dye Optional
Instructions
- Set up a double boiler by boiling 1 cup of water in a pot with a glass, heat-safe, bowl on top.
- Cut melt + pour soap base into approximately 1-inch cubes.
- Add soap base into the glass bowl and begin to stir until soap has melted.
- Once melted, turn off the heat, and add the remaining ingredients (vitamin E oil, green tea packet, dye, and essential oil). Mix in thoroughly.
- Immediately pour soap mix into molds. I use these simple silicone soap bar molds.
- Allow sitting for 4 hours until the bar has completely set.
Notes
- This green tea soap bar recipe can be used on the face or body. When choosing an essential oil it is best to consider which purpose the soap bar will be used for. For example, using the Anti Age essential oil blend for a body soap bar would be fine, but the benefits of the essential oil would be better reaped if used in a face soap bar.
- If you do not use a dye in the soap, it will turn brown when it is dry. There is nothing wrong with the soap, it is a normal process.
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