As the temperatures heat up during the summer, your beauty routine is one of the first things that should adapt to the sun-soaked days and steamy nights. Opting to use beauty products that are lighter, more beneficial and environmentally friendly is best, especially when it’s so hot that you want to look good with little effort. Green tea-infused beauty products are everywhere these days and if you are already beauty obsessed, then surely you know about all the goodies currently on the market. Green tea is an antioxidant that helps protect from sun damage, fight acne, reduce puffiness and dark circles, improve complexion and also stimulate hair growth. In this roundup, you’ll find a host of products that contain green tea that will keep you looking radiant all summer long.
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The Best Green Tea-Infused Products for Your Summer Beauty Routine
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Origins
If you suffer from dull or uneven skin and want to brighten things up for the summer, this green tea powder face mask is perfect. This mask also revitalizes and restores your skin, leaving it feeling renewed despite the summer heat.
RitualiTea Matcha Madness Revitalizing Powder Face Mask With Matcha & Green Tea, $36 at Sephora
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Elizabeth Arden
Sure, using green tea on your face is nice, but to get the full effect of just how beneficial it is, you should use a product that covers the whole body. This all-over body cream not only contains green tea, but also real honey to condition and calm your skin.
Green Tea Honey Drops Body Cream, $19.50 at Elizabeth Arden
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Milk Makeup
Summertime equals sweat and with sweat comes dirt, grime, clogged pores and a lot of other yucky stuff that stop your skin from having that ethereal angel glow. A facial cleanser with green tea is just what you need to get things back on track and this one detoxifies, exfoliates and purifies skin.
Matcha Cleanser, $26 at Milk Makeup
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Mario Badescu
What’s better than a beauty product that has green tea? Well, one that you can use on the go, of course! Pop this facial spray into your favorite summer bag and spritz your skin whenever you feel the need because the mist has an infusion of green tea, nutrient-rich botanicals and cucumber essential water to revive skin.
Facial Spray With Aloe, Cucumber and Green Tea, $7 at Ulta
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Briogeo
Now that you’ve pampered your skin with all the green tea it can handle, it’s time to show your hair some love and this shampoo does the trick. Great for all hair types, it utilizes green tea extract to shield your hair from free-radical damage while conditioning each strand with vitamin B5.
Be Gentle, Be Kind Green Tea Clarifying Shampoo, $24 at DermStore
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John Masters Organics
Follow up your green tea shampoo experience with an equally hydrating leave-in conditioner that will protect your lovely locks from the salt water of the beach and the dry summer air. It contains all the benefits of green tea with other botanicals like calendula and chamomile that strengthen and revitalize your hair.
Green Tea & Calendula Leave-In Conditioning Mist, $21.59 at Pharmaca
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Sally Hansen
You didn’t think that your nails would be left out of all the green tea love, did you? Not to worry because your summer mani will not only look good all season, but your nails will be in tip-top shape thanks to this product. The green tea and bamboo bond and seal weak nails to be resistant to breakage.
Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Bamboo Nail Strengthener, $9.99 at Walgreens
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Sephora Collection
Micellar water is still having a huge moment in the beauty world — you probably have a bottle right now — but there is an even better formula out there and this one is full of green tea. If you are prone to blemishes and breakouts, the green tea extract in this product will help clear it all up for summer-perfect skin.
Micellar Cleansing Water & Milk - Green Tea, $7.50 at Sephora
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Youth to the People
It’s never too early to get a jump on the anti-aging process and with the help of green tea, it’s easier than ever. This daily face wash gives your skin a youthful glow while providing protection from free radicals and environmental stresses.
Kale + Green Tea Age Prevention Cleanser, $36 at DermStore
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Boscia
An oil-free moisturizer in the summer is practically a necessity to get rid of the sweat and buildup you experience as temps begin to rise. This one is lightweight and helps skin absorb any excess oil on your face while reducing inflammation from acne-causing bacteria.
Green Tea Oil-Free Moisturizer, $38 at Boscia
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Sephora Collection
How did we ever live without facial wipes? Now you can enjoy them even more thanks to these babies that are infused with green tea and exfoliate and cleanse your skin all at once.
Cleansing & Exfoliating Wipes - Green Tea, $7.50 at Sephora
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E.l.f.
Say it ain’t so! A beauty product that reduces shine, contains green tea and is only a dollar?! Yep, that’s right. These handy shine-absorbing blotting sheets also minimize pores and create a smooth, matte surface on your skin for hours at a time.
Shine Eraser, $1 at e.l.f.
