Green Tea with Caffeine provides strong antioxidant properties. This extract is standardized for a higher percentage of caffeine to help with puffiness around the eye.
Add Green Tea with Caffeine Extract directly to your everyday skin creams to help combat signs of aging. Mix in one tube of this powder into your formulations and have your own DIY creation to add into your routine. Use this as an age-defying solution suitable for all skin types.
Learn more about the benefits and uses of Green Tea for your skin and get a bonus recipe here.
How to use it
Beginner: Add up to 1 tube to 4 oz of your favorite base cream.
Advanced: This ingredient is recommended for use at up to 1% in formulations. Due to varying solubility of the actives in this extract, we recommend using this in creams. This ingredient can be used in creams, but it is insoluble in oil-based formulas and is partially water-soluble.
Quick Tips
This extact will add a distinct yellowish-brown color to formulations that can deepen over time. Store in a cool, dark location.
Ingredients
INCI:
Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract
Research
Lu, Y-P., Lou, Y-R., Xie, J-G., Peng, Q-Y., Liao, J., Yang, C.S., Huang, M-T. and Conney, A.H. (2002). Topical applications of caffeine or (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) inhibit carcinogenesis and selectively increase apoptosis in UVB-induced skin tumors in mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99: 12455-12460.
Shi, X.; Dalal, N. S.; Jain, A. C. Dep Antioxidant behavior of caffeine: efficient scavenging of hydroxyl radicals. Food and Chemical Toxicology (1991), 29(1), 1-6.