How to Make a Green Tea Bubble Bath!

The bath has always been one of the best places to relax and clean yourself. When you take a relaxing bath, you're cleansing the dirt from your skin as well as some of the stress that takes a toll on your entire body.

Green tea is quite good for you. When you drink it, you're helping your body prevent against numerous problems like heart disease and osteoporosis. Green tea also has properties that make it great for your skin, too! Teas naturally have a way of soothing irritated skin, and green teas in particular have an impressive quantity of polyphenols, which possess antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Using green tea in your bath is a great way to refresh, rejuvenate, and awaken the natural beauty of your skin. There are many ways to improve and liven up the bath water before you step in and take that first soft sigh of relief, and here I'll explain one of them that will leave you feeling soothed and renewed.

Green Tea Bubble Bath:

To make a bubble bath, you'll need a soap base that will create lots of bubbles. Ideally, you want this bubble bath to be as good for your skin as it can be, so you want to use a base that's all natural and easy on sensitive skin. Of course, if you use something too gentle, it won't be as effective in cleaning and renewing your skin. The best option I've found is to use an organic soap bar, and many vegetable or oil soaps work wonderfully. Simply grate an entire bar into a small bowl with a cheese grater, making it as fine and as close to a dissoluble powder as you can get. Fluff the mixture with your fingers gently to separate the pieces that have fallen into the bowl.

You can now add your choice of green tea powders, and I of course suggest you try and find ones that aren't full of additives or fillers! My favorite tea powder to use is a jasmine green tea powder, which is light and mixes very well with the soap flakes you've made! You want to add about two or three tablespoons of tea powder at least, putting enough to mix completely with the soap flakes.

Now that you've mixed the ingredients, let them sit on the counter for an hour or so. It will let them settle a bit, and the texture of the soap will cause the tea powder to stick to it and dissolve easier when it's in the bath water. After it's sit for a while, fluff it again with your fingers to keep the pieces separate. You can use your bath now, and you'll have enough to save in a pretty satchel for later, or even as a thoughtful gift! (I always use a thin canvas satchel with felt around it tied loosely with a ribbon so the flakes don't get squished.)

When you're drawing the bath water for your bubble bath, you want to use warm, not hot water at first to fill the basin of the tub. You want to save spurts of hot water for later, to even out the temperature and to help mix in and dissolve the soap flakes and tea into the water faster. After the tub is filled a bit, give the faucet a shot of hot water and put half of the flakes you want to use in. Let it run and then turn it back to warm, repeating the process when the bath is about half full.

Now you have a sweet smelling, beautiful and enriching green tea bath that will dissolve any harmful ickies on your skin as well as leave it feeling soft and rejuvenated. Relax, and enjoy!

Source: (Green tea health information from WebMD)