Today's post is all about tea. Not for drinking, but for using on your face. That's right. With the Eid Mubarak festivity and long weekend already started, now's not the time for your eyes to be puffy. Or any other time for that matter.
I'm going to share with you how using tea bags can reduce puffiness around your eyes.
Ingredient
2 unflavoured tea bags
Steps
01. Make tea like you normally would. Whether you boil the water in a pot/kettle or microwave it in
a cup doesn't matter. What you need is warm/hot water in a cup.
02. Take the tea bags and soak them in the cup.
(Do not add milk/cream/sugar. Remember, you're not making the tea to drink.
Not unless you'd like to drink the tea after Step 4. For real.)
03. Leave the tea bags in the cup with warm/hot water for about 1 - 2 minutes.
04. Remove the tea bags and leave them to cool.
05. Once the tea bags are cool (it could take anywhere between 5 - 10 minutes), put them on a saucer
and leave them in the fridge.
06. When the tea bags are nice and cold from chilling in the fridge, remove them.
(They usually cool in mine for about 15 - 25 minutes.
I cut off the handy string that are attached to the bags because I don't need them.)
07. Dampen the tea bags with cold/lukewarm water and "flatten" them, so that the bags have an even
surface of tea leaves.
You want to do this so that the tea leaves are spread out over your entire eye area and not just
on some parts.
08. Lie down, get comfy, and close your eyes (stop your mind from straying and stay with me).
09. Place each tea bag on each of your eye, making sure that each bag covers each entire eye area
and under eye area.
(You can position the bags to cover your eyes vertically or horizontically - this is your
preference. It doesn't matter as long as they cover your eye area.)
*Note: If you think your eye area will be stained with tea, simply wrap a piece of tissue around each
bag before placing them on your eyes.
10. Remain lying down and rest for 10 - 15 minutes.
You'll find that the puffiness has reduced a little. Now you can get ready and head out the door without worrying too much about your puffy eyes!
Each time I do this, I find that I can reuse the tea bags at least once more. This is why I store them in a covered container/jar in the fridge (so they don't dry out too quickly).
Also, I usually use unflavoured tea bags because I don't like the scent of flavoured tea on my face. If any of you have tried using flavoured tea, let me know how it works.
Have a wonderful time and happy holidays! :)
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