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Hi, im starting this new natural method with green tea and salt sea... I can add tea three oil ? How much ? Thanks
You can add tea tree oil. You're going to have to really shake it up before each time you dip a cotton pad into it. The oil separates very quickly from the water. There seems to be somewhat of a general consensus that you should dilute the tea tree oil 10 parts to 1 part. So in the solution I suggest, there are roughly 354 milliliters of water, so you would add roughly 35 milliliters of tea tree oil
Hi again! ^^ I guess I just wanted to give a quick update. 
The first week of using this, it cleared all of my spots. I have to say, I was super impressed.
The next week, my cheeks were a little more dry than ordinary. I assume it was just my skin getting used to the toner.
Now - my skin is fantastic. The skin tone is even, I RARELY get a bump, and it feels soft/normal.
For once I'm not worrying a huge deal about my skin.
And the great thing is that I can just apply it and go about my day. It's not time consuming, and it feels really nice.
It's also easy to make and lasts a little around a week - which is awesome.
I've probably said all of that before, but it still shocks me at how truly effective this is. I tried it in the beginning as a 'why not?' thing but now it's the only topical I put on my face.
I went from honey, salycic acid, and yogurt (all in the same day, folks) to just this toner. Thinking about it now my old regimen was probably doing more bad than good. I was using too many things (not to mention the time it took for each specific thing!)
Thank you very much ofg for this amazing recipe. It's the best. 
I second what everyone else is saying, this stuff is so much better than all the chemicals people are told to put on their face here. I was doing the regime for about 4 months before this which is probably a bad idea in general but especially a bad idea for someone like me who didn't even have that bad of acne in the first place. It stopped new pimples from forming but it made the red marks so much worse and made my skin look terrible by making it all red, dry, flakey and rough. I weaned off the regime by only using it once a day then every few days and then I just dropped it completely. After another week I quit using the cleanser and about a week after that I was off the mosturizer and this toner was the only topical thing I was using.
the results have been so money, new pimples aren't forming, the red marks have been reduced so much and they just keep getting better and all the skin problems associated with BP are gone. Every aspect of my skin has improved and it's only been a couple weeks. looking back it's messed up thinking about all the chemicals I was putting on my face, there's no way that can be good for the skin.
I take a multivitamin but my diet has still been pretty poor mainly because I'm trying to put on weight which makes following an acne diet really hard. I'm going to follow some of the advice in the diet sticky, like taking vitamin D (since the multivitamin doesn't give me anywhere near enough), having a proper sleep schedule etc, avoiding certain ingredients etc but with the way this toner is working I may not even need to change my diet all that much.
my only complaint is that it sometimes leaves my face looking greenish...am I just applying too much or whats the deal?
I'm not sure how well this works for blackheads though since I think I have a few around my face (not sure if they're blackheads or not) and it hasn't done anything about them at all. but that's fine, I'm sure the OP has some recipe for blackheads too.
this also definitely helps with redness, it might just be because I stopped using the BP but either way it makes sense because green is the opposite of red on the color wheel that was posted a few pages back so they cancel each other out. I'm wondering, since I have bad purplish dark circles that go all the way around my eye, do you think some kind of concentrated tea thing like this except orange would be able to reduce the appearance of my dark circles? They are genetic so nothing else has worked so far.
Hey guys, I really want to try this out (been creeping the forum for a few months, tried some other ideas, they failed) but I want to know what brands you're using for your mix? What brand of Green Tea and what brand for the Sea Salt?
I'd rather go with "true" brands and not ones that dilute the real beneficial minerals and vitamins in these two products.
Thanks!
yeah so I was looking at my face today in different lighting and this stuff definitely leaves a green residue over my face. Am I just using too much or are other people getting this too? It's not an issue when I'm using it at night since I can wash it off when I wake up but in the morning it will be a problem.
yeah so I was looking at my face today in different lighting and this stuff definitely leaves a green residue over my face. Am I just using too much or are other people getting this too? It's not an issue when I'm using it at night since I can wash it off when I wake up but in the morning it will be a problem.
What kind of green tea are you using? I've tried quite a few and most of them are a dark yellowish to light brown color with just a faint green tone, so they haven't left a green residue. I have mixed Matcha powder into my toner which is very green, and a bright one at that, so there was definitely a green residue on my face after using that!
I guess the stuff I'm using is higher quality, I buy a more expensive kind that comes in 13 little cups. There might be a little more in each cup but overall I'm pretty sure the quanity of tea I'm using is the same. This is definitely dark green though so maybe it is more concentrated than what everyone else is using.
I made a batch earlier with cheaper green tea in bags though and it was more light brown like you described and I still remember getting some residue. You sure you don't get any? I might just be using too much since I use cotton balls instead of pads but considering the results I'm getting more might be better.
Hey guys, I really want to try this out (been creeping the forum for a few months, tried some other ideas, they failed) but I want to know what brands you're using for your mix? What brand of Green Tea and what brand for the Sea Salt?
I'd rather go with "true" brands and not ones that dilute the real beneficial minerals and vitamins in these two products.
Thanks!
I've used only loose tea. There is a food co-op near me that has a line of organic Frontier teas. I've tried Bancha, Dragonwell, Sencha, and Gunpowder. I've also tried a brand called Motoyamamoto which I understand took over Stash brand teas. The Sencha is really nice - of all the teas I've tried it was the one with the most delicate and flavorful leaves. Today I just found the Bigelow brand that onefatalgoose recommends, but it wasn't organic and it didn't have the mint. I've just been curious about the different teas but have not noticed that one is more effective in the toner over the other. I just learned that Bigelow uses teas that are grown in the USA. I use the Celtic Sea Salt that onefatalgoose recommended. Since I also am trying to drink more green tea, I keep a lot of this recipe around so I can splash some into my water, juice, salad dressings, etc. I'm not a huge fan of sitting and drinking a cup of green tea except for Matcha, so I try to sneak it in here and there with this concentrated version.
I guess the stuff I'm using is higher quality, I buy a more expensive kind that comes in 13 little cups. There might be a little more in each cup but overall I'm pretty sure the quanity of tea I'm using is the same. This is definitely dark green though so maybe it is more concentrated than what everyone else is using.
I made a batch earlier with cheaper green tea in bags though and it was more light brown like you described and I still remember getting some residue. You sure you don't get any? I might just be using too much since I use cotton balls instead of pads but considering the results I'm getting more might be better.
I really haven't noticed a residue. I thought I saw a yellowish brown tint once but I wasn't sure. My son uses it too, and his face doesn't get tinted. I'd love to know what kind of tea you have! I'm trying to decide on a good quality tea to purchase online to see if it is more effective that what I've been able to get locally.
So maybe you can use the brownish tea during the day and possibly dilute it and use the greener one at night. How wonderful that you are seeing such excellent results!
Would you mind sharing the name of your multivitamin? My son could use a recommendation.
Here is a guide to help choose a green tea with the highest level of catechins:
Would you mind sharing the name of your multivitamin? My son could use a recommendation.
Hi gingergirl, (and anyone else thinking about using a multivitamin)
If you're serious about taking a multivitamin, I would only recommend taking one that is derived from raw, whole sources. The vitamins in them are just like you'd find them in nature. In other words, no synthetic crap. Synthetic vitamins, which are found in most inexpensive multi's like 'one a day' or 'centrum', are largely useless. Your body can't utilized them effectively, and some of them cause adverse side effects.
I was taking Vitamin Code Raw Vitamins for a while, and they are great. I'm now taking New Chapter Organics, which is another multi derived from whole, raw foods. They also sell specific vitamins as well.
Now...these vitamins are more expensive. The multi's can run you around 30 dollars or more. But, it's 30 dollars well spent. You're spending three times as much as you would pay for something like centrum, but you're giving your body nutrients that it can actually absorb and utilize effectively, with no unwanted side effects
yeah so I was looking at my face today in different lighting and this stuff definitely leaves a green residue over my face. Am I just using too much or are other people getting this too? It's not an issue when I'm using it at night since I can wash it off when I wake up but in the morning it will be a problem.
Yeah, with a toner as strongly pigmented as this one is, it's going to look different on different skin types. Have you ever heard of Rooibos Tea? This tea is arguably even more antioxidant loaded than green tea, and has many beneficial trace minerals that are beneficial to the skin. And the biggest difference is, is that it is highly red pigmented.
Now what i'm thinking is...maybe you could do half and half rooibos tea and green tea in the toner. Theoretically they would cancel eachother out and hopefully leave less of a green tint to your skin. I may experiment with this and see what happens. Personally I don't get an undesired level of green tint to my skin. Maybe because my skin has more of a pinkish hue, I don't know. But i think using rooibos in the toner is definitely something you could try.
And i've used a straight rooibos tea toner, and while it worked great at soothing my skin and fighting off acne, it left my skin with a red tint because of how pigmented it is. But I think if you mixed it with green tea you could balance this out
Hey guys, I really want to try this out (been creeping the forum for a few months, tried some other ideas, they failed) but I want to know what brands you're using for your mix? What brand of Green Tea and what brand for the Sea Salt?
I'd rather go with "true" brands and not ones that dilute the real beneficial minerals and vitamins in these two products.
Thanks!
I use Celtic light grey sea salt, but there are many other great salts like Dead sea, Himalayan pink, Real salt, Epsom salts. As far as the green tea, I just use a cheap celestial seasonings mint green tea. But...
I'd recommend springing for a better quality tea like those gingergirl has described in this thread. Organic would be best, and there are many to choose from. I don't use a great quality of green tea, but I should. And it's the only quality that i'd recommend
does the salt have to be dissolved?????
It should be. When you mix the salt in when the toner is still hot (after it's steeped for a good while) then it should dissolve easily. And before each use you should shake up your container so as to get everything reincorporated
I did just a batch and the sea salt was pretty much crushed already... so Ihave to wait till it cools down before using it?
Yeah I wouldn't put it on when it's still piping hot. Warm would be ok tho. I usually make mine and store it in the fridge and apply it once it's cooled off.
Also hollywood, you know you don't have to make a new batch every time you apply right?
Nah I made enought o last ahwile, Ill keep in fridge, how much of the sea salt did u say to use. I have it on my face now as two huge zits popped up this morn...grrr.
I use a heaping quarter teaspoon of the salt per cup and a 1/2 of water. And depending on your skin type, you could use a touch more or less
I'm anxious to try this but just a few questions.
I read in another thread that green tea doesn't absorb in the skin by itself. Nor will the addition on the sea salt. Is this ok? I mean, will it just be sitting on the surface of my skin? As far as moisturizing goes, I'm on the regimen right now and going to go cold turkey for this, will my skin be super dry? Should I find a moisturizer or will my skin be fine? I have loads of redness and scars, just looking for a more natural solution.
I did just a batch and the sea salt was pretty much crushed already... so Ihave to wait till it cools down before using it?
I guess it has cooled down by now and you've applied it! I usually apply it room temperature, but sometimes it feels refreshing right out of the refrigerator.
I'm anxious to try this but just a few questions.
I read in another thread that green tea doesn't absorb in the skin by itself. Nor will the addition on the sea salt. Is this ok? I mean, will it just be sitting on the surface of my skin? As far as moisturizing goes, I'm on the regimen right now and going to go cold turkey for this, will my skin be super dry? Should I find a moisturizer or will my skin be fine? I have loads of redness and scars, just looking for a more natural solution.
The sea salt improves skin barrier function and you absorb just about everything you put on your skin. That's why many people get faint or feel nauseous the first time they try an aspirin mask, for example. Also think about the Nicotine patch. But yeah, you absorb nutrients and many other substances/chemicals through the skin
As far as a moisturizer goes, I linked a couple homemade moisturizers on page 3 I believe. I'm not sure if you'll need one. I would try it without a moisturizer for a week or so and see how your skin is. Technically the sea salt should help with moisture problems. I posted a study using Dead sea salt on the third page too, I think. But this toner will really help your skin get back to where it doesn't need extra moisturizing. At least it should
It's great that you're ditching chemicals. I used them for six years before realizing how powerful natural ingredients can be in strong enough concentrations. But the difference is, you don't get the crappy side effects you get when using chemicals
Dont shower too much Joey, the water will dry youyr skin out.
So I had two huge zits, one on either cheek, they are very red today but more flat and not raised.... when I put it one, I get the driest tightest feeling to my face, but it doesnt seem to give a peeling dry appearacne, except for on my nose...the blackheads are still there. Ill def keep using this...
Can u add more sea salt if need be? I added about 2 tea spoons to my first batch.... when it trickles down ur face u can taste the salt lol yuck.
Alright I didn't read all the posts so sorry if this was already mentioned...
But how can this work since salt is a level 5 on the comedogenic scale? I'm not saying it doesn't work, because I think salt helps a lot. So I guess I'm asking why is salt comedogenic if it's so helpful?