I started mixing my own clay mask with green tea and it fixed a flaking problem

A client with oily but sensitive skin kept getting flaky patches after regular clay masks. I tried a sample from a new brand, but it was worse. So I mixed a teaspoon of my basic kaolin clay with a cooled green tea brew instead of water. The flaking stopped after two uses, and her skin looked calmer. Has anyone else tried swapping water for something else in their clay mixes?

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shaneb161mo ago

Green tea works because the tannins are a mild astringent. I've done the same with chamomile tea for clients with redness. It just seems to calm everything down better than plain water.

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lindab491mo ago

But couldn't it also be the temperature? Like @paigem45 said, chamomile soothes, but a cool tea bag feels good on puffy or hot skin. Maybe the chill itself helps with the redness as much as what's in the tea.

paigem451mo ago

Wait, isn't chamomile more about anti-inflammatory stuff than being an astringent? Like, green tea has the tannins that tighten things up, but chamomile's good for redness because it soothes irritation. It's calming things down in a different way, not really from astringency. That's why it works on sensitive skin when something harsh might make it worse.