Hello Goddess!

If you love green tea, today’s recipe is going to seal your ends!

Green tea butter is great for protective styling — twists, braids, up-do’s, edges, and happy crowns. It’s so rich that when you take your hair down, it will still be just as shiny and soft. 

And it only has 3 ingredients!

Watch the video above…and let’s do this Goddess.

Green Tea Butter

2017-05-14 16:37:19

A rich, antioxidant packed butter that protects and moisturizes, boosts hair growth, and makes a perfect sealant for your ends. It also boosts your skin's natural suppleness:)

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Ingredients

1. 1/4 cup avocado butter (softened)
2. 1 teaspoon kukui nut oil
3. 1/8 teaspoon green tea extract

Instructions

1. Add oils and extracts to softened butter.
2. Stir until the ingredients are mixed together. Avocado butter is usually a soft butter. If you have a firm butter, soften it in warm water. Do not melt the butter all the way.

Notes

1. **Recipe Options & Variations**

For A Great Rosemary Mint Fragrance

1. Add 2 drops of peppermint oil and 2 drops of rosemary mint essential oils
2. **For A Heavier Butter**
3. Add 1 tablespoon of shea butter (melted).
4. **Healing Tea Salve Variation**
5. For an allergy-free, kid friendly healing salve for cuts, burns, scrapes, scars and itchies, add a 1/2 teaspoon of tea tree oil to this recipe. It prevents eczema flare ups and dandruff.

By Erica K. King

Lavishly Natural http://lavishlynatural.com/

Green tea is an extremely powerful antioxidant that’s as good for your mind as it is for your body:

Green tea…

• improves the appearance of skin 
• stimulates hair growth
• helps protect the body from damage after daily exposure to funky stuff like free radicals  (free radicals “attack important macromolecules leading to cell damage and homeostatic disruption² (illness and disease)
• it’s neuroprotective, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-angiogenic³ (prevents the growth of new blood vessels which can prevent tumor growth)
• improves brain function 
• boosts mental clarity
• increases cognition and memory (may prevent alzheimer’s disease)4
• reduces stress
• great for anxiety reduction

Massaging this butter into your scalp and skin is a great way to get these results. Make this recipe and let me know what you think!

For a different type of green tea recipe try:

1. My delicious Matcha Green Tea with Coconut Milk. 
2. If you love henna, try Henna with Green Tea & Honey.

Video Notes:

Music: Raw Deal by Gunner Olsen

Hair: Havana Twists. I bought the hair from FingerComber.com in Darkest Expresso and Chestnut Black ($12.99 a bag). 

Kukui Nut Oil is a natural moisturizer that penetrates, soothes, and moisturizes the skin. When used with green tea extract, it makes a gentle yet power sunscreen that won’t mess with your reproductive system! 

I bought the kukui nut oil (4 oz, $3.80) and green tea extract (1 oz, $2.50) from Bramble Berry. 

Sources:

1. Green Tea | University of Maryland (2015). Retrieved from http://www.umm.edu/Health/Medical/AltMed/Herb/Green-tea
2. Lobo, V., Patil, A., Phatak, A., & Chandra, N. (2010). Free radicals, antioxidants and functional foods: Impact on human health. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 4(8), 118–126. http://doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.70902
3. National Cancer Institute. (2011). Antiogenesis Inhibitors. Retrieved from https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/immunotherapy/angiogenesis-inhibitors-fact-sheet
4. WebMD. (2011). Green tea may help prevent alzheimer’s disease. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20110106/green-tea-may-help-prevent-alzheimers-disease

See you next week Love!