Using green tea for WHAT?

If you follow me on Twitter (@katygilroyblog) then you may have seen me tweet about green tea a few times, and specifically about how much I hate it. I suffer from acne, which you're probably sick of me mentioning by now if you're a regular reader, soz. My mum decided that 2015 would be the year where I would tackle my acne in every way possible, and out she went to buy me some green tea.

I've never been a lover of hot drinks, not even hot chocolate, but I was determined to drink the green tea regardless. Sadly it wasn't meant to be, and I literally couldn't stomach it. My mum was disappointed and kept trying to get me to drink it, but I reaaaalllly didn't like it so we gave up in the end. But in the interest of 'waste not, want not' I decided to make use of it in another way: as a facial toner!

Skincare is one of my favourite things about the beauty world, so when I discover something like this I always get a bit excited. I've recently been trialling the Anti-Blemish 3 step system from Clinique (blog post coming soon...) but I found the toner to be really harsh on my skin. I've been replacing it with green tea and it's working so well for me.

All I do is boil the kettle and make a mug of green tea as usual, then leave it to cool while I'm doing the rest of my skincare routine and brushing my teeth. I then dip a cotton wool pad in and swipe it over my face, then voila! I usually keep the same mug for about two days and then chuck it away and make a new one. Is that gross???

I've definitely seen an improvement in my skin since I've started using green tea as a toner, and I'm glad that the stuff isn't going to waste. It does absolutely STINK though, but I just grit my teeth and rub it all over my face.

Do you have any amazing skin care tips? If so PLEASE let me know in the comments below or over on Twitter: @katygilroyblog