Skincare Tips: 5 Pomegranate Tea Benefits for Skin

What is Pomegranate Tea

Pomegranates are highly rich in antioxidants and nutrients that are good for your health. They are also one of the best foods to help fight hyperpigmentation. Reportedly, pomegranate juice contains three times more antioxidant content than red wine and green tea. Pomegranates are good for you, regardless of the form you consume them in. However, some genius ‘teaholics’ went ahead and created a delicious variation that packs the same benefits.  

Pomegranate tea is made by brewing pomegranate seeds, dried pomegranate flowers or concentrate. You can either create one by yourself or buy it online. Stay tuned with us as we’ll share the recipe with you at the end of the story so that you can start enjoying its benefits right away!

Benefits of Pomegranate Tea

1. Anti-ageing properties

Pomegranates are a powerhouse of antioxidants, which are incredibly beneficial for your skin. These antioxidants fight free radicals in your cells to remove wrinkles, age spots, scars, and blemishes and improve your skin’s elasticity and overall health. To reap more benefits for your skin, here’s what you can do while sipping your pomegranate tea – apply a pomegranate sheet mask. While the tea will work its magic from the inside, a hydra bomb pomegranate serum sheet mask will work on your skin from the outside, leaving it hydrated, soft and supple.

2. Protects against harmful UV rays

Another benefit of consuming pomegranates is that it protects your skin against harsh UV rays. Further, it helps prevent skin cancer and reduce the occurrence of signs of sun damage. However, this does not mean that you start stocking up on the fruit or tea bags and stop applying sunscreen. Whether you drink pomegranate tea or not, sunscreen will continue to be one of the most important skin care tips. Make sure to apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen that has SPF over 30. You can use vitamin C serum cream to protect your skin against skin tanning, dark spots and sunburns. If you tend to have oily skin which gets easily weighed down with creams, try a sunscreen serum or a mist sunscreen to get solid sun protection with zero white cast.

3. Vitamin C rich

Vitamin C boosts your skin’s collagen production, fights against sun damage, lightens and reduces dark spots and hyperpigmentation, and enhances your skin’s radiance and glow. Vitamin C is nothing short of a miracle vitamin for our skin and pomegranates have an abundance of this vitamin. So, it won’t be completely wrong if we vote the pomegranate tea as the ‘best tea for glowing skin’. To give your skin an additional boost of vitamin C, you can also apply a vitamin C serum along with a vitamin C night serum. This antioxidant-rich serum reduces dark spots and acne marks and gives you an even-toned skin as your newest pigmentation solution . 

4. Aids weight loss

Pomegranate tea is said to boost your metabolism, which helps expedite your weight loss process. How? Improved metabolism means you can burn more calories in a day. Hence, you lose weight faster.

5. Improves heart health

Pomegranate tea can lower your blood pressure levels, in turn boosting heart health. Its regular consumption is also said to reduce inflammation, cholesterol and increase oxygen levels in your blood.

How to Make Pomegranate Tea

Method 1: Boil two cups of water in a saucepan and add half a cup of dried pomegranate flowers to the boiling water. Let it steep for 4-5 minutes. Strain and drink hot.

Method 2: In the boiling water, add pomegranate concentrate and green tea or black tea. Let it steep for 4-5 minutes and strain.

Despite its amazing benefits, pomegranate tea is not your golden ticket to an envious skin. You still need to follow a good skincare routine, eat healthy, exercise and get enough sleep for good health and skin. Infuse pomegranate tea in your regular skin regimen too and check out the wide range of Garnier skincare products and skincare tips for healthy, glowing skin.