Black tea has caffeine which stimulates the central nervous system, relaxes the airways, stimulates the heart, and acts as a diuretic. Aside from the health benefits, black tea is also rich in antioxidants, vitamins E and C and help to fight free radicals that cause pre-mature aging. Fresh has taken these benefits and created a line of products using black tea.

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Fresh Age Delay Eye Cream ($65) is a 3 in 1 product that targets all your under eye issues. It’s shown to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, soothe puffiness, and banish dark circles. It also helps your skin from losing its elasticity and firmness.

Fresh Age Delay Cream ($125) is a rich moisturizer that reduces fine lines, firms and smooths your skin. The formula contains lychee which works to boost collagen and cell regeneration.

If your skin teeters on the dry side, you might want to try out the Fresh Instant Perfecting Mask ($85). The whipped textured cream hydrates, firms and smooths out your skin for up to six hours after application.

Who knew black tea was as powerful and beneficial as green tea? It’s great to have options in our journey towards amazing skin. And we all want younger, fresher and healthier looking skin, right?

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Benefits of Black Tea

Shower Fresh
Eau de Toilette for Men

This is the one that I am keeping for myself. It’s not girly, just clean and spicy. I love it. I will, however, share it with my boyfriend. The premise here is just out of the shower freshness. I can smell that – you know when your man’s hair is wet and sticking up and he’s standing there in his towel… Oops, got a bit lost in a daydream there. It has a sort of Key Lime-freshness to it. I’d like my whole house to smell this fresh. I wonder if they have a candle?

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Fragrance notes: Bergamot, Green Lemon, Thyme, Cardamon, Nutmeg, Spearmint, MuguetBlack Tea, and Cedarwood.

CLEAN Men
Eau de Toilette

This was nice – it had a round warmth in the middle, from the Patchouli or the Musk notes maybe. Defintely clean, but more on the soap-side than the citrus-side. The citrus notes are sweeter, less sharp than a Lemon note, from Grapefruit and Lime. I’m thinking Irish Spring soap, which is a pleasant childhood memory of showering at my Grandma’s house.  Purchasing a full-size CLEAN Men will also qualify you for the free Shower Gel.

Fragrance notes: Ruby Red Grapefruit, English Lavender, Wild Raspberry, Clove, Lime, Olibabum, Patchouli, and Musk.

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Fresh CLEAN Fragrances For Men

Fragrance notes: Lemon, Grapefruit, Water Lily, and Ginger

Sign up for the Bath&Body Works emails and right now you can get a printable coupon good for one free Signature Collection Body Care or Home Fragrance product with any $15 in store purchase.

And there’s free shipping online, if you made a $65 purchase and use the savings code FREESHIP65 at checkout.

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Bath & Body Works – White Citrus

Fresh has a luxurious Umbrian Clay Absolute Concealer that stays light on your skin while covering up those dark circles most of us battle. Each little tube contains porphyridium cruentum, a micro-algae extract, that provides added hydration. And the main ingredient, Umbrian Clay, is key to refining your skin, absorbing toxins, eliminating dead cells, and combating clogged pores. That’s one powerful ingredient.

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Equally as impressive as what’s in the tube of Fresh Umbrian Clay Absolute Concealer…is what’s not in there. The formula does not include parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrances, synthetic dyes, or phthalates. None of the bad stuff to get in the way of all that goodness.

Each tube of Fresh Umbrian Clay Absolute Concealer costs $22. And if you like it, you should also check out the Fresh Umbrian Clay Foundation, which contains SPF 20 and retails for $42 a bottle.

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Fresh Umbrian Clay Absolute Concealer

Due to this less-than-pleasurable memory, hearing that a shampoo was now made FROM cotton did not sound remotely attractive to me! However, Fresh’s Cotton Shampoo is actually a pretty good product.

While many volumizing shampoos can dry out the hair, this one is actually conditioning, and it’s due to the cotton seed oil!

Cotton Shampoo also contains a trio of natural seed extracts of Moringa, sunflower, and camellia, all environmental and hair friendly!

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A Whole New Meaning to Cotton Head

In the meantime, I’m in the mood for something fresh and floral, something like Bvlgari’s Omnia Green Jade. Right now, you can get the eau de toilette shipped for free from Sephora.  In addition, use the code SKINTREATS at checkout and you’ll receive a 10-sample skincare bag. 

Omnia Green Jade
Bvlgari introduces Omnia Green Jade—a new, precious, joyful fragrance inspired by the enchanting and sophisticated aura of the Jade gemstone. This crisp, floral green scent arouses a spirit of fresh floral emotions and embodies the natural, distinctive young woman seeking a sensual signature essence as pure and enticing as the first spring blossoms.

Notes:
Spring Water, Green Mandarin, White Peony, Nasturtium, Pear Tree Flower, Jasmine Petals, Fresh Pistachio, White Woods, Musk.

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Springtime in a bottle – Bvlgari’s Omnia Green Jade

A unique scent that draws upon the exotic, bright, and succulent scent of mangosteen. Mangosteen, a fragrant fruit native to Southeast Asia, is often referred to as the “Queen of all Fruit” because it contains a high concentration of antioxidants. Mangosteen Eau de Parfum focuses on the juiciest part of the mangosteen fruit, the white pulp in the heart. The blend of effervescent citrus notes, sheer flowers, velvety peach, and soft woods, makes the resulting fragrance is a sophisticated and addictive interpretation of the mangosteen fruit.

Notes:
Bergamot, Italian Lemon, Freesia, Mangosteen, Sheer Peony, Rose, Peach Flower, Musk, Brazilian Rosewood.
Style:
Luscious. Sparkling. Languid.

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New perfume from Fresh – Mangosteen