The invention provides a
macadamia nut green peel extract, namely
macadamia nut green peel
polyphenol or
macadamia nut green peel
aqueous extract which is prepared with the following method: taking macadamia nut green peel
powder, adding
warm water for
water extraction three times, then adding 5%
sulfuric acid, keeping
quenching for 24h, and filtrating; washing a
filter cake with deionized water to remove residual
sulfuric acid until the washing liquid is neutral, and obtaining the macadamia nut green peel
polyphenol; or washing macadamia nut green peel original
crude drug coarse
powder with water, putting into boiling water, boiling for 30min, stopping heating, keeping the
water temperature at 60 DEGC-70 DEG C, performing ultrasonic extraction for 1h, centrifuging an aqueous extraction liquid at 2000r / min for 4min to obtain a supernatant liquid, then concentrating the supernatant liquid to thick paste, and obtaining the macadamia nut green peel
aqueous extract. The macadamia nut green peel extract is used for preparing toning
lotion and toning cream. The invention also provides application of the macadamia nut green peel
polyphenol or macadamia nut green peel
aqueous extract to preparation of
cosmetics, as well as application to preparation of a
tyrosinase inhibitor and preparation of an
antioxidant.