Next time you’re enjoying a slice of watermelon, remember that the juicy fruit is much more than a satisfying snack. Every part of the food — from the rind to the flesh to the seeds — has multiple benefits for your skin. Read on for more on watermelon skincare:
The rinds can soothe angry areas.
For generations in Korea, watermelon rind has been used to comfort aggravated skin. It can reduce redness, calm inflammation, and even speed up the cell turnover process. Reportedly, Korean grandmothers used to rub watermelon rinds on sunburn, rashes, or irritated skin to soothe it and help it recover faster.
Seeds curb irritation and boost collagen.
While the rind and flesh of watermelon calm and comfort our complexions, watermelon seeds are sprouting their own ingestible benefits. Watermelon seeds contain protein just like other seeds. They also have fatty acids, plumping linoleic acid, hydrating oleic acid, and a variety of ceramides.
It’s chock-full of vitamins.
If your face is showing signs of UV damage, dark spots, or dry patches, it’s time to break out the vitamin-rich ingredient to fast-forward healing. The vitamins A and C found in watermelon can help restore damaged skin after it’s exposed to sun, wind, or even stress. Vitamin E, which is also present in the fruit, can lighten hyperpigmentation, fill out fine lines, and help neutralize the effects of free radicals (like sunburn).
All skin types can benefit from this superfruit.
Since watermelon isn’t very acidic, is mostly made of water, and is a pure sugar, so it’s very low-risk to add it to a routine for any complexion type. Whether you have oily, acne-prone, sensitive, or anti-aging skin, using a high-quality product containing watermelon is universally, across the board, a positive factor.
Watermelon is the latest superfruit that’s tipped to transform your complexion.
Jam-packed with precious moisturizers to restore skin’s youthful ‘bounce’, watermelon also boasts a cocktail of essential phytonutrients to nourish and revitalize dulled complexions.
Watermelon Limeade
8 cups (2 1/2 lbs.) of seedless watermelon chucks, chilled- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- Combine both ingredients in a blender. If the blender is too small, blend half of the watermelon first to reduce the volume and then add the other remaining ingredient.
- Blend until thoroughly liquified.
- Pour the blended juice through a fine metal strainer to strain out any small solid chucks that may remian.
- Serve well-chilled, with ice. It will separate as it sits, so you’ll probably want to stir it well if you’re not serving it immediately.
- Garnish with sprigs of mint leaves if desired