MELONS, WATERMELONS & OTHER SUMMERTIME PLEASURES

(A juicy ode to the garden’s finest curves and their magic on your skin)

If summer had a flavour, it would be watermelon fresh from the fridge.

If it had a shape, it’d be the perfect round of a ripe melon. And if it had a mood, it’d be that moment after lunch — half-asleep, sun on your face, and a mouth full of seeds.

This week, we’re celebrating the fruits that bring us back to lazy afternoons, family BBQs, and beach towel naps. And, surprise: they’re not just sweet and refreshing — they’re skincare in disguise.

1. THE “CHEEKY” FRUITS OF SUMMER: ROUND, BOUNCY AND LOADED WITH WATER

Let’s start with the basics: your body’s mostly water (except when you’ve had five pints and a kebab the night before). In summer, between sun, sweat, and pub gardens, you dehydrate faster than a Brit without suncream in Marbella.

Enter our juicy heroines:

Watermelon: over 90% water. Red, crisp, and basically edible air-con.

Melon: a little sweeter, slightly less watery, but with a flirtier edge (the kind of fruit you’d serve with prosciutto at a bougie picnic).

Hydration from the inside out = plumper, happier skin.No gimmicks, just good fruit. Enjoy it.

2. ANTIOXIDANTS: WHAT MELONS REALLY DO TO YOUR FACE

These fruity icons are packing more than just juice:

Watermelon brings the lycopene, an antioxidant that helps protect skin from sun damage.

Melon is all about vitamin C + beta-carotene, essential for collagen production and that sunkissed glow (no filters needed).

So yes, your five-a-day might be your new summer skincare hack.
Eat it up and watch the magic happen.

3. NOSTALGIA WITH SEEDS AND STICKY FINGERS

Remember when summer meant no emails, no invoices, just being sticky from juice and playing seed-spitting competitions with your cousins?

Those endless days with fans spinning aimlessly, picnic blankets in the park, and melon halves scooped with shared spoons — that’s what watermelon tastes like: pure memory.Summer fruit isn’t just food. It’s a portal to simpler times. And a very messy kitchen bin.

4. LIGHT ON YOUR BELLY, KIND TO YOUR GUT

Not every summer bite makes you feel bikini-ready.
Some foods bloat you like a lilo. Others, like melon and watermelon, keep you light, comfy, and nap-ready.

Why?

They’re diuretic: bye-bye water retention

They help digestion: especially melon, with enzymes that calm the post-bbq belly drama

They’ve got gentle fibre, to keep your system regular (no details needed)

Basically: less bloated, more boat trip.

5. THE GLOW THAT STAYS: MELONIZER, OUR JUICY AFTERSUN HERO

Want to bottle all that fruity magic… and put it on your skin?

Melonizer is our aftersun-meets-glow-booster with real melon & watermelon extract.
It hydrates, soothes and keeps your tan golden, even when the sun’s hiding behind the clouds again.

Lightweight texture

Cooling effect

Long-lasting tan enhancer (no fake tan, no weird smell)

And a scent that screams “I’ve just come back from somewhere better than you”

After the sun, don’t go cold. Go melon.

EAT FRUIT. TOUCH MELONS. LOVE YOUR SKIN.

Summer is for licking your fingers, spitting seeds, and giving in to gravity.
But it’s also for looking like you’ve slept, drank 2L of water, and just left Ibiza.

Live it your way — just keep a slice of watermelon in one hand… and Melonizer in the other.

P.S.: This week's blog is proudly sponsored by Melonizer; the aftersun that hydrates, cools and makes your tan last longer. Smells like a holiday. Feels like a cheeky glow-up. Goes well with actual melons (and yes, prosciutto too).