Raise your hand if drinking more water is on your look better/get healthy/lose weight to-do list. We all know that water is crucial for good health—that whole can't-live-without-it thing is hard to miss—but water is also a key beauty component. The cheapest moisturizer around, water hydrates and plumps skin while it flushes out toxins that can lead to blemishes.
The good news is that you can supercharge water's benefits by infusing it with the vitamins found in herbs, citrus, spices, and berries. Not only is infused water a cinch to make, but it makes getting your daily H20 intake a whole lot tastier.
7 Vitamin-Infused Detox Water Recipes
Making daily detox water is a simple habit that can provide big health and wellness benefits. Toxins can become trapped in the body, and detox drinks are the perfect way to flush out all the gunk.
It's important to give our digestive systems a rest from breaking down and digesting foods. The liver is the most important organ to detox, and drinks like these can provide what it needs to function at its best.
How to make a beauty-boosting water
Lemons, cucumbers, apple cider vinegar, and cranberries are excellent ingredients to include in detox drinks to cleanse our bodies and assist in weight loss. They contain important vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that rev metabolism, improve digestion, fight off cravings, and improve your inner body and outer looks. Your body will thank you, and you'll feel more energized to take on anything your day throws at you.
Here are six vitamin-infused waters with beauty benefits, inside and out. Start sipping on these on cool spring days, and keep on hydrating through the hot summer!
First thing in the morning: Lemon Water Elixir
There are many reasons to start your day with a tall glass of this lemon water elixir (here are 10, in case you're wondering). Our bodies lose moisture while we sleep, so replenishing first thing in the morning is the best way to stay hydrated and kick-start digestion and metabolism.
Lemon has a compound, D-limonene, that gets your digestive tract moving. This fruit is also packed with vitamins B and C, electrolytes, and antioxidant enzymes known to detoxify the liver [source].
Water Elixir Recipe
—8 ounces room temperature water
—1 lemon, juiced
—1 tablespoon organic apple cider vinegar
—1 teaspoon raw honey or stevia
—Dash sea salt
To drink before meals: Digestive Aid Beauty Water
A combination of coconut water kefir and apple cider vinegar, this beauty water is packed with the probiotics that make your digestive system thrive.
Digestion Water Recipe
—8 ounces coconut water kefir or sparkling water
—2 tablespoons raw organic apple cider vinegar
—2-inch piece of ginger
—Juice from one lemon
To sip on all day: Flat Belly Water
Drink yourself skinny and flatten your belly with this drink. Not only can cucumber flush away toxicity [source], but it can add vital nutrients and minerals to your water.
And the phytochemicals in citrus are high-powered antioxidants [source] that prevent damage from free radicals and improve collagen production [source]. Drink this skinny drink all day to detox and flush the belly bloat away.
Flat Belly Water Recipe
—64 ounces filtered water
—1 grapefruit, sliced (can substitute with 1 lemon)
—1 tangerine, sliced (can substitute with 1 orange)
—1 large cucumber, sliced
—10–20 peppermint leaves
—Ice
Choose organic fruit and wash them well but don't peel them. Combine all ingredients in a half-gallon pitcher. Refrigerate for 4–6 hours, and serve over ice.
When you're detoxing: Cranberry Cleanser
Cranberry does more than prevent UTIs [source]. It contains vitamin C, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatories to build the body’s structural components and prevent oxidative damage to the cells [source].
Cranberry water helps detox your liver and provides digestive enzymes that help your body rid itself of small fatty deposits.
Cranberry Water Recipe
—2 tablespoons cranberry juice concentrate
—40 ounces room temperature water
—1 lemon, juiced
—Dash of cinnamon
—1 teaspoon of raw honey or stevia, optional
If you can’t find concentrate, combine 8 oz pure cranberry juice and 56 oz water. Drink one cup at a time throughout the day.
For an afternoon energy boost: Vitamin C Beauty Water
Remember those old school diets where half a grapefruit was considered breakfast? Fortunately, we're over that. But grapefruit does help you feel full longer, meaning you'll probably eat less at your next meal.
And vitamin C improves skin health and appearance by neutralizing toxic oxidative compounds [source]. Hydrate and reap those benefits at the same time with this beauty water.
Vitamin C Water Recipe
—20 ounces water
—½ grapefruit, slices (ruby red is preferred)
—2 tablespoons vitamin C powder or camu camu powder
—2 tablespoons raw honey or 3 drops stevia (optional)
For an evening mocktail: Cool Calm Beauty Water
This detox water is for when you have cocktails on your mind but know they don't actually hydrate you. The berries add plenty of free radical scavengers to the mix [source], while fresh mint packs that refreshing flavor we all crave in the summer heat.
Berry Beauty Water Recipe
—20 ounces water
—1 cup fresh berries
—1 handful fresh mint
—2 tablespoons raw honey or 3 drops stevia (optional)
For a spa night: Collagen-Building Cucumber Spa Water
Cucumbers are high in silica, which is instrumental in collagen formation. But most of the silica in cucumbers is found in the skin, so to get the most out of your cucumbers, buy organic and don’t peel them.
Spa Water Recipe
—½ organic cucumber, sliced
—½ lemon, sliced
—Large pitcher of filtered water
Combine ingredients in a large pitcher. The longer it sits the more the flavors will infuse. I like to keep my water on the counter because it's easier for me to drink it lukewarm.
Keep it simple!
If you want to make another infused water combination for optimal detox and weight loss, you can. Simply take a large pitcher or other water-safe container and fill with fresh water. Add fresh fruit, cut into paper-thin slices or small chunks, mint for extra natural flavoring, and stevia or raw honey for sweetness.
📖 Recipe
7 Delicious Vitamin-Infused Water Recipes
Equipment
- Half-gallon pitcher
Ingredients
Lemon Water Elixir
- 1 cup room temperature water
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon raw honey or stevia
- Dash sea salt
Flat Belly Detox Water
- ½ gallon water
- 1 grapefruit, sliced (can substitute with 1 lemon)
- 1 tangerine, sliced (can substitute with 1 orange)
- 1 large cucumber, sliced
- 10–20 peppermint leaves
- Ice, as much as you like
Cranberry Cleanser
- 2 tablespoons cranberry juice concentrate
- 40 ounces room temperature water
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Dash of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of raw honey or stevia (optional)
Digestive Aid Beauty Water
- 8 ounces coconut water kefir or sparkling water
- 2 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar
- 2- inch piece of ginger
- 1 lemon, juice only
Cool Calm Beauty Water
- 20 ounces water
- 1 cup fresh berries
- 1 handful fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons honey, or 2 drops stevia (optional)
Weight Loss Flush Beauty Water
- 20 ounces water
- ½ grapefruit, sliced (ruby red preferred)
- 2 tablespoons vitamin C powder or camu camu powder
- 2 tablespoons honey, or 3 drops stevia (optional)
Collagen-Building Cucumber Spa Water
- ½ organic cucumber, sliced
- ½ lemon, sliced
- Large pitcher of filtered water
Instructions
Lemon Water Elixir
- Combine ingredients and stir.
Flat Belly Detox Water
- Rinse grapefruit, tangerine, cucumber, and peppermint leaves.
- Slice the cucumber, grapefruit, and tangerine.
- Combine all ingredients in a half-gallon pitcher.
- Refrigerate your detox water for 4–6 hours and serve over ice.
Cranberry Cleanser
- If you cannot find cranberry concentrate, you can use pomegranate or cherry concentrate instead.
- If you can't find any concentrate, combine 8 ounces of pure cranberry juice and 56 ounces of water.
- Drink 1 cup at a time throughout the day.
Digestive Aid Beauty Water
- Combine ingredients and stir.
Cool Calm Beauty Water
- Combine ingredients and stir.
Weight Loss Flush Beauty Water
- Combine ingredients and stir.
Collagen-Building Cucumber Spa Water
- Combine ingredients in a large pitcher. The longer it sits the more the flavors will infuse. Cucumber water should be used within 2-3 days.
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Notes
This article was medically reviewed by Dr. Gina Jansheski, a licensed, board-certified physician who has been practicing for more than 20 years. Learn more about Hello Glow's medical reviewers here. As always, this is not personal medical advice and we recommend that you talk with your doctor.
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