Sexy Water Trend: Are TikTokers Making Drinking Water Aesthetic?

Do you know the ‘sexy water’ trend that’s building like crazy on TikTok these days? No, not the “make me sweat, make me hotter, make me lose my breath, make me water..” Oof, no!!! Now and then, our “influencers’ or the “content creators” throw some romanticised consumerist shade. This time they are picking up on the health trends and what can be the most relevant trend they can pick up? They want us to hydrate. But wait, not the way you do. Please throw some aesthetic leaves into it and then it becomes content-worthy. 

Content creator Kelly Stranick is pioneering this trend. Inspired by the Skinny Confidential podcast host Laurynn Bosstick, she has sensualised drinking water and hydrating yourself. 

Making it “less mundane”

Drinking water isn’t a basic necessity, but a self-care routine. To make it “less mundane”, she shared a ‘Sexy Water’ routine in 2023 wherein she added a variety of supplements and fruits or vegetables to her basic morning water. She kept introducing new recipes to make water sexy (as if Tyla hadn’t already done it). Speaking to Women’s Wear Daily, she said, “Sexy water became this romanticised time for me too, in the morning, drink my water and make it more fun… It felt like less of a chore and more of this self-care ritual.”

What’s this ‘Sexy Water’ Trend?

This viral TikTok wellness trend involved adding minerals, supplements, fruits, vegetables, and other similar ingredients in water to make it a concoction. To beautify this, you pour it into a “cute cup” with “cute straws” and sip it. Wait, to support sustainability, use reusable straws. You can add whatever you prefer because the ultimate end to this is to drink water, but aesthetically. So pick your greens and pink and sip it.

Mae's "sexy water" recipe started adventurously.  She included filtered water, lemon, cucumber, and mint, plus some more unusual ingredients like cordyceps mushrooms, colostrum, and lion's mane.  However, she later simplified her approach, focusing on just water, ice, and lemon.  As she put it, the key is simply to "drink your water."

My Two Cents

Now, I am not a dietician that can tell you the pros and cons of this ‘sexy water’. So, go read up about it and also let me know. But, I have my two cents to give, or more like I want to share something. Let me say this out loud: THIS IS A STUPID TREND! 

Sorry, but not everyone has the luxury to take their life slow, wake up, remove the curtains, and let the sun kiss my bare face. Sorry, but not everyone has the luxury to wake up and do a full-fledged skincare routine. Sorry, but not everyone has the luxury to make their water ‘sexy’. 

Some of us barely take our lunch boxes and eat our breakfasts because we have to make it to the office/school/college on time. You drink your romanticised ‘sexy water’, but for god’s sake, DO NOT TURN IT INTO A RICH GIRL’S TREND. 

We were drinking water. We are drinking water. We will keep drinking water. So, thank you so much. 

No, not everyone has a clean bathroom with beautifully organised skincare products lined on the shelves. No, not everyone has the time to indulge in it even if I can afford it. And you, you ma’am are asking me to make my morning water ‘sexy’ while you say the point is simply to drink water. 

NO! The only time water is sexy is when Tyla moves!!!

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