Chocolate Spa Treatments: Your Ultimate Body Indulgence
Finally, you can now indulge in your chocolate fantasy and be totally spoilt while detoxifying your body. Chocolate has been proven not only good for your heart but also good for your skin! That is why the use of chocolate as a new beauty regimen reached many households, thanks to companies that are using cocoa beans and cocoa butter as main ingredients.
Moreover, because more and more people are turning to this sweet indulgence to fight off wrinkles and ageing, many spas offer a wide range of chocolate treatments from facials and body wrap to the decadent body bath. Before going to your favourite spa in Blackwood Hills, learn a bit more about how chocolate transformed from the ultimate cause of acne breakouts (which is by the way a big fat myth) to the best skin care treatment.
History of using chocolate as skin treatments
Surprisingly, the use of chocolate in skin treatments dates back as far as the times of Mayas and Aztecs. In modern civilisations, 1800 was the year when chocolate was used as one of the main ingredients in beauty products. It did not stay in the mainstream because chocolate was then associated with breakouts and weight gain. It is only recently that scientific investigations proved chocolate as rich with vitamins and minerals as well as in antioxidants. Today, chocolate is regarded as the ultimate solution to a perfect skin care.
Chocolate and the skin
Some of the best known benefits of chocolate in skin rituals and body treatments include the following:
- Nourishes and softens dry skin
- Acts as a deep moisturiser
- Its high antioxidant contents reduce free radical damage on the skin
- Smooths out wrinkles
- Calms and heals irritated skin
- Makes skin appear supple and smooth
- Promotes healthy detoxification and renewal of skin cells
- Rejuvenates the skin from inside out
Aside from these benefits, many people claimed that the ultimate benefit they get is the same burst of euphoria from using chocolate as a body treatment as they do from eating a bar of chocolate.
This is actually one of the most desirable side effects of using chocolate on the skin. That is because of the tryptophan, an essential amino acid which is the precursor of serotonin found in chocolate. When applied to the skin, chocolate initiates the release of serotonin which as a return regulates and stabilises your mood. Whilst your skin is pampered with the rejuvenating effects of chocolate, you on the other hand feel more happy, at peace and relaxed.
Ready to indulge in a blissful chocolate fantasy? Book a treatment with Shantai Wellness Spa at 08 8278 5737 or visit http://www.shantai.com.au/spa-body-rituals-and-treatments
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