Let’s talk chocolate! Love to indulge, savour each sinfully sweet bite. Cocoa based body treatments have long been a favourite of beauty aficionados.
Fellow chocoholics, try Chocolate sugar body scrub (cleansing, brightening):
- 2 cups natural raw sugar
- 1 cup cocoa
- 1 cup melted coconut, almond or olive oil
Add ingredients in a bowl and stir to paste. Scrub over body for 15 minutes. Shower.
Dark chocolate and honey body mask (moisturising, softening glow):
- 100g cocoa powder, organic
- 100g red clay or mud
- 100g aloe vera gel
- 75g olive or almond oil
- 75g strong green or white tea
- 5 tablespoons of honey
- 10 drops of rose geranium or vanilla butter essential oil
Stir into a paste. Apply evenly, generously over body. Leave for 15 minutes. Shower.
Chocolate and almond face mask (purifier, moisturiser and bright glow):
- Mix equal parts pure coffee and cocoa powder in a bowl
- Add full-fat cold milk and stir until a smooth paste
- Stir in 3 tablespoons of warm honey
- Stir in 3 tablespoons of sweet almond oil, fresh fine almond paste
- Squeeze 1 whole lemon into the paste
Apply paste over clean face, neck. Let the mask dry for 10 minutes. Wash.
Chocolate is happy, romantic, sensual times. But, it’s beneficial for our skin too!