With a chocolate mask, you get velvety soft skin that is nice to bite on, smells good, and has a silky shimmer. Many natural extracts offer the skin lasting care, but the simple block chocolate can do much more.
Chocolate for facial care
The ingredients of “good” chocolate, which should consist of at least 70% pure cocoa, not only have an antiseptic effect, but also many vitamins that help the skin shine. An estimated 300 different substances in cocoa stimulate the skin. These include caffeine, proteins, antioxidants, and, of course, fats that give the skin a silky sheen. Another advantage; Applied to the skin, cocoa does not make you fat.
Material for the chocolate mask
- Liquid, warm chocolate at least 70% – better more
- A roll of cling film
- Salt and olive oil for the body scrub
- Scented candles for a cozy ambiance
- A bathtub is an advantage
- towels
The application of the chocolate mask
The skin should be thoroughly cleansed (if necessary depilated) before the treatment. Full body scrub with olive oil and salt is best. This can be applied before or after showering. However, the body should be free of all substances, because salt on the skin starts to burn after a while. The skin should now be slightly dry so that the liquid and warm chocolate adhere better to the skin.
- The liquid chocolate is now applied to start from the feet and wrapped in cling film after each section.
- It is advisable to cut the strips of cling film to size beforehand and place them within reach. After applying the chocolate, the whole body should be wrapped in foil so that the active ingredients penetrate deeply with the help of body heat. If it gets too cold for you, you can cover yourself with towels. The exposure time is 20 to 30 minutes.
- Then remove the foil and simply shower off. The effect is stunning. The skin does not need any further treatment, it now smells and tastes chocolate and gives the skin a silky, shimmering chocolate shine, which, however, disappears again after the next shower. However, the care substances are retained. For regulated sustainability, an application once a month is recommended.
For the sake of simplicity, you can stay in the bathtub, because the chocolate likes to spread to places in the bathroom that you don’t want.
The heating of the chocolate
On the one hand, the chocolate can be liquefied in a water bath, it should never be heated directly on the stove, as it can then curdle quickly and then become unusable because it has lost consistency. If you have a warmer, you can heat the chocolate slightly over the tea light, stirring in between so that it heats up evenly. A skin test would be in order because the chocolate that is too hot is not good for the skin.
