Chocolate is one of our most treasured treats—but its powers go way beyond taste. Ancient Mayans back in 600 C.E. worshiped cocao; and their doctors used it to heal the sick. People in the mid-19th century began using cocoa butter as a moisturizer. Our skin has never been the same.
Dark-chocolate skin treatments have become a bit of a trend in recent years, but for good reason. Cosmologists have found dark chocolate—which has to have at least 35 percent cocoa—softens and relaxes the mind and body when spread on skin. It's full of choco-goodness all around.
As this extra-cold Winter dries and damages our skin, chocolate wraps are a nourishing and delicious way to do give your body some sweet pampering. Downtown spas offer soothing and moisturizing chocolate body wraps. Here is one of the best cocoa treat (ments) you can find the area:
Beauty Jewel Spa & Laser Treatment Center
146 W. 4th Street
(212) 505-0600
This spa's serene and candle-lit ambiance relaxes you as soon as you enter. As you start to loosen up and your shoulders fall a few inches, you're greeted with wine and bon bons. Beauty Jewel offers a package that includes a massage and facial before the cocoa fun even begins. The masseuse then massages a warm dark spread onto your skin from shoulder to ankle, and wraps you in a plastic-and-silver sheet to lock in warmth. The choco-aroma fills the air and your senses. This spa also offers great packages for couples who want to get this sweet, calm relaxation fix together.
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