The use of chocolate in cosmetology. chocolate bath recipe

Chocolate is known all over the world not only for its unique palatability, but also medical properties, which have found application in an industry that has been developing at an accelerated pace in recent decades - cosmetology.

Useful properties of chocolate

The chocolate tree, called cocoa, gives us beans from which cocoa butter and cocoa powder are extracted. Named of these components with the addition powdered sugar and everyone gets favorite treat. The Indians, the discoverers of the product, made a drink out of it and consumed it hot. To Europe sweet drink came much later - only in the 16th century, privileged people took it as a cure for depression, fatigue, colds. Only in the 20th century were scientifically proven beneficial features chocolate. Its benefits are justified as follows:

• The content of vitamins A, D, E, F, group B.
• Rich microelement composition: magnesium, calcium, potassium, iron, several types of acids.

The listed composition allows the use of chocolate in cosmetology as an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, rejuvenating agent.

Application of the product in cosmetology

The range of application of the sweet panacea is extensive, most often the product is used for the skin of the face and body, hair. The cocoa butter contained in the product will quickly moisturize the skin. Antioxidants will smooth fine wrinkles, increase cell resistance to ultraviolet rays.

What kind of chocolate do we choose?

Not any chocolate products suitable for cosmetic purposes. Choose dark chocolate, as it has a high percentage of cocoa. Milk variant exclude immediately, milk fats negate the antioxidant properties of cocoa.

Face

• Increase in overall skin tone;
• Strengthening the cell membrane;
• Prevention and elimination of wrinkles.

The procedure can be carried out at home, tightened and fresh look skin is provided to you.

Take:

• 50 g of dark chocolate;
• 2 tbsp olive or almond oil;
• 1 tbsp honey;
• 2 tbsp oatmeal.

Step by step recipe:

1. Melt the product in the way " water bath».
2. Add to liquid base oil and honey.
3. Chop with a knife cereals, put them in the total mass.
4. Using the "water bath" method, heat the mask for 7 minutes on fire.
5. As soon as the scrub stops burning your finger, apply a thick layer on your face.
6. Rinse off the mask after complete drying. warm water.

Body

Chocolate wrap is useful for people trying to get rid of cellulite, age spots, excess weight, stress and tension, problematic and aging skin. cosmetic effect from the procedure is easy to achieve on your own if you hold a sweet session at home. However, you should weigh all the pros and cons. When going to the salon, you will spend several thousand rubles, but at the same time you won’t have to mess with the mask, apply it yourself - these actions will be performed by a professional. On the other hand, when wrapping at home, no one will deceive you, since you choose the composition of the chocolate mask yourself. In any case, enjoyment is guaranteed.

Take:

• 250 g cocoa powder;
• 2 tbsp. hot water.

Step by step procedure:

1. Pour cocoa powder with water, mix until smooth. Leave to cool.
2. Take a hot bath, steam the skin, scrub with a scrub.
3. Apply the mask to your body.
4. Wrap the smeared parts with cling film. Several layers of film and the complete absence of bubbles are required.
5. Cover yourself with a warm blanket.
6. Relax in the chocolate mask for about 50 minutes.
7. Unfold the film.
8. Take a shower.

Hair

A tool that allows you to reduce the amount of hair falling out, accelerating their growth, giving shine and elasticity - chocolate mask. The procedure is not recommended for girls with blond hair, as chocolate can affect the color and lead to darkening of the curls.

Take:

• 50 g of dark chocolate;
• 2 tbsp honey;
• 1 banana.

Step by step procedure:

1. Melt the product in the "water bath" method, mix with honey.
2. Add a banana to the resulting mixture and beat with a blender.
3. Spread the mass over the entire head, put on a warm scarf, hat or special cap. Leave for an hour.
4. Wash off with warm water using shampoo.

Chocolate hair mask has one feature - it is necessarily carried out on a dirty head, this ensures better absorption of the composition.

Chocolate cosmetics appeared not so long ago. So, the very first cream containing cocoa beans in its composition, in mass production came out a little over ten years ago. Now such cosmetics are getting everything large quantity fans. Procedures based on this product are also popular. For example, chocolate wrap and face and hair masks.

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“Two minutes on the tongue, two hours in the stomach and a lifetime on the waist” - these contemptuous words intended for sweets no longer apply to chocolate. Chocolate has been honorably rehabilitated by nutritionists and is considered a valuable source of antioxidants, essential amino acids and, most importantly, healthy way life - Have a good mood. But today chocolate has found another purpose for itself - beauties now use it in cosmetic purposes. Earlier, MirSovet.ru told readers about. Today, the object of our attention is chocolate.

How chocolate is used in cosmetology

Alas, chocolate diet with all its advantages refers only to natural dark chocolate, made without the addition of milk fat, sweetened only to a minimum degree and eaten strictly moderate amount. However, chocolate can be used in cosmetics without any dietary restrictions.

Useful properties of chocolate

Dark chocolate in Lately became one of the most fashionable cosmetic ingredients. In fact: cocoa mass contains a unique set of antioxidants that are even more effective than antioxidants. Valuable oil cocoa nourishes, softens and moisturizes the skin no worse than exotic oil shea tree. We should not forget about the invigorating "chocolate" alkaloids, mainly theobromine, which penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and improve blood circulation in small vessels.

The beneficial effects of chocolate on the skin

In cosmetology, dark chocolate serves several purposes at once. First of all, due to the content of cocoa butter, cosmetics based on it quickly and effectively moisturize the skin. Secondly, the antioxidants of dark chocolate help smooth out small mimic wrinkles and prevent the appearance of new ones, as well as increase skin resistance to solar ultraviolet radiation. Thirdly, amino acids and vegetable oils chocolate nourish the skin "outside", and alkaloids promote better blood circulation and rejuvenation "from the inside". All this makes chocolate extremely useful in summer cosmetics.<: на открытом воздухе, особенно на юге, кожа чаще подвергается воздействию стрессовых факторов внешней среды. Однако шоколадное обертывание и другие спа-процедуры могут быть полезны круглый год, особенно для зрелой и увядающей кожи.

How to choose chocolate for beauty treatments

When choosing chocolate for home cosmetic procedures, you need to carefully read the labels. At a young age, when the skin needs light care, it is permissible to choose chocolate with a cocoa content of 35-40%, giving preference to varieties with natural cocoa butter. In some cosmetic stores, you can buy pure cocoa butter, which can be added to your favorite face cream, homemade mask, used in its pure form to treat reddened and flaky skin.

For mature skin, the content of antioxidants is much more important, so it is better to choose chocolate with 50-80% cocoa content. It is important that such chocolate does not contain milk fats, which greatly reduce the antioxidant properties of cocoa. Organic chocolate brands are best suited for mature skin: they usually contain a lot of natural cocoa, very little sugar, and are made using traditional cocoa butter technology. With dark chocolate, you should be careful with very sensitive skin prone to the appearance of vascular "asterisks", in this case it is better to test the cosmetic product first on the inner bend of the elbow.

Recipes for chocolate face masks

To prepare a homemade nourishing and moisturizing mask, chocolate must be dissolved in a water bath and give it a more plastic texture. This can be done by adding to 100 gr. chocolate olive, peach or almond oil (1-3 tablespoons, depending on the type of chocolate), liquid honey (up to 2 tablespoons), for normal and oily skin - orange juice or aloe juice (2 tablespoons . per 100 gr.). To get a scrub mask, you can mix 2 tbsp into the chocolate-honey mixture. finely ground oatmeal, then heat the mixture again in a water bath for 5 minutes.

In a nourishing mask for mature skin, it is better to add pharmacy vitamin E and a little more cosmetic oil, peach or almond (up to 4 tablespoons per 100 g of chocolate).

Homemade chocolate masks can also be made using cocoa powder. For such a mask, 2 tbsp. cocoa powder must be thoroughly mixed with 1 tbsp. cosmetic vegetable oil and warm in a water bath, this must be done because many beneficial substances of cocoa do not dissolve in water. Later, “water” components can be added to this mixture: citrus juice, aloe, honey.

Chocolate wrap at home

Quite often, chocolate is used as an effective remedy for. Chocolate wrapping at home is best done on the basis of cocoa powder using the same technology: heat cocoa with cosmetic oil and add the rest of the ingredients. Spread the chocolate mass over the body area, wrap with cling film and relax in warmth for 30 minutes, then remove the rest of the mask with a napkin and take a shower. Such a mask is good for those parts of the body that are open in summer and therefore need more intensive care: arms, legs,.

It is better to store the chocolate mask in the refrigerator, and warm it up in a water bath before use to get a pleasantly warm mass of plastic texture.

Ryabova Elena Borisovna

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The range of cosmetic procedures using chocolate is very wide. In the salons you will be offered massages, wraps, baths, and masks, the main component of which will be a delicacy dangerous for the figure. Know: in these interpretations, it will only benefit your body.

Please note: milk chocolate, beloved by most girls, is never used for cosmetic procedures. For a positive effect, products saturated with both extracts of cocoa beans and oils of this plant are used. The former are the main component and should be at least 80-90% of the total mass. The second refers to auxiliary components that enhance the useful properties of products.

In addition to beans and butter, cosmetic chocolate is found to be high in caffeine, beneficial trace elements and antioxidants. Each component has a unique beneficial effect on the skin.

The main healing effect on the skin is provided by cocoa beans. They contain a huge amount of minerals, iron, calcium, proteins and phosphorus salts. These elements have a positive effect on blood vessels and improve blood circulation. Due to the latter, beans are recognized as one of the most effective cellulite remedies.

Cocoa butter due to fatty acids and vitamin F cleanses, tightens and moisturizes the skin. Also, these components help in the fight for youth, tone and give radiance.

Due to the high amount of antioxidants, cocoa butter detoxifies and neutralizes the effects of stress factors.

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Caffeine, on average, makes up to 40% of cosmetic dark chocolate. It is thanks to him that fat cells in the body disintegrate and the “orange peel” disappears. Also, caffeine is a wonderful tool for getting rid of and preventing the appearance of edema.

Thus, the elements that make up chocolate make the product a true helper for women. Cosmetic procedures will provide you with a real complex therapy "for body and soul". Chocolate will help tighten the skin, enrich it with minerals, vitamins and moisture, get rid of a few extra pounds and hated cellulite. A pleasant smell will cheer you up, activates the production of endorphins in the body (the so-called "hormones of joy"). You will completely relax, forget about stress and gain a sense of peace.

Cosmetic chocolate treatments

Eaten chocolate helps girls survive stress, get rid of depression and fatigue. The product also has these effects when used outside. A significant advantage of "delicious" procedures is also a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin and visible improvements in appearance.

In cosmetology, chocolate is widely used. Finding the right procedure is not difficult. For example, you can choose chocolate masks for the décolleté, neck and face, baths or massages with cocoa butter.

However, one of the most popular procedures is body wrap.

Chocolate wraps are carried out in several stages. First, the master exfoliates the entire body. Most often, a special mixture with coconut flakes is used for this manipulation: it provides a gentle and effective cleansing.

Further, the entire surface of the body is covered with melted, delicious-smelling chocolate. The layer should be thin, but without gaps. So that the chocolate does not harden, is well absorbed and activates the necessary processes, you are wrapped in a film. In fragrant bliss, you need to stay for about half an hour.

To enhance the effect, some salons include aroma lamps, adding cocoa essential oil mixed with orange, vanilla or cinnamon. Such a "double" effect is incredibly useful and perfectly relieves nervous tension.

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Washing off the mask takes place in the shower. The main thing - do not rub aggressively hardened islands, so as not to injure the skin. You will immediately notice the effect of the procedure: the surface will become radiant, soft and acquire a slightly golden hue.

Chocolate heaven at home

If you are not ready to spend money on unknown procedures in the salon, try the beneficial effects of chocolate at home. For example, make a universal mask suitable for any skin type.

You will need:

• 50 g dark chocolate (cocoa content of at least 80%)
• one egg yolk - shaving brush / cosmetic brush

Melt the main product in a water bath or in a double boiler. When there is not a single piece left, add the yolk and mix until smooth. Apply the prepared mixture to the previously cleansed skin of the face and neck. Keep it until the mask completely hardens.

No chemical thickeners or emulsifiers. Our cosmetics do not contain chemical thickeners and emulsifiers. Instead, we use natural ingredients such as lecithin, wax and polysaccharides.

natural ingredients. Our cosmetics for face and body are based on herbal ingredients: extracts of herbs and fruits, vegetable and essential oils, plant particles and much more.

No artificial preservatives. Preservatives for our cosmetics are colloidal silver concentrates, sea salt, esters, as well as extracts and preservatives, natural and identical to natural. They have antibacterial preservative properties and ensure the microbiological safety of products.

No surfactants. We use only natural soaps and vegetable saponins as foaming agents in cosmetics for the face and body.

Our range

For face. In our catalog you will find make-up removers, hydrosols, peeling creams for washing, face masks and creams, lip balms.

For body. Among TM ChocoLatte cosmetics you will find masks, scrub creams, body milks and creams, as well as shower cream gels.

For hands and nails. Our catalog contains herbal mineral mixtures for hand baths, gel scrubs, as well as hand milk.

For legs. Here you can buy herbal and mineral mixtures for foot baths, gel scrubs, as well as cream-milk for feet.

For hair. In our catalog you will find mousses for washing hair, conditioners, as well as natural nourishing oils.

For Tan. Here you can buy tanning oil and after-sun cream for face and body.

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