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| Nails and Chocolate: Perfect combo! |
I arrived home after a long day and decided my nails needed major sorting out! I decided to try out a basic neutral nail varnish in chocolate brown and instantly started craving chocolate! It was then when it hit me: Chocolate has got to be one of the best things to beautify ourselves with; not only chocolate color but the actual chocolate itself has an amazing variety of uses in the beauty department, here are just some of them:
Chocolate colored nails:
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| How about some chocolate covered nails? |
As I wrote in one of the previous posts on nail trends for Fall, and brown being a must color for the season as well, chocolate brown nails are a beautiful and an absolute must for the modest girl on the go. Whether it is just the plain chocolate nail varnish (like pictured above) or chocolate referenced nail art, you are going to want to get your hands on it, literally! This is a color that goes well with almost everything, a neutral shade that you need not worry about when it comes to matching an outfit (problem that does happen with other shades of varnish).
Exfoliating chocolate:
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| The amazing cocoa and honey scrub! |
Many don't know this, but chocolate itself is a fantastic exfoliating tool for the skin, it doesn't matter the part of the body, it will remove dead cells, and revitalize your skin due to the amount of anti-oxidants in it. Try a chocolate massage at a spa, a chocolate manicure or even a home made chocolate scrub. It will be great for you.
In case you are wondering how to do a chocolate/cocoa scrub, I'll give you the recipe for my favorite one: Take a tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of honey, a tea spoon of sugar and 2 tablespoons of Almond oil. Mix them all until you get a smooth paste. Simple there you have the scrub, feel free to apply on your face hands, arms or wherever you feel you need it and after a couple of minutes remove with water and there you go: Smooth, clean and happy!
Relaxing Chocolate:
Aside from it being a great color, and a natural scrub, according to the Journal of Psychophysiology it's smell is proven to cause relaxation reducing stressful activity in the brain. So try it!
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| Yumm! |
Eat it and be healthy and happy:
Many think eating chocolate is unhealthy and will do harm to our body, but that is only if consumed in excess (like with everything, excess is bad!) but a little Hershey's Kiss won't do you any harm, in fact it is actually healthy to have a bit of chocolate every now and then because it contains over 300 chemicals including a multitude of vitamins, minerals (calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium). It also improves blood flow and may help prevent the formation of blood clots and so many other things that are extremely beneficial for your health, just ask your nutritionist!
So don't be scared of chocolate, make it part of your lifestyle, treat yourself to it and allow it to make you happy and make you look good!
Hope you enjoyed this beauty moment, if you want me to blog about something specific, please email info@stylemodesta.com or leave a comment bellow, all your suggestions are welcome!!!
xo and style your life modest!
Love, Kiki G.
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