While Valentine's Day is the day of love celebrated all throughout the world, the week leading up to this special day is just as momentous. We step in on day 3 of Valentine Week with Chocolate Day. Of course, chocolates make for the best gifts to give to your loved ones because let's face it, who doesn't like chocolate? If you're expressing your love to someone with chocolates, chances are you'll receive the same amount of chocolate-filled love. Chocolates aren't just meant for sweet beginnings but are also great for your skin. But not just any chocolate, the bitter variants have many skincare benefits as compared to its other counterparts. This Valentine's Day prep your skin with some pampering with chocolate to give yourself the skin of your dreams just in time for the big day.
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5 Benefits Of Dark Chocolate For Your Skin
Before you say no to that chocolate facial, read the benefits of chocolate for your skin.
1. Keeps Your Skin Smooth
Chocolates consist of cacao which helps stimulating blood flow under the skin which prevents the skin from drying out keeping them soft and supple. So the next time your skin needs that extra boost of smoothness, go for a chocolate facial or ditch your usual wax for a chocolate one.
Cocoa powder helps keep the skin soft and glowing; Image Credit: iStock
2. UV Protection
Did you know that by eating dark chocolate in small quantities, you could fight the sun? Well, not literally but dark chocolate helps in protection from harsh sun rays that can eventually cause premature ageing, tanning and pigmentation.
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3. Excellent Detoxifier
Chocolate especially when mixed with coffee makes an excellent scrub that gets rid of dead cells which is formed on the skin and eventually promotes healthy glowing skin. Add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and coffee powder to a bowl with 2 tablespoons of sea salt. To that add a few drops of raw milk to form an emulsifying paste and use it to scrub that add a few drops of raw milk to form an emulsifying paste and use it to scrub your skin.
Dark chocolate helps in giving the skin an even skin tone by removing dark spots; Image Credit: iStock
4. Helps In Dark Spots And Pigmentation
Dark spots and pigmentation are caused to due acne scars or long hours of sun exposure on the skin. Add 3-4 tablespoons of cocoa powder to a bowl and add 1 tablespoon honey, 3 tablespoons yogurt and 2 vitamin E capsules pierced into the mix. The mixture will repair your skin to give you even-tone complexion.
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5. Reduces Visible Signs Of Ageing
We bet that vampires eat bitter chocolate to look younger and not draw blood out of peoples' throats. When dark/bitter chocolate is consumed in calculative quantities, it can reduce the visible signs of ageing like wrinkles, fine lines and skin lustre giving younger looking skin always.
So the next time your bae gifts you dark chocolates for Valentine's Day, gobble up those bitters
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