Chocolate, a beauty ingredient for Easter (in beauty) – iO Donna

Cocoa is a true beauty ally, with useful virtues for both skin and hair. Without forgetting the gourmand fragrances. Easter is the good occasion for an extra sweetness

RPacked with flavonoids and antioxidants, the chocolate it’s a true beauty ingredient: the cocoa indeed entails benefits both on skin and hair, and on good mood. Fights cellular aging and activates the so-called “hormones of happiness”, such as serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin

The benefits of chocolate on the skin

Rich in polyphenols, flavonoids, mineral salts (magnesium, phosphorus, potassium) e vitamins (B1 and B2), cocoa manages to counteract free radicalsresponsible for cellular aging. For this reason it is sometimes included in some anti-aging cosmetic formulations

They are in fact his natural antioxidants to make it a natural beauty ingredient: its flavonoids also stimulate cellular activity, promoting the absorption of the active ingredients.

Chocolate: the beauty ally for the scalp

In addition to being an ally for the skin, moderate consumption of chocolate (preferably dark at 70%) can also help support and sustain the well-being of the scalp, stimulating its strength

Chocolate can also be an ally of the haircare routine: yescrubs for the scalp and cocoa masks are in fact equally useful for counteracting free radicals – which can cause hair loss and fragility – and for polishing the hair

The gourmand note that instills well-being and happiness

Even in perfumery, chocolate has a superstar role. It was Thierry Mugler, in the nineties, with Angel to be the first to insert it in an olfactory composition. which revolutionized the market, launching the gourmand family. Since then it has always maintained its market, especially among the younger ones: even the Gen Z icon Billie Eilish has built her second fragrance around it, Eilish No 2

The so-called gourmand fragrances they keep playing with the noolfactory teas of cocoa, capable of triggering a state of well-being on the first spray

Usually, it is enhanced by the natural notes of tonka beans, patchouli, cedar, cinnamon, which bring out the sweetest and spiciest facets. Not necessarily cloying, bitter chocolate also composes more woody and musky bouquets, giving it a more modern, less conventional cut.

Chocolate, also the protagonist in massages

In the end, chocolate is also an elixir as a body treatment

. Thanks to theobromine, a substance that stimulates the dissolution of fats, it is recommended in cocoon treatments on the accumulation of localized fat, to act against cellulite and to streamline the silhouette.

It starts with one scrub based on cocoa powder to purify the skin. Subsequently, a lymphatic drainage massage with a cocoa-based oil to relax the muscles and reactivate the circulation. THEFinally, rinse with warm water, to further promote the feeling of relaxation. Thus leaving the skin soft and the mood high

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