Chocolate based treatments

The fully refurbished Laguna Spa at Laguna Resort, Nusa Dua offers a wide range of massage, beauty, and wellness treatments in luxurious and intimate surrounding, and recently new chocolate based treatments have been added to the choice. Chocolate not only tastes good but can also be used on the skin because of its antioxidant properties, and with the delightful aroma of roast cacao beans definitely pleases two of the five senses. A rich chocolate cream containing soft peeling buds is used to exfoliate the skin, followed by an indulgent warm chocolate body wrap. This sweet-lover’s treatment concludes with a luxuriant soak in a chocolate and almond oil bath. You immerse yourself in this caress of chocolate for a whole hour and a half. And exotic facial treatment based on chocolate and herbs has also been devised, applying traditional herbs and spices of turmeric and wild ginger to stimulate the skin, followed by a massage using a mini herbal pouch. The cycle continues with a chocolate facial mask using the natural benefits of oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated fat found in cocoa butter. Oleic acid is known to stimulate the generation of new skin cells and works as a natural antioxidant. This ideal treatment for nourishing and hydrating the skin consists of an hour of facial pampering. By the way, the products used in the treatments are not edible, so no matter how irresistible the aroma of the chocolate pastes and batters used during that scrub or wrap, think twice and resist the temptation since there’s a huge difference between rice grains ground with brownie cocoa for scrub and creamy chocolate syrup, although the two smell very much the same. After heading to the locker-room and donning a robe and slippers, the friendly Laguna Spa staff usher you into one of the Laguna Spa & Villa’s 6 treatment rooms. The other rooms include the Spa Villa, a Thalgo skincare suite, a hair Spa room, and a manicure and pedicure room, which further complement the facility. On the whole, the Laguna Spa & Villa offers a luxurious Balinese and Javanese Spa experience to its guests. Balinese décor with polished teakwood flooring, locally carved Palimanan stone walls in every corner, intelligent modern lighting system to suit guest preferences; all are featured in every room, such as the ‘chromatherapeutic’ features of magenta for deep relaxation, green for calming, orange for invigorating, and red for activating. Thalgo, the internationally renowned marine beauty product from France is also incorporated alongside the Balinese and Javanese body care essentials. A light rubdown using what seemed. To be a rough paste did well in exfoliating the skin, and the smell delivered a very appetizing aroma. Then with this scent filling the entire room and pervading the whole body, the scrub then had to be reluctantly washed off with a brief shower before moving on to the next part of the sequence- the paste and wrap. Lying face down on the treatment table, the therapist mixed the fine paste then dabbed the cool brown batter all over. The chocolate smell at this time was at is most tempting, and taking a glimpse at my arm I lifted it and was just about to lick it….but no, I thought, and was able to resist. Shortly after, the therapist coated me all over with brown batter and pulled over the plastic over. Then came the space blanket and brown sarong blanket. And there I was, an awkward human size bar of chocolate. She closed the blinds then left me in this funny state. But just as my grin about my comical cocoon situation faded. I can’t recall what happened next. In the warmth and tight wrap of the chocolate, I had dozed off. A faint tap and whisper woke me. Time to unwrap. Next, as the special Jacuzzi bubbled with dark brown liquid, I was told to immerse myself in this literal bowl of Milo. The heated jets provided a shooting massage, and I was soon feeling like a marshmallow slowly melting in the steamy mix. While I was in the tub, the therapist presented a cup of what I thought to be hot chocolate or something similar, but no….it was hot ginger tea. It would have been perfect with a cup of hot chocolate thought. The 20-minute soak delivered everything it promised-my skin was soft and smooth like a yummy éclair. It was time to wash it all off again, after all the fun….but then the final step of yoghurt was applied to the skin and the sequence was done…. Then for nearly half of a day. I smelled like a fresh bar of candy. Care for dessert, anyone?