Chocolate Cosmetics?
Paris, France is hosting its annual Salon du Chocolat for five days from Saturday Oct 28, gathering nearly 130 French and foreign chocolate specialists, and stocking up with about six tonnes of chocolate, not least for the catwalk shows of dresses made out of chocolate. This is the French version of the New York Chocolate Show I blogged about earlier when talking about the much smaller Utah Chocolate Show.
Chocolate has found its way into cosmetics, following a trend to mix fresh fruits and foods and applying them to the face. It was bound to happen knowing that chocolate contains numerous complex molecules whos benefits are still being tested. Most manufacturers tend to use cocoa butter, which has moisturizing and nourishing properties, but is easy and cheap to obtain. Using edible chocolate is not recommended because of the sugars and soy lecithin which is harmful to the skin.
Under its “Chocolatherapie” brand, Zelda Gavizon (an exibitor at the Salon) has developed a series of beauty products and considers cocoa to be a true cosmetic asset and not just a gimmick.
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