Willy Wonka Spa

It’s pure genius.  Spa plus chocolate = every woman’s dream.

It was only a matter of time before some enterprising spa manager decided to combine the two things women love most.  Of course I’m generalizing a bit here, but I don’t think I’m too far off the mark.  Feel free to tell me if I’m wrong, but what women out there wouldn’t enjoy a trip down to the Maya Spa, just south of Cancun, for a session of chocolate therapy?  And frankly, what boyfriend wouldn't want to be around afterwards to help clean up?

Chocolate therapy comes in three forms.  One can opt for the chocolate wrap, the chocolate facial, or the chocolate body exfoliation—all of which are far more sensuous than the more commonly known, sucked-up-a-tube, Augustus Gloop treatment.  Guests are covered with gooey chocolate, immersed in warm cocoa oil, or rubbed down with cacao beans and sweet almond oil. 

Although this may seem as silly and ridiculous as other spa fads (i.e. coffee colonics) a Maya Spa press release actually sucked me into the benefits of such treatments.  It seems the Mayans, who invented chocolate so many years ago, are still doing wonderful things with it today. 

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