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If you love chocolate and foot massages you need to discover Bliss

By Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady

I have always known there is really nothing bad about chocolate. And thank goodness they have discovered chocolate is good for your heart, your health and your sex life. (what other product can do all those wonderful things?)

So when offered an opportunity to try a spa treatment at the new Bliss Spa in the W Dallas-Victory and saw there was a double chocolate foot massage on the menu. Since I love foot massages and am a registered chocoholic, it was no contest. I signed up immediately.

I was not  sure what I was getting—but I knew if it was chocolate AND a foot massage it was going to be a memorable experience.

Actually just walking into Bliss is a memorable experience. Many spas take the dark, soothing spa approach. Bliss has a style all its own—white, bright and fresh. It makes you feel healthier as soon as you enter. You want to take a deep breathe and inhale all the “atmosphere”

A clever moving track of healthy goodies parade by as you relax in the waiting room.

Or you can watch the big screen TV.

You can also nibble on lots of goodies-some truly healthy, others more indulgent.

But this is not restaurant review. It is just a fond remembrance of one of the most pleasurable hours ever experienced by my feet. But I must say this treatment could be renamed the Quadruple chocolate pedicure

THE MOST CHOCOLATEY SPA TREATMENT I EVER HAD

double choc pedicure

A chocolate fete for your feet, this treatment is sweet. Includes a hot chocolate milk skin smoothing soak, a shin-sloughing sugar scrub, and all the prerequisites of a perfect pedicure - with chocolate ice cream and brownie served on the side.
As recommended in The New York Times' Styles Section. 60 min
$70

All I needed was someone to lick my toes

IS THERE LIFE AFTER CHOCOLATE?

Yes. Bliss has more blissful offerings.

top 10 spa treatments in case any of them are of interest to you:

the triple oxygen treatment
The facial that women fall head-over-heels for, this radical complexion reviver has been known to take ten years off in a single 90-minute session. Includes cleansing, exfoliating, a fruit acid peel, oxygen wrap, any necessary extractions, a calming oxygen and milk mask, hydrating enzymatic wrap and a vitaminized (A, C, E) oxygen spray to leave your skin totally glowing.
85 min $150

the bliss basic facial
The best choice for facial 'freshmen', our basic facial covers all the bases on all kinds of faces. Includes an expert analysis, skin type-specific cleansing, exfoliation, pre-extraction oxygenation (to prevent post-facial breakouts), pore-clearing extractions, an individualized treatment mask and a little anti-aging advice and 'education'.
70 min $100

brow wax
A new slant on eyebrow arching. After measuring the individual angles of your face, our expert brow shapers will determine your most flattering start, end and arch points, then remove superfluous hair with our flexible strip-free wax to leave you with very 'wow' brows.
$27

brazilian bikini wax (the full monty)
The best Brazilian this side of Belarus, we'll have you hair free so fast you won't even know what stripped you. For those looking out down below, this take it all off (except on the top, where it's optional) approach to bikini waxing is practically painless. (We use a special speed-waxing technique and gentle, low-temperature Poetic Wax.) The Bliss Basic Bikini* Wax is also available, albeit a bit less bold.
$70

blissage 75
Bigger, better, and Blisser than your run-of-the-mill massage, this combination of Swedish and Shiatsu massage techniques loosens you up and untangles too-tight muscles. Great for relaxation, improved circulation, and stress and fatigue reduction. Includes our signature warm wax foot softening wrap.
75 min $125

bliss hot cream manicure
Seriously hot stuff, this manicure-gone-glam uses hot cream instead of standard water soaks to soften even the most dry and craggy cuticles. Includes clipping, shaping, filing, massage and perfect polish.
30 min $23, with french polish 30 min $30

lip wax
We think it's safe to say that even most men don't look good with moustaches, so you can guess how we feel about women wearing them. Take a good hard look in the mirror. If your upper lip is covered in fuzz, we can fix you in five minutes. P.S. We use our super low–temperature stripless Poetic Wax to make the process as pain-free as possible.
$15

the bliss basic pedicure
This treatment is so toe-tally fabulous, it's surely tempting 'feet'. Our basic pedicure process includes a sixty minute custom mixture of soaking, diamond buffer heel-sluffing, clipping, shaping and cuticle trimming, and finishes off with a perfect polish job.
60 min $55, with french polish 75 min $65

high thighs
A radical anti-cellulite treatment that incorporates a round of lymphatic drainage, our exclusive toxin-tackling orange peel skin-wringing rub, and an added application of our super strength High Thighs Seaweed Task Mask and Support Serum.
60 min $100

the hot milk and almond pedicure
Now you can have your cake, and feet it too. First softened in a soak of steamed milk and almond oils, then sugar scrubbed soft, massaged until mushy, pedicured to perfection with filing, clipping, trimming and polishing, this treatment leaves your feet feeling sweet.
60 min $65

check out the bliss web site for further information.
http://www.blissworld.com/spa/location/dallas/

Madelyn Miller is a food and travel writer who is always willing to volunteer her body and spirit for something chocolate. Read about her experiences on www.chocolateatlas.com, www.travellady.com, www.cocktailatlas.com  , www.Carladynews.com , www.teaAtlas.com

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