The best news we've heard in a long time is that chocolate is actually good for you! So why not capitalize on a healthy trend and have a chocolate-themed party? Invitations can include a small bar of chocolate to whet guests’ appetites.

Food & Beverages - In this party, you offer guests a sampling of fabulous chocolates in courses. You’ll need to have at least three small trays with a sampling of chocolate and present each one with a little flourish. I like to have at least two kinds of chocolate on each tray, enough for each person to at least one piece. You can offer hot chocolate to drink, but sparkling water or juices seem to enhance the enjoyment of the chocolates more.

Music - the soundtrack from the movie "Chocolat" is a natural, and any vintage French "café" music is great too. Try "French Café" from Putomayo, or the soundtrack from the movie “French Kiss.”

Treatments - Offer manicures and pedicures - with dark chocolate brown nail polishes.

Supplies needed:

Footbaths and plastic bowls for soaking, warm towels, washcloths, and river stones for massage. New nail files, orange sticks, and inexpensive pumice stones (one per guest). It's best to ask each guest to bring her own clippers for sanitary reasons. Marbles, or river stones, soaked in warm water. Thermoses or pitchers for warm water.

Products needed:

You'll need Revitalizing Foot Soak Crystals, Exfoliating Foot Scrub, 95% Shea Butter Balm, Nourishing Foot Cream, and Soothing Hand and Body Lotion. All of these items are contained in our Home Spa Party Kit.

Treatments:

For pedicures:

Ask guests to remove old polish and clip and shape nails themselves.

Meanwhile you'll pour warm water into each footbath, add a few marbles or river stones, and add soaks. Let guests soak feet 10 minutes.

Guests should then push cuticles back and clean nails.

On one foot at a time, use 1/2 tsp scrub and gently massage and exfoliate skin on feet, all the way up to the ankle.Rinse and pat dry.

Then massage 1/2 teaspoon Healing Foot Cream into feet and legs, followed with 1/4 tsp Shea Butter balm into heels and balls of feet. Wrap feet in a warm towel, and keep covered for 5 minutes.

Apply polish and let dry.

For manicures:

Ask guests to remove old polish, and clip and shape nails themselves.

Pour warm water into bowl and add soaks. Let hands soak 10 minutes.

Gently push cuticles back and clean nails.

Massage 1/2 tsp scrub into hands, going up to wrist. Rinse and pat dry.

Apply 1/2 teaspoon Soothing Hand & Body Lotion into hands and wrists, then wrap in a warm towel, or cotton gloves.

If not applying polish, massage Shea Butter balm into nails and cuticles. Do not apply balm if guest wishes to wear nail polish.

Polish nails and let dry.

Take home treat:

What else but more chocolate!?