Yet another installment of...

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Article by BR Fiona

We know you guys are all busy getting ready for Christmas, dealing with the insane shops, the over excited cranky kids, the present shopping.....do we need to go on? So just to provide a little bit of relief in an otherwise manic time here are more weird beauty treatments WOOHOO!!

Keen for a pedicure?

Looking for something different for your toes to add that 'wow' factor on the beach? Well why not try a Snakeskin Pedicure? Euphoria Lounge and Spa in California are offering pedicures with snakeskin....oh yes and they do mean REAL snakeskin. If you're not adverse to wearing a little animal product on your body then for $300 (US) you can have this rather.......unique look for your toes? Possibly might want to stick with an Avon nail polish?

Willy Wonka eat your heart out!

Now this one sounds rather good to us! At the Hotel Hershey, in Hershey, Pennsylvania you can indulge in yes.......a chocolate massage (wonder if they use Hershey's chocolate? :P) Because chocolate is full of wonderful antioxidants (which is of course what we tell ourselves when we eat it) it makes an ideal...wait for it......full.....body.....chocolate......wrap. Just even typing those words makes the mouth salivate! Though perhaps this treatment could be a little dangerous, trying to bend and lick all that chocolate off could perhaps pull a muscle or two ;)

It's getting hot in here!

Quite literally! You may want to keep a fire extinguisher on hand for this one. Salons and spas in Japan are now offering the latest in facials........Fire. The victim..oppps....we mean client....has towels soaked in an invigorating elixir and, oh yeah, alcohol draped over parts of their bodies.....they are then set on fire. Apparently this procedure is meant to work magic on dull skin and wrinkles, obesity and the common cold..........not sure really if this is going to 'catch on' over here.

Out of the fire and into the......

Cryotherapy. Once used to help treat inflammatory conditions and to help soothe the aches of rugby players Whole Body Cryotherapy can help improve your immune system and leave you looking radiant and glowing! All you have to do is step inside the cryotherapy chamber which has a temperature of between -80c and -120c. Not sure which sounds worse really, burning for beauty or freezing for beauty???