Being a model is touch and models are often overlooked from people as having easy jobs to do. Spending a few times cat walking is not the only thing a model has to do. Castings can be all around London and within one day a model may have to spend hours in public transport trying to attend as many castings as possible. And when a job has been booked a few f ittings will take place that again can be anywhere, from central London to Brighton.

The big fashion events are definitely the most hectic ones where models need to have enormous amounts of fresh energy to be able to deal with and perform at the higher level. There are so many demanding people in the fashion world that put so much pressure than make some models unable to be themselves and to enjoy their work. Also, fashion shows can take up to ten hours as there is a lot of preparation, time spent for the make-up, the styling, trying again and again the different garments and so much more.

What our models find extremely relaxing after a hard day at work is a enjoying a spa day. Being a bit spoiled sometimes is good as it will bring you that unique feeling of being revitalised and full of energy again. You just need to choose the right spa treatment out of the many available ones, which can be as diverse as anything from pedicure and manicure to a health massage there is no wonder why a spa days are so popular among our models.

Spending a fortune in spas is not recommended and it is not necessary for the majority of the people. Even just 1 hour every now and then would suffice to refill you with great energy after that hard week. But what matters is how you feel after the treatment is over. Being as clean as ever before in your life plus full of energy is something anyone would look after. If spas work for models then why shouldn’t they work for you too?

Chocolate - as we all know - has many positive health benefits, both when it is eaten and also for the skin. When it is eaten it has large amounts of potassium zinc, magnesium and iron. Magnesium - highly beneficial to muscles - is one vitamin that is regularly recommended by massage therapists to their clients. A deficiency in magnesium is thought to be one of the main reasons why premenstrual women crave chocolate.

Chocolate has also been shown to low cholesterol levels and the vitamin e and vitamin b are also thought to prevent memory loss.

The cacao bean and chocolate have also been noted to be mood enhancers, with the phenylethylamine in chocolate raising seratonin levels (those feel good chemicals in the brain.) Serotonin is known to reduce depression. These chemicals are also knows to reduce hunger and increase libido. It is also known to stimulate endorphins another feel good chemical.

Chocolate also has a relaxing effect on blood vessels, allowing for better blood flow because of the flavanoids. This type of antioxidant acts as a blood thinner and can also stimulate insulin production. Anti oxidants are also thought to reduce the incidence of free radicals in the bloodstream, which is one of the main causes of ageing.

For the skin, it has long been thought that chocolate has beneficial qualities in nourishing the skin from the outside as well as from the inside. Some beauty specialists use chocolate facials and chocolate body wraps in their treatments not only because of the sheer luxury of the smell and feel of chocolate but also because of these properties.

Chocolate massage is a rare style of massage, mostly found in Europe. Here your massage therapist warms chocolate and uses it during the massage, sometimes thinned with warmed massage oil.A chocolate massage is often combined with a chocolate body wrap and a chocolate facial for a complete package.

With a chocolate body wrap, the client is massaged with a scrumptious dark chocolate oil and then wrapped in foil or other material to allow the health properties of the chocolate to seep into the skin. Chocolate facials are also popular as they plump out the lines in the skin making it appear more youthful.

Chocolate massage couples all the benefits of using chocolate on the skin with other health benefits of massage, such as relaxation, increased blood flow, stimulation of the lymphatic system and digestive system. Using both together increases the effectiveness of the massage, as well as being a luxurious experience.

To book your chocolate massages, simply visit Ripple Massage’s website at www.ripplemassage.com.au . Ripple Massage is one of just a handful of massage therapy businesses in Australia that offers chocolate massage as part of its massage menu.

Russian massage is based on techniques that have been used in Russia for over 100 years, and is based on the philosophy that through massage the body can learn to heal, relax and repair itself. Russian massage uses many unusual techniques, but they do use similar terms to Swedish massage.

So for instance they use the terms friction and tapotement, however the techniques they use are very different to those used in other styles of massage. The Russian massage style of tapotement is less intrusive than the Swedish style, covers a larger surface area and is used to increase blood flow to the muscles. Russian massage also uses a few friction techniques, both that are very deep tissue styles of massage.

The “sawing” technique is an intense style of massage that adds a lot of heat to the muscles and is helpful for chronic muscular problems. The cresting technique is also unique to this style of massage and again is a friction technique. Often used in sports massage, this technique again provides lots of heat to the muscles. Raking is also a common technique and is used along the erector spinae muscles and also the intercostals muscles, allowing for deep tissue manipulation of these muscles. However there are also some more gentle, relaxation styles of massage in the Russian style including the rocking of the body.

During this style of massage, the client’s body is moved and rocked a lot, with the therapist using the client’s body to massage. So when massaging the muscles in the calf, the therapist will pick up the leg and rock it back and forth, using the weight of the muscle to massage the attachment points. This allows for a less intrusive style of massage and allows the massage therapist to work with the body, not against it.

All of the techniques including friction and cresting use the weight of the therapists body to provide the massage, rather than stressing the therapists thumbs and hands.

Russian massage is also known as being very easy on the therapist’s body and therefore helps extend the therapists working life. It does not use thumbs at all - and a large part of the massage is protection of the therapist’s body.

Russian therapists believe that sometimes giving 50% energy to a client has a much better effect than giving 100%. This style of massage has developed in Russia over the last century and is used extensively in hospitals, with patients often being prescribed a series of massages during their stay.

Similarly, doctors in Russia use massage therapy in their treatment of patients. Russian massage has only been used in the West rarely and is not commonly available.

Ripple Massage’s website has much information on day spa Gold Coast and is the one mobile massage therapy business in Australia that offers Russian massage to its clients. Operating in Queensland, NSW and Victoria, clients are able to access this unique and rare style of massage that not only allows for deep relaxation but is deeply therapeutic. For more details visit the website.