Imagine the wind on your face, waves splashing over your bare feet on the sand, the gush of waterfalls cascading down heather-covered mountains, or the smell of meadow flowers as you walk through long wet grass. There’s something so special about raw nature isn’t there? It calms the spirit and raises our happiness levels just by being. So how fabulous that ARRAN Sense Of Scotland’s mission is to transport this into our homes?

Based on the beautiful and unspoilt Isle of Arran, Scotland, its senior management appreciate the physical and emotional healing powers of nature and are passionate about bottling it. They have created a range of luxurious products – for bath, body and hair plus fragrances for yourself and for the home.

Now imagine you’re returning from a walk in the rain. You can smell the wet rose petals, musk and floral citrus of the cottage garden and the woody aroma of the logs piled ready for the open fire inside. Put that experience in a bottle and you have ARRAN Sense Of Scotland’s new range After The Rain. I was delighted to test the shampoo and conditioner and it really was a pleasure. The subtle woody fragrance takes you to the wilds of Scotland and both the shampoo and conditioner were gentle and nourishing. My hair was very smooth afterwards, even while still wet. In fact I keep stroking it as I write because it feels so soft and silky, and I can still smell that haunting fragrance. Just £16 each for a very generous 300 ml bottle is extremely reasonable for such a beautifully presented top quality gift and for the same price you can also buy a matching shower gel.

ARRAN Sense Of Scotland boast that their products contain highest quality ingredients and the hair and skin products have moisture-retaining pro-vitamin B5 (pantheon) to maximise shiny hair and soft skin – and you really do feel the benefit.

If you need a lovely gift for someone special – ARRAN Sense Of Scotland have a fabulous and diverse choice, including the most beautiful large candles, all available in After the Rain and attractively presented and wrapped with signature tissue and ribbon. You get a free hand cream with orders over £40, so you can always keep this for yourself (after all, you deserve some luxury too).

Check out the ARRAN Sense Of Scotland website. Being outside in nature is so good for the soul, but if your busy life won’t let you get away, this is an enjoyable way to give yourself a reset.

By Dr K Thompson, award-winning author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows

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