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This warm spring weather’s just great and I love it, but as we ditch woollies for short sleeves and trousers for bare legs, it’s depressing to rediscover those wrinkles which we’d hoped would have disappeared over the winter months. Thus our thoughts must turn to moisturisers – preferably ones with powers verging on the miraculous.
But does it really matter what moisturiser we use? Well actually more than you may think. Your skin is a rather marvellous system and does a great deal more than just looking good – it manufactures vitamin D from sunlight, it prevents us from overheating or freezing and, importantly, it absorbs things – very efficiently actually. In fact pharmaceutical companies formulate some medicines specifically to be absorbed through the skin – a topical (if you’ll pardon the pun) example being HRT patches. But with most good things there’s a downside, and skin can absorb surprising quantities of harmful chemicals too.
Contrary to what you may imagine, some moisturisers contain rather unpleasant chemicals hidden amongst that microscopic list on the label. However, if you don’t have a pocket magnifying glass to check the contents, you can buy from companies such as ARRAN Sense Of Scotland with confidence. They use natural products wherever possible and carefully consider and constantly review the safety of any unavoidable additives.
ARRAN Sense Of Scotland, is based on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. They’re a great company and are passionate about bringing pure, natural products from this beautiful wilderness into your home. Their stated purpose is ‘To help the world connect with nature’ and they certainly achieve this with their unusual choice of scents and active ingredients.
Frankly I love their range and thus I was unashamedly delighted to try their brand new product – After The Rain Shea Butter Cream.
I have to say – they’ve done it again. Presented in a luxurious glass jar with light-wood lid, it’s packed with shea butter (a full 20%) . It felt so thick and creamy, and yet soaked in instantly, leaving no unpleasant greasiness. My skin immediately felt and looked soft and those naughty wrinkles were distinctly less obvious.
The Shea Butter Cream also contains some amazing ingredients such as Scottish sea kelp to nourish and hydrate dry skin, and extracts of lichen, peat moss and fern, which apparently have unique rejuvenating and moisture-boosting properties, so providing long-lasting hydration and helping to soften and comfort the skin. Although it’s suitable for any skin type, I’m advised that it provides intensive hydration particularly for dry skin, and it’s rich in vitamins antioxidant and minerals.
The signature scent, After the Rain, is distinctive and unusual, and creates images of walking in the Scottish Mountains, with its lime, rose and sandalwood aromas, and you can buy a whole range of products which use this perfume.
After the Rain Shea Butter Cream cost just £25.00 for a very generous 100ml jar which will last for ages, from ARRAN Sense Of Scotland – check out the link for a whole range of fabulous products – you owe it to yourself.
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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Note: These articles express personal views. No warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of information given and you should always consult a doctor if you need medical advice.