You read the label first.

No — and we won't tell you it will. Regrowing hair is a medicinal claim in the UK, and making it requires medicine-grade evidence and authorisation we don't have. Vera & Vine is a cosmetic hair and scalp oil. If a brand promises you regrowth without that evidence, that tells you something about the brand.

It nourishes and conditions the scalp and hair, supports and strengthens the hair you have, and improves shine, softness and manageability — for stronger, fuller-looking hair and a healthier-looking scalp. Those are cosmetic claims a formula like this can stand behind. Anything beyond that is what our study exists to examine.

Because in the wild they're almost unfalsifiable — lighting, angle, wet versus dry hair, a haircut, six months of time, all invisible to you and all doing the persuading. Under UK advertising rules a before/after isn't decoration, it's a claim, and it needs the same substantiation as the words “this works”. If images ever appear, they'll come from our controlled study with the methodology attached — including if the results are unremarkable.

Four heritage botanicals — bhringraj, ashwagandha, hibiscus and amla — infused into cold-pressed carrier oils. Thirteen ingredients in total, every one printed on the label. No synthetic preservatives, no fillers. Important: our base oils are sesame-infused, so it contains sesame. If you have a sesame allergy, this product isn't for you.

Every cosmetic sold in the UK needs a safety report, a product information file and a portal notification before it can be sold. Ours is underway now: we've commissioned and paid for a full independent safety assessment, with stability testing running alongside it, and no bottle ships before it's complete — that's a legal requirement, and it's also the reason we're not shipping yet. Not tested on animals; that's been illegal for cosmetics in the UK for years.

We're targeting early 2027, in a small first batch. The real gate is the safety assessment — now underway — not our marketing calendar. So we'd rather give you an honest “when it's ready” than a date we might miss. The early-access list hears first.

Before we meet, you send a short questionnaire and five photos of your hair — front, top, back and both sides, with a guide showing exactly how to take them. Then we spend twenty minutes on video: I review what you've sent, we talk through your routine, and you leave with one thing to start the same day. If the full session or an in-person visit would help, I'll say so plainly — and if it wouldn't, I'll say that too. Your photos stay private, are never published, and are deleted if you ask.

It's one to one, on video, and it's built around your hair and the routine you already have — not a script. We look at how you currently care for your hair, and I teach you the guided brushing ritual properly, in real time, so you finish with a practice you can actually keep. It isn't a sales call and it isn't a webinar. Bring the brush or comb you normally use; nothing else to prepare.

Fair question. We're all taught to brush our teeth properly and almost nobody is ever shown how to care for their scalp and hair — you inherit whatever you picked up as a child, usually rushed. The ritual is half of what we're building, and it's the half that can't be bottled. People ask me to just post the technique; I don't, because half-taught is badly taught, and because the method is the craft of the company while we study it.

You can move your session to another time with 24 hours' notice, free, as often as you genuinely need — just reply to your confirmation email, or write to hello@veraandvine.com. We don't offer refunds on booked sessions: a paid session never expires, so if life gets in the way we'll simply rebook you. (Your statutory rights — including the 14-day cooling-off period for online purchases, where it applies — are unaffected.)

No. The ritual stands on its own — the session is about the practice, and you can begin it long before the first bottles ship. If you already have an oil you like, bring that.

Me — Avilash, the founder. Not a therapist, not a trichologist, and not a medical professional: I'm a biotechnology student building this company, teaching a practice I've developed. If you have a scalp or hair concern that needs clinical attention, please see your GP or a dermatologist — I'll say so in the session too.