A box turned up with my name printed on the front of it.
Printed on the packaging, I mean, not stuck on a delivery label. Like the thing had been made for me. I’ll come back to how pleased I was about that.
Then I turned it over, because I read the back of everything now, and that’s where this post actually starts. What’s printed on there isn’t what I was expecting.
Bit of context first. I took the whole lot off in July, so I’m in wigs full time and the top of my head is the most honest it’s been in about a decade. No topper covering anything. No parting I’m arranging in the mirror at 7am so it sits exactly right. Just scalp, and whatever decides to come back on it. Handy timing, then, for a hair loss treatment to land on the doormat.
Right, the part I want out of the way first. I’m an ambassador for Hair + Me, and they sent me a treatment box. I didn’t fill in a consultation. I didn’t pay for it. It’s the standard box every ambassador gets and it landed on my doorstep without anyone asking me a single question about my hair. I’m signing up properly and doing the actual consultation once this one runs out, and I’ll write that up on its own, because that’s the bit most of you want to know about.
Don’t come here for a verdict just yet. I started at the end of July 2026. What I can do is read you the box, because when I turned it over I found something I wasn’t expecting at all.
What it is: Hair + Me is a UK hair regrowth subscription built around an online consultation with dermatologist review. Two formats: The Drops, applied to the scalp, and The Capsules, taken as a pill.
What I was sent: The Drops – Light, a 28ml bottle, described on the box as a cosmetic formulation. It came as the standard ambassador box, with no consultation.
Does it contain minoxidil: Not this one. No minoxidil and no prescription active of any kind. Hair + Me do have minoxidil, but they told me they can’t send it out without a consultation first, and my box came without one.
Main ingredients: Lactic acid second, polysorbate 20 third, niacinamide fifth, rosemary leaf oil ninth, then five essential oils.
Seb derm: No fatty oils or esters, which is unusual for a scalp product. Polysorbate 20 is a question mark on the fungal acne checkers, and the fragrance load is heavy.
How you use it: 1ml once a day with the pipette, on dry or damp hair, an hour before washing.
What it costs: £34.99 every four weeks, which works out at 13 payments a year rather than 12. First month is £4.99 with my code NEVEENWOOD.
Verdict: None yet. I started at the end of July 2026, and hair loss treatment can’t fairly be judged before three months.
There’s no minoxidil in it
None. Not a trace of it.
I’d assumed there would be, because minoxidil is what everybody means when they say hair loss treatment, it’s where half of Reddit sends you, and I had this whole thing filed in my head as minoxidil in a nicer bottle before the box even arrived. Then I read the carton.
What I’ve got is The Drops – Light, and the box describes it, in their own words, as a cosmetic formulation. Which clears up a lot once you see it in writing. It’s how a box could get posted to me without anyone asking me a single question first, and it’s why there’s nothing on that ingredient list a dermatologist would need to sign off.
Hair + Me have since told me why. They do have minoxidil. They just can’t post it out to anyone who hasn’t been through a consultation, because of the rules around it here in the UK, and I hadn’t been through one. Which is why mine is a cosmetic one.
So what I’m telling you here is what came in my box, and only that. There is a version with minoxidil in it, it sits on the other side of the consultation, and what you get offered depends on what somebody decides once they’ve actually asked you things. If that’s specifically why you’re signing up, ask at sign-up rather than working it out from a review of a free box.
The Hair and Me ingredients, in full
Straight off the carton, in order:
Aqua, Lactic Acid, Polysorbate 20, Propanediol, Niacinamide, Olivamidopropyl Betaine, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Lavandula Dentata Water, BHT, Sodium Thiosulfate, Juniperus Communis Fruit Oil, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Amyris Balsamifera Bark Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Linalool, Limonene.
Translated, because INCI is designed to be unreadable:
- Niacinamide sits fifth, which is a respectable spot on a list this short. It’s the one ingredient in here I already trust from my skincare shelf.
- Rosemary oil (Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil) comes in ninth, after the fragrance. Rosemary oil is having an extremely loud moment in hair loss circles and I’m staying out of that argument, other than to say it’s in here and it’s not near the top.
- Lactic acid is second, although at that position it might be doing pH work as much as anything else.
- Everything after the fragrance is essential oils. Tea tree, eucalyptus, juniper, lavender, amyris.
Which makes it a scalp serum. A well put together one, but a scalp serum, and I’d rather say that plainly than dress it up.
Which puts it on a shelf I’ve already written about
I wrote a post in August about the hair fall serums sitting on LOOKFANTASTIC’s shelf, and the thing I kept running into was that almost none of them are treatments. There’s a real difference between a product that changes what’s happening at the follicle and one that makes the hair you already have behave better and snap less in the shower. My Light drops sit on the same side of that line. Their own box says cosmetic, which I respect them for, in the same way I respect Nioxin for putting “not a hair regrowth product” in a footnote on their own product page.
There’s even an overlap in the bottle. Niacinamide sits fifth on the Hair + Me list, and it’s also in the £52 Kérastase and the £17 Elvive I pulled apart in that post.
Two things I’d put next to it. I’ve used both.
The Revela serum. They sent me two full bottles. I got through both and absolutely nothing happened. Months of it. So when I tell you I’m not handing you a verdict on this one, that’s where it comes from.
Then there’s the minoxidil I used to buy off a shelf myself, which did do things, and which set my seb derm off every single time. Never solved that one. I came off it in the end. The Light drops haven’t done that to me, but they aren’t minoxidil either, so it isn’t a fair fight and I’d rather say so than let you think I’ve found some loophole.
And while minoxidil is on the table, a reminder for anyone using it: it’s toxic to cats and dogs. Keep your pet away from your head until it’s fully dried, wash your hands properly afterwards, and don’t let them lick your scalp or your hands. That’s not a Hair + Me point, there’s no minoxidil in my box. It’s just something I’d rather over-mention than under-mention, and the full version is in my post on minoxidil and pets.
The part that actually interested me, as someone with seb derm
This is the section I’d have wanted six years ago and never found.
Anyone managing seborrhoeic dermatitis already knows the problem with nearly every scalp product ever made. They’re built on oils and esters, and malassezia feeds on oils and esters, so you end up picking between doing something about your hair loss and not setting your scalp on fire. I’ve spent years on that particular fence.
Go back and look at that list. There are no fatty oils in it. No esters, no fatty alcohols, no butters, no lipids. Every oil in there is an essential oil, which malassezia doesn’t feed on, and a couple of them have a reputation for doing the opposite.
The thing I’d flag is Polysorbate 20, sitting third, which the fungal acne checkers treat as a question mark rather than a yes or a no. I’m not going to tell you it’s fine and I’m not going to tell you it’s a problem, because as far as I can see nobody actually knows.
And here’s the counterweight, which I’d be letting you down to leave out. Fine for malassezia does not mean gentle. You’ve got lactic acid in there, five separate essential oils, declared linalool and limonene, and a parfum on top of all of it. That’s a hefty fragrance load to be putting on a scalp that’s already angry. If yours is flaring this week, this isn’t the week to start.
Mine has been fine since I started at the end of July 2026. That’s one scalp, and it tells you nothing whatsoever about yours.
The bit I wasn’t expecting: they actually ask you
I read through the consultation questionnaire you fill in to start a subscription, and there’s a section on it asking whether you have seborrhoeic dermatitis.
An actual question. On the form. Before anybody decides what you’re getting.
That matters to me more than it probably sounds, because every time I’ve used a minoxidil product I picked up off a shop shelf myself, my seb derm has flared up something crazy. Every single time. Being asked about it at the start, instead of finding out the hard way in week two, is a completely different experience of the whole thing.
I’m not a dermatologist and I’m not going to sit here and tell you what they’d put you on, or promise you it would suit your scalp. All I can tell you is that the question gets asked, and that is more than the shelf ever did for me.
What using the Drops is actually like
1ml a day, once a day, dragged across the top of the scalp with the pipette. You tilt your head back and start about 2cm behind your hairline so the stuff doesn’t run down your face, which is guidance I’d otherwise have arrived at the hard way and probably in front of someone.
You don’t aim it at patches. It spreads on its own.
Dry hair or damp, any time of day, and you leave an hour before washing your hair. That last one takes a bit of thought, because it means you can’t do it and then get straight in the shower, so it has to live somewhere in your day that isn’t right before hair wash day.
Doing this on a shaved head is, I’ll admit, absurdly easy. Nothing to work around, nothing to unclip, no wondering whether it’s reaching the scalp at all. If you’re wearing a topper you’ll want to give it a proper minute to dry before you clip anything back in.
The bottle is 28ml and you use 1ml a day, so it’s exactly a 28-day supply, which lines up with their four-weekly billing rather than the calendar. Mine also carries a best before date on the side. A 28-day product with a date on it is something you want to use rather than leave in a drawer for a month.
What I make of the Drops so far
That’s my scalp in August 2026, four angles, near the start of all this. The matching set comes when the bottle runs out.
I’m not calling it yet. But you know early on whether a thing is a pain to do every single day, and this isn’t.
The drops go on nicely. Putting anything on a scalp is usually a faff and this wasn’t difficult at all. It’s a pipette and a drag and you’re done. My head doesn’t feel greasy or oily afterwards either, which was the thing I’d braced for, and nothing’s left sitting on top needing washed straight back out again.
If you’ve ever put a scalp product on and immediately felt like you needed a shower, you’ll know why I’m making a fuss about something this small.
And then the daft bit I said I’d come back to.
I’ve spent my whole life as a girl who could never find her name on one of those spinning keychain racks. Never a Neveen. So seeing it printed on the front of a box was weirdly nice, and satisfying in a way I can’t really justify to you. Not a review point. I know.
What Hair and Me costs, and how the billing works
First month is £4.99 with my code NEVEENWOOD at hairandme.com. After that it’s £34.99 every four weeks.
Four weeks rather than a calendar month, which is the bit worth knowing if you’re working out a yearly figure.
Fifty-two weeks divided by four comes to 13 payments a year rather than 12. A full year comes to £454.87 instead of the £419.88 you’d get doing it monthly in your head. Not a big gap, but I like having the actual number in front of me before I start something.
Hair + Me set the four-weekly billing out on their own support pages, so it’s easy enough to check for yourself before you sign up.
Why I’m not giving you a verdict
Because I started at the end of July 2026 and hair doesn’t move that fast. Nothing about hair moves that fast.
Hair loss treatment gets judged at three months at the earliest and properly at six. Anyone handing you a result at a fortnight is either lying to you or has never tried to grow out bangs. I’m an ambassador for this brand, so a glowing early review from me would be worth precisely nothing to you and fairly embarrassing for me.
Here’s what I’m doing instead. Updating this post at one month, three months and six months, including the weeks I forget to do it, and there will be weeks I forget to do it, I know myself.
The photos further up are a starting point. There’s nothing to compare them to yet. Once this bottle of the Light drops runs out I’ll shoot the same four angles again, same room, same light, and come back and tell you how my scalp actually fared over the whole thing.
And after that, I’m carrying on. I’m signing up and paying for the subscription myself, doing the proper consultation, and if I’m eligible I’d like to try the option with minoxidil in it. Which isn’t up to me, obviously. It depends what gets chosen for me once somebody has actually asked me questions. But it’s the post I’d want to read, and I don’t have it yet.
If it does nothing, I’ll say it did nothing. I’ve published a post about two full bottles of a hair serum that did absolutely nothing and another about a £180 topper that turned up the wrong shade of brown, so I’m not about to go soft on this one.
The code, and how I’m involved
My code is NEVEENWOOD and it takes the first month to £4.99 instead of £34.99. No expiry, no minimum spend, no new-customer restriction, and it covers both the Drops and the Capsules.
Worth saying out loud, because it took me a minute to clock it myself: the Capsules are a pill. So if the idea of a daily pipette on your scalp doesn’t appeal, there is an oral version of this, if you’re eligible for it.
I’m a paid ambassador for Hair + Me, this box was gifted to me, and I earn a commission if you sign up with the code. The £4.99 is Hair + Me’s standard ambassador rate rather than something arranged just for me, so you’ll likely see the same first month offered by other creators too. Use whichever one you come across first, mine included.
Full terms and the four-weekly billing detail live on my Hair and Me discount code page.
Hair and Me FAQs
What is in Hair and Me?
It depends which formulation you are on. Mine is The Drops – Light, described on the box as a cosmetic formulation, and the ingredients are aqua, lactic acid, polysorbate 20, propanediol, niacinamide, olivamidopropyl betaine, phenoxyethanol, parfum, rosemary leaf oil, lavender water, BHT, sodium thiosulfate, juniper fruit oil, juniperus virginiana oil, amyris bark oil, lavender oil, tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, linalool and limonene.
Does Hair and Me contain minoxidil?
The formulation I was sent does not. The Drops – Light contain no minoxidil and no prescription active at all. Hair + Me do have minoxidil, though. They told me they can’t send it out to anyone who hasn’t been through a consultation, because of the UK rules on it, and my box was a gifted ambassador box with no consultation attached. So which formulation you end up on depends on your own consultation rather than on anything I was sent.
Is Hair and Me a prescription treatment?
The box I was sent is labelled a cosmetic formulation rather than a prescription one, and it came without a consultation. Hair + Me run an online consultation with dermatologist review for customers signing up, and they told me minoxidil can’t be sent out without one. So the formulation you’re offered comes out of your own consultation, and it isn’t necessarily the one I was sent.
How do you use the Hair and Me Drops?
1ml once a day, applied across the top of the scalp with the pipette, starting around 2cm behind the hairline so it does not drip. Dry or damp hair, any time of day, and leave an hour before washing your hair.
Do the Hair and Me Drops make your hair greasy?
Not in my experience. The Drops – Light go on with a pipette and spread on their own, and my scalp does not feel greasy or oily afterwards. There is no film left behind and nothing that needs washing out.
Is Hair and Me safe for seborrhoeic dermatitis?
The Drops – Light contain no fatty oils or esters, which is the usual problem with scalp products for anyone managing malassezia. Polysorbate 20 is treated as a question mark on the standard fungal acne checkers. The bigger consideration is the fragrance load, because it contains lactic acid, several essential oils and declared linalool and limonene, so it may not suit a scalp that is actively flaring. I am not a dermatologist and this is one person’s experience rather than advice.
Does the Hair and Me consultation ask about scalp conditions?
The questionnaire you fill in to start a subscription includes a section asking whether you have seborrhoeic dermatitis. What is offered on the back of that answer depends on your own consultation and the dermatologist review that follows it.
Does Hair and Me come in tablet form?
Yes. As well as The Drops, which go on the scalp with a pipette, Hair + Me do The Capsules, which is a pill you take. Whether you can have them depends on your consultation.
How much is Hair and Me after the first month?
£34.99 every four weeks. Four-weekly billing works out at 13 payments a year rather than 12, so one calendar month a year will carry two charges.
More on hair loss from the blog
- Androgenic alopecia in women: what it is, what to expect and what helps
- The seb derm scalp and hair directory
- I used two full bottles of the Revela hair serum, and nothing happened
- Hair topper vs wig: which one do you actually need?
- Every discount code I have, including Hair + Me
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