Hair Care Advice
Last updated: 8 September 2026
7 Reasons Women With Thinning Hair Due to Menopause Are Switching to This Rosemary Oil
If your parting looks wider or your ponytail feels thinner than it used to, you’re not imagining it. And you’re certainly not alone.
By Asif & Faz
Co-founders, The Rosemary Company
★★★★★ 4.8 from 1,769 verified reviews
Hair thinning during and after menopause is one of the most common things customers write to us about. It is also one of the least talked about. Doctors call it normal. Friends don’t mention it. And the haircare aisle carries on selling you shampoo as if nothing has changed.
We’re Asif and Faz, the husband and wife behind The Rosemary Company, a small family business in the West Midlands. Thinning hair is the reason our company exists, and helping women through it is what we do every day.
Below are the seven honest reasons thousands of UK women in their 40s, 50s and 60s have made our Original Rosemary Oil part of their weekly routine. No miracle promises. Real reviews, plain answers, and a guarantee that lets you try it properly without risking a penny.
Does any of this sound familiar?
- More hair on your brush, your pillow, or in the plughole
- A parting that looks wider under the bathroom light
- A ponytail that feels noticeably thinner than it used to
- More scalp showing when your hair is wet
- A drawer full of products that promised the world and did nothing
If you nodded at even one of these, the next few minutes are for you.
1. It starts with your scalp, not your hair
Most products are designed to coat the hair you already have. But fuller-looking hair starts lower down, at the skin it grows from.
The Original Rosemary Oil is a pre-shampoo scalp treatment. You massage it into your scalp, leave it to get to work, then wash it out. Everything in the bottle is there to support a clean, calm, comfortable scalp. The right environment for hair that looks and feels thicker, fuller and healthier.
“Since menopause my scalp has been very irritable and my hair was thinning in places. I’m on my second bottle and it’s definitely calmed my scalp and I have regrowth.”
✓ Jo Baldwin – verified review, 1 June 2026
2. 13 ingredients, and every single one has a job
Turn over most “natural” hair oils and you’ll find a long list of fillers, silicones and things you can’t pronounce.
Ours has 13 ingredients. Five of them are organic carrier oils (argan, jojoba, moringa, amla and coconut), there to nourish the scalp and soften the hair. Rosemary essential oil leads the formula. Nothing is included to make the bottle cheaper to fill or easier to mass-produce.
If an ingredient doesn’t earn its place, it doesn’t go in. That’s our whole formulation philosophy.
Argan oil
Jojoba
Moringa
Rosemary
Coconut
Amla
3. Nothing harsh, and nothing you're locked into
A lot of women come to us after researching the pharmaceutical route and deciding it isn’t for them. The possible side effects put them off, and so does the small print. Stop using it, and you can lose what you gained.
We sit firmly on the other side of that fence. This is a cosmetic oil, not a medicine, and we’re honest about that. It means no harsh chemicals near your scalp, no prescriptions, and no dependency. A natural routine you’re in control of, from start to finish.
4. Less hair on the brush is usually the first thing women notice
We won’t promise an overnight transformation, because that isn’t how hair works.
Here’s what customers most often describe instead. Softer, more manageable hair in the first few weeks. Less shedding as the weeks go on. And for many women, fine new baby hairs appearing around the four to six month mark.
Hair changes slowly. That’s exactly why our money-back guarantee covers you for a full 180 days (more on that below).
1,769 reviews • from £19.99 • 180 day guarantee
5. It takes two minutes, twice a week
No 12-step routine, and no daily commitment you’ll forget about by Thursday.
Apply the oil to your scalp before you wash your hair, massage it in for a minute or two, leave it to absorb for a few hours (or overnight if you prefer), then shampoo as normal. Two to three times a week is all it takes.
And because it’s a pre-wash treatment, it doesn’t sit on your hair through the day. It washes out with your normal shampoo, so there’s no greasy feel and nothing to restyle around.
6. It was made by a UK family who lived this problem
The Rosemary Company began after Faz lost a significant amount of hair following the birth of our first child. The products on the shelves were either packed with fillers or packed with promises, so we spent months developing something we would genuinely want to use ourselves.
Three years on, more than 18,000 customers have joined what we call our Rosemary family, and we are still exactly that, a family business. When you email us, a real person answers. Quite often it’s one of us.
7. 1,769 reviews, and the same story keeps repeating: "I was sceptical"
We read every review that comes in. The word that appears more often than any other isn’t “amazing”. It’s “sceptical”.
Women who had tried everything. Women who bought this as one last attempt, half expecting to ask for their money back. Those are the reviews we’re proudest of.
“Originally sceptical it would make much difference. I am really impressed. Where my hair was thinning on my temples there is lots of new growth, and the condition is improved with less shedding.”
✓ Eleanor – verified review, 12 January 2026
“I was sceptical at first as I’d tried numerous products that didn’t deliver on their promises, but this oil really seems to be working. Already seeing new baby hairs after about 4 weeks.”
✓ Helen J. – verified review, 23 March 2026
“I’m now on my 3rd bottle. My hairdresser has noticed a difference in the condition of my hair, noticed new growth, and asked me to get some for her.”
✓ June McGavin – verified review, 1 August 2025
"A last ditch attempt. Absolutely over the moon."
“Purchased as a last ditch attempt at stopping my hair falling out, and within 3 days all hair drop had stopped. Just over 6 weeks in and my hair line is growing back and my hair is thicker and healthier. Absolutely over the moon.”
✓ Kerry Price – verified customer review, 14 January 2026
The 180 day guarantee that makes this decision easy
Most money-back guarantees quietly exclude opened products. Ours is the opposite.
If it’s not for you in the first 30 days, we’ll refund you in full, even with the bottle half empty. And if you use your routine consistently for six months and can’t see a visible difference, the 180 day guarantee means you get your money back too. No progress photos, no sending bottles back, just a two-minute claim form.
We can offer this because so few people ever take us up on it. Far more first bottles turn into second bottles.
The Original Rosemary Oil
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- 13 natural ingredients. No fillers, no silicones, no harsh chemicals
- A genuine UK based family business
- 180 day money-back guarantee, even on opened bottles
- Free delivery on orders over £35
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Questions women ask us before their first bottle
Most women describe softer, more manageable hair within the first few weeks, with changes in shedding and fullness building over two to four months. Hair works in slow cycles, which is exactly why our guarantee runs for a full 180 days.
No. It’s a pre-shampoo treatment. You apply it before washing and it rinses out with your normal shampoo. It nourishes your scalp while it’s on, then washes away. Nothing sits on your hair through the day.
We hear this a lot. Many Rosemary Oils are heavily diluted or padded with fillers. Ours is a 13-ingredient formulation built around five organic carrier oils, and the difference is why so many of our reviews begin with “I was sceptical”. One customer, Lena, put it best: “I’ve tried other rosemary oils relatively unsuccessfully, but this product is quite amazing.”
Then it costs you nothing. If it’s not for you in the first 30 days, email us and we’ll refund you in full, even on an opened bottle. And if you give it a consistent six months without seeing a visible difference, the 180 day guarantee covers you there too. That’s the whole point.
With love from our Rosemary family,
Asif & Faz • Co-founders, The Rosemary Company
This page is an advertisement from The Rosemary Company. All customer reviews shown are genuine, verbatim and dated, collected on therosemarycompany.com. Individual experiences vary.
The Original Rosemary Oil
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