Our story
Skincare we can trace, from plant to bottle
We make gentle, fragrance-free skincare from wild plants on the Isle of Skye. Here’s how we started, and the one rule that decides what goes into every bottle.
How it started
A kitchen, a pan of nettles and borrowed scales
Veyleaf started in a kitchen in Portree, with a pan of nettle tops and a borrowed set of lab scales. The first batch separated in a week. The second one didn’t.
Our rule is simple. For every plant we use, we write down where it grew, when it was picked, who picked it and what it does for your skin. If we can’t answer all four, the plant doesn’t go in the bottle.
That rule makes us slow. We sell seven products because we have seven plants we can fully vouch for. We pick with permission, never take more than a third of any patch, and go back the next year to check it grew back. If it hasn’t, we pause that product.
No miracle claims, no fragrance, no fillers: just plants, water, a few well-researched actives, and every percentage on the label.
What we stand for
Plants we can trace
For every plant we write down where it grew, when it was picked, who picked it and what it does for your skin. If we can’t answer all four, it doesn’t go in.
Nothing that irritates
No fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohol, silicones or sulphates. Everything is dermatologist tested on sensitive skin.
Every percentage listed
Around 14 ingredients per product, and each product page shows exactly how much of each one is in the bottle.
Our timeline
Seven years, seven plants
- 2019
A pan of nettle tops in a Portree kitchen. The first batch separated within a week.
- 2020
Our first fully traced plant: nettle from Skye. It became our bestselling serum.
- 2022
A small lab in Edinburgh agrees to make batches of 400. Nobody else would.
- 2023
Permission to harvest at four sites across the Highlands and Islands.
- 2024
The yarrow didn’t grow back, so we paused our moisturiser for a season.
- 2026
Seven plants we can fully trace, seven products, and our online shop opens.
“If we can’t trace it, it doesn’t go in the bottle.”
The Veyleaf team, Isle of Skye