A letter from Anna V., Co-Founder of VALEVA
I built Golden Oil for someone specific.
What I learned during that search is what built this product.
April 28, 2026
Hi, I want to introduce myself. My name is Anna and I founded Valeva because...
Most hair oils on the shelf are optimized for marketing. Ours is engineered for...
Golden Oil contains eight cold-pressed botanical oils chosen because the research...
okay, here's the real one:
To you,
Someone I love started noticing changes in their hair. Not dramatic. Just enough to start quietly researching. Enough to try the prescriptions and the side effects that came with them. Enough to spend money on products that promised everything and delivered nothing.
What I learned during that search is what built this product.
Most of the formulas I looked at were optimized for shelf appeal. They listed ingredients the customer would recognize, in proportions the customer would never see, at price points designed to compete on a Sephora endcap. Almost none of them were optimized for what the scalp actually needs.
So I went the other direction. I started with the research first. The 2015 Skinmed trial that put rosemary oil head-to-head with minoxidil. The peppermint research showing it outperformed minoxidil for hair growth area in controlled conditions. The studies on castor oil’s effect on prostaglandin D2 synthase. The structural work on batana’s penetration into the hair cortex. Then I built a formula around what those studies actually supported.
Eight cold-pressed oils, plus Vitamin E to stabilize the blend. Batana leads at the highest concentration, because it does the structural work most other oils cannot. Coconut, olive, avocado, and castor follow, in that order. Jojoba carries the formula deeper because it is molecularly close to the scalp’s own sebum. Rosemary and peppermint sit at the active end. Every ingredient is there because the research justified it. Nothing is there because it sounded good on a label.
We chose cold-pressed sourcing because the heat extraction methods most brands use degrade the bioactive compounds the studies actually measured. We left out fillers, fragrance, and surfactants because they reduce the concentration of what works. The result is more expensive to make, which is why it is more expensive to buy. Golden Oil is $125 because I refused to build it any other way.
The application takes 90 seconds. A few drops on the scalp, a short controlled massage, and you are done. Leave-in or pre-wash, depending on how it fits your week. The 90-day guarantee exists because that is how long a full hair cycle takes to respond. If your scalp and hair have not changed in ways you can see and feel by day 90, we refund the order. No conditions, no return shipping, no questionnaire.
I am not going to tell you this is a miracle. I am going to tell you it is built honestly, on the research, by someone who needed it to actually work.
If that is the standard you want from your hair care, you are in the right place.
Golden Oil. Eight cold-pressed oils. Made in the USA. 90-day guarantee.
The formula took three years. The decision to release it took one honest question.
$125 one-time · 193 verified reviews · 4.77 stars · 90-day guarantee
With honesty,
Co-Founder, VALEVA · The Standard in Scalp Care
Write me back. I mean it.
Eight cold-pressed oils · Made in the USA · 90-day guarantee