Our Story
Modern menstrual wellness. Science-led, ingredient-honest, and made for real people.
Same day. Twenty years apart.
For more than 20 years, CLEIR founder Colin Leece saw the impact that endometriosis and difficult menstrual experiences had on his wife's everyday life.
On an ordinary day, a hot water bottle got refilled twice, a pair of pyjamas came out early, and the day's plans quietly got rescheduled. Nothing dramatic. Just one more day built around getting comfortable enough to get through it. The hot water bottle had become part of a familiar monthly routine.
Twenty years later, almost the same day happened again. Different woman, same house. A daughter this time, not a wife. A different decade, the same hot water bottle, the same rearranged plans, the same day spent waiting it out on the sofa.
Two people in the same family, living the same routine, twenty years apart. Nothing about it had changed, except how much everything else in the world had.
That's the moment this all started. Not in a lab, but in a living room, watching two people he loves adapt their days around the same outdated tools, generation after generation.
For Colin, it raised a simple question: if everything else had moved on, why hadn't comfort during a period?
Gel sample
Stability testing
So we decided to actually do something about it.
Wearable technology, precision formulation and thoughtful design had transformed so much of daily life, yet this corner had been left behind.
We set out to change it. Real chemistry, applied properly, built into something that could move through an ordinary day instead of anchoring someone to a sofa.
That meant solving a genuine formulation problem, not repackaging an old one. It took a rare talent for stabilising difficult compounds, a patented process, and more time than either of us expected.
But it also meant finally having something better to offer the next person in the family who needed it.
We wanted the thoughtfulness, quality and sensory experience of fine body care to extend to monthly self-care. That meant starting with ingredients we could stand behind.
The CLEIR Founders
Colin Leece & Dr Lee Proctor
Colin Leece
Co-Founder
More than 35 years in pharmaceutical formulation, spent solving problems other chemists had set aside. CLEIR began close to home, watching two generations of his own family reach for the same outdated comfort routine.
Dr Lee Proctor
Co-Founder
A creative organic chemist with a rare knack for stabilising the compounds everyone else had given up on. Lee's patented esterification work is what made CBDAe, and CLEIR itself, possible.
Thoughtfulness, not hype.
Wellness should feel calm, honest and beautifully made, never overwhelming or overclaimed.
We choose ingredients for purity and stability, not novelty. Our Self-Warming Patch has completed its UK cosmetic safety assessment, and is drug free and made for skin contact.
Science-led
Every formula starts with research, stability and standards we can stand behind.
Ingredient-honest
We explain what goes in, why it's there, and how it fits into your routine.
Made for real life
Designed for real people, real cycles and the small rituals of self-care.
How CLEIR took shape
The idea
Monthly wellness deserved better: considered ingredients, honest communication, and a sensory experience that feels genuinely comforting.
AURA begins
Our first product, the AURA Self-Warming Patch. Drug free, made with our patented CBDAe, and designed for real, everyday routines.
What's next
AURA is only the beginning. Over time, CLEIR will thoughtfully expand across wellness, skincare and everyday body care, sharing more of our science along the way.
Discover AURA. Comfort, made to move with you.
Our first collection, thoughtfully formulated for comforting warmth and everyday ritual, built on the science you've just read about.