Posts by The Glow Recipe Team
4 OG K-Beauty Products that Deserve a Permanent Place in Your Routine
In the skincare world, no one outpaces innovation faster than South Korea and their obsession with cultivating the most results-driven ingredients and packing just-as-potent, professional-grade effectiveness into over-the-counter creams at lightening speed has—and continues—to bring constant newness that’s useful and downright transformative right to our bathroom shelfies. Remember when Korean BB creams hit the market…
Read More7 New Ingredients to Add to Your Beauty Now
Even the most casual of beauty users can rattle off a list of well-known skincare ingredients. Green tea, retinol, berries, exfoliating acids—we just can’t get enough of their complexion perfecting powers. But, since we’re always on the hunt for the newest and coolest products, we’ve found some new extracts you’re going to want to meet.…
Read MoreThe Absolute Best Face Oil For Your Skin Type
Arguably one of the most effective and versatile products in your complexion toolkit, face oils are the overachievers of the skincare world—you can rub a few sumptuous drops onto your face pre-flight to keep skin supple, tap some on over makeup to look instantly glowier, and even use it to treat oily skin and breakouts.…
Read MoreRecipe for Winter Skincare: How to Treat Breakouts and Acne
You would think that acne and breakouts would be less common in the winter, since skin is drier than normal. But as my fellow oily and combination skin girls know: The winter blemish struggle is real. And it’s particularly tricky to treat because typical acne fighters like salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide are naturally drying, which…
Read More5 Pro Tricks for Nailing Date-Night Beauty
Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s with your bae, Galentine’s with your squad, or just grabbing drinks on a regular old Wednesday night, there are a few strategic moves that will help you look and feel your best. And it all stems from skincare, because if you don’t prep properly, it’s pretty much impossible to achieve flawless…
Read MoreThe Best K-Beauty Products that Deliver Gold Medal-Worthy Glow
The 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea have officially begun, and to celebrate, we rounded up the most luxurious chromed-out treatments. Take your pick! The Glass Skin Shortcut This golden apricot extract- and turmeric-packed whipped oil pulls double duty as a serum-moisturizer in one. And a little goes a long way to even out…
Read MoreThe New K-Beauty Solution for Oily Skin
In my nearly 146 years as a beauty editor, I’ve learned that oily and acne-prone skin needs gentle TLC—not hardcore, surgical-level scrubbing. Using harsh ingredients and strong astringents can strip skin and actually backfire when it comes to a zit-free complexion. (Seriously, rebound oiliness is a thing; the drier your skin is, the more oil it…
Read MoreGR Test Drive: We Put 3 New Sheet Masks to the Ultimate Moisture Test
How many times have you done a sheet mask and thought, There, that looks better, only to be disappointed a few hours later when your glow is gone? Aside from the feel-good factor (obvs), we’ve come to expect both instant visible results (hydration! brightening! smaller pores!) and long-lasting benefits like plumping, smoothing, and softening. Unfortunately,…
Read MoreAsk a Glow Pro: What Should I Know About Overnight Masking?
In an ideal world, we’d wake up with Energizer bunny-level stamina, wash-and-go hair that looks professionally blown out, and clear, non-puffy skin that glows. Not much we can do about the first two things, but we can help with the skin situation. Here, everything you need to know about the secret beauty solution that improves…
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