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Beauty Sleep: 6 Ways to Look Better the Next Morning

I’m a big fan of multi-tasking, especially for skincare. While I really enjoy doing my daily skincare routine, I don’t always have time for a 20 minute routine at night, which is why you’ll find me sheet-masking in ubers, or using an in-shower mask (like the one from Make P:rem that ‘hugs’ the face in…

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#SkincareDiet – Simplifying your Skincare

I decided to ‘Marie Kondo’ my closet earlier this year, and the feeling of discarding, donating and streamlining my material possessions was incredibly satisfying. With the hectic laundry list of things that I – all of us – have to manage on a daily basis (work, family obligations, etc), the act of paring things down…

The Ultimate Simplified K-Beauty Routine: Whamisa by Glow Studio 3-Step Skincare Kit

In collaboration with Whamisa, one of our favorite (and top-selling!) brands from Korea, we created a line of exceptional and simplified skincare products inspired by the soothing and hydrating properties of green tea. Presenting, the Whamisa by Glow Studio Green Tea Kit ($60)— an antioxidant-packed, multitasking, and pared-down K-beauty routine that covers all your skincare…

Skipping This Step is One of the Best Things I’ve Ever Done for my Skin

We’ve all experimented with our routines, whether it’s the soap-and-water variety or an intricate K-beauty inspired routine with multiple toners and treatments. What if I told you that one of the single best things I’ve ever done for my skin was to skip a step in my daily skincare routine? And that this step wasn’t a…

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Goodbye Squeaky Cleanse, Hello Moisturizing Cleanse!

The Cleansing Step In K-beauty, cleansing is such a critical step of the routine – the rule of thumb is, if you’re going to spend 30 minutes applying products on your face, you should spend the same amount of time cleaning it off. You want to maximize your skincare on a clean canvas. In Korea, women/men…

Korea’s Top Dermatology Clinic’s A to Z Skincare Routine

ID Dermatology Clinic has been on the Glow Recipe radar for some time as one of Korea’s top dermatology clinics and hospital in Korea. Beauty editors, bloggers and industry insiders alike raved about the next generation treatments available at this clinic, housed in a sleek glass monolith in the heart of Gangnam. Our co-founder Christine…

Makeup vs. Skincare – which is more important to you?

The balance between skincare and makeup is interesting to think about. Do you spend more time, money and effort on your skincare products, or what’s in your makeup bag? Which do you think is more important? It varies from individual to individual, and, as I found out after moving to Korea, country to country too.…

3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Jelly Pack

The J. One Jelly Pack is April’s Glow Gamechanger– a monthly product feature that highlights a treatment that’ll change your skincare game forever. For a limited time, shop the Jelly Pack at a game-changing price here. The J. One Jelly Pack has a definite girl next door vibe: beneath its shiny exterior lies one of the…

The Best K-beauty Routine for Oily Skin

When I was young and naïve, I didn’t use moisturizer on my face. Can you even believe it? I know, I know, I can’t believe it myself. I have combination, oily, and acne prone skin, and for the longest time, I believed that the more I “dried” out my skin, the less oily it would be.…