As someone with combination skin on the greasier side, I grew up hating moisturizers and creams. I felt like I was caking up my skin with all the thick creams my mom forced me to wear, especially suncreams that left me pale as a ghost. I always wondered how women with a similar skin type…
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“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me” – Henry Ford Not all best friends take form in humans or animals. In fact, they might be inanimately sitting on the shelf of your bathroom cabinet. In honor of this holiday, the Glow Recipe Team would like to introduce you to…
As someone with dry, sensitive skin, physical sunscreens have always been my jam – even if it was harder to apply, I was willing to sacrifice an unslightly white cast for a sunscreen that didn’t break me out or irritate my skin. There were minor setbacks of course – the ever present ghostly cast after…
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…
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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…
At the beginning of the day, I’m too dazed to know where I last put my glasses. At the end of the day, I’m just ready to turn in. Where exactly do I fit the time to moisturize my neglected skin? For the most part, I’ve just been letting the skin flake off, since it…
The moment is here, you guys. After about a year and a half of a roller coaster product development ride — from concept to formulation to packaging design, and of course flying to Korea multiple times — we are beyond thrilled to share and introduce the long and intense labor of love, our first line of…
For the sun-savvy, UVA and UVB are familiar acronyms that describe two of the most predominant waves of radiation emitted by the sun, and with good reason! Both varieties of UV rays have been the main target of suncare products, as they pose the largest threat to overall skin health. Overexposure has been shown to develop into skin…
We’re beyond excited to announce that Glow Studio is back! We loved meeting every one, hosting beauty classes with our amazing friends and beauty experts, and essentially having a IRL destination for K-beauty with Glow Studio Downtown in Soho last March. With Glow Studio Uptown, located at Saks Fifth Avenue’s 2nd floor ‘The Wellery’, we can’t…