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The Glow Standard: Product Curation

It’s no secret that we’re extremely selective when it comes to the brands, partners, and products that we curate. This selectivity comes from a place of passion for skincare, but also from the knowledge that our customer base is extremely discerning.

How Do We Curate?

As the only US hub for Korean beauty founded by women with extensive experience in both the Korean and US markets, Sarah and Christine have made it Glow Recipe’s mission to bring the best of K-beauty stateside. In Korea, product testing is a lengthy process, and if something is accepted by tester panels there, it’s sure to do well in the rest of Asia. Korean consumers are simply not impressed by everything that they see- in a market so saturated with awesome skincare, it’s difficult to stand out!

Our love for honest feedback has impacted the way we choose to curate products. Glow Recipe spearheaded the use of a multi-aged, multi-ethnic testing panel of real customers, and these tester panels are the cornerstone of our curation process.

What’s Important to Us?

At Glow Recipe, we believe in working with brands and products that share our mission of prioritizing efficacious natural ingredients and minimizing ingredients that have the potential to cause irritation over time.

The products we curate include the following:

  • Products with strong benefit-driven functionality and natural ingredient stories.
  • Products that are extensively safety tested.
  • Products that are not tested on animals.
  • Products are free of Parabens, Triclosans, Hydroquinone, Benzophenones, BPAs, Tar, Talc, Sodium Lauryl/ Laureth Sulfates, Aluminum, DEET, Formaldehyde, PABA, Toluene, Camphor, PVC, Phthalates and Microbeads.

The number of brands we work with is far outnumbered by those who we’ve chosen to pass on. Waiting through testing periods to launch new products is truly worth it, as experience has shown that time manifests as happy customers and positive feedback, which we’re overjoyed by!

That said, we lust for new products, textures, scents and categories like any other product junkies. Our co-founders Sarah and Christine take multiple trips to Korea each year to meet with brands and R&D labs. They bring back with them many suitcases, as well as a renewed sense of excitement and purpose that is contagious for the whole team. We’re bringing the K-beauty community the best of the best things that we can find. We can’t wait to share them all with you!

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Join the Glow Squad!

This month, we’ll be recruiting our next round of testers. We’ve decided to create and film a small panel of New York City based testers in the first half of the year. These NYC based testers will have the opportunity to meet with us in person at the Glow Recipe offices and will have access to our newest launches. We will be expanding the search to include testers from all over the US later this year.

If you’re based in NYC and want to be a part of this first round of testing, you can submit an application to be part of the panel here: http://goo.gl/forms/kpc1YOQoY8.

We’ll be contacting those who have been chosen by February 15th.
Good luck, and get your glow on!
The Glow Recipe Team

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21 Comments

  • Adriana \ May 13, 2018 5:24 am

    Interesting how you haven't confirmed if your brand is cruelty free...but you responded to other inquires... I'm assuming you aren't because you mentioned the rest of Asia which would include China, and China requires testing.

    • The Glow Recipe Team May 15, 2018 10:26 am

      Thanks for contacting us. The Glow Recipe line of skincare is completely cruelty-free and aside from the use of sustainably harvested bee propolis in some of the new Whamisa x Glow Recipe line, the rest are vegan as well. This includes Watermelon Glow and Pink Juice :) It's also a big part of the other brands that we choose to partner with long term. We specifically look for brands who exclude animal by-products whenever possible. Our products are also not available in China. You can read more about our standards here: https://www.glowrecipe.com/pages/info-for-brands If you have questions about a particular product's ingredients, feel free to let us know!

    • The Glow Recipe Team May 16, 2018 1:36 pm

      Thanks for contacting us. The Glow Recipe line of skincare is completely cruelty-free and aside from the use of sustainably harvested bee propolis in some of the new Whamisa x Glow Recipe line, the rest are vegan as well. This includes Watermelon Glow and Pink Juice ? It’s also a big part of the other brands that we choose to partner with long term. We specifically look for brands who exclude animal by-products whenever possible. Our products are also not available in China. You can read more about our standards here: https://www.glowrecipe.com/pages/info-for-brands If you have questions about a particular product’s ingredients, feel free to let us know!

  • Elle Aug 17, 2017 1:33 pm

    I see that your products are cruelty free. Does this mean that each ingredient is not tested on animals?

      • Chelsea Mar 15, 2018 4:11 pm

        Hi! I am also looking for the same information. I will NOT purchase products unless I know they're 100% cruelty free. I left a comment on their Instagram page. I think that may be the best way to reach out.

        • The Glow Recipe Team May 16, 2018 1:35 pm

          Thanks for contacting us. The Glow Recipe line of skincare is completely cruelty-free and aside from the use of sustainably harvested bee propolis in some of the new Whamisa x Glow Recipe line, the rest are vegan as well. This includes Watermelon Glow and Pink Juice ? It’s also a big part of the other brands that we choose to partner with long term. We specifically look for brands who exclude animal by-products whenever possible. Our products are also not available in China. You can read more about our standards here: https://www.glowrecipe.com/pages/info-for-brands If you have questions about a particular product’s ingredients, feel free to let us know!

  • Diana OCconnor Jul 10, 2017 12:06 am

    I worked for Estee Lauder & Clinique for 30 years plus and have been following Sarah & Christine Glow Recipe from Shark Tank. I am so addicted to your products it's insane. I am anxiously awaiting new products that make a difference in the way my skin looks ,feels great on my skin ,& smell incredible. I am spreading the word about Glow Recipe as fast as I can. One thing I know is knowledge is Gold. Can't wait for you here in Pearland, Texas

    • The Glow Recipe Team Jul 10, 2017 10:35 am

      Hi Diana!! Thank you so so much for all of your sweet words. We're so happy that you love our products so much as we work so hard to find and create great ones for our customers!!

  • Alec Mar 24, 2017 4:57 am

    Hi, My name is Alec, partner relationship manager at Medidermstore.com, we produce high quality skin care products manufactured in the US. I came across your site on google, and I'm particularly impressed with the success you're having at blog.glowrecipe.com I want to send you a few samples to try out and hopefully share with your blog’s audience We would also like to offer you an affiliate cut for any sales you get by promoting our products, arrange an exclusive discount code and possibly giveaway samples you can share with your audience. Interested, please let me know :) I am really looking forward to hearing from you Thanks, in Advance Respectfully, Alec Ndolo, Partner Relationship Manager, Mediderm Skin Care

  • Rose Braley Jan 12, 2017 7:55 pm

    I would like to find a reasonably priced wrinkle repair regimen that really works! What products do you reccomed?

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