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 as me wore sunscreen 365 days a year when I couldn’t even last 2 hours...

“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 our personal skincare best friends! These are some of the products that we deem genuine,...

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 application and the fact that it took so much rubbing to get it absorbed into...

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 are so obsessed with cleansing, that in most cases the first order of business...

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 even spoke with ID Hospital’s founder and renowned dermatologist, Sang Hoon Park at the Conde...

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 clearly wants to. You do you, boo. I figure the layer underneath might be less...

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 skincare products we’ve created. How it all began We’ve been beauty junkies our whole...

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 cancers without proper protection and preventative steps. Luckily, current sunscreens and sunblocks...

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 wait to share all of our new launches, upcoming beauty classes and events. We’re...

The Blithe Crystal Iceplant Pressed Serum is May’s Glow Gamechanger– a monthly product feature that highlights a treatment that’ll change your skincare game forever. Before I met this month’s gamechanger, my skin was dull and flaky. My days with each generic moisturizer were numbered, as I tossed them aside one by one when they failed to show me any results. Insert this month’s Gamechanger into my arsenal: The Blithe Crystal...

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. I want to share with you my own skincare journey, and how it’s helped my...

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 coolest products we’ve spotlighted for Glow Gamechanger to date that maxes out the versatility...