As soon as the GR team found out that Blossom Jeju was coming out with a cleansing oil and foaming cleanser, we were nearly inconsolable with excitement. We’re all about the benefits of Camellia oil in our offices- each of us has a different way that we love to use the antioxidant powerhouse. Blossom Jeju’s new cleansing oil is formulated with 55% antioxidant rich Camellia oil to fight free radical...

Our co-founders Sarah and Christine were so excited to bring Yuripibu stateside because of their crazy clean formulations and how well their products actually worked to improve skin. (In case you forgot, Sarah was utterly obsessed with the Artichoke Power Essence.) With each new product launch from Yuripibu, we get more and more excited. The newest additions to the roster: the Lotus Water Mask and Black Tea Firming Mask. The...

I’ve got to hand it to those one-sheet-mask-a-day girls you see all over Instagram. I mean, for me to set aside a good two hours for a masking session (which includes, of course, double cleansing, exfoliating, two rinse-off masks, and finishing with a nourishing sheet mask), it takes some serious planning and aforethought — and I don’t even have kids. After all, I can’t talk, I can’t eat, and the...

At long last, the weather is edging above the 60s in NYC and it feels like the warmer months are finally here to stay. After the long winter months of slathering on rich creams, it can feel like skin needs a little ‘dusting off’ to shed it’s dull, lackluster appearance. While sometimes there’s nothing like a thorough scrub, we’ve never been big fans of harsh physical exfoliants at Glow Recipe...

Well known for being a remedy for an upset stomach, ginger has long been consumed as a healthful and medicinal ingredient with multiple healing benefits. In traditional Asian medicine, ginger is considered a warming food that increases internal energy and improves blood circulation. The warming effects of ginger are best suited for those with cold hands and cold feet. (In the winter, that is practically everyone) The versatile root soothes...

I’m excited to share with you my rave review of the Blithe Crystal Iceplant pressed serum– aka the product that reminded me how to love moisturizers again! When I first learned about Blithe’s Pressed Serums, I was all about the balm texture of the Tundra Chaga formula. Thick as custard, the Chaga serum melts into skin and acts as a wonderful protective barrier during windy New York winters. Then spring...

The past several years have been pretty eventful – a move across continents, getting married, a major career change, starting a business, to name just a few. Amidst all of that, very little could have prepared me for being a mother. As cliche as it sounds, it was truly one of the most rewarding but also most challenging things I’ve ever done. The thought that the physical and emotional well-being...

Sephora. Who is obsessed with, believes in, and buys new products religiously at Sephora? I’m visualizing myself holding a microphone in front of thousands of people in an outdoor space yelling out this question, and seeing 99% of women raising hands immediately. It’s true, I can’t think of anyone I know who isn’t crazy about this candy store. I know most of my friends go to Sephora to buy one...

There comes a time in one’s life when you feel like you need a little more oomph. Another cup of coffee to get you up in the morning. An additional 15 minutes, perhaps, on the treadmill. A little more girl time to help you detox from a stressful workweek. Our skin is no different. Inevitably, gravity takes its toll, and as we cast that critical eye on the face reflected...

A Suzy Menkes USB! I was incredibly excited and honored to attend the Conde Nast International Future Luxury Conference as a speaker on behalf of Glow Recipe this week. Held at The Shilla Hotel, hundreds of attendees from all over the world in fields including fashion, beauty and jewelry flew into Seoul to attend this annual conference, hosted by the one and only Suzy Menkes, International Vogue Editor. We were...

While I really should be greener year-round, I appreciate having one day of the year officially dedicated to reminding me to be gentler to the Earth — and my skin. After all, there are those environmental pollutants and chemicals that I may not be able to control (smog, car exhaust, radiation), and then there are those that I can, depending on what I choose to buy, ingest or apply to...

Hiding in the archives of the Glow Recipe blog are some of our best tips and tricks for getting the most out of your hydrogel masks. Today, we ruffled through the blog to bring you our essential reading list for these hydrating little wonders. Hydrogels are the more potent cousin of cotton mask sheets, as the skin can absorb hydration from both the essence and the mask itself. As opposed...