Is Glow Recipe good for sensitive skin?

Glow Recipe is best suited for all skin types, dehydrated, dull skin types. If you have sensitive skin, check individual product reviews for compatibility.

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Glow Recipe is a mid K-beauty brand. They offer 10 products across their range.

Glow Recipe

midEst. 2017· New York / Seoul

Fruit-forward, K-beauty-inspired skincare designed by two Korean-American co-founders to bring dewy, glass-skin results to a Western audience.

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Glow Recipe is the Korean-American K-beauty crossover brand that made its way into Sephora aisles worldwide. The Watermelon Glow line is genuinely well-formulated, and the 2026 launch of their Korean Toner Pads earned a spot in the Oscars goodie bag. Not the cheapest, but the formulations and branding are best-in-class.

Strengths

+ Excellent fruit-based formulations
+ Widely available at Sephora globally
+ Dewy, lightweight textures
+ Strong clean beauty standards

Weaknesses

− More expensive than pure K-beauty rivals
− Some products are over-marketed
− Scents can be polarizing

The Glow Recipe Story

The Crossover Success Story

Glow Recipe was founded in 2017 by Christine Chang and Sarah Lee, two Korean-American veterans of the K-beauty industry who previously co-founded Soko Glam. Their vision was to introduce fruit-based, dewy-finish K-beauty formulations to a Western audience without watering down the Korean philosophy.

The Watermelon Story

The Watermelon Glow Pink Juice Moisturizer became the brand breakout hit — a lightweight, hydrating, niacinamide-enriched formula that felt like nothing else on shelves. It is now a Sephora top-seller year after year.

Today

In 2026, Glow Recipe debuted three Korean Toner Pad treatments that earned a spot in the Oscars goodie bag — a rare honor for a K-beauty-inspired brand.

Shop Glow Recipe by skin type

Curated picks from Glow Recipe's lineup, ranked for each skin type.

Best for Oily Skin (4)Best for Dry Skin (6)Best for Combination Skin (9)Best for Mature Skin (3)

All Glow Recipe Products

10 products reviewed and rated.

Glow Recipe Pineapple-C Bright Serum — K-beauty serum

Treatment

8.4/10

Pineapple-C Bright Serum

15% L-ascorbic acid (the gold-standard active form of vitamin C) wrapped in pineapple extract and bromelain (the natural pineapple enzyme that gently exfoliates), with the classic CEF (vitamin C + E + ferulic) antioxidant stack for stability and enhanced effectiveness. Glow Recipe positions it as a brightening serum but the bromelain enzyme adds a mild exfoliation kick that smooths texture alongside the vitamin C brightening. Best used in the morning before sunscreen for the daily antioxidant + brightening payoff.

Combination

Glow Recipe Cloudberry Bright Eye Cream — K-beauty eye cream

Treatment

8.4/10

Cloudberry Bright Eye Cream

Glow Recipe finally goes Nordic for an eye cream — cloudberry (the underrated arctic vitamin C bomb) plus peptides, in the brand's signature pastel-girl packaging.