Rating Every Glow Recipe Product! The Best And The Worst!

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Today I'm gonna be rating every single product from my favorite skincare brand, Glow Recipe.
This is a brand I get asked about the most! I get accused of doing secret sponsorships for them all the time, lol, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM!

So today I'm sharing my personal experience and opinions with Glow Recipes product library!

Diclaimer kind of; I have had sponsored posts with Glow Recipe before that (like all sponsored content) is marked with AD. And clearly stated in the video.
As always I will only work with brands and products I looooooove.

00:00 Intro
01:13 Ranking Tiers
01:55 Glow Recipe Pineapple C Bright serum
03:51 Glow Recipe Strawberry Smooth BHA + AHA Salicylic Serum
05:38 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Sunscreen SPF 50
07:09 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Lip Pop
07:23 Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Cream
09:24 Glow Recipe Niacinamide Dew Drops
10:37 Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum
13:16 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Hyaluronic Clay Pore-Tight Facial
14:44 Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Recovery Serum
15: 20 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Pink Dream Dody Cream
16:08 Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Serum
18:19 Glow Recipe Papaya Sorbet Enzyme Cleansing Balm
20:11 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight
22:38 Glow Recipe Banana Souffle Moisture Cream
24:48 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Ultra-Fine Mist
26:21 Glow Recipe Blueberry Bounce Gentle Cleanser
27:47 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Pink Juice Moisturizer
29:44 Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask
31:38 Glow Recipe Avocado Melt Retinol Ice Sleeping Mask
32:27 Outro

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Remember that skincare is extremely personal to everybody's skin. What works for me, may not work for you. But I hope my videos give you some good ideas for products, techniques, and Ingredients to try.
Also, I'm obviously not a dermatologist or a doctor, so all opinions on products and anything else I'm presenting, are results and findings from my own experience and research.
And that's why I'm here, to share my research and my findings that go further than what is said on the bottle or google!
But, everything I present is always a discussion for you to join in with :)
If you have any serious skin concerns, please see a dermatologist/doctor.
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Ad Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in my videos are all my own honest feelings. I will only work with brands and products that I truly love and use. Working with brands allows me to invest in my channel and create better quality videos for you guys :)

[teacartwright]

I imagine that if James ever released a skincare line, It would be a partnership with Glow Recipie in a similar way that Hyram partnered with Inkey List. Id be on board

[kaitlynjennings]

I tried Glow Recipe products after watching your videos and they were the ONLY products that cleared my hormonal acne after HUNDREDS of dollars spent on other products recommended by aesthetic nurses and estheticians. After 8 months of trying to clear my acne at 30 years old, Glow Recipe completely cleared my skin in four days. The watermelon toner, strawberry serum, and dew drops are my ride or dies but I love everything else I’ve tried including the watermelon moisturizer, avocado serum, guava serum, and spf. I can’t wait to try more and I thank you 🙏🏼 for your videos on these products!! 💕💕💕

[AKbaby]

Honestly, Glow Recipe is probably my favorite brand. It's definitely the Skincare brand I've tried the most products from

[moongem]

I don't use this brand but I really like the packaging and design of their products. It's minimal without being boring and aesthetically interesting without being overpowering. Everything looks sweet and edible too, which I'm a huge sucker for.

[bellav]

Okay, but - all of the pictures of the products are SO aesthetically pleasing lined up all together 👀.

[cassieteschner]

The subtle digs at Kim K’s skin care line are hilarious

[mkaa]

I really enjoyed this style of video!
You should do this more often with other brands. I really need to order a product from this brand. You should do a skincare routine video using only Glow Recipe products!

[SAYoung]

I wish the watermelon spray was refillable so I could put in other toners for that perfect fog 😆

[Kate-vkhe]

The watermelon toner is also higher than "can't live without" for me, in total honesty, because of you hyping it up so much. I use it everyday and also have backups.

[natsl]

I always associate you with Glow Recipe. You're THE face 😍 especially Watermelon 🍉 haha xx

[Randomness]

For some reason I used to think that Glow Recipe would irritate my skin, so I avoided them for a long time.. but recently I saw they had the guava kit with full size gauva vitamin c serum on sale and I bought it. I love love love that serum and I’ve started using more products from them. I have fallen in love with everything they have. On a side note, as an artist I can’t help but deeply appreciate what they have done with the bottle design, so beautiful. Love them and love you for your honest reviews. ❤

[crystalrae]

I ADORE Glow Recipe and I've owned & tried the vast majority of their products. I've never found a brand that has so many products that I truly enjoy using. The way the products apply and play well together, the textures, the scents, the experience, etc. There's just something about the brand that clicks with me.

Now, here's the bad news... I can't really use the brand anymore. Other than one product. 😭

I really started using actives more regularly when I got into Glow Recipe, and after a short time, I started to realize that my skin was really suffering. So I had to figure out why... I removed the AHA's, PHA's, BHA's, Vitamin C, and Retinol. The obvious culprits. (I did find that my dry/sensitive skin is sensitive to ALL of those ingredients, & I found that I can only use them very rarely.) But even after removing those ingredients, my skin was still looking REALLY BAD. I couldn't figure it out... I couldn't figure it out, because the ingredient to blame is basically never spoken ill of in the skincare community. So after quite some time, I realized that I'm basically allergic/highly sensitive to Niacinamide, which, unfortunately, is in almost all of Glow Recipe's products. 😞 That revelation was hard to take. But as soon as I removed Niacinamide (along with the other ingredients listed above), my skin started healing.

So I basically have a cabinet full of 12 Glow Recipe products that I cannot use. Some I can use maybe once a month, but usually much less often than that. So I use their Banana Souffle Cream, which seems to be the only product truly designed for dry and/or sensitive skin in mind.

(Even the Plum Plump products aren't designed with dry or sensitive skin in mind, unfortunately. You would think they would be, but they say on the box that they are best for combo skin. They did rapidly dehydrate my skin & cause irritation unfortunately.)

Anywho, color me disappointed. I'm really hoping that Glow Recipe comes out with a whole range of gentle, hydrating, moisturizing, soothing, healing, restoring, calming, plumping, glowy products designed especially for those with dry/sensitive skin. Because that is literally all I can use. Having some simple, anti-aging ingredients in them (like adenosine, ceramides, peptides, lipids, collagen, etc) would also be lovely. 😊 Just some lovely products to use that treat the skin with great kindness would be really appreciated.

I would love to see another toner like their current PHA/AHA Toner (my FAVORITE product, which I adore the texture of), except it could be made with only super-hydrating, moisturizing, soothing, plumping ingredients. I'd also like to see a new Avocado Ceramide Serum (another favorite of mine) with no Niacinamide. Fingers crossed. 🤞😅

[Kaeracter]

The cleansing balm is a must-have for me! I love it so much more than any other one I've used. The smell is pleasant and not overpowering and the texture is lovely. For me, I don't even have to emulsify it for it to take off my makeup, which I prefer. I wipe it off with a wet facecloth and then use a second cleanse. Love. It.

[DB-dwgz]

I find James' tone of voice and accent so soothing. So nice to listen to with ear pods at work. And if course his content is wonderful!

[zionmommy]

I prefer the Sweet Chef line, I like the vegetable versions of serums, and I love the gentle cleanser as well. And yes James, avocadoes are fruits 🥑

[BriannaBoyd]

Honestly, James is the reason I now only use Glow Recipe EVERYTHING. I love it, my skin loves it… he’s amazing and I believe his honesty about the brand is why I chose to start buying all their stuff! ❤

[meghansesnie]

I’m SO sad that Glow Recipe discontinued the Banana Soufflé moisturizer. It really helped calm and sooth my eczema/acne prone skin!

[Panffles]

I bought the toner after hearing James talk about it and I honestly love it, the first night I used it I couldn’t get over how good my skin looked and felt

[Heretopaint]

I love their cleansing balm. I’ve been through probably 3 or 4 containers. Definitely give that one another try. I’ll be giving the toner and strawberry exfoliate a try as I haven’t yet. Their products are overall great. Nothing has really disappointed me.

[AfterlifeDolls]

I never comment, but I had to stop and say how freaking awesome your skin looks in this video, not that it doesn't always look amazing. Also, love Glow Recipe! Their niacinamide is one of the only ones I've found that doesn't sting and doesn't pill.