The GlowGetters Guide

If your skin is anything but even and bright all the time, you’ve probably looked into different treatments to improve your skin’s appearance. This is probably especially true if you struggle with common but frustrating skin complaints like hyperpigmentation, uneven skin tone, blemishes, or even just noticing the first fine lines starting to develop around your eyes or forehead. Many of us are always on the lookout for the miracle product that will resurface our...

We’ve all been there. You wake up bright and shiny from a good night of sleep and a stellar bedtime skincare routine, ready for the big party or event you have planned for the evening. Feeling like sunshine itself, you fling open the curtains, flounce over to the bathroom, splash water on your face like a face wash advertisement, look into the mirror, and — there’s a huge, angry red pimple on your lip. Unlike...

There’s nothing more frustrating than knowing that the only thing standing between you and glowing skin are hyperpigmentation scars. At the same time, there are several different causes of hyperpigmentation, one of the most frustrating being Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (PIH). Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation is what happens when your skin starts producing too much melanin at the site of skin irritation. If you had acne growing up, for example, you might find as you get older that the...

Acne and breakouts become part of your life in your teen years. Those memories of desperately covering up a smattering of blemishes with a cakey drugstore foundation before a school dance are yours to cherish even as you find relief from your wildly vacillating hormones when you get into your twenties, and your acne hopefully calms down as a result. But even if you’re past the days of constant pimples and redness, acne and breakouts...

It’s one of the most common skin problems in the world — and one of the most annoying. If you’ve struggled with acne, it probably started appearing around puberty. And while many of you will probably be lucky enough to have your acne subside as you get older, others may have to deal with breakouts pretty much forever. Even if your skin isn’t particularly acne-prone, pimples and zits are just an unfortunate part of life....

If you’re prone to acne and pimples, a good face wash can be the holy grail. Especially if your breakouts are due to oily skin, washing your face in the morning and the evening can leave you feeling like a totally new person — but it doesn’t necessarily get rid of your acne and blemishes. Sometimes, cleansers that leave you feeling the cleanest aren’t actually the best for your acne-prone skin. If your cleanser formula...

We bet it sounded strange to most of you the first time you encountered acid as the key ingredient of a skincare product. Before you become a skincare expert, acid sounds like something you probably want to keep as far away from your face as possible. Acids are all the rage now — hello, Alpha Hydroxy Acids — and can work wonders for your complexion. You’re probably familiar with Lactic Acid and Glycolic Acid, and...

A little beauty mark slightly above her lip helped make Marilyn Monroe an iconic beauty. And she’s certainly not the only one — there’s something about that tiny spot that makes someone look mysterious and dangerous and sexy all at once. But that’s a dark spot above their lip. If you have a dark spot on your lip, it may feel worlds away even though it’s only a few centimeters different. Instead of an intriguing...