Senior Skincare Editor · The Glow
Hannah Pham
Skincare actives · Brand reviews · Confessions · Multi-category lead
Twelve years in beauty editorial. Trained in clinical aesthetics. Eight years on the editorial side of Australia's largest beauty retailer, followed by three years in independent skincare research. Leads Glow's brand-review program across skincare, tan, men's skincare and wellness. Conducts the editorial canvasses that underpin every Best Of ranking. Writes the Confessions column when products fail to live up to the marketing.
What I cover.
- Skincare actives, retinol, vitamin C, peptides, AHA/BHA, niacinamide, ceramides, the formulation literature behind every claim
- Brand reviews under The Standard, the program that grades every brand from house formula to finished line
- Best Of rankings across skincare, including the canvasses that decide what gets in
- The Confessions column, on products that did less than the marketing promised
- Men's skincare, the under-served category Glow rebuilt under independent review
- Self-tan technology and DHA chemistry, the formulation side of a category usually reviewed by application
- Editorial methodology, how the skincare desk grades, validates and ships
Credentials & experience
- Editorial tenure
- 12 years in beauty editorial
- Aesthetics
- Trained in clinical aesthetics
- Retail editorial
- 8 years editorial side, Australia's largest beauty retailer
- Independent research
- 3 years independent skincare research
Editorial standards I work to.
Every product I review is held to The Glow Standard, the publication's published methodology. The Standard's core commitments, no paid placement, a five-axis rubric, a published conflict register and a minimum six-week test window, apply to every review under my byline.
Every unit reviewed under a Glow Score is acquired at retail. I do not accept PR samples for graded reviews. Scores are published with the panel skew on file and a second editor's sign-off. All review-period products are returned, donated or destroyed at the close of the test cycle.
Brand reviews follow the same protocol. Brand featuring is selected jointly with the Editorial desk and the basis of selection is published on every brand page. Read the Review Methodology for the full grading protocol.
Disclosable interests
Holds no equity in any brand reviewed on The Glow. Accepts no commissions or product gifts outside the editorial test-product budget. All review-period products are returned, donated, or destroyed at the close of the test cycle. Specific disclosures available on request at [email protected].
Recent features.
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Skincare · Ranking
Best retinol in Australia, 2026
The canvas, the rubric, the panel skew. Every retinol that scored above 8/10 under The Standard.
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Skincare · Ranking
Best vitamin C serum in Australia
Active concentration, stability, finish. The vitamin C reviews ranked under the five-axis grading protocol.
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Confessions · Column
The Confessions archive
The column on products that scored high in marketing and low in life. Every entry tested for the full panel cycle.
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Brand reviews
The Glow brand-review program
The under-the-Standard reviews of every brand Glow grades. Methodology disclosed on every page.
Contact & follow.
Direct: [email protected]
Tip line for skincare reviews: [email protected]
For corrections to a review under my byline: [email protected]