The people who actually test the products.

Founded Glow in 2014 after twelve years building consumer beauty brands in Australia. Previously founded Australian Glow (acquired 2023). Ten years writing on the commercial side of the beauty industry; the last four building the editorial side. Sets the methodology, signs off on every category framework, and writes the founder's introduction to each annual edit.

• Founded Australian Glow (2014–2023)
• Brand consultant to four ASX-listed beauty companies (2018–2024)
• Speaker, Beauty Industry Australia Summit 2023, 2024, 2025
• Member, Australian Beauty Industry Association editorial standards working group

Eight years in skincare editorial across Australian and UK publications. Trained as a clinical aesthetician at the Australasian Academy of Cosmetic Dermal Science (2014–2016). Specialises in actives — retinol, vitamin C, peptides, AHA/BHA — and the formulation literature behind brand claims. Reviews every retinol, vitamin C, and acid product Glow tests. Author of the Confessions column on long-term skincare regret.

• Diploma, Cosmetic Dermal Science (Australasian Academy, 2016)
• Senior writer, Cosmetics Marketing AU (2020–2024)
• Contributing editor, Beauty Crew (2018–2020)
• Tested 400+ skincare products in the past three years

Six years as a senior beauty advisor at Mecca's Chadstone flagship before moving into editorial in 2022. Tests every foundation, mascara, concealer, blush, and lip product Glow reviews. The audience trusts her on application and skin-type-specific advice in a way that purely editorial backgrounds rarely earn. Writes the makeup-as-confession column on products that look right in store and wrong in life.

• Senior beauty advisor, Mecca Maxima Chadstone (2017–2022)
• Certified colour consultant, Eve Pearl Academy
• 200+ in-house foundation tests across all six Fitzpatrick types
• Contributing makeup writer, beautyheaven (2022–2024)

Twelve years as a salon professional. Former colour director at Atelier Russo (Melbourne CBD) where she built the salon's bond-building and bleach-recovery protocols. Joined Glow in 2024 to bring professional-tier hair authority to a category dominated by amateur reviews. Writes every shampoo, conditioner, treatment mask, and bond-building review. Holds the only published review of Olaplex's full at-home protocol that has been independently fact-checked by a salon educator.

• Senior stylist, Atelier Russo (2018–2024)
• Certified educator, Davines Sustainable Beauty (2021)
• Olaplex Master Stylist certification (2019)
• Twelve years professional bench experience across colour, cut, and chemical treatment

Ten years as a registered nurse in dermatology and cosmetic medicine, including six years operating clinical-grade light, RF, and microcurrent devices. Reviews every at-home device Glow tests. The clinical lens on device claims is the most underserved part of the AU beauty review landscape, and Hannah is the audience trust signal that closes the credibility gap. Author of the Devices Confessions essays on expensive technology that doesn't work.

• Registered Nurse, AHPRA (2014–present)
• Six years clinical operation of LED, IPL, RF, and microcurrent devices
• Postgraduate diploma, Aesthetic Medicine (RACGP-recognised pathway)
• Independent reviewer for Cosmetic Surgery Australia journal (2022–2024)

Registered nutritionist (BNutMed, Deakin 2018) with seven years of editorial experience reviewing supplement evidence, primarily for collagen, magnesium, hair growth, and gut health categories. The wellness category is where the highest concentration of overstated claims lives, and Claire's reviews are valued specifically because she will say "the evidence does not support this product's claims" in writing. Author of the Wellness Confessions on supplements that did nothing.

• BNutMed (Hons), Deakin University (2018)
• Member, Nutrition Society of Australia
• Independent reviewer for Therapeutic Advances in Nutrition (2022–present)
• Six years editorial experience reviewing supplement clinical literature

Nine years in the self-tan category, the first six on the brand side at Bondi Sands (product team, 2017–2022) before moving to editorial in 2023. Writes every self-tan, gradual tan, and face-tan review on Glow. The combination of brand-side product knowledge and editorial independence is the trust signal in this category — most tan reviews are written by people who have applied the product twice. Naomi has applied them four hundred times.

• Product team, Bondi Sands (2017–2022)
• Senior writer, beautyheaven tan section (2023–2024)
• Editorial lead, Glow Tan vertical (2024–present)
• 400+ self-tan applications documented for editorial purposes since 2023