The Glow 100 lands. The list of record for AU beauty in 2026.
Our annual list of the 100 best beauty products in Australia is live. Plus: how Mecca Max beat the imports.
Annual edit · Glow 100 launch
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The Glow Edit goes out every Friday at 7am AEST to 15,000 readers. One editor's pick, one category deep-dive, one thing worth reading elsewhere. Below: the past twelve months of issues, archived. Subscribe to receive the next one in your inbox this Friday.
Why Maya returned the Magic Cream after a month.
The newest Confession (Maya on using Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream as a primer), plus the routine our skincare editor uses every day.
Confessions · Editor picks
Alpha-H takes the retinol crown.
The 2026 retinol ranking is published. Plus: why The Ordinary Niacinamide outperforms products at 4× the price.
Skincare · Rankings
The dermatologist default for AU SPF.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 takes the #1 SPF position again. Plus: what our editors actually use every morning.
Skincare · SPF
The body-care gap in Australian beauty.
Why no Australian body-care brand has scaled past $5m revenue. The hole in the AU beauty industry that someone is about to fill.
Industry · Field Notes
Mecca Max enters the Glow 100 rankings.
The Mecca-house formula that beat $80 imports in our blind ranking. Plus: how to apply self-tan without streaks (the real way).
Makeup · Tan
Olaplex No.0 alone is not the product you need.
Sasha confesses the Olaplex protocol mistake she made. Plus: the new Davines OI Oil ranking and why it dethroned Kérastase Elixir Ultime for fine hair.
Hair · Confessions
The collagen category is mostly noise.
Claire reviews three years of clinical evidence and reaches a conclusion most readers won't like. Plus: the one collagen product worth taking, if you take any.
Wellness · Industry
Omnilux Contour Face — still the highest-scoring device in our database.
Hannah re-tests at the 6-month mark and the verdict holds. Plus: why CurrentBody Series 2 is the smarter pick for most readers.
Devices · LED
The Glow Awards are live.
Six category winners. No paid entry. The brand award worth winning — and the only AU beauty award you cannot buy your way in.
Glow Awards · Annual
Loving Tan. The most natural finish in the express category.
Naomi re-runs the tan blind test across three skin tones, three editors, two formulations. Loving Tan 2HR Express wins again. Plus: why St Tropez Express is harder than its packaging suggests.
Tan · Rankings