Three editions. Each year, the same question.
The Glow 100 has been published annually since 2024. The current 2026 edition is live. Earlier editions are archived but never silently re-ranked — the verdicts that won in 2024 and 2025 stand as the verdict at that point in time. The compounding archive becomes part of the publication's institutional record.
The Glow 100 · 2026 edition.
Published April 2026. Selected from 1,247 products tested over the previous 18 months. Six categories. The current list of record. Notable shifts from 2025: Mecca Max enters at #28 (Future Skin Foundation). Olaplex No. 3 holds #46 for the third consecutive year. Loving Tan extends its dominance of the Tan category. Omnilux Contour Face takes the highest individual score in the entire database (9.4/10) for the second year running.
- 1,247 products tested over the testing window
- 100 products selected across six categories
- Highest score: Omnilux Contour Face (9.4)
- Lowest entry score: 6.8 (JSHealth Sleep + Calm Formula at #100)
The Glow 100 · 2025 edition.
Published April 2025. The second annual edition. Selected from 1,084 products tested. Notable for marking the first year Australian-developed products represented over 30% of the list (33 entries). Notable winner: Alpha-H Vitamin A Serum, which took the top Skincare position from a long-running La Roche-Posay incumbent. Notable confession: three products that placed in the 2024 edition were dropped from the 2025 list following formulation changes.
- 1,084 products tested in the 2024–25 cycle
- 33 Australian-developed products on the list
- Highest score: Omnilux Contour Face (9.3)
- Three previous-year winners removed following reformulation
The Glow 100 · 2024 edition.
Published April 2024. The inaugural Glow 100 — the first list of its kind in Australia. Selected from 837 products tested in the publication's first complete editorial cycle. The list that established the Glow methodology, the per-category weighting matrix, and the publication's commitment to a five-axis scoring rubric. Notable for being the first Australian beauty publication to publicly disclose its testing methodology alongside its rankings.
- 837 products tested in the inaugural year
- 27 Australian-developed products on the inaugural list
- Highest score: Omnilux Contour Face (9.2)
- The list that established the Glow editorial methodology publicly