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Glow Recipe on the ingredient apps

Two of Glow Recipe's best sellers, read on five public ingredient databases: every one got different verdicts from different databases.

SlipperSkin finding

Read on 21 and 23 October 2026, 2 of 2 Glow Recipe products got different clean-or-flagged verdicts from EWG Skin Deep, INCIdecoder, SkinSAFE and Skincarisma; their mean EWG hazard score was 3.5 and mean Skincarisma score 97.

Part of our study of how ingredient apps disagree, now 88 products from 48 brands. Every figure below links to the page it was read from.

How do the ingredient apps rate Glow Recipe?

They do not agree on any of them. EWG Skin Deep scores hazard from 1 to 10 (1 to 2 is its low band); INCIdecoder names the ingredients it rates "icky"; SkinSAFE rates freedom from common allergens (100 is its top); Skincarisma scores from EWG's ingredient ratings out of 100. 0 of 2 get SkinSAFE's top rating.

Glow Recipe: the verdict grid2 products, four databases, read 21 and 23 October 2026

Values in the cells are each database's own figure. Blush is flagged, glass is clean, dashed is not listed.

What does each database say, product by product?

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

Split verdict: 3 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 0 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	3 of 10Fair data, updated January 2025	source
INCIdecoder	rates Fragrance/Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated May 11, 2023	source
Skincarisma	94 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight Toner

Split verdict: 2 of 4 databases flag it. Fragrance-free on 1 of 5 databases. Read 23 October 2026.

EWG Skin Deep	4 of 10Fair data, updated June 2023	source
INCIdecoder	rates no ingredient "icky"	source
SkinSAFE	91ingredients updated Feb 03, 2026	source
Skincarisma	100 of 100, "Excellent"	source
SkinSort	does not tag it fragrance-free	source

Which listings may be out of date?

Formulas change and databases keep the list they were given. Where one database's ingredient list differs from the others on a clear marker (parabens or fragrance), or EWG labels its listing with a formulation year, we show it here as a question, not a finding: a majority of published lists is evidence, not proof of the current formula.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight Toner: INCIdecoder omits fragrance (3 lists with / 2 without; INCIdecoder date n/a)
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight Toner: SkinSAFE omits fragrance (3 lists with / 2 without; SkinSAFE date Feb 03, 2026)

Where to buy

Find the Glow Recipe products we checked on Amazon

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew DropsOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.3 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon → Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight TonerOne of the products this page checked on the ingredient databases; read the full rows above before you buy.2 of 4 databases flag itView on Amazon →

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Where the law stands: FDA says cosmetic ingredients, other than colour additives, need no approval before sale (FDA's ingredient page); California bans a named list of intentionally added chemicals (Health and Safety Code section 108980); and the EU keeps its own prohibited and restricted annexes (Regulation 1223/2009 on EUR-Lex). Check any ingredient in our ingredient files.

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