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Glow-Up Guide 2025: My Top Glow Up & Self-Care Products
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items Tested all year, my top beauty, skincare, makeup, health and wellness, and body-care picks for 2025. Handpicked favorites for anyone on their own glow-up journey!
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Skin & Makeup
Hair & Body
Health & Wellness
Skin & Makeup
I'll always be a dewy/glowy skin girl, I've never been on the matte finish look, I can't help it! I love a dewy look. Here's what I use to get the glow all day.
The best serum! An inexpensive option that keeps my skin SO hydrated, especially in this Midwest heat.
Holy Hydration! Hydrating Face Serum
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I splurged on this randomly one time and I've been hooked for years. This is the first product I've tried where you really get what you pay for. It's SO WORTH IT!
My favorite face moisturizer
I have lived in some dry climates and areas of the United States, this is what has saved my skin! I use it at night after my shower and I wake up dewy and my face glowing, it's simple and doesn't break me out, I have combination skin.
Keeping my skin as glowy as ever
The last step in my makeup routine! I put this everywhere, cheekbones, collarbone, shoulders, neck. It adds a really nice and even toned glow, it feels so light and it's a nice finishing touch to all my makeup looks.
L'Oreal Paris Makeup True Match Lumi Glotion
I have been reaching for this daily all summer, it's a glowy essential! It blends nicely into my makeup, doesn't dry out my skin, and I love that it's tinted so on days where I can't be bothered to do my full face makeup, I use this and I look put to...
Tinted Mineral Face Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 - Eucerin Sun
Wear sunscreen everyday! It's the most important product in my skin care routine. This one from Curology doesn't dry my skin, it's soaks in nicely and doesn't leave a white cast.
Curology Everyday Face Sunscreen SPF 30
Inexpensive and effective, I use this at night on those spots that aren't a full on pimple but still red and noticeable. I can tell a difference overnight, sometimes incoming pimples are completely gone by the next day if I can use this in time. Star...
Fade Away 5% Benzol Peroxide Acne Spot Treatment - Bubble
An all time favorite in my makeup routine! I've used this for years, it blends in amazing, its buildable, and it lasts forever. Some days I wear this with nothing else and it just adds a lil something so I feel put together.
Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stick & Lip Color
I use this a few times a week at night, it helps maintain a nice glow and exfoliates my semi-fuzzy face (lol). Make sure to wait for this to dry completely before moisturizing, and moisturize well on these nights!
Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner
A purse essential! We spent so much time at the lake this summer, and I kept this barrier balm with me at all times. I hate the feeling of drying off out of the water and my face feeling tight and dehydrated. The balm stick is perfect because I don't...
Ultra Facial Skin Barrier Repair Balm with Squalane
My cystic acne finally subsided after consistent use of this! I have no idea why deep, painful, cystic acne showed up at 20 years old, but I found this 6 years later and it is the only thing that really seriously cleared up chinstrap acne in about 2 ...
Bubble Skincare: Anti-Acne Skincare
Hair & Body
No more sprays! I have been loving the dry shampoo powders, better than any spray I've tried.
Volumizing Rice Protein Dry Shampoo with Puff
The most important part, they don't hurt my teeth! I'm sensitive to most whitening strips, these are the first ones that I can use 7 days in a row and my teeth aren't mega sensitive.
GuruNanda Teeth Whitening Strips - 7-Day Treatment
I've used this for YEARS! It still stands as my favorite lotion, by far. The smell, the feel, the moisturization it give me. It's my #1!
Pomegranate Herbal Body Moisturizer
Works on all skin types and tones! I used this in Mexico when I attended a wedding, shiny shins, shiny collarbone, shiny shoulders, it was amazing!
Vaseline Illuminate Me Shimmering Body Oil
I'm all about glowing from the inside out, and my dental hygiene doesn't get forgotten either. I've used tounge scrapers for years, it's practical, but not the prettiest thing to talk about. I use it every night before bed, its worth it! Make sure to...
MasterMedi Multicolor Tongue Scraper for Adults
It's not the cutest thing, but it helps my varicose veins! I'm 28 and can already see small veins coming in from walking so much, this helps a lot! It helps with circulation and bringing blood flow back up your body from your calves. Not the pretties...
Women's Compression Socks, not pretty but necessary
I don't use a lot of haircare products, but this one has been tried and true since high school for me. I use it on hair wash days and massage it into the ends of my hair while it's still wet after the shower. It adds a nice shine to the ends of my ha...
It's a 10 Hair Care Miracle Leave-in Conditioner
Health & Wellness
Working on glowing up from the inside out, which means taking my physical health more serious. Getting in shape is something I've always tried to do, and I'm finally prioritizing whole foods and exercise, here's what I'm using.
Walking has been the biggest game changer for me this summer! I put all excuses to the side and walked, walked, walked. A big part of this has been my under desk walking pad so I can watch youtube, scroll tiktok, or answer emails while getting my ste...
Walking Pad Treadmill
I don't drink protein powders often, but on days where I'm too lazy to cook some sort of protein, I drink one of these. The biggest perk has been that it doesn't hurt my stomach. It's a clean source of protein, just use it as more of a supplement rat...
Clean Simple Eats Protein
I've had a pair of these biker shorts for three summers and they are still some of my favorites. I have wider hips and large thighs and these don't ride up, I've even worn them under a bridesmaids dress in place of spandex.
CRZ YOGA: Shorts
Are Rykas still flying under the radar? I never see anyone talk about them, but they have been the main shoe I wear to the gym and while I'm walking. I have high arches so I need a little arch support when I'm walking long distances. These put a pep ...
Walking Shoes for Women
Now is the time to start taking your Vitamin D! Don't get the wintertime blues this year, take one a day and I swear it helps with my sleep, I don't wake up in a panic with a high pulse, my energy doesn't dip, start your vitamins now!
Vitamin D3 for Bone, Teeth, Muscle & Immune, 90 Softgels