Glow

BB Cream.

Foundation

About this product

A three-shade BB cream designed to be mixed for your shade while providing sheer coverage that lets skin texture remain visible.

Full ingredients

Aqua/Water/Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Octyldodecanol, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Cyclohexasiloxane, Isopropyl Myristate, Bis-PEG/PPG-14/14 Dimethicone, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Hexyl Laurate, Xylitylglucoside, Silica, Sodium Chloride, Isododecane, Acrylates/Dimethicone Copolymer, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower/Leaf Extract, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Trihydroxystearin, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol

Guru Score

73%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

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What they liked

Sheer coverage shows skin texture underneath
Mix-and-match shades for custom color

What they flagged

White shade casts and doesn't blend to skin tone
Too dry on dry skin
Inconsistent textures across three shades

What the gurus are saying

These three shades have distinctly different textures: the lightest is runny and leaves a white cast that won't adjust, the middle is thickest, and the darkest falls between. Most people need two tubes at thirty dollars each for a proper shade match. The sheer coverage appeals to those wanting visible texture and imperfections to show through, but it dries out dry skin, and the heavy glass bottle adds to the cost.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take April 2026

Type

FoundationCream

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

~Approved

"I'm going to use these BB creams from Glow. And I'm actually going to mix them up. [...] These are so sheer and so tinted that you're not really going to be like, 'Oh my god, the color is wrong.' I always think with [...] a BB Cream or something like that, I don't really want maximum coverage. I kind of want to be able to see my skin underneath. I want to see one or two slight blemishes. I want my skin texture to be visible."

CYoung

93k subs

~Mixed

"This comes in three colors but the textures are totally different: the white one is runny like a watery sunscreen and gives a white cast that doesn't adjust to your skin tone at all, the middle shade is the thickest, and the darkest is somewhere in between. You're supposed to mix them to get your shade, which is kind of fun, and it's made with green tea water instead of regular water so it sounds fancy and lightweight, but on dry skin it's too dry. It comes in a pretty glass bottle which looks luxurious but it's heavy and it's thirty bucks a pop. The middle shade leans more like a foundation tone, so unless you're super lucky with your skin tone you'll probably need two tubes just to get a decent match, and that's already sixty bucks for a BB Cream. If you've got oily or combo skin, or you hate glowy finishes, you might like this, but if you have dry skin, skip it."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Urea

Urea both holds water in the skin and gently loosens dead surface cells. At higher strengths it has good evidence for very dry or thickened skin.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Glow BB Cream?

A three-shade BB cream designed to be mixed for your shade while providing sheer coverage that lets skin texture remain visible.

Is Glow BB Cream worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

What is Glow BB Cream's Guru Score?

Glow BB Cream holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.