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Australian Glow
The Glow Guide · Issue 04

the magazine for
people who glow.

Tutorials, shade guides, summer routines and Summer Club culture. Written by humans, fact-checked by our dermatologist, free to read.

This week

the seven-day summer glow routine

Five-minute routine. Five products. One unmissable holiday glow.

Read the routine
In this issue

five pieces to read this week.

Editorial flat-lay — mousse bottle, tanning mitt, BGE sock on cream marble in soft daylight
how to
16 May8 min

How To Apply Self Tanner (Without Streaks, Patches Or Orange Palms)

Everything everyone gets wrong about self tan is here, in the first hour. The product isn’t the problem. The technique is.

Read · Tara Lin
Four shade swatches side-by-side on the same skin tone — Light, Medium, Dark, Ultra Dark in soft daylight
shade guide
16 May6 min

Which Australian Glow Shade Is Right For Me? An Honest Comparison

Light, Medium, Dark or Ultra Dark — with develop time, finish, fade and real before-and-afters across skin tones.

Read · Mara Okello
Diptych — a streaky leg before, the same leg clean after a ten-minute fix
how to
16 May7 min

How To Fix Streaky, Patchy Or Orange Fake Tan (Tested Methods)

Don’t panic. Whatever the disaster looks like at 7am, there’s a tested fix that takes under ten minutes.

Read · Tara Lin
Editorial flat-lay — exfoliating mitt, body wash, razor, oil, calendar on cream linen
how to
16 May6 min

How To Prep Your Skin Before Self Tanning (The 72-Hour Plan)

Exfoliate, shave, moisturise — but when? The 72-hour prep beauty editors use before a self tan that lasts.

Read · Tara Lin
Fair-skin model in soft window light, before/after diptych on cream backdrop
shade guide
17 May6 min

Best Self Tanner For Fair Skin (Australian Editor’s Pick)

Fair skin needs different rules. Here’s the formula that won’t go orange and the shades that read natural.

Read · Mara Okello
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