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Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment
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About this product

A night treatment with a 2.5% AHA complex designed to provide gentle exfoliation and hydration while brightening skin overnight.

Type

Masks & PeelsGel

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Guru Score

74%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
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What the gurus are saying

This AHA night treatment went through a reformulation that split people. Fans of the original felt it wasn't the same, though many still rate it highly. The 2.5% AHA complex works like a gentler glycolic acid in a lightweight formula that merges Western and K-Beauty concepts, but those seeking a thick, occlusive night mask may find it too thin for evening use.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take March 2025
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~Mixed
"It's not the same. I personally didn't notice the difference. As an AHA though it was a nice touch, but it wasn't a product that I really used in the first place. But I liked it, I really liked it."
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"It's not the same. I personally didn't notice the difference. As an AHA though it was a nice touch, but it wasn't a product that I really used in the first place. But I liked it, I really liked it."
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"This is a resurfacing treatment that gently exfoliates, hydrates, and brightens with 2.5% BHA... PH balance, AHA complex for dramatically smoother, brighter, firmer looking skin. And we have all the key ingredients that their Watermelon line have in here, Hyaluronic Acid, Watermelon enzymes, to soothe, smooth, hydrate, Niacinamide, and an AHA complex. I really, really like this night treatment, it's nice and gentle. I avoid AHAs as much as I can on my rosacea because I've noticed it's a bit of a trigger for me, but this doesn't bother it at all. I think moisturizers with AHA in work better for me because it's at that final stage, it's not direct contact with the skin, it's got a bit of serums it has to buffer through, and I feel like that works really, really well for me. This just feels like a night version of the Watermelon Daytime Moisturizer. I don't wake up dry from these, I wake up still pleasantly like, oh, my skin doesn't feel dry and I haven't lost all hydration and moisture throughout the night, but going into winter my skin craves something thicker. This is really, really nice, but I don't think you're missing out if you don't buy this, to be honest with you, because I do prefer some of their other exfoliating products."
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"As the final step in my evening routine, the Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment just isn't thick enough for me anymore. I don't wake up with that dewy bouncy skin [...] I expect from an evening mask. [...] Whilst the AHA is nice in here and it is a nice treatment moisturizer, if you're looking for more even toned skin I actually think their strawberry exfoliating serum is amazing in comparison."
~Approved
"This is the Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment, one of the first products that really put glow recipe on the map, and I think it is still a hit even though they've reformulated it over the years. It's less for me personally, I'm a bit more sensitive and don't use these types of ingredients too often, but I know a lot of people love this. It has a two and a half percent AHA complex that the brand says acts like a ten percent glycolic acid ingredient. I think this is a good example of a beautiful merging of Western and K Beauty concepts into a product that doesn't really exist in either category on its own, so it's a standout."
Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment?

A night treatment with a 2.5% AHA complex designed to provide gentle exfoliation and hydration while brightening skin overnight.

Is Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 74%.

What is Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment's Guru Score?

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment holds a Guru Score of 74%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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