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    <title>GlowSteal — Affordable Beauty Blog</title>
    <updated>2026-07-30T01:12:46.304Z</updated>
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    <subtitle>Drugstore beauty reviews, dupes, tutorials, and skincare guides. Look expensive without the price tag.</subtitle>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do Cream Products Really Go Under Powder?]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/cream-before-powder-order</id>
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        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nobody has tested it. The rule is craft knowledge with no study behind it — and the one thing that has been measured says how you apply matters more than what order you apply in.]]></summary>
        <category label="technique"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cruelty-Free, Vegan, Clean and Natural: What Each Term Means]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/cruelty-free-vegan-clean-natural-meaning</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/cruelty-free-vegan-clean-natural-meaning"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA['Cruelty-free means nothing legally' is a US fact that gets reported as a global one. In the EU the claim is legally conditioned — and the four words split into two pairs on an axis nobody expects.]]></summary>
        <category label="labels"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Often Should You Clean Makeup Brushes?]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-often-to-clean-makeup-brushes</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-often-to-clean-makeup-brushes"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The 'every 7 to 10 days' rule is real and attributable — it's the AAD's. It also cites nothing. And the peer-reviewed alternative traces to a consumer acne website.]]></summary>
        <category label="technique"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Read a Cosmetic Ingredient List]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-to-read-an-ingredient-list</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-to-read-an-ingredient-list"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ingredient lists are ordered by weight — until they aren't. The 1% rule is the single most useful thing to understand, and it's the thing most often explained wrongly.]]></summary>
        <category label="labels"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Spot Fragrance on an Ingredient List]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-to-spot-fragrance-on-a-label</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/how-to-spot-fragrance-on-a-label"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The word to look for is 'Parfum' in the EU and 'Fragrance' in the US — and the chemical names sitting after it are not a separate ingredient list. Also: the '26 EU allergens' figure everyone quotes has been wrong since 2022.]]></summary>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tubing Mascara vs Traditional Mascara]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/tubing-vs-traditional-mascara</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/tubing-vs-traditional-mascara"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Three things everyone says about tubing mascara are wrong: that you can spot one from the ingredient list, that they're wax-free, and that warm water alone removes them. The patents say otherwise.]]></summary>
        <category label="terminology"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transfer-Resistant vs Water-Resistant vs Waterproof]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/waterproof-vs-water-resistant-vs-transfer-resistant</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/waterproof-vs-water-resistant-vs-transfer-resistant"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[One of these three words is regulated, and only on sunscreen — which the US doesn't classify as a cosmetic at all. On mascara and foundation, all three mean whatever the brand decided.]]></summary>
        <category label="terminology"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What 'Dermatologist Tested' Means on a Label]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-dermatologist-tested-means</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-dermatologist-tested-means"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[It is a claim about process, not result — and a European court ruled on exactly this phrase in 2002. What it obliges a brand to hold differs completely between the EU and the US.]]></summary>
        <category label="labels"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Glycerin Actually Does]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-glycerin-does-in-cosmetics</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-glycerin-does-in-cosmetics"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[You have probably been told glycerin pulls water out of your skin in dry weather. We traced that claim to its source: a patent's background section, with no data behind it. Here is what the literature actually shows.]]></summary>
        <category label="ingredients"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What 'Non-Comedogenic' Actually Guarantees]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-non-comedogenic-guarantees</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-non-comedogenic-guarantees"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The word does not appear anywhere in US federal regulation, or in EU law. No test is required and there is no pass mark. Here is what the label is really telling you — and why dermatologists still say to look for it.]]></summary>
        <category label="labels"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What the Open-Jar Symbol on Your Makeup Actually Means]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-the-open-jar-symbol-means</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/what-the-open-jar-symbol-means"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The little jar with '12M' on it tells you more than you think — and its absence tells you something too. What the law actually requires, in the EU and the US.]]></summary>
        <category label="labels"/>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Concealer Creases Under Your Eyes]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-concealer-creases-under-eyes</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-concealer-creases-under-eyes"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Concealer looks smooth going on and collects in fine lines an hour later. Here's what's actually happening — separating what the research supports from what's just convention.]]></summary>
        <category label="troubleshooting"/>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Foundation Turns Orange or Darker]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-foundation-turns-orange</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-foundation-turns-orange"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[It isn't oxidation — the pigments are already oxidised and have nowhere to go. What actually happens is that the film turns more see-through, so your own skin shows through it.]]></summary>
        <category label="troubleshooting"/>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Makeup Pills Over Sunscreen]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-makeup-pills-over-sunscreen</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-makeup-pills-over-sunscreen"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The only clinical study of pilling found it happens at the sunscreen step, not the makeup step — and that foundation usually fixes it. Almost everything else you've read about this has no evidence behind it.]]></summary>
        <category label="troubleshooting"/>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Your Face Looks White in Flash Photos]]></title>
        <id>https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-your-face-looks-white-in-flash-photos</id>
        <link href="https://glowsteal.com/blog/why-your-face-looks-white-in-flash-photos"/>
        <updated>2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The flash doesn't cause it. The white cast is there in ordinary light too — the flash just makes it obvious. And the usual advice, including avoiding 'nano' and dropping SPF, points the wrong way.]]></summary>
        <category label="troubleshooting"/>
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