About us
Why we exist, who we serve, and what we stand for.
Why We Built The Glow Years
In clinic, I started seeing a shift.
Women weren’t just aging.
They were navigating redness, barrier breakdown, hormonal flare-ups — and a skincare industry that didn’t seem to notice.
Skin that once tolerated everything... now tolerated nothing.
What I saw were clients in a new skin season — one where the usual tools no longer worked. And worse, where the advice was often to “push through it.”
That didn’t sit right with me.
And that’s when The Glow Years began.
I created this brand to bring clinical calm and real understanding to skin that’s evolving not misbehaving.
Because mature skin doesn’t need to be reversed.
It needs to be respected.
— Danielle McDonald, Founder, The Glow Years
What Pro-Aging Means to Us
We don’t erase years. We honour them.
We don’t push skin to perform. We support it to restore.
Pro-Aging is our quiet rebellion against outdated beauty standards and barrier-breaking routines.
It’s about creating space for:
- Calm, not chaos
- Progress, not punishment
- Strategy, not noise
Because real skin doesn’t stay in its 20s and neither should your skincare.
The Clinical Gap We Fill
There’s no shortage of serums.
But there’s a real shortage of skincare built for women in their Glow Years — that hormonally sensitive season where skin gets redder, slower, less predictable.
Our formulas are:
- Hormone-aware
- Barrier-intelligent
- Clinically grounded through the P.I.L.L.A.R. Method®
We created The Glow Years to fill the space between reactive skin and radiant results — where real women are, and where most brands aren’t.
About Danielle
Danielle McDonald is the founder of The Glow Years and also co-founder of Spa Circle, Australia’s trusted skincare distributor to nearly 4,000 professional clinics.
As a mother of (soon-to-be) five and an advocate for skin professionals, Danielle is passionate about helping clinics deliver meaningful results not just treatments. Her goal?To bring clarity and calm to a season of life where both are often missing.
Discover What Makes The Glow Years Work
It’s not magic. It’s method.
We built a system that supports skin through its most misunderstood season — one that evolves with hormonal shifts, barrier changes, and a slower path to glow.
The P.I.L.L.A.R. Method® is our clinical framework for pro-aging care.
Every product follows it. Every result reflects it.