glow up

glow up (third-person singular simple present glows up, present participle glowing up, simple past glowed up or glew up, past participle glowed up or glown up)

1. (slang, intransitive) To undergo a glow-up.
   • 2017 May 11, Rebecca Noel, “Senior Glow Ups”, in Lecacy, The Kinkaid School, page 29:

     We've all changed quite a bit since freshman year (thank goodness), but some people have particularly "glowed up."

   • 2018, @agerenesh, quoted in Express, 14 June 2018, 15 June 2018, page 32:

     “Every single person in the 'Degrassi' cast somehow glowed up in the best way.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:glow up.
2. (slang, transitive) To cause to undergo a glow-up.
   • 2019 February 24, Alexis C. Madrigal, “No, You Don't Really Look Like That”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, page 18:

     Speaking as a longtime iPhone user, I find it undeniable that Portrait mode — a marquee technology in a recent edition of the most popular phones in the world — has been glowed up.

glow up (plural glow ups)

1. Alternative form of glow-up.

Unadapted borrowing from English glow-up.

glow up m (plural glow ups)

1. (colloquial, Internet slang) glow-up
   • 2024 March 18, Glow Up: saiba o que é, para que ser e como ter?‎^[1]:

     Para ter um "glow up", o primeiro passo é estabelecer uma rotina de cuidados com a pele. Isso inclui limpeza, tonificação e hidratação diárias, além de esfoliação quinzenal e uso regular de protetor solar.

     To get a "glow-up", the first step is to establish a skin care routine. This includes daily cleansing, toning, and moisturizing, as well as biweekly exfoliation and regular use of sunscreen.

   • 2022 September 15, Glow up: o que é +10 dicas de beleza que vão transformar seu look‎^[2]:

     O “glow up” é um processo de embelezamento dos pés à cabeça pelo qual muitas pessoam passam em um curto período de tempo. Porém, o glow up vai muito além de se maquiar ou de fazer pequenas mudanças no cabelo, envolve também mudanças na sua rotina, na sua alimentação e até na sua atitude!

     “Glow up” is a head-to-toe beautification process that many people go through in a short period of time. However, glow up goes far beyond putting on makeup or making small changes to your hair, it also involves changes to your routine, your diet and even your attitude!