About us ♡
Founded in 2023, Glow-Up University was created as an online space for women who want to work on themselves, feel better in their bodies, and become the best version of themselves from the inside out.
What started as our passion for fitness and healthy living gradually grew into a much bigger approach to the glow-up journey. Today, we explore the many factors that can influence the way a woman looks and feels, from movement, nutrition, posture and facial habits to hormones, self-care, mindset and everyday lifestyle.
Our goal has always been to make self-improvement feel less confusing, overwhelming and superficial by sharing practical tools, education and guidance women can actually apply to their everyday lives.
Julia, 30
Founder
Sunsets are my favorite thing!! So are cats (and books). I love slow travels around the world, little rituals, and anything that makes life feel a little softer. If you love the soft life too, I’m sure we’ll get along!
Meet the Founders ♡
We’re Valentina and Julia, twin sisters from Italy, and our journey started long before Glow-Up University existed.
We began training at home in 2014 with no real guidance, learning mostly through trial and error. As we started seeing our first results, we became fascinated by fitness, healthy living, nutrition and female body composition, and that curiosity only kept growing.
Everything changed again in 2021, when we began experiencing hormonal imbalances (PMOS) and symptoms such as acne, hair loss, bloating and water retention. It pushed us to look much deeper into how the female body works and to study the relationship between hormones, nutrition, daily habits, well-being and physical appearance.
As we started applying what we were learning to our own lives, we saw major changes in both how we felt and how we looked. That curiosity eventually became something we wanted to study more seriously. We expanded our education through a certified Women’s Coaching training, as well as further study in areas connected to facial aesthetics, anatomy and osteopathic principles, including coursework through the London College of Osteopathy.
But beyond everything we’ve studied, the reason we created this space is actually very simple. We’ve always been the kind of girls who want other women to feel good about themselves. We’ll compliment a stranger’s smile, share the beauty tip everyone else is gatekeeping, and happily tell you exactly what worked for us.
If something we’ve learned can help another woman feel more confident, healthier, or simply a little better in her own skin, we want to share it. And that is what Glow-Up University has always been about. ♡
Valentina, 30
Founder
I love sunny days, good food, long walks, and if you find yourself laughing with me, there’s a good chance neither of us remembers why. If you laugh at everything too, we’ll definitely get along!!