Afterglow
beauty

Afterglow

Shopify theme by Coquelicot

Whisk takes an organic, fresh-looking approach for food, coffee, tea, wine, and natural-product shops, also noted as suitable for jewelry and accessories. The Shopify theme adds a customizable store locator with map markers, blog posts that let readers add recipes and products straight to cart, and swatch filtering.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
5.0 · 22 reviews · 100% positive
PRICE
$ 310,00 USD
PRESETS
4 styles

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Afterglow?

Google PageSpeed Insights scores for the home page, out of 100

Theme demo store

Official Afterglow demo, home page
99 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint — 921ms
Cumulative Layout Shift — 0.00
Total Blocking Time — 0ms
Speed Index — 1.0s

Across 8 live stores we tested, the average PageSpeed score was 59/100 on mobile and 84/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 10.2s and CLS was 0.00. These results reflect complete production stores, not the theme alone.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Afterglow
59 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
84 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Results include each store's apps, images, tracking scripts and customizations

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 10.2s 1.5s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.00 0.01
Total Blocking Time 470ms 211ms
Speed Index 6.8s 1.7s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Oregon Chai
oregonchai.com
Mobile —
Desktop 86
InnerBuddies
innerbuddies.com
Mobile 81
Desktop 94
Sadaf.com
sadaf.com
Mobile 45
Desktop 85
Barr Hill
barrhill.com
Mobile 50
Desktop 64
Vanilla Bean Project
vanillabeanproject.com
Mobile —
Desktop 70
Fleet Coffee Roasters
fleetcoffee.com
Mobile 64
Desktop 91
Upassurine
upassurine.com
Mobile 56
Desktop 87
Gloryboundgyroco
gloryboundgyroco.com
Mobile 57
Desktop 94

Afterglow ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#720 of 1308
Position among Shopify themes for "beauty"
#75 of 135
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
100% positive

Tracked over time

Shopify themes ranking

Position among all Shopify themes

#720
274 positions
Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8
Dropped from #446 to #720 since Sep 11, 2026

Industry ranking

Position among Beauty industry

#75
25 positions
Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8
Dropped from #50 to #75 since Sep 11, 2026

Review growth

Cumulative merchant reviews

22
14 reviews
Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8
+14 new reviews since Sep 11, 2026

Price history

Theme Store list price, USD

$310
no price changes
Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8
No price changes since Sep 11, 2026

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v15.3.0
Released July 3, 2026
Releases in 12 mo 8
Total releases 45
First release November 25, 2022
v15.3.0 FEATURE

Whisk 15.3.0 adds a fixed image size option to the image banner, more typography options to blocks, as well as more fixes and improvements.

New features

  • Image banner section now has the option for a "fixed" height, where the banner height is the same height as the image.
  • Headings now have the option for an x-large and xx-large size.
  • Link blocks have a selector for font family.

Fixes and improvements

  • Make sure product card hover feature and swatch selection works when quick add is disabled.
  • Update the sizes attribute for images to "auto" for improved performance where applicable.
v15.2.0 FEATURE

Whisk 15.2.0 updates the product page and featured product section media gallery with more options, as well as further minor improvements and fixes.

New features

  • Product media gallery thumbnails are now listed in only one row to keep purchase options higher up on the page in mobile view.
  • Product media gallery has the option to fade or slide into the next image, shape options for thumbnails and an adjustable size, and the option to show arrows and thumbnails simultaneously.
  • Add a size selector settings for border radius that works throughout the whole theme.

Fixes and improvements

  • Clean up redundant transparent header style code in each section to refer to one snippet.
  • Better notes within the theme editor to lead to documentation and tag legacy settings.
v15.1.0 FEATURE

Whisk 15.1.0 adds a Before/After image slider, option to display the second product image on hover on collections, and more minor improvements and fixes.

New features

  • Add a new Before/After with text section.
  • Option to show second product image on hover for product cards on collections and featured collections.
  • Text content can now be positioned vertically on Image grid with text section.
  • Ability to adjust the width of content on Image with text, Before/After with text, and Video with text sections.
  • Choose a color scheme for the cart drawer.

Fixes and improvements

  • Ensure Mega menu picks up header color scheme for links.
  • Improve accordion accessibility.
  • Remove legacy sections from the theme editor selector to promote use of newer updated sections.
  • Fix top and bottom spacing on Image grid with text section.
  • Add strong notifications and console errors if the cart drawer is disabled.
v15.0.0 MAJOR

Whisk 15.0.0 upgrades color settings to use color schemes, adds new versions of common sections that utilize theme blocks, adds more options to typography, collection cards, and more!

New features

  • Important: Color settings have been updated to use Shopify's native Color Schemes. This requires some extra steps on your part after you upgrade. See our documentation for instructions.
  • Buttons now have hover color settings and the secondary button color can be controlled through color schemes.
  • Collection cards now have options for different image ratios and card sizes, as well as placement options for the Collection title.
  • Add newer versions of certain sections that now utilize theme blocks to take advantage of Shopify's theme editor feature upgrades. All older sections are titled with "Legacy-" the section settings indicate the name of the section that replaces the legacy version. Updated sections are Image banner, Image with text, Video with text, Image grid with text, Background video, Single column (replaces "Rich text").
  • Add new "Custom liquid" block to theme block sections.
  • "Link" block in theme block sections can now accept different font sizes.

Fixes and improvements

  • If there are no related recommendations on the product template and the section doesn't need to display, make sure the section spacing isn't applied.
  • More options in Typography settings for buttons, line height.
  • Ability to control the width of content in Blog Posts.
  • Add mobile spacing options to more sections, and add spacing options to the footer.
  • Fix bug where Logo list placeholders didn't always take the width settings.
  • Collection card overlay is solid instead of a gradient in order to make the text on top stand out in all placement options.
  • Add option to show or hide top border on the Main collection banner when there is no image.
  • Mini product cards show product images a bit wider when the product image ratio is a landscape.
v14.0.4 FIX

Whisk 14.0.4 fixes a bug when adding products to the cart when cart type is set to "Page".

Fixes and improvements

  • Makes sure that products can be added to cart when cart type is set to "page" and that products can be added to the cart from the cart page.

Full changelog

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What merchants say about Afterglow Shopify theme

We know about 22 reviews

Excellent support from the Whisk team. Brenda was incredibly helpful, patient, and took the time to thoroughly investigate a complex issue. Even when it initially appeared to be related to the theme, she continued to assist and provided detailed technical insights that ultimately proved to be correct. Fast responses, great communication, and a genuine willingness to help. Highly recommended!

M
Maesy®
Jun 15, 2026

Absolutely love this theme. Contacted the theme author to see if I can snag the video of the pink rippling water effect. This is what sold me on this theme ;) Perfect for the new bath and body products under development.

H
Hugs n Bubbles
May 27, 2026

We’ve had a great experience with this theme. It’s intuitive, flexible, and made it easy for us to bring our brand vision to life. Everything feels thoughtfully built and scalable. Brenda has also been incredibly responsive and helpful anytime questions come up. That level of support makes a big difference.

N
Nawalee Coffee
Feb 27, 2026

Very nice theme with all the basic tools in place. I also asked the developers if they would look into implementing a specific feature and they actually did (and got back to me with the news). 10/10 great service and beautiful website.

N
NeedleLot Designs
Feb 6, 2026

Great theme and wonderful support. Brenda helped unravel a setting and was super helpful.

C
Clean Slate Farm
Jan 14, 2026

The Whisk theme has a lot of what I call "easter egg" type of delightful surprises that show just how much time, effort and thought the developer put into creating the theme. I also like how it looks very different from so many of the other themes available in the store. And perhaps the most important thing about the theme, the support, is second to none. I highly recommend the Whisk theme.

T
Those People
May 15, 2025

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