Allure

Allure, the first and only magazine devoted to beauty, is an insider's guide to a woman's total image. Allure investigates and celebrates beauty and fashion with objectivity and candor, and places appearance in a larger cultural context.

Modern Nature

garden party • It’s picnic season. I’m packing the Sauvignon Blanc, the sunscreen, and the sanitizer for weekends in the wild.

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Ffrench Twist

Editors’ Favorites • Sure, you don’t need anything. But if you’re like us, this is the stuff you really, really want.

this or that • The fall runways gave us the green light to set aside our neutral eye makeup and live in color.

stress release • Keep calm and massage on your skin care. No, really. The latest ingredients in serums and creams could reverse the havoc that stress can wreak on your skin.

the skin whisperer • What do you get when a Hollywood superhero takes on skin care? Far less drama than you might think.

GREAT CHEMISTRY

talent show • For hairstylist Janice Mascarenhas, braids and curls are a canvas for painting and a universal love language.

shape-shifters • The future of in-office cosmetic treatments looks plumper, smoother, firmer. Here, some key (needle) points on what’s new and what’s next.

TALKING BEAUTY WITH joey king • To feel her best, the child star turned Emmy-nominated actor keeps her makeup bag close and her family, friends, and fiancé even closer.

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field of dreams • TUCKED AWAY in the South of France, Lancôme’s ROSE fields are a floriferous, honeyed celebration of perfumery’s past—and a bridge to a sweeter future for the region of Grasse.

change of seen • When artificial intelligence systems failed to recognize her face, computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, PhD, couldn’t ignore their racial and gender bias. Here, she reflects on algorithmic justice and the beauty of being seen.

ASK THE beauty expert • I love my new woodsy perfume—it brings me back to my grandparents’ yard—but my partner…could do without it. Why is the way we interact with scent so subjective?

hot spots • Nobody is born with freckles. So why do some people get them—and how? Julia Guerra, longtime freckle owner, goes on a mission to find out.

THE FACE CHART WITH nina park

BEAUTY & beyond • WHAT'S NEW IN THE WORLD OF POWERHOUSE PRODUCTS

dr. sian proctor

power surge • We went to the ends of the earth (well, the mountains of Costa Rica) to explore the practice of energy therapy. Once plugged in, we got quite a charge—and wanted to find out why.

FORMULA K • IF IT ALL GOES SOUTH, KIM KARDASHIAN SAYS SHE MIGHT FALL BACK ON A CAREER AS A FACIAL CONSULTANT. OR A LAWYER. OR A FACIAL LAWYER? AT ANY RATE, THE MEDIA TITAN AND SKIN-CARE FOUNDER ALWAYS HAS A PLAN.

IS ALUMINUM THE ANSWER? • THE METAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE “INFINITELY RECYCLABLE.” KATIE BECKER INVESTIGATES WHETHER IT CAN SOLVE OUR BEAUTY WASTE CRISIS.

Blush With Greatness • SUBTLE ROSY FLUSH? NOT SO MUCH. HIGH-IMPACT BLUSH RADIATES—SOMETIMES, IN 3D—FROM CHEEK TO CHEEK.

the science of natural beauty • Flash-frozen succulents, bioengineered sugarcane—there’s a whole new class of hydrating, firming botanicals with a mad-science vibe that you (and your skin) need to know about.

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