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.

Finding Her Light • With her unique style, model and artist Kesewa Aboah straddles two creative worlds.

Black Business Matters • The kaleidoscopic eye looks and candy-colored blush in our cover story, Eyes Up (page 22), were all created using Black-owned brands. Meet the visionaries behind some of the pigmented products you’ll see ahead.

Self-Service

Cool Comforts • With a new baby at home and two older kids in virtual school, I’m treating my frazzled self to these just-launched products.

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Makeup

9 Lipsticks That Get Damn Close to “Universal” • For a bullet to work on many, it needs neutral undertones, fantastic color payoff, and a buildable formula. In the great tradition of MAC Ruby Woo, these are the rarefied lipsticks that makeup artists reach for again and again (and again).

Paper Dolls • Four makeup artists return to the face chart to interpret the zeitgeist in pigment, cream, and pencil.

Eyes Up • Tell your eyelids that you’re sorry for all of the heavy lifting they’re doing lately. Then spoil them with candy colors and decadent textures, all created using makeup from Black-owned brands.

Design Within Reach • You have a nail artist within you. Or at least you will in about… three pages.

The Ultimate Polish Kit • The world’s sexiest, most fun, and most flattering assortment of lacquers, according to top manicurists who always have these bottles on hand.

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Hair

Spring Forward • Thank heaven for little (and big) curls! From S-shaped waves to pin-tight coils, we’ve created the ultimate guide to caring for and styling your textured hair.

The Essentials • No outfit is complete without accessories, and no curly routine is finished without the proper tools. If we travel to a desert island, we’re taking a backpack—just in case—because every one of these tools is a must-have for maintaining textured hair.

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On the Money • We gave three very fancy hairstylists $40 and a mission: Buy three ace products that you want in your kit. They delivered (and one still had $20 to spare).

Power Tools • The most exciting new hair care doesn’t come in a bottle.

Skin

WFH • All the best ways to cleanse, exfoliate, firm, and hydrate…at home.

The Basic Equation • There’s no one way to give yourself a facial. But if you’re not sure where to begin, follow this guide—and incorporate the products that work best for you.

A Little to the Left

Mix It Up • Got a semistocked pantry and an episode of Selling Sunset on deck? Try whipping up one of these treatments.

Rainey Indoors • Peering through the (digital) windows of actor and musician Rainey Qualley’s Technicolor boudoir.

The Skin-Care Puzzle • The old labels—dry, oily, sensitive—oversimplify things. In reality, no one’s skin fits neatly into just one box. Here’s how to decode your complexion.

A Little Help Here? • Still searching the aisles for a fix-it-all formula? That’s adorable. But is it the smartest way to treat your body’s largest organ? Many top data scientists, computational physicists, molecular biologists, and cosmetic dermatologists think not. “Customization is not a moment, it’s not a trend; it’s what our future holds,” says Gohara. “People are celebrating their individuality. We’re not comfortable putting labels on ourselves.” To that end, major companies like L’Oréal—along with...