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.

Now, Voyager

City Guides • When a group of editors in New York City wants to dive deep on global beauty, well, they need some far-flung assistance. These are just five of the many talented world citizens who worked with us on this issue. We asked all of them the same question: When you’re not working, what’s your favorite hometown beauty escape?

All Abroad! • AKWAABA IS A TWI WORD that translates to “welcome,” and I heard it often on my recent trip to Ghana. For me, a Black American visiting Africa for the first time, it was a joyful homegoing and history lesson. These were my travel essentials.

Allure

BEAUTY REPORTER

Editors’ Favorites • With these globally inspired finds, you can travel the world without leaving your bathroom.

Porsche Poon • Eyes, lips, and cheeks are but loose guidelines for this London-based makeup artist’s surrealist creations.

DREAM BIG • THE SPRING RUNWAYS WERE A FANTASYLAND OF RUFFLES, CLOUDS, AND BOWS.

The Rio Deal • Step inside Brazil’s longest-standing apothecary, a shopping destination that has captured hearts and softened skin for generations.

Foreign Exchange

COLD CALLING

RAY OF LIGHT • “We thought we were going to have flying cars in the future. The least we can have is sunscreen that looks good on skin,” says model Winnie Harlow, who just launched Cay Skin, her own line of sunscreens, including mineral and chemical formulas. We talked with Harlow about the Caribbean, beach life, and her childhood hair memories.

Source Material • With global supply channels kinked and the climate in crisis, food waste has never been a more precious resource.

OIL WELL

Spilling the T • Come along on a quick jaunt to Asia’s rising beauty capital, Taiwan.

BY POPULAR CHOICE

Wild at Heart • How a bold tattoo and a healthy dose of self-love set Latin music star Karol G on an exciting new path.

Why Is Malaysia Afraid of Nur Sajat? • The transgender beauty entrepreneur refused to let an intolerant government take away her power—and now she’s helping others reclaim theirs.

Soak It Up • Humans have been bathing together since the dawn of civilization. Only recently have things trended toward the (private) tub. But a revived bathhouse culture is emerging worldwide. Maybe it’s time to take the plunge.

Dip In a Toe • So, you want to visit a bathhouse? Here’s what you need to know.

Waters of Life

BRING IT ON HOME

Plumbing The Past

Wet, Hot, American Springs

Travel Guide

Italian Lessons • THE GRITTI PALACE, A 15TH-CENTURY PALAZZO ON THE GRAND CANAL, EMBODIES THE OPULENCE OF VENICE. PHOTOGRAPHED THERE, MODEL FATY SYLL SHOWS US HOW MAKEUP CAN TAKE ON THE SAME LUMINOUS ENCHANTMENT

Ask the Beauty Expert

LOVE is a CRIME

Global Tech Support • In the world’s great exchange of ideas—and lipstick shades—social media can serve as society’s biggest salon, a place to cultivate beauty communities from thousands of miles away.

Banke Meshida Lawal

Tia Wood

In Focus and On Point • As 1.4 billion Indians could tell you, Deepika Padukone is the queen of Bollywood. Her dedication to mental health and wellness stands out in an industry that, like its Western cousin, has traditionally traded primarily on looks.

FACES OF KABUL • WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER FATIMAH HOSSAINI BEGAN DOCUMENTING THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF AFGHAN WOMEN, SHE HAD NO IDEA THAT THEIR WORLD WOULD SOON BE UPENDED. TODAY, HER WORK IS A REMINDER OF WHAT’S...