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.

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made for you • Beauty and fashion brands are about more than products these days. Founders tap into their communities to support the people as much as the P&L.

Allure

BEAUTY REPORTER

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

lifting the veil • What are you wearing to the metaverse? Bakeup, a new beauty line that exists on both planet Earth and in the digital world, has a suggestion. You can wear its first launch, the Disco Veiler, in real life, or through an Instagram filter, or on your avatar. We asked the cofounders—makeup artist Jo Baker and musician Grace Gaustad—to talk about their process and what’s coming next.

strongly rooted • “All of us have a hair tale,” says writer Michaela angela Davis. Alongside actor Tracee Ellis Ross, Davis executive produces The Hair Tales, a new docuseries about Black women and hair for Hulu and OWN that premiered in October. Here is Davis’s story, head-on.

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farm to face • The beauty industry’s glossary is growing yet again. “Regenerative farming,” the latest addition, seems to have significant meaning for our skin and the planet. The practice aims to improve the quality of soil while growing plants, and “data indicates that plants grown off of healthier soils tend to have more phytonutrients,” says Jason Rowntree, PhD, director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at Michigan State University. These three skin-care brands have all found common ground in this approach.

talent show • Using her hair as her megaphone, artist, model, and activist Laetitia Ky speaks truth to power.

this or that • Who says black eyeliner has to be boring? Let your imagination roam free—and your product meander beyond the waterline—for a creative, graphic take on the makeup staple.

TALKING BEAUTY WITH jennifer coolidge • The award-winner for her star turn in The White Lotus (and everyone’s favorite Emmy dancer) speaks about the perils of flying while spray-tanned, wisdom that comes with age, and gift baskets she’s preparing for friends—including a face roller, a dry brush, and something that vibrates.

gut reactions • Gastrointestinal disorders are coming out of the (water) closet and into the social media spotlight. It might even be a feminist act to post about poop.

ring of power • For women in Mexican wrestling, makeup only strengthens the mask. Here, the league’s biggest stars speak about how beauty magnifies their power in the ring.

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THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY

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THE FACE CHART WITH alexandra french

ASK THE beauty expert • I keep getting hit with ads for medi-spas and I’m tempted to make an appointment for Botox. But am I crazy to go to a place that offers thread lifts and pedicures? What treatments are safe to get at a medi-spa?

at your service • For residents of senior living communities like Brookdale Battery Park City, a hair appointment is so much more than a shampoo and a blow-dry—it’s an opportunity to connect, reflect, and take care.

SOUTHERN COMFORT • CIARA, THE TRIPLE-PLATINUM RECORDING ARTIST, DANCER, MOM, AND SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY THAT SHAPED HER. AND OH,...