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.
HOW ALLURE EDITORS GET READY IN THE MORNING All of us #wokeuplikethis. Just kidding! Three editors talk about their (sometimes lengthy) skin-care, hair, and makeup routines—including the products they use—at allure.com/morning-routines. UPGRADE YOUR FEED Behind-the-scenes access, major beauty inspiration, exclusive news: We don’t need to give you another reason to follow us (@allure) on Instagram, right? Right. NEW 5-MINUTE HAIRSTYLES Because really good hair doesn’t have to take a really long time. Go to allure.com/quick-hairstyles for easy braids, twists, and buns that you can get right on the first try.…
RACHAEL WANG Allure’s fashion director styled “A Woman Undone.” When I’m working, I’m wearing: “Vintage Levis 505s, a turtleneck or men’s button-down, and ankle boots.” On the weekend, I like to: “Read the Sunday Times on the sunny side of the sofa.” My spring shopping list: “The entire Brother Vellies spring babouche collection has me spinning, but if I had to choose one, it would be a pair in beautiful taupe suede.” CARTER SMITH The photographer shot Amy Adams in Malibu for “Chasing Amy.” On working with Amy Adams as a subject: “She was up for anything! She said to us, ‘I’m yours. Do whatever you want with me.’ Not many actors say that.” First subject: “In junior high, I used to dress up my little sister and her friends…
For Adams’s third Allure cover shoot, photographed by Carter Smith, the crew set up camp on a beach in Malibu. 1 Once the actress arrived, she changed into a one-piece bathing suit behind a clothing rack before prepping for makeup— body makeup, that is. 2 In the hair chair, Adams sipped a green juice from Starbucks and chatted about her daughter, Aviana, who will be six years old in May. 3 Midway through the day, paparazzi sneaked along the sides of the beach house to snap photos of the shoot. To block their view, Smith’s assistants held nine-foot-tall poster boards around Adams and stood in front of the paparazzi’s cameras with open umbrellas. Adams was unfazed and continued posing like a pro. 4 After the last photo was taken, Adams…
After a friend shared it on Instagram, I started playing around with BeautyPlus, a wildly popular photo app in Japan and Korea. (If you haven’t tried it, it’s like a quick hit of Photoshop on steroids, letting you smooth and “perfect” selfies.) With a few quick taps and swipes—and a fairy-godmother sound effect—it removes wrinkles and acne, slims your face, gets rid of undereye circles, and miraculously makes eyes look bigger and brighter. There’s even a leg-stretching function if you want to go full Karlie. I futzed around with the app, tweaking old photos for a few days, with varying results—from creepy and doll-like to pretty damn attractive, if I say so myself. Then, over the days that followed, something strange happened: I got so used to seeing my unnaturally…
2 NUMBER OF FALSE LASH STRIPS TWIGGY wore per eye in the ’60s, telling Metro magazine: “I used to have this doll that had those big eyelashes on the top and bottom and I think I copied her...putting false eyelashes on the bottom as well as the top.” 63 PERCENTAGE OF shoppers who rank volume as the most important benefit of mascara. $1 million PRICE MARILYN MONROE’S MAKEUP BAG sold for at a 1999 auction. Inside was a set of Glorene of Hollywood false eyelashes. 8 SECONDS AFTER applying mascara that Julia Roberts’s character Joanne Herring begins separating her eyelashes with a safety pin in Charlie Wilson’s War. 10 SETS OF FALSE lashes each model wore at the spring 2012 Louis Vuitton show. 1 to 4 NUMBER OF EYELASHES lost…
Linen canvas dress by Céline. M.A.C. Chromaline in Hi-Def Cyan. These pages: Makeup, Emi Kaneko; hair, Mark Hampton. Model: Heloise Guerin. Fashion stylist: Vanessa Chow. Details, see Shopping Guide. HOW TO ROCK BLUE EYELINER 1 Forget everything you know about winged eyeliner—both sides don’t have to match perfectly. Use a cream-gel liner. 2 With a flat angled brush, outline the outer corners of your eyes in an exaggerated wing. 3 If you want to go all in with this abstract look, dip your pinkie into the pot and add another streak of color close to the inner corner of each eye. 1 To make classic navy liner feel fresh and cool, you’re going to need layers, layers, and more layers. Rim the entire eye with a…
