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.
THE OTHER ANTI-AGING The right products can make you look younger—and the right attitude can make you feel it. Allure’s executive editor tackles both in “Me, My Black Eyeliner, and My Midlife Crisis.” Read her column at allure.com/my-eyeliner. PARTY TRICKS Whether you favor smoky eyes or neon lips, we’ve gathered the best after-hours looks to light up the night. Get primping at allure.com/nighttime-beauty. Supermodel Diaries Allure’s bookings director championed some of the biggest models of the ’90s—and she’s still at it. Follow us on Snapchat to watch as she meets fresh faces and catches up with old friends.…
AYA JONES Model, “Best of Beauty” To make sure my skin and hair are healthy: “I cleanse with micellar water before moisturizing and do oil treatments to keep my hair strong.” If I weren’t a model, I’d be: “A photographer. I like the ability to capture a subject’s emotions.” My personality in three words: “Smiley, passionate, and generous.” JANCEE DUNN Writer, “The Rise and Rise of Kendall Jenner” Favorite icebreaker for a celebrity interview: “I’ll search eBay so I can say, ‘Did you know a napkin you once touched is going for $50?’ ” Jenner confided in me: “She’s a Scorpio, so she sticks to people, but she’s not very good at giving second chances.” ROMY SOLEIMANI Makeup artist, “The Rise and Rise of Kendall Jenner” How to wear allover…
One (and possibly the only) thing you won’t find out about Kendall Jenner by Googling her: She has a teenytiny tattoo that reads “meow” on the inside of her lower lip. The 20-yearold model revealed her secret ink to photographer Patrick Demarchelier during her second Allure cover shoot in New York City. In the styling chair, Jenner, who arrived 15 minutes before her call time, munched on a croissant and scrolled through Instagram. “It’s beautiful!” she said when Allure design director Renee Rupcich flashed her a peek of her sister Kylie’s August Allure cover. Music pulsed throughout the studio all day, thanks to DJ Rajni Jacques, who camped out in a corner spinning Rihanna’s “Loveeeeeee Song” and Kanye West’s “30 Hours.” When Jenner glided onto set in a mustardyellow Roberto…
Happy twentieth anniversary, Best of Beauty Awards! You’ve been a faithful, supportive partner in good times and in bad—and I vow to love you forevermore. Created in 1996 by our incredible founding editor, Linda Wells, and her team, the awards have helped shape the beauty industry and how consumers shop. For years before I worked here, I personally relied on the signature red seal in order to cut through the beauty noise. Many a winning palette and serum have made their way into my makeup bag and medicine cabinet. (Side note: My cousin sent me photos from Seoul, where Korean Allure’s seal similarly assisted her in navigating a store’s shelves even though she didn’t know one syllable of Korean.) So now, as the editor of this magazine, I’m thrilled and…
Sophia Amoruso is in her element in Silicon Valley, which is not to say she would be on Silicon Valley. With cool choppy bangs, matte red lipstick, and a closet full of vintage lace slip dresses, she defies the typical hoodies-and-flip-flops tech-boss look. But the 32-year-old is at the helm of one of the most successful digital fashion companies: Nasty Gal, a website and boutique that sells clothes and accessories and raked in $300 million last year. She’s written two books—the New York Times bestseller #Girlboss (Portfolio/Putnam) and the new Nasty Galaxy (G. P. Putnam’s Sons)—she is one of America’s richest self-made women, according to Forbes, and, oh, Netflix is currently working on a series about her. The California native’s success is based on one fundamental belief: “One must have…
18th CENTURY FRENCH WOMEN washed their faces with spoiled wine to prevent wrinkles. 5.5 AVERAGE NUMBER OF pounds of wine-infused bath salts used to fill the 12-foot-long merlotcolored “wine pool” at Japan’s Yunessun Spa. $2,100 COST OF THREE OUNCES OF Dior’s L’Or de Vie La Cure, a serum that uses white-grape-seed extract to promote collagen production. 5 MILLIGRAMS OF THE antioxidant resveratrol found in one tube of Bite Beauty lipstick—that’s the equivalent of about five glasses of wine. 2013 YEAR THE AMERICANS surpassed the French as the biggest consumers of wine in the world. 57 PERCENTAGE OF all the wine in the United States that is consumed by women. 4 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ounces of red wine that women should consume daily for heart health, according to the American Heart Association.…
