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.
Straight Talk For many, they’re a dream come true (smoother, frizzfree hair). For others, they’re still a source of confusion (potential health risks, inconsistent results). Get the facts on keratin treatments at allure.com/keratin-treatments. The Bling Ring There is nothing subtle about glitter nails, and that’s precisely the point. See our favorite ways to shine— and one totally out-of-this-world manicure—at allure.com/mirror-nails. Scent and the City One of New York City’s most Instagrammable spots is also a mecca for fragrance lovers. Join us on a beauty sightseeing adventure at allure.com/instagram-nyc.…
Rule one for living like Zendaya: Close your eyes. The singeractress squeezes in shut-eye whenever she can—like during the car ride to her !irst Allure cover shoot. Fresh from her power nap, the Disney star skipped coffee, buzzed past the breakfast table, and announced to the crew, “I am ready to go. Let’s do this!” Rule two: Skip lunch; go straight to dessert. At 3:40 P.M., after posing in colorful gowns under the beaming California sun, Zendaya was ready to take a break. But instead of starting with her main course, the vegetarian with a sweet tooth went straight for a chocolate tart before heading back for a plate of farro, green beans, and tortilla chips. Rule three: Dance. Whether she was up on the rooftop of a Malibu beach…
I just spent the last hour rewatching Steve Jobs’s groundbreaking, highly entertaining January 2007 keynote introducing the first iPhone. In hindsight, the device’s debut—ten years ago this month—was spectacular in its simplicity. Today, a gesture like scrolling feels so, well, elementary. But a decade ago, Jobs’s big-screen demonstration of the upward flick prompted a collective “ooohh” from the crowd. A billion (yes...whoa) iPhones later, I’m struck by how much our world has evolved since the day Jobs promised that this “revolutionary” device was going to change everything. And then it did. Anyone remember what we did before apps? Or how we ever waited in line at the DMV without catching up on our Instagram? With the new year upon us, it feels like a particularly fitting time to immerse myself…
My job definitely doesn’t suck.” Truer words have never been spoken. In this case, by Zoey Deutch. The star of the comedy Why Him? has been paid to kiss James Franco and Zac Efron, attends parties dressed in only Chanel, and uses her celebrity to champion causes like Planned Parenthood. An actress of a previous generation might simply say that she is “blessed,” but Deutch has the refreshing honesty of a 22-year-old who grew up in Hollywood (her mom is actress Lea Thompson from Back to the Future, and her dad, Howard Deutch, directed Pretty in Pink)—and on social media. Lucky for us, she is just as candid about her beauty routine, including the person whose style she shamelessly copies and the unexpected way she keeps her gorgeous honey-colored hair…
1976 THE YEAR STANLEY BURROUGHS published a pamphlet called “The Master Cleanser” that paved the way for future juice-cleansing trends. $200 million APPROXIMATE AMOUNT U.S. consumers spent on bottled juice cleanses in 2015. 20 NUMBER OF POUNDS Beyoncé dropped by drinking cayenne-pepper lemonade on a two-week Master Cleanse in 2006. 80 PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE number of beauty products that contained detoxifying charcoal as an ingredient between 2015 and 2016. $29.99 THE COST OF A TUBE OF CURAPROX, a black toothpaste that uses activated charcoal to whiten teeth. 57 PERCENTAGE OF millennials who intend to do a digital detox on their next vacation. 10 THE NUMBER OF CUPS OF black tea it takes to equal the detoxifying benefits in one cup of matcha tea.…
CLIP ART At some point, the barrette got a reputation it couldn’t shake— for being either totally sweet or totally boring or totally both. But for Adam Selman’s spring show, jewelry designer Chris Habana transformed the misunderstood hair accessory. First, Habana blew them up in size. Next, he made them neon metallic —the hottest pinks and most Day-Glo oranges. And then hairstylist James Pecis stepped in. He twisted models’ hair into knots anchored at the hairline and attached the vivid accessories so close to the forehead, they almost looked wrong. And that’s exactly what made them look oh so right. PIN POINTS Imagine the ’80s: Women are crimping their hair and jamming to Cyndi Lauper. Ashley Williams’s spring show brought us right back there. (Lauper actually provided inspiration for the…
