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.
When you walk through an art museum, sometimes the patrons are as interesting as the exhibits. You can see in their faces and body language how art educates, inspires, and entertains all at once. Beauty is also an art form. Some people can craft a sculpture out of hair or paint miniature scenes on nails in a way that sparks awe. These folks are the artists of our industry, and Allure is their Louvre. As The Beauty Expert, it is our pleasure to work side by side with so many creative minds to bring you a product that is full of visual inspiration from photographers, stylists, makeup artists, nail artists, hairstylists, and more. Once upon a time, I used to tear out pages of magazines so I could go back…
“For me, brown lipstick is more than a revived ’90s trend, it’s a lifestyle. Also included: smoky scents, velvety skin care, and lots of knits.”…
Unlikely Couples Belgian designer Dries Van Noten delights in contrast. On the runway, he has presented compelling cases for tucking a vibrant floral blouse into a zebra-printed skirt, and slinging a leopard-printed cape over a polka-dot top. Now he is dreaming up lipstick tubes with the same unconventional juxtaposition of prints. Turns out they’re matches made in, well, you know—and they’re guaranteed to turn committed sheer gloss people into classic bullet disciples.…
DRIES VAN NOTEN RAVING ROSE [1] AND ROCK THE MYRRH [4]: We didn’t know what to expect from a myrrh-heavy perfume (manger vibes?). It turns out the note is very luxe, very mysterious, and, when mixed with resins, very unlike anything we’ve smelled before. Rose, on the other hand, is about as classic a perfume note as you’ll find. “But I wanted to disrupt its classicism,” says perfumer Louise Turner. She paired the timeless bloom with pink pepper and musk for a new kind of spicy fragrance in Raving Rose. LOUIS VUITTON CITY OF STARS [2]: Inspired by languid Los Angeles sunsets, painter and sculptor Alex Israel worked with perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud on a blood orange, lime, and bergamot perfume that sparkles. OFF-WHITE PAPERWORK SOLUTION NO. 2 [3]: Perfumer…
1. Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder. We’d say we don’t have adequate words to describe this one-of-a-kind formula, but that’s our job. A tiny scoop of this solid balm will blur, mattify, and set makeup with a tap of your finger. (Maybe three taps.) 2. Sophie Buhai Fan Shell Clip in Tortoise. This swank clip is our favorite accomplice: Tucked into the base of a low ponytail, it creates a beautiful diversion from hair that really could stand to be shampooed. 3. Benefit Cosmetics Sunny Blush. Sweeping this coral powder from our temples down to the apples of our cheeks had people asking not if we’d just gone on vacation, but where. 4. Tory Burch Essence of Dreams Electric Sky Eau de Parfum. They call it a…
I am from Seoul, South Korea, and studied makeup in Busan. There is a lot of ambiance there. There is a beach and it’s a very colorful city. We had a big, national makeup contest and I won the prize, so I got to go to Paris to study. At the time, I lived with a friend and she was studying fashion styling. She asked me if I wanted to collaborate with her on a project for a school magazine and that’s how I started my portfolio. Following that, I was an assistant at the Armani shows for several years. My first time backstage I was just adding creams on the legs of models. It takes a lot of time and passion to become who you want. The Paris style…
