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.
Tish and Snooky Bellomo dyed their hair blue (and green, and also magenta) before you did. In fact, they embraced the rainbow-hair trend before you were probably even a zygote. The Manic Panic founders opened their first boutique in 1977 in New York City’s East Village. By then, they had already performed with Blondie and brushed elbows with David Bowie. After 40 years in business and countless dye jobs, they know beauty trends. So naturally we asked how to cover grays in the most badass way possible. To see what Tish and Snooky have to say about aging, head to allure.com/grown-woman…
It all started with a tube of mascara, but not quite like you’d expect. As a 13-year-old boarding school student, Charlotte Tilbury took the most standardissue makeup out there and discovered the thrill of beauty transformation. She swept mascara on her fair lashes right before bed and woke up feeling, for the first time, gorgeous. Friends took notice, “and from that day forward, I thought, I’m never, ever allowing anyone to see me without makeup again,” says Tilbury. A few years later, she went even further (a lot further) and set out to become one of the world’s most famous makeup artists. Now Tilbury makes thousands of other women feel glamorous every day. Some are laypeople, like the crowds who’ve camped outside Selfridges to scoop up her Magic Cream and…
Dame Helen Mirren knows how to command a room. (And yes, we realize that may be as obvious as telling you that she enjoys a strong cup of tea.) Her first cover shoot for Allure started off as most cover shoots do: a studio, a catering table (with a little more Earl Grey than usual), and a gaggle of photo assistants setting up cameras and lights. Mirren settled into Charlotte Tilbury’s chair for glam—and some chat. “We talked about both having curvaceous figures and making the most of our assets,” says the makeup artist. Once those very famous “assets” were draped in Esteban Cortazar and Haider Ackermann, the actress was off to photographer Scott Trindle’s set—and that’s when things got interesting. Mirren pointed at one of the photographer’s assistants and…
Makeup Tilbury used an illuminating foundation on Mirren before sculpting her cheekbones with contouring powder and dusting on a pink blush. For Mirren’s eyes, Tilbury blended a shimmery champagne eye shadow across the lids and copper in the creases. The finale: matte ruby-red lipstick. “It’s a screen-siren red,” said Tilbury. Hair “We wanted there to be a strength to the hair,” said hairstylist Luke Hersheson. How he got there: mixing Kiehl’s Creme With Silk Groom (for hold), Phyto Phytoplage oil (for slickness), and John Frieda Frizz Ease Original Serum (for shine) and spreading the cocktail through Mirren’s silver bob. After that, Hersheson used a comb to pull the sides of her hair back and cr eate height at her roots.…
This issue is the long-awaited, utterly necessary celebration of growing into your own skin—wrinkles and all. No one is suggesting giving up retinol. But changing the way we think about aging starts with changing the way we talk about aging. With that in mind, and starting with this issue, we are making a resolution to stop using the term “anti-aging.” Whether we know it or not, we’re subtly reinforcing the message that aging is a condition we need to battle— think antianxiety meds, antivirus software, or antifungal spray If there’s one inevitability in life, it’s that we’re getting older. Every minute. Every second. We produced a video recently that featured 64-year-old grayhaired Jo Johnson, who made the poignant observation that aging should be appreciated because “some of us don’t get…
It’s a classic love story: me and my hair. I have loved my hair. I have betrayed my hair. My hair and I have gone through this long, gut-wrenching relationship. Growing up, I had really big hair. Giant hair. As I got older, the goal was to make it smaller—I wanted to look like everyone else. So I got a weave. I would manipulate my hair and try to make it straight. Wool-blend top and dress by No. 21. Earrings by Charlotte Chesnais and Eddie Borgo. Rings by Eddie Borgo and Arme de l’Amour. Makeup colors: Healthy Skin Blends Powder in Clean and Revitalizing Lip Balm in Fresh Plum by Neutrogena. Details, see Shopping Guide. These pages: Fashion stylist, Sean Knight. Hair: Nikki Providence. Makeup: Samuel Paul. Manicure: Nettie Davis.…
