Innehållsförteckning för December 2021/January 2022 från Allure

I cut the cable cord years ago, but my connectivity never waned. Now, all forms of entertainment float into my life uninterrupted via invisible Wi-Fi signals to every available screen. I can watch TikTok videos from bed in the morning (learning viral dances definitely counts as exercise, right?). Disney movies come directly to my home, making my couch as cushy as a theater. I can listen to true crime podcasts or Broadway show tunes in the shower, and the Real Housewives…well, their endless drama screeches through my AirPods during subway travel. I can’t even go to sleep without playing out a few rounds of The Oregon Trail on my tablet. As our viewing options seem to grow exponentially with each passing month, so does the relationship between beauty and what…

MICHELLEKHAN @michellekhxn Easy how-to videos for the trendiest, fanciest, or swirliest nail art (sometimes all of the above!) are Khan’s domain. After some bad acrylic experiences at salons—sloppy paint jobs, significant damage—this photographer decided to take her nail health seriously and learn how to do her own manicures. Now Khan shares her ideas for damage-free, gel-extension application and simple nail art techniques, such as crocodile-print French tips or a checkered and smiley-face pattern with a ’90s vibe. A self-described “nail art bestie” to her 400,000-plus followers, Khan says, “People have reached out to tell me I changed their lives because now they can do their manicures at home and practice designs they have always wanted on their nails.” HYRAM YARBRO @skincarebyhyram More than six million people follow Yarbro for his…

There’s an old adage in the world of special effects makeup: If you can tell someone’s wearing it, you didn’t do your job. Special effects were created to help the audience believe whatever is transpiring onscreen—a character aging, a ballerina transforming into a swan—is utterly, entirely real. Creatures that stem from the imagination—like Marvel’s Mystique or Stephen King’s Pennywise—are often brought to life through hours of detailed cosmetic applications: layers of airbrush makeup, prosthetic latex appliances, sculpted wrinkles. Makeup artist Jack Pierce, one of the first makeup department heads at Universal Pictures, is considered a pioneer: He created the Frankenstein monster and Dracula makeup for films in the early 1930s. The materials at his disposal? Mortician’s wax, putty, spirit gum, and grease paint. Today, the tool kit has evolved. The…

COLORFUL STORY “Gemma Chan for the [2021] Met gala was probably my funnest look ever—neon green on the eyes and a plum, glossy stain on the lips,” says makeup artist Daniel Martin. He shaved a blue powder eye shadow into a liquid gold to create a custom neon (“blue and yellow make green,” he reminds us) and layered it over darkblue shadow for a metallic that could stand up to a flash. “When you photograph shimmer, it can look really light,” he says. “There was a lot of layering happening to get the depth of tone.” CAMP COOL At its best, two-tone eye makeup is over-the-top and fun, exactly what makeup artist Grace Ahn created for Paloma Elsesser’s first Met gala, in 2019. “Paloma chose the colors because her dress…

Last year, Barbie Ferreira thought that life as we knew it was ending. So she did as any 20-something with a rebellious streak and a sense of urgency would do: She got a tattoo. “I have a spiral on my butt, because I was spiraling,” she says. “I was like, ‘Fuck it. I can’t die and not have tattoos.’” Of course, the world didn’t end. But the sudden change in its pace was a jolt for the 24 year old. “It was just weird to come off of something that changed my life and the very next year, boom, nothing,” she says. That something, being Euphoria, is the HBO hit that follows a group of teens as they navigate sex, love, identity, addiction, and trauma. The hour-long episodes evoke both…

Marisa Tomei: A long time ago, we shared a cab after a play. James Kaliardos: I think you even partially sat on my lap. And then we met years and years later at a party. We just hit it off over a tomato mozzarella sandwich… Tomei: …that your husband had brought to the party! Kaliardos: We were friends for a while [before we worked together]. We both were at Sundance and you were getting your hair and makeup done and it wasn’t going that great. So I ran into your room and pretended I needed to talk to you about something; that was our first makeup. It took about 30 seconds. Tomei: We still do it that way. We’re really spontaneous with each other. Kaliardos: Sometimes you’ll come flying in…

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Cocooned inside a huge Balenciaga overcoat, Rihanna glows, soft and flickering. Like the jeweled skullcap layered under her knit beanie, this beauty look somehow bridges the gap (a wide one) between dazzling and cozy. The makeup centers on a single focal point: a fathom’s-deep burgundy lip color (Fenty Beauty’s Underdawg, if you must know—and we think you must). Makeup artist Hector Espinal drew on the liquid lipstick with architectural precision to emphasize Rihanna’s Cupid’s bow. The effect is a velvet arrow in makeup form: plush, pretty, and striking with perfect aim.…

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WINGING IT. “Oh, my God, my eyeliner’s crooked.” That was the text Olivia Palermo sent Martin just before taking her front-row seat at a fashion show. “We’d done a full cat eye and one was going north, the other one was going east,” says Martin. Palermo quickly rearranged her hair to try and hide it and “took all her pictures on one side.” Now, before sending his clients off, Martin holds up a credit card to gauge whether eyeliner is symmetrical. SLIP AND SLIDE. “I’d created these incredible liquid-gold chains on combs,” says Abergel, who stuck them into Vanessa Kirby’s braid for the SAG Awards. But using three of the incredible chains at once was also incredibly heavy. “Right before she left, they started slipping because we didn’t create enough…

“Suqqu The Cream Foundation [11] has a creamy texture that can go sheer or be built up. Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Bronzing Cream [2] feels phenomenal.” “I do not walk out the door without Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer [6]. You can perfect a complexion without ever using foundation. By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra-Concealer [3] has a matte finish but is hydrating, so it doesn’t feel dry on the skin.” “Koh Gen Do Maifanshi Moisture Foundation [8] is the crux of my male foundation kit; you can barely tell it’s on. You can create sharp lines in facial hair with Philips Norelco One Blade Trimmer [1]. KMS Add Volume Liquid Dust [10] helps make hair stand up.” “Suqqu Shimmer Liquid Blush in Light Pink [4] is perfect for anyone with…

Olly Alexander: I’d never met a stylist like Nick before. Instantly, I was very attracted to his way of just telling a story, describing clothes and images in a way that’s passionate and considered. He’s got a special brain. We just bonded straight away, didn’t we? Nick Royal: You get that nervous feeling before talking to a client for the first time…. You’re a bit like, “Fingers crossed they’re not going to be a nightmare.” And as soon as we spoke, about four years ago, it really felt like talking to a friend. Everything was originally informed by this massive [mood]board that Olly made, full of Jean Paul Gaultier references and a lot of the things that I’d thought of myself. I was like, “Okay, this is going to really…

The world knows the story of Venus and Serena Williams, two sisters from Compton who dramatically transformed the tennis world and inspired millions. Their father, Richard Williams, was their biggest advocate and coach, and now Will Smith is playing him in King Richard. The film’s finale is the defining Bank of the West Classic tournament. Here, 14-year-old Venus, played by Saniyya Sidney, strides toward the court wearing the beaded braids that came to be a signature for the Williams sisters. “[Director] Reinaldo Marcus Green wanted to have that moment at the end,” says Carla Farmer, the hair department head for the movie. “The beads were part of the journey. It was very symbolic.” Venus and Serena’s slender braids, heavy and laden with beads from root to tip, were more than…

USE MORE ELASTICS. To create a high, statement ponytail (of Ariana-level proportions), wrap two elastics instead of one around the base. “It’s an easy way to make it perky and give it extra height,” says Abergel. You can even wrap a few more elastics down the length, placing one every two inches or so, and tie a ribbon around each, like hairstylist Lacy Redway did for Tessa Thompson (above). It’ll create a cool silhouette and the illusion of extra volume. BUMPS, BE GONE. If your pulled-back hair has bizarre peaks and valleys, “push those bumps back all the way to the base of the ponytail with the metal tip of a rat-tail comb,” tucking them into the elastic, says Redway. For bonus points, mist a clean blush brush with hairspray…

POT OF GOLD “I shave off pieces of Tatcha the Serum Stick [1] and put it into little pots to use as lip balm or to reconstitute creased eye shadow. It brings makeup back to life,” says Martin (a spokesperson for Tatcha). MAKE YOUR CASE Those little pots get zipped into clear pencil cases that Martin buys on Amazon—they go by the very sexy name of Antner A6 Binder Pockets [2]—and make a perfect “SOS kit,” he says. “They are transparent and flat and can fit in a [jacket’s] inside pocket. That’s how narrow they are.” Perfect for cotton buds and your lip color of the night. MATTE FINISH “I always tell my clients to alternate between blotting powder and papers, because for the red carpet it’s going to be…

Ashley Park: I’m the only person on the show who has one person doing both my hair and makeup. Last season, you just did my hair. But I was like, “No matter what, if we have a season two, I know I want Carole back to do both.” Carole Nicolas: It was an exceptional situation. We got close very fast. Park: We just finish each other’s thoughts now—we don’t even have to speak. Which is good because I’m out of practice with my French. [Editor’s note: Nicolas is a native French speaker.] Nicolas: We really found our rhythm for season two. Park: We found what [my character] Mindy’s palette was and we got to have a lot more fun. One of the first looks we did was for a scene…

Victoria Monét was in preschool when she began performing. One of her earliest memories is gluing together a Nutcracker soldier hat out of black construction paper for a Christmas pageant. It doesn’t really snow in Sacramento, California, but it might as well have been the North Pole, and she might as well have been hired by Santa himself, such was the fervor of her commitment to showmanship. A few years later, Monét decided to study dance. “I think it was very easy because it was a silent sport and a group sport,” she says, in a voice as downy and sweet as cotton candy. “There wasn’t a spotlight on me quite yet.” She learned to perform with confidence and also how to collaborate with other artists, a quality that served…