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There’s no doubt that our annual Best of Beauty issue is all about the products—there are 345 getting the coveted red seal this year—but I want to take a moment to acknowledge the other big part of Allure’s signature awards: the editors. Perhaps for lack of knowing it’s even an option, becoming a beauty editor isn’t usually on a list of dream accomplishments. That level of ambition is reserved for astronauts, sports heroes, and pop stars. This job is something you’re more likely to glide into. Personally, it was the accessibility of the subject matter (everyone practices beauty in one way or another) and its adjacency to fashion that attracted me. But similar to the aforementioned career choices, I like to believe that beauty editing requires a dose of science…
Things are looking up! Some of those things are multibillion-dollar telescopes, as earlier this year NASA’s Webb Telescope revealed dazzling new glimpses of our greater universe. Some of those things are people, as a recent poll observed one in four Americans believes in astrology. And some of those things are beauty companies, such as Clé de Péau and haute jeweler Elie Top. Those two brands conspired on the cosmically inspired Radiant Sky Collection, including La Crème (a gel-cream with retinol and brightening licorice root extract), cast in nebula blue and bejeweled with Top’s twinkling illustrations. As one astronomer observed when viewing the Webb Telescope photographs: Humans are made of the same stuff as the cosmos. We are nothing if not celestial bodies—and celestial bodies deserve astronomically luxurious gifts.…
When the elevator opens on the third floor of a nondescript office building just off the southwest corner of New York City’s Bryant Park, visitors are greeted by a set of glass doors inscribed with the words “Idriss Dermatology”—and then, a face. The artwork looks human from afar, but get closer and the face morphs into a colorful collection of dots. The pointillist-style painting was created by the woman whose name is on those doors: dermatologist Shereene Idriss, who notes that the piece represents how she approaches her work. “It’s about looking at the forest and not the trees,” says Dr. Idriss. “Looking at the whole face and not just a wrinkle.” That same philosophy underscores the skin-care advice she shares with her 800,000-plus followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—platforms…
“Clinically tested” is the new “sustainably sourced.” Nobody really knows what it means—or how to prove it. But a new skin-care brand called Matter of Fact is showing its receipts: On the website, you’ll find its Ascorbic Acid 20 Brightening C Serum’s certificate of analysis. The report, issued by an independent lab, verifies that the serum remains shelf-stable for two years—a massive feat for vitamin C, which is as finicky as ice cream on a hot day, says cosmetic chemist Ginger King. (Our editors also attest that it’s quick-to-absorb and layers nicely under sunscreen.) Scroll down and you’ll see results of the clinical studies (one was double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled) condensed into easy-to-understand data points. “The studies involved about 30 people, which is statistically significant,” says King. It’s not typical…
The estimated five-year melanoma survival rate for Black patients is only 71 percent vs. 93 percent for white patients. A big contributor? Late-stage skin cancer is more common among Hispanic and Black people. One reason could be that the internet is seriously lacking diversity in dermatological imagery. This form of algorithmic injustice means fewer people of color have the resources they need to identify skin cancer. Vaseline’s See My Skin digital platform (seemyskin.com) aims to change that with a representation-minded database created specifically to help people search conditions on skin of color and connect patients with a dermatologist for virtual or in-person skin checks. A wealth of resources is just a few clicks away.…
