Allure

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.

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body positive • OUR FACES GET PLENTY OF PAMPERING, BUT DON’T FORGET THE OTHER SKIN YOU’RE IN. HERE ARE SOME FAVORITES FOR THE SHOULDERS, KNEES, TOES, AND MORE.

for good measure

A Walk in the Park

Lessons Laverne(d) • A conversation with Promising Young Woman star Laverne Cox reveals she’s not afraid to speak her mind—even to the SCOTUS.

EDITORS ’ FAVORITES • THIS MONTH’S PICKS ARE GOOD FOR THE FACE, THE BODY… AND THE SOUL.

nighty night • ONE IN THREE OF YOU ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP (THE CDC SAYS SO). BUT THERE’S NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING TOLD TO GET MORE REST, SO WE’LL SKIP THE PREACHING AND JUST GIVE YOU A MINUTE-BY-MINUTE PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN (AND LOOK BETTER FOR IT).

flower crown • This month marks a milestone in the 34-year history of the scrunchie, the hair accessory of Olympians and first ladies, and Hollywood’s finest, like Madonna and Jason Momoa. This humble piece of elasticized fabric is now getting the high-end-fragrance treatment. Aerin Lauder teamed up with LoveShackFancy to create floral-printed hair ties that can be scented with her new hair perfume, Wild Geranium (an energizing mix of pink pepper, daffodil blooms, lemon, and, obviously, geraniums). A spritz on one of the organza scrunchies will keep the fragrance tied to you all day—or at least until you decide to let your hair down.

course of nature

cleaning up your manicure

CULT OBJECT hot off the tresses • For seven years, engineers at Dyson’s Malmesbury, England, campus toiled away in complete secrecy on…a hair iron. That’s thousands of designs, hundreds of heads of hair, and seven years of asking, “How is it possible to achieve a beach wave with half of the required heat?” Now these people are revolutionizing the way we style our hair yet again (you’ve probably heard of their blow-dryer?). For this go-round, the invention is called the Dyson Corrale.* And we can say with absolute sincerity: It doesn’t get better than this.

wave of the future • Whether a beauty product lists aqua as its first ingredient or not, it almost always has a water footprint. But innovative formulas are moving toward a new standard of zero waste—and proving products don’t require liquid to be gold.

good vibrations • AN IPHONE-CASE MOGUL SOUNDS LIKE A GIANT INSTAGRAM CLICHÉ, BUT SCROLL THROUGH DEVON LEE CARLSON’S BREEZY FEED AND YOU’LL SEE A SMILING, CRINKLY-EYED ANTIDOTE TO THE HYPER-STYLIZED SHELFIES AND STUDIED POUTS OF BEAUTY INFLUENCERDOM.

earthly delights • YOU COULD TRY FOREST BATHING, OR YOU COULD CONNECT WITH NATURE BY INCORPORATING ONE OF ITS MANY WONDERS INTO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE. THESE ARE THE BEST SKIN-CARE INGREDIENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINSIDES OF JAPAN TO THE FLOWERING HIGHLANDS OF COLOMBIA AND BEYOND. BY DIANNA MAZZONE

BEAUTY BY NUMBERS • BEFORE WE CAN BREATHE ON OUR OWN, WE KNOW HOW TO GRIN. IN THE WOMB, OUR CHEEK MUSCLES FLEX AS WE UNCONSCIOUSLY PRACTICE ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE SOCIAL SKILLS: THE ART OF SMILING

fresh start • WHEN IS A SHOWER MORE THAN A SHOWER? WHEN IT’S 15 MINUTES TO WASH AWAY HOPELESSNESS AND LATHER YOURSELF IN DIGNITY.

wendy marantz levine • The Beauty Bus Foundation brings pop-up salons to hospitals and beauty services to homebound patients and their caregivers. Levine, the cofounder, shares her favorite products for lifting spirits and instilling confidence when you need it most. By Kathleen Suico

A TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE • THERE IS ANYTHING IN THE WORLD MORE HOPEFUL THAN GLITTER, IT’S GLITTER THAT STRETCHES THE LIMITS OF THE...