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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a pirate’s life FOR ME • A WAVE OF LOOT, INSPIRED THIS MONTH BY THE SEA.

SWEET DREAMS (are made of this)

MUST-SEE CLIPS

HOLYWaters • Your new exfoliation routine? Toner! Swipe, pat, and marvel at your new bounty of free time. Learn a language. Take up archery. And glow a little easier in general.

PRODUCT REVIEW

A MARKED WOMAN?

PRODUCT REVIEW

weighted blankets

OIL RICH

EDITORS’ FAVORITES • AND THE AWARDS FOR THE MOST LIKELY TO BE “BORROWED” FROM THE BEAUTY CLOSET THIS MONTH GO TO…

reese witherspoon • BIG LITTLE TRUTHS—ON AGING, SELFINVOLVEMENT, AND THE BEAUTY RITUAL THAT CHANGED HER LIFE.

GOLDEN EYES

mother of all gifts • OH, YES, WE KNOW YOUR MOM WILL INSIST SHE DOESN’T NEED YOU TO BUY HER ANYTHING FOR THIS MONTH’S HALLMARK HOLIDAY. WHICH IS WHY WE SUGGEST GETTING HER SOMETHING SHE WANTS…IN THE GUISE OF SOMETHING SHE CAN TRULY USE.

Is there a NEW PINK TAX? • A WHOLE HOST OF GADGETS AND APPS SAY THEY ARE EMPOWERING WOMEN TO TAKE THEIR HEALTH INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. CAN THEY DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES—AND AT WHAT COST? BY COTTON CODINHA

WORTH IT • THREE FEMTECH INNOVATIONS THAT ARE DESERVING OF YOUR TIME (AND, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE, MONEY).

with Michelle Pfeiffer • SHE’S PLAYED A COKE-ADDLED TROPHY WIFE (SCARFACE), A POISONOUS NARCISSIST (WHITE OLEANDER), AND A REALLY NASTY FELINE (BATMAN RETURNS). NOW SHE’S STEPPING INTO A VERY DIFFERENT ROLE: CLEAN-BEAUTY CRUSADER.

MICHELLE’S BEAUTY SPEED ROUND

BEAUTY BY NUMBERS • ONE DAY, ROBOTS WILL BUILD AN ADVANCED SOCIETY AND WAGE WAR ON HUMANS. FOR NOW, THEY MIX HAIR COLOR, VACUUM, AND SPEAK IN A FEW SIMPLE PHRASES.

LOOK alive • SHE FEELS GREAT, INVIGORATED EVEN. YET ALICE GREGORY WAKES EACH DAY TO DEEPLY SHADOWED EYES THAT MAKE HER APPEAR DEJECTED, DEFEATED…EXHAUSTED. ONE DAY, SHE SET OUT TO CURE THEM, ONCE AND FOR ALL.

BRIGHT IDEAS • We asked dermatologists to share their favorite low-tech ways to make darkness invisible.

The Choice Is Yours • No one tests beauty products with as much passion as Allure editors. Except, perhaps, Allure readers. That’s why every year, we ask you to tell us about the hair, makeup, and skin-care discoveries that you swear by. The 2019 votes are almost tallied, so check back next month, when we’ll bring you the 52 products that are earning a coveted Readers’ Choice Award this year. Plus: the 5 recent breakthroughs that truly revolutionized your beauty routines.

Is toothpaste cool now? • A look at one dental product’s quest to gain street cred—and sex appeal.

from my MAMA • OUR MOMS SO OFTEN MAKE OUR WORLD A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE. SO IN HONOR OF MOTHER’S DAY, LET’S GET LITERAL ABOUT THAT. WE ASKED 11 ACCOMPLISHED DAUGHTERS TO TELL US ABOUT THE MOST POWERFUL BEAUTY LESSONS THEY LEARNED FROM THE WOMEN WHO RAISED THEM.

REBEL • THE MESSAGE AT THE FALL SHOWS WAS LOUD AND CLEAR AND VERY SPARKLY: IT’S TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN. BY SOPHIA PANYCH

Norma Kamali • Enormous windows make the fashion designer’s Mount Kisco, New York, bathroom one with the landscape, and a place where you can soak in the forest without setting foot outside the tub.

BEST of beauty

worth a SHOT • AFTER TRYING ALL KINDS OF TREATMENTS—FROM STANDARD TO ODDBALL—FOR HIS DEPRESSION, A NEW COURSE OF ACTION IS TAKING BRENNAN KILBANE TO ONE VERY UNLIKELY PLACE: THE DERMATOLOGIST’S OFFICE.

the climate CHANGEMAKERS • OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES MIGHT CONJURE THE SEVENTH CIRCLE OF HELL. BUT A GROUP OF TRAILBLAZERS MAY...