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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raise your glass • SEVEN KOREAN-BEAUTY FAVORITES (AND ONE J-BEAUTY LOVE!) THAT ARE BRINGING ME CLOSER TO MY DEWY-SKIN GOALS.

THE SHINING

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

Zendaya’s Take

In the Pink

midcentury modern • FIVE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER (AND, YOU KNOW, POP-CULTURE ICON) CÉLINE DION REFLECTS ON THE BEAUTY OF BEING 51 AND COMING INTO HER OWN.

CROWN, MEET GLORY

OUR NEW OBSESSION in bloom

BEAUTY BY NUMBERS • ONE BODY PART THAT STARTED AT THE BOTTOM HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE TOP OF EVERYONE’S MIND. SOME CHEEKY DIGITS ON THE BUTT.

the simple life • AN ELABORATE, OR ESOTERIC, SKIN-CARE ROUTINE IS NO LONGER JUST ABOUT DERMAL IMPROVEMENT. IT’S PART STATUS SYMBOL, PART THERAPY REGIMEN, PART BONDING RITUAL. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR FACE JUST CAN’T TAKE IT? LAUREN LARSON REPORTS FROM INSIDE A REALLY UNSEXY MEDICINE CABINET.

read me • IF EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY HELD A SECRET, WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO LAY IT BARE? BY JESSICA CHIA

indie-pop darling seeks eyeliner • SHOPPING FOR J-BEAUTY WITH CARLY RAE JEPSEN.

the original edibles • MEANING FOOD! WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CONSUMED BY WHAT WE EAT—LOOKING FOR INGREDIENTS THAT WILL EASE WHAT AILS US, BODY AND MIND. BUT WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU THAT THE “FOOD AS MEDICINE” DOCTRINE HURTS MORE THAN IT HELPS? WELL, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TELLING YOU. HEAR US OUT.

jessamyn stanley • Stanley’s mantra is simple: Make yoga accessible, regardless of body type, race, or socioeconomic status. (Her new app, Underbelly, is just part of the mission.) The body-positivity advocate proudly reframes the typical size 2 yogi mold—“How I’m made is perfect”—and keeps it real in her beauty routine, too: “Everything must be as close to the earth as possible.”

INSIDE THE BOX • To get Benefit They’re Real Mascara in the August Allure Beauty Box—plus six more of our editors’ favorite products, including those below—head to allure.com/box by August 31.

the church of jazzercise • IF YOU’VE EVER CONGREGATED AT THE ALTAR OF SOULCYCLE OR DANCED THE RITUAL ZUMBA, THANK JAZZERCISE, A PIONEER OF GROUP FITNESS. FIVE DECADES AFTER ITS FIRST HIGH KICK, BRENNAN KILBANE SITS DOWN WITH ONE LONGTIME PRIESTESS, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS MOTHER.

the new smoky eye • STARTING WITH: THERE REALLY AREN’T ANY. SO FORGET THAT NINE-STEP PROCESS WE ONCE LAID OUT FOR YOU—SORRY ABOUT THAT—AND PUT ONE OF THESE NEW IDEAS INTO PRACTICE. (TWO STEPS, TOPS.)

pushy galore • THE KEY TO WELLNESS MAY BE EMBRACING A WORD, AND AN APPROACH TO LIFE, THAT MANY FIND UNCOMFORTABLE, EVEN RUDE. ONE WOMAN’S ROAD TO FINDING HER PUSHY POWER.

this has you all over it

SHES GOT GAME • TENNIS CHAMPION NAOMI OSAKA HAS SHOT TO FAME AT THE BLINDING SPEED OF ONE OF HER SERVES. AT 21, SHE STILL REMAINS SOMETHING OF AN ENIGMA. ONE THING IS FOR SURE: THE FUTURE IS COMING UP ACES.

BEAUTY RALLY • A speed round with Naomi Osaka.

ALL TIED UP • The only thing between you and entirely new hair is a piece of silk. (Or two. Or seven.)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION • When we talk about our bodies, we almost always talk about what we see. But what if we could actually experience our bodies—and feel a whole lot better in them—by using a sense we might not even know we possess? Let us help you unlock the answer.

A REBUTTAL • FROM A LIFELONG NONBATHER

GRAM SLAM

WHAT ABOUT SEX?

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