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Consider this your reminder that vanilla belongs in every fragrance wardrobe. To say we’re having a vanilla moment is an understatement. Vanilla is everywhere, and so are the best vanilla perfumes: standing next to you on the subway, walking past you in a crowded restaurant, and on the best-seller shelves at your local Sephora and…

There’s dewy skin—and then there’s looking like our makeup is melting off our face, which we generally tend to avoid. Luckily, Kaja Beauty Dewy Bar in Berry Sparkler lands decidedly in the former category, depositing a juicy-looking, just-pinched-cheeks rosiness with a little gleam when the light hits.

About six months into her last relationship, Sarah*, a 23-year-old from Australia, noticed her body was changing. She mysteriously—and rapidly—shed 11 pounds and regularly awoke with nausea or acid reflux. “My hair was thin and dry; you wouldn’t have known I had curly hair because the texture completely changed, and I had the most frustrating…

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As beauty editors, we love having fun with our makeup. But what’s even better is when the product is genuinely fun to use, and the results are good enough that we find ourselves reaching for it again and again. The Aprilskin Hero All Day Plumping Lip Stain checks all the boxes.

We don’t hand out Allure Best of Beauty Awards just because something smells nice or comes in a pretty bottle. A product has to seriously impress our editors—and Color Wow’s Insta-Wow Advanced Dry Shampoo did exactly that, earning itself a 2026 Best of Beauty Award.

Pinterest has released its first-ever Beauty Trend Report, and while jewelers probably aren’t losing sleep over whether their customers are searching for cherry-cola hair, there’s quite a bit here worth paying attention to.

A model backstage at the Connor Ives Spring 2027 ready-to-wear show in New York. 

Allure’s Best of Beauty Awards are basically our Olympics—except it happens every year, whew—so of course it’s second nature to rave about them any chance we get. And even when the next round of winners is announced, as you’ll soon see, we’ll keep gushing about winners from years past. (That red seal is not something…

When we talk about anti-aging skin care, it’s not with any disdain toward getting older — we all know it’s a privilege. Rather, we want to highlight the things we love about ourselves; and this includes nourishing the health and longevity of our skin with potent, tried-and-true active ingredients.