11 Best Toners for Sensitive Skin With Seriously Hydrating, Anti-Inflammatory Goodness

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. When it comes to skin care, the best toners for sensitive skin have had quite the glow-up. Source images: Courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells forAllure Once dismissed as harsh or unnecessary, these skin-care products are now the heroes ofsensitive skinroutines. Other benefits include removing residual oils and makeup, exfoliation,barrier repair, hydration, and anti-inflammatory properties....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Jeff Friedman

17 People Get Real About Their Mommy Makeovers

(My son was born in January 2021.) And that includes body talknamely, commiserating about how much ourboobs, stomachs, and hipshave changedsince giving birth. Were all in our 30s, and of course body changes are to be expected as you age. Jade Wade top and skirt. Alexis Bittar earrings Some peopledosnap backlike its NBD. My ribcage grew two inches. And I, like the other three members of the Baby Club, have started thinking about surgery....

January 17, 2025 · 27 min · 5745 words · Robert Rollins

9 Best Retinol Hand Creams to Take on Sun Spots and Crepiness

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. When caring foraging skin, the best retinol hand creams are must-haves. Source images: Courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells forAllure And whilehand creamsin general are nice, they’re not exactly formulated to take these on. Retinol creamis a great option for hands, says Dr....

January 17, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Laurie Duran

I Built My Beauty Brand On TikTok. What Happens Now?

Okafor eventually expanded the brands line to include body oils, body balms, and other body-care products. (Trump initially proposed the TikTok ban during his first term in office, by the way.) There are still a lot of unknowns about the future of TikTok. Source images: Julie Holder Photography; Illustration by Ingrid Fowler I was just trying to connect with an audience. That’s the main reason I went on TikTok. The main thing was to use that platform to introduce [the concept of] the African net sponge....

January 17, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Shelby Carlson

This Is the Best-Smelling Body Wash We’ve Ever Tried

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Ready to meet your new signature scent? Source images:Allureeditors and courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells Lather up and lets dive in. Well let commerce producerSarah Hoffmannexplain. Im a certified Hinoki HeadTM, she says. Commerce producerSarah Hoffmannholding the Nécessaire The Body Wash....

January 17, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Mark Rodriguez

To Los Angeles, With Love

I thought you were too light, too easy, too 72 and sunny. Never trust anything this easy, this comfortable. Yall are a bunch of maniacs on the 405. Collage: Ingrid Fowler; Source images: Getty And I could never understand your obsession with yoga pants, matcha, and cleaning your cars. Where were your fast talkers, your jaywalkers? Where was your moxie? A New Yorker in a square hole. We respected each other, but over these past sevenJesus, seven?...

January 17, 2025 · 13 min · 2722 words · Destiny Yang

8 Best Toothpastes to Keep Your Teeth Healthy and Clean

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Your beautiful, stunning, gorgeous teeth deserve top-notch treatmenta.k.a. Source images: Courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells forAllure one of the best toothpastes. The truth is, you cant go wrong with any of the below toothpastes. No wonder it won a 2022AllureReaders' Choice Award....

January 16, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Melissa Taylor

The 6 Best Sunrise Alarm Clocks to Ease You Into the Day

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. A blaring alarm may be effective, but its not a calm start to the day. Source images: Courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells forAllure For a more peaceful morning routine, consider one of the best sunrise alarm clocks. As the name implies, these devices wake you with gradually brightening light that simulates a sunrise....

January 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Tony Stewart

6 Best Cooling Weighted Blankets for Your Deepest Sleep Yet

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Scroll on and sleep tight. Source images: Courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells forAllure It comes in a bunch of cute colors, so you dont need to sacrifice aesthetics for performance. Bonus: It’s machine-washablejust use cold water and hang it to dry....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Barbara Wilkerson

Caring for My Daughter's Curls Healed My Childhood Hair Trauma

For about 45 minutes, a stylist pressed my3C curlsinto bone-straight silky strands. It was the first time I’d ever gotten my hair pressedand I was hooked. My negative perception of my natural hair started with that first silk press. Illustration by Ana Jarén There was not a curly hairstyle in sightneither onscreen nor IRL. All the influences around me pointed to the idea that my natural hair was not good enough....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Kevin Leonard

I’ve Tried All 37 Byredo Perfumes, and These 8 Dominate My Fragrance Collection

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Blanche is currently my signature scent for everyday wear, and Im always getting compliments on it. Source images:Allureeditors; Collage: Laneen Wells Once it dries down, a combination of amber, sandalwood, and vanilla takes over. Touches of bergamot and lemon are added to the mix to brighten its smoky, woody composition....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Ann Nichols

My Spa Is in Ashes. My Hope Is Not.

He relocated from his hometown of Miami to Los Angeles. And hed do it all again if he had towhich, devastatingly, he does. Whenwildfires began blazingthrough LAs Palisades neighborhood on January 7, they took Pols beloved spa with it. Sources images: Courtesy of Iván Pol; Illustration by Ingrid Fowler Just a few days after losing the magnum opus of his career, Pol told his story toAllure. I came to LA with a dream of launching a brand, and I did that....

January 15, 2025 · 3 min · 495 words · Michaela Walker

11 Best Face Masks for Clogged Pores to Reveal Baby-Smooth Skin

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. (And thank goodness, because weneed pores to survive.) Source images:Allureeditors and courtesy of brands; Collage: Laneen Wells However, the right products can help keep them clean, which in turn makes themappear smaller. It’s basically a juice cleanse for my facebut way more fun....

January 14, 2025 · 3 min · 564 words · Kelsey Ferguson