Emma Chamberlain Chopped Half Her Hair Off and Went Blonde

I’ve felt boring for a while now. Not like boring on the inside, of course, but boring on the outside. I think it’s time for a haircut. Getty Images But spoiler alert: Turns out it’s time for much more than just a haircut. But despite multiple bad bleaching experiences, the call of the blonde seems impossible to ignore. There’s something energizing about having a fun haircut. I plan to get sort of a risky haircut....

September 16, 2024 · 1 min · 170 words · Robin Sandoval

Give Ayo Edebiri's Metallic Cat Eye Manicure All the Awards, Please

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. “The nails turned out to be the perfect accessory, seamlessly blending fashion with a standout nail moment. Getty Images (Use the regularBlack Onyxand a base coat at home.) We love atrompe l’oeilnail that changes shape with the light, just like Edebiri’s cat eye design....

September 16, 2024 · 1 min · 91 words · Jared Wade

The 13 Best Cream Bronzers for Perfectly Sun-Kissed 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. For maximum glow with minimal effort, look no further than the best cream bronzers. Collage: Laneen Wells; Source images:Allureeditors Heres what we found. “The Laguna Bronzing Cream adds warmth to your look while adding contour,” says Rivero. Trakoshis before applying the Nars Laguna Bronzing Cream in Laguna 02....

September 16, 2024 · 4 min · 754 words · John Rose

We Should All Try Having More Mirror Sex

Welcome toDoing It, a column where sex educator Varuna Srinivasan explores the deep connections between sex and emotions. This month, they explore the underrated experience of having sex or masturbating in front of a mirror. Have a question or story idea for Dr. Srinivasan?Submit it here. Getty Images Mirrors changed mysex life. I know, I know. I have a sex column. I’m supposed to be super sexually liberated. My vulva looked the complete opposite from what I saw in porn....

September 16, 2024 · 3 min · 587 words · Natalie Durham

The Best Beauty Looks from the September 2024 Emmy Awards

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. If you’re saying to yourself, Didn’t we just have theEmmy Awards? Getty Images you’re not alone, nor are you crazy. And, yep, she killed it. Then she curled just the ends with theKristin Ess Hair 1 1/4 Curling Iron. Getty Images Hung Vanngo kicked off her makeup look with an SK-II skin-care lineup, including theFacial Treatment Mask....

September 15, 2024 · 2 min · 299 words · Daniel Lawson

5 Editors Tested Huda Beauty's New Easy Blur Natural Airbrush Foundation

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. Though we often forget, the current beauty landscape owes a lot to the YouTubers of the 2010s. Source Images: Huda Beauty and Annie Blay Only a few of those creators turned their affinity for finding high-performing products into successful businesses. Huda Kattan was one of themHuda Beauty launched in 2013....

September 13, 2024 · 3 min · 445 words · Justin Mayer Jr.

Is There Really Such a Thing as Injectable Breast Implants?

Its never been easier or more convenient to tweak your appearanceand now the enhancement-by-syringe approach is moving tobreasts. We had to know more: Are injectable breast implants a game changer or too good to be true? And when might this procedure be approved by the FDA? Getty Images What is injectable breast augmentation? The problem was Macrolane also created nodules that interfered with breast cancer screening. (Traditional silicone implants werent flexible enough to make the journeythey broke, he says)....

September 13, 2024 · 2 min · 261 words · Daniel Martinez

Sabrina Carpenter Wore Very Britney Makeup With a Very Britney Dress

She did it again. In place of her vintage Bob Mackie gown was a short and sweet (get it?) white lace mini, a dead ringer for the black Dolce & Gabbana Spears wore in 2001. Getty Images (The shadow was very likely the work of Carpenter’s go-to makeup artist,Carolina Gonzalez.) Oh baby, baby! More beauty news: Now, watch Sabrina try 9 new things: Getty Images

September 13, 2024 · 1 min · 65 words · David Collins

To Support IVF Access, You Have to Support Abortion Access

Zurawski says that according to doctors, her case didnt qualify. After her health deteriorated dramatically, doctors finally performed anabortion. She is not alone in her anxiety. Justin Metz I started reporting this story afterAllurespoke to30 IVF patientsearlier this year about the unspoken realities of the treatment. Several had shared concerns about how the shifting political landscape could impact laws around IVF in their respective states. As if IVF isnt emotionally and physically challenging already....

September 13, 2024 · 4 min · 656 words · Matthew Boyle

According to the VMAs Red Carpet, Bangs Are Bigger Than Ever (Literally)

We saw big, fluffy curtain bangs. We saw ultra-precise brow-length bangs. See our favorite bangs from the VMAs below. Getty Images (He also gave her a shoulder-length cut.) Lisa BLACKPINK’sLisa was also on board for bangs. We loved the way her bangs highlighted her hooded Mugler gown. Getty Images Taylor Swift Taylor Swiftand her signature bangs walked the carpet just before the show began. More beauty news: Now, watch Janet Jackson revisit her best music video looks:...

September 12, 2024 · 1 min · 85 words · Sean James

Cardi B Wore the Most Fitting Manicure to Reveal Her Baby Girl

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. Cardi announced her pregnancy only a little over a month ago, and she was clearly quite far along. Getty Images The prettiest lil thing 9/7/24 , Cardi wrote in the caption. (Though we don’t know exactly which, we thinkOrly Bubble Gum PopandEssie Muchi Muchiare fantastic matches....

September 12, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Kathleen Mendoza

I Tried the “Nefertiti Lift” to Define My Jawline

Queen Nefertiti ruled Egypt during the 14th century BC. So much so that the Egyptian queens profile has inspired a new aesthetic trend: theNefertiti Lift. The treatment can also minimize neck bands, the horizontal lines that appear on the neck with age. Courtesy of Dr. Jennifer Levine As this muscle weakens over time, it can drag the neck and jawline down with it. But directly targeting [the platysma muscle] with neurotoxin creates elevation, says Dr....

September 12, 2024 · 2 min · 288 words · Tracy Jackson

What Is a Chypre? Everything You Need to Know About This Mysterious Fragrance Family

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. I like to think I know a bit about fragrance. Yana Sheptovetskaya Since then, Ive interviewed perfumers fromGrasseto Greenpoint, Brooklyn. And as a beauty editor, I smell and review new perfume launches for a living. Yet, if you asked me to define a chypre fragrance, I couldnt have told you the answer....

September 12, 2024 · 3 min · 554 words · Stephen Moran