I Got a Salmon Sperm Facial—And I’d Do It Again
That evening, I washed my face with a gentle cleanser and applied the most ceramide-packed moisturizer I own to prevent any further irritation before calling it a night. The following …
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Pom Klementieff on How Marvel’s Mantis Would Apply Her Lipstick
How many of us can say we’re skilled at acting, skydiving, and drawing on bold red lipstick? (Heck, we’d take any one of the three.) But actor Pom Klementieff—who has …
12 Things Facelift Patients Wish They’d Known Beforehand
When Amir Karam, MD, a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon in San Diego, performed a facelift on his 52-year-old wife Neda Karam earlier this year, he also gave her a …
If Grants for Black-Owned Businesses Are Eliminated, Your Favorite Beauty Brands Could Be Too
Says Dozie, her first grant was from the Fearless Fund, and securing that $20,000 made a world of difference for her business. “You take so many losses in business, so …
Witches Are the Original Life Coaches
“This is one of the things that keeps me up at night,” says Deborah Hanekamp, a.k.a. Mama Medicine, a healer and shaman based in New York City, when we talk …
Chlöe Bailey Pairs This “Juicy” Gloss With Dollar-Store Lip Liner
How did your beauty “thing” become your beauty “thing”? That’s the question we’re posing to celebrities in our new series, Just One Thing. Of course, journalists that we are, we’re …
At 48, I Was Still a Little Embarrassed to Buy Tampons
Grown woman that I am now, increasingly low on fucks to give, I breezily dismissed this tinge the other day, reminding myself that I am a 48-year-old lady and there’s …
UConn Player Paige Bueckers’s New Hair Color Is Sending a Message
Allure: Is there a beauty trend that you wish would go away? Bueckers: That’s so hard because everybody has their own things that they love to do. And personally I …
I’m Calling Total Hogwash on “Non Sleep Deep Rest”
In fact, yoga nidra precedes the trend by about some five thousand plus years. Sri Dharma Mittra, a guru in Lower Manhattan who has practiced for six decades, thinks it …
The $10 Anti-Chafe Stick That Helps Sara Hughes Battle Sweat and Sand — Interview
Welcome to Shelf Life, where Olympians are breaking down the beauty routines carrying them through the 2024 Paris Games. Today, beach volleyball player Sara Hughes reveals all the ways she’s …