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With her new album, empathogen, out tomorrow, #WillowSmith talked to Allure editor-in-chief Jessica Cruel about the things (and people) that inspire her. And she shares her proud self-perception: “I'm brown, my hair is nappy. That's why I think I straddle a very interesting position in the beauty standard world.” Read her revealing May cover interview on Allure: https://trib.al/ksAvfxJ Photographer: Zhong Lin Writer: Jessica Cruel Stylist: Shiona Turini Hair: Vernon François Makeup: Raoul Alejandre Set Design: James Rene Manicure: Emi Kudo Production: t • creative DP: Jesse Lee

Six weeks, seven preteens, and one looming question: When did tweens become beauty experts? Allure reports on the next generation of beauty consumers and exactly what tweens are stocking in their medicine cabinets.

During a Congressional hearing last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s false eyelashes, resulting in the barb exchange heard ‘round the world. As our editor in chief Jessica Cruel writes, the incident reflects the challenges that Black women face every day as they navigate beauty in the workplace. Read more as Cruel and Crockett break down that moment and the double-edged sword of being pretty in politics.

Our readers gave their very-much-solicited opinions on hair, makeup, body, and skin-care products. Now, here are the favorites that they're shopping right now. #AllureRCA

Never one to shy away from thorny topics, Willow Smith talks about race, insecurity, and that whole nepo baby thing. #AllureCover

Seven years since the release of her last album, #Shakira is back with eight new tracks, a creative renaissance – and her first Allure cover. With uncensored emotional honesty, she opens up about how she transformed her pain into triumph. Read her cover story now: https://trib.al/H9dcD4P Photographer: Emmanuel Monsalve Stylist: Shibon Kennedy Hair: Orlando Pita Makeup: Grace Ahn Manicure: Andrea J. Vieira Production: Select Services DP: Juan Bianchi Writer: Patricia Alfonso Tortolani

In Shakira’s April cover interview with Allure, the singer gets candid about her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran [Women No Longer Cry], and how she transformed pain into triumph.

Getting ready to drop her long-awaited first album, the singer/rapper explains how hard she’s worked to find her voice in our March cover story.

In the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s beauty industry has turned basements into hair salons and done manicures under only the glow of headlamps. Its resilience is a form of resistance and a testament to the powerful role beauty services can play in a time of war.

Calling all beauty fans with big opinions. Our annual Allure Readers' Choice Awards is now open and we can't wait to hear from all of our loyal readers on the products that they can't get enough of: https://trib.al/zk7AZzm