It's February, which means Black History Month is officially on. It's also been more than half a year since last summer's Black Lives Matter uprising in the wake of multiple deaths of unarmed Black folks at the hands of police. That said, now's a great time to reassess your dedication to anti-racism and whether or not it has wavered — […]
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MILAN — “A factory within a factory” is the latest concept Italian cosmetics manufacturer Chromavis has introduced to improve its time-to-market performance. Dubbed “Atelier,” the project offers the company’s clients the opportunity to create a customized product or an entire makeup range in one day and take them to the market in just three weeks. In particular, Atelier’s speed to market […]
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Walgreens Boots Alliance is slated to play an integral part in the U.S. rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, and it’ll be doing so under a new chief executive officer — Rosalind “Roz” Brewer. With the appointment, Brewer, most recently the chief operating officer of Starbucks and a former Walmart executive, becomes the only Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 […]
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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. If there's one beauty product I worry about using too much of, it's foundation. Since I'm working from home, I like to use as little foundation as possible (if any at all). A dime-size […]
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My favorite thing about Billie Eilish — besides her musical prowess, obviously — is that she never shows up to the party without headline-worthy nail art. I should know: Allure has covered just about every manicure she's ever worn, including her recent bubble nail art, Gucci-branded nails, and black bejeweled claws from the 2020 Oscars. The same certainly goes for the […]
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PARIS – L’Occitane Group has named Yves Blouin as its new executive director and managing director. The executive succeeds Sylvain Desjonquères at the natural beauty maker and seller. Desjonquères will remain on the board of directors of L’Occitane Groupe SA. Blouin, 56, formerly worked at Chanel as managing director and general manager in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, the Middle East […]
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Patrick Starrr and Patrick Ta are products of Instagram beauty's golden age. Like many influencers, both have promoted other brands for years. But they're now part of a new establishment buoyed by beauty-incubator companies and investors eager to share in the spoils of the industry. Turning content into commerce, as these two makeup artists have done with their up-and-coming brands, […]
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Computer and video game graphics these days are so high res, sometimes it's hard to believe you're looking at a digital rendering and not something caught in 4K. But with the 2020s already being, uh, wild, it makes sense that folks are feeling a sense of nostalgia and paying homage to simpler times — when the outside was fully open […]
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While 2020 proved to be a nail-biter of a year for the mass market, data from IRI shows that the nail category actually ended up on top. Data from IRI, ending the week of Dec. 27, showed nail products exhibiting double-digit growth for the year — but other categories were not so lucky. “If you were a beauty manufacturer in […]
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We're not even halfway through the first month of 2021, and I already know which foundation I'll exclusively be reaching for the next 11 months: the new Essence Pretty Natural Hydrating Foundation. As a beauty editor whose primary job responsibility is to test out copious amounts of new makeup, this isn't the most realistic New Years' resolution, but this illuminating, […]
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