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MAY 

Angels, 

INC. 

How 

Victoria’s 

Secret 

Makes a 

Megastar 

What Is 

Pretty? 

The Revolution 

On the Runways 

Bombshell, 

Vamp, 

Disco Queen 

Sienna 

LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HER

IN THIS ISSUE 

BEAUTY REPORTER 

43 Look We Love: Gilded Lids 

44 Editors’ Favorites 

46 The Duo Behind the Latest 

and Greatest K-Beauty Imports 

• A Cult Mascara Makes a 

Comeback • Stop and Smell the 

California Roses 

50 Actress Shanina Shaik 

Talks Reptiles, Tom Cruise, and 

Airport Beauty Hauls • The New 

Skin Hydrator • Bzz Bzz: Your 

Makeup Brush Is Vibrating 

52 Instagram’s Most Famous 

Tattoo Artist • The Next 

Generation of Home Scents 

• Succulent Beauty 

54 Cult Object: Derek Lam’s 

Twist-Up Fragrance Collection 

FASHION 

59 Head in the Clouds. 

A daydream you can carry around 

60 Peace of Mind. Allure’s 

fashion director relaxes in style. 

64 Cherry Picked. Sweet, 

red, and the perfect finishing 

touch for any look 

66 Hip Huggers. Sexy and 

cool, this is not your mother’s 

fanny pack. 

68 La Vie en Rose. Prepare 

to see the world through rosecolored 

glasses. 

70 Elements of Style. Actress 

Yara Shahidi wears the season’s 

biggest ruffles. 

NEWS & TRENDS 

26 My Look. Talking Beauty 

With Jen Atkin. The celebrity 

hairstylist shares what inspired 

her signature waves, why 

self-tanner belongs in your hair, 

and her most frequently 

asked question. 

152 

THE SWEET LIFE 

Colorful eye art and 

bubble-gum-pink 

braids: A winning 

combination. 

Jacquard jacket by 

Gucci. Knit shorts 

by Dior. Earrings, 

stylist’s own. Details, 

see Shopping Guide. 

YELENA YEMCHUK 

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MAY 

32 Hair Inspiration. The 

Many Hair Moods of Selena. 

Flower updos! Sleek ponytails! 

Wavy bobs! 

36 Beauty School. Under-braids, 

holographic lips, and how to prep 

for a beach vacation. 

76 Backstage Beauty. 

The best hair and makeup looks 

from the runways of New York 

City, London, Milan, and Paris. 

142 

SPLASH! 

Glistening skin, 

kissable lips, and 

the sexiest hair 

ever. Sequined 

dress by Monse. 

Yves Saint Laurent 

Volupté Tint-in- 

Balm in Try Me 

Berry. Details, see 

Shopping Guide. 

90 Social Experiment. 

The Art of Freeloading. What 

happens when you can use 

only free makeup for a week? 

One writer gets intimate with 

beauty-counter testers. 

96 Phenomenon. That’s the 

Spirit. A facialist, some crystals... 

and the presence of 100,000 

angels? Spa treatments that are 

truly divine. 

105 The Look Is... Individuality. 

How to have fun with beauty— 

and stay true to yourself. 

111 Sun & Skin. Are You Really 

Protected? The top nine 

sunscreen mistakes—and how 

to avoid them. 

120 Beauty Passport. Good 

Natured. Sarah Khan explores her 

new home and discovers the 

underground beauty secrets of 

Cape Town natives. 

FEATURES 

126 Sienna Miller. The actress 

on family life, transforming for 

her roles, and what she’s really 

doing on the floor at midnight. 

By Devin Friedman 

136 The Making of an Angel. 

Forget the wings and the 

bedazzled bras—Victoria’s 

ultimate secret might just be its 

recruiting team. By Molly Young 

142 City of Dreams. Messing 

with a classic isn’t always a bad 

thing. Softer, imperfect versions 

of Hollywood’s most iconic 

beauty looks. By Liana Schaffner 

148 The Other Side. It’s sexy, 

it’s curvy, and you’re going to 

want to show it off this summer. 

Let’s take a minute to consider 

the back. By Sarah Ball 

152 Wonderland Redux. Splashy 

prints, colored lids, and intricate 

braids that are dazzling and daring. 

REGULARS 

18 Cover Look 

22 Contributors 

24 Editor’s Letter 

30 Beauty by Numbers 

156 Shopping Guide 

158 Autobiography. Priyanka 

Chopra fills in the blanks. 

ON THE COVERS 

Far left: Sienna Miller’s look can be re-created with 

the following: Color Sensational lipstick in 

Dynamite Red, The Colossal Big Shot Mascara, 

Brow Precise Fiber Volumizer in Blonde, and Dream 

Cushion Foundation in Classic Ivory by Maybelline 

New York. Jersey dress from Givenchy by Riccardo 

Tisci. Earring, Miller’s own. Left: Miller’s look 

can be re-created with the following: Grandiôse 

Extrême Mascara in Noir Extrême, Le Crayon 

Kôhl Eyeliner Pencil in Black Lapis, and L’Absolu 

Rouge Lipcolor in Nuit & Jour by Lancôme. Feathers 

from the Feather Place. Photographed by Daniel 

Jackson. Fashion stylist: Alex White. Hair: Esther 

Langham. Makeup: Wendy Rowe. Manicure: 

Rica Romain. Set design: Piers Hanmer. Production: 

Creative Chaos. Details, see Shopping Guide. 

CAMILLA AKRANS 

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The 

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Celebrate your 

mom with 

Allure editor– 

approved 

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“thank you 

(and really 

sorry about 

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the car).” Head 

to allure .com/ 

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WEAR MAKEUP. 

BE A FEMINIST. 

So you believe in gender 

equality and love to rock 

bold red lipstick? No biggie. 

Writer Chimamanda Ngozi 

Adichie explains why a 

makeup-loving feminist is 

not a contradiction in terms. 

Read more at allure .com/ 

feminist-beauty. 

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COVER LOOK 

SIENNA 

MILLER 

Behind the scenes at 

Allure’s cover shoot. 

Victoria Beckham 

bra top. Proenza 

Schouler pants. 

Headband, stylist’s 

own. Above: REI 

bivy sack (worn as 

a jacket). Paige 

Novick for Tibi 

earring. Necklace, 

Miller’s own. 

Details, see 


David Bowie, Marilyn Monroe, Pierrot: 

Everyone showed up for Sienna Miller’s first 

Allure cover shoot with photographer 

Daniel Jackson, where the British actress 

took on the roles—and beauty looks—of 

some truly iconic and eclectic personalities. 

But Miller started off the day in a less 

theatrical role: mom. After packing up a Hello Kitty 

backpack and dropping off her four-year-old daughter at 

school, she texted the crew that she was on her way. 

“Sienna is always up for dress-up, so she became my 

doll for the day, which of course I love,” said her makeup 

artist and longtime friend Wendy Rowe. “She trusts 

me and knows that we’re going to come up with amazing 

things.” And they did. Tracks by Portishead and Iggy Pop 

hummed in the air while Miller and Rowe experimented with 

feathers as eyeliner, iridescent glitter shadow, and fluttery 

lashes. There were wigs, there were bared nipples, and 

there was pasta arrabiata. It was maybe the best day ever. 

When the makeup wipes came out and the Gucci 

and Balenciaga dresses were hung back up, Miller ended 

the day the same way she started it: with her daughter, 

a Frozen Elsa doll, and that Hello Kitty backpack. 

Go behind the scenes with Sienna Miller on the set of our photo 

shoot at allure.com/sienna-bts. 

TAWNI BANNISTER (2)

COVER LOOK 

BEAUTY LESSON 

Hair 

Between shots with yellow wigs, 

red wigs, and black headbands, 

hairstylist Esther Langham left 

Miller’s natural sandy-blonde hair 

down for one of the cover shots. 

“She always looks good with 

it off her face, when you can see 

her cheekbones and jawline,” 

says Langham, who worked 

styling cream into the actress’s 

hair before combing it back. 

Givenchy by 

Riccardo Tisci 

dress. Earring, 

Miller’s own. 

Details, see 


Makeup 

After bleaching Miller’s brows, 

Rowe shaped them with tinted 

brow gel, swept mascara on 

the lashes, and filled in the lips 

with bright red matte lipstick. 

Miller’s look (above) can be re-created 

with the following (clockwise from 

top): Color Sensational lipstick 

in Dynamite Red, The Colossal Big 

Shot Mascara, Brow Precise Fiber 

Volumizer in Blonde, and Dream 

Cushion Foundation in Classic Ivory 

by Maybelline New York. 

FROM TOP: TAWNI BANNISTER; GRAHAM POLLACK (PROP STYLIST: JENNY WICHMAN) 

20 ALLURE MAY 2017

CONTRIBUTORS 

Rowe (below), the 

artistic consultant 

for Burberry Beauty, 

created this glittery 

look for the brand’s 

fall 2016 show. 

Getting 

CREATIVE 

She can contour an entire face with one 

product, electrify skin with ethereal brightness, 

and make feathers look as natural as a smile. 

Behind makeup artist Wendy Rowe’s genius is a 

colorful, eclectic kit of madness. 

Burberry Face Contour pen 

“I can sculpt someone’s face quite 

undetectably to create naturallooking 

definition. I use it on the eyes, 

nose, cheeks, chin; it depends what 

each person needs. And I use it 

on everybody—Sienna [Miller, below 

left], Victoria [Beckham], myself. 

If I didn’t have it, I would go mad.” 

Decléor Aurabsolu 

Refreshing Mist 

“It’s great for revitalizing skin. It 

creates a superglow—a real, 

hydrated glisten. Sometimes waters 

actually dry your skin out, but this 

has essentials, like jasmine and 

rosemary, to hydrate and purify.” 

Glitter, sequins, feathers 

“I carry lots of unusual and interesting 

bits and pieces for whenever there’s 

an opportunity to be creative on set. 

I have butterflies, jewels, stars, all 

sorts of things. I get them from Rite 

Aid or M & J Trimming. I may not 

use them for a year, but they come 

into action at some point.” 

Dopp kit 

“Sometimes being a makeup artist 

is like being a paramedic: You have 

to be prepared. Everyone always 

asks for things, especially deodorant 

and Tampax.” 

My book, Eat Beautiful 

“It’s not a diet. It’s not a regimen. It’s 

as much about skin care as it is 

healthy eating. People should just 

take what they want from it. My Date 

Energy Bites and No-Cook Walnut 

Brownies are always popular.” 

Lipstick and cocktail stirrers 

“I apply lipstick to the eyelids to create 

a flattering pink-y tone. It’s basically 

cream shadow. I also have cocktail 

stirrers in my kit, which I use to 

separate eyelashes—especially when 

I do a mascara advertisement. The 

lashes have to be absolutely perfect.” 

Tape 

“Scotch Magic Tape isn’t too sticky, 

and it’s kinder to the skin, but it’ll take 

off all the glitter really quick.” 

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22 ALLURE MAY 2017

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 

In St. Lucia 

in a Tory 

Burch dress 

The Beauty 

of Self-Care 

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been wobbling on an emotional edge lately, sucked in by 

the negative news cycle and the unrelenting shitstorm that is Twitter. My natural inclination is 

to power through things without taking time for myself. But it’s a slippery slope. My bottledup 

stress eventually finds an escape, finally seeping out of my pores (damn you, cystic acne) 

and turning my Resting Bitch Face into an All-the-Time Bitch Face. 

We hear a lot about self-care these days, and I’m leaning way in. At the height of my 

stress, I booked a trip to bask in rum-soaked paradise at St. Lucia’s Sugar Beach for six days. 

Number of fresh coconut waters consumed: 5. Hours spent staring at the ocean: 20. 

Minutes spent toggling between Twitter and news sites: 0 (fine, maybe 5). I absolutely want— 

and need—to keep up with what’s happening in the world, but I’m also finding it intensely 

rejuvenating to take a mini holiday from the maelstrom every now and then. 

Beyond scheduled vacations (next up: a friend’s villa in Majorca), I’ve also preplanned 

massages, facials, and regular workouts, which was no easy task after a yearlong gym dry 

spell. I know that a bunch of you are cursing me right now because those things don’t come 

cheap. But even if it’s just taking 15 minutes to meditate or do yoga in your bedroom a few 

days a week, believe me, it’s a worthwhile investment. I’ve also committed to stepping up my 

regular kid cuddles and devoting 30 minutes to DIY nail art every Sunday. Frivolous fun in 

stressful periods isn’t a waste of time—it’s more important than ever. 

I’ll tell you another thing that’s done wonders for my mood: devoting time to other 

people. On my testiest days, I’ll do small things, like go out of my way to hold doors for 

moms wheeling strollers or send a handwritten thank-you to someone who made my 

day. Our executive editor, Danielle Pergament, recently had a wonderful idea: to encourage 

all Allure staffers to take a day off to volunteer. We’re now planning a group charity outing. 

At the risk of sounding like a huge cornball: When you feel like the world is crazy, it’s deeply 

grounding to put some kindness back into it. 

Remember: You can’t be an agent for positive change in the world if you’re a hot mess 

behind the scenes. Do things that make you happy. And do them often. I’d love to hear 

your original self-care ideas. Hit me up on Twitter. If I don’t get back to you right away, it’s 

only because I’m holding the door open for a mother of triplets. 

Michelle Lee, Editor in Chief 

@heymichellelee 

COURTESY OF SUBJECT (2) 

24 ALLURE MAY 2017

MY LOOK 

Talking Beauty 

WITH 

JEN 

ATKIN 

The hairstylist has 

literally kept up with 

the Kardashians—and 

created a beauty 

empire along the way. 

By Elizabeth Siegel 

b 

Viscose-blend top by Pari Desai. 

Earrings, stylist’s own. Ring 

and bracelets, Atkin’s own. 

These pages: Fashion stylist, Sue 

Choi. Hair and makeup: Jen 

Atkin. Details, see Shopping Guide. 

PHOTOGRAPHED BY 

EMMAN MONTALVAN 

efore there were 5 A.M. call times with the Kardashians and clipping in extensions 

at 35,000 feet, there was a pack of plastic razors. “In high school, I cut my hair 

and my friends’ hair with shaving razors. It would take hours,” says hairstylist Jen 

Atkin, who is known for the beautiful waves she does for Jessica Alba, Chrissy 

Teigen, Lorde, and the Kardashians. “I grew up in Hawaii, so I’ve always loved that 

beachy look. It makes everyone look younger, which no one ever argues with.” 

No kidding. Atkin’s styles have inspired millions of loose waves, including our own. 

We probably would have trusted her with a Lady Bic, too. 

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFE) 

26 ALLURE MAY 2017

MY LOOK 

On the cool-girl cut of the moment: “I’m all 

about a really good modern lob that’s A-line or 

straight across the bottom, with texture—I love 

cutting up into the hair so it has movement 

but is still thick and healthy. I just cut lobs for 

Lorde, Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber—I’ve 

been on a cutting spree.” 

On going MacGyver: “I wanted a really sleek, 

wet look, and by accident I grabbed St. Tropez 

Gradual Tan Plus Sculpt and Glow. It worked 

amazingly. So that’s my new trick for really 

glossy hair that keeps a nice sheen all day. But 

the weirdest thing in my kit would actually 

be lube for slicking back wigs. And dryer sheets 

to help fight frizz.” 

On marital struggles: “Day four, I do my hot 

center-part bun—that’s when everyone knows 

my hair is dirty. I use my Ouai Hair Oil to get 

a nice sleek look and an eyebrow brush to get 

any flyaways and baby hairs. By day five, 

my husband is begging me to wash my hair.” 

On working the massage table: “When I go for 

a massage, I bring masks with me. I put on 

Charlotte Tilbury’s Goddess Skin Clay mask, 

which I use once a week; the Ouai Treatment 

Masque; and a shower cap. I go get my 

massage, and then I wash everything off.” 

On her skin savior: “I have really crazy 

melasma—just from getting older—and [makeup 

“I’m all about finding 

solutions to get girls 

ready quickly,” says 

the founder of Ouai 

(pronounced “way”). 

Below: Ouai Haircare 

Wave Spray. 

artist] Joyce Bonelli taught me to use Kevyn Aucoin The 

Sensual Skin Enhancer foundation to really cover that 

up. I put it on first with a concealer brush and then blend it 

with a damp Beautyblender.” 

On Sesame Street beauty: “[Makeup artist] Sir John showed 

me the right way to put highlighter along just the very tops 

of my brow bones. And Jessica Alba taught me to use a brow 

pencil that’s a shade lighter than my actual brows so I don’t 

look like Oscar the Grouch. I’m name-dropping like crazy.” 

On the upside of spending time on the road: “I do my 

makeup in my car, and [makeup artist] Mary Phillips taught 

me to put my eyelash curler on the heater for a minute to warm 

it before I curl my lashes.” 

And on the downside of spending time on the road: “My makeup 

bag got stolen out of my car twice last month. Going to Sephora to 

replace everything was a thousand dollars.” 

On date-night makeup: “Huda’s Rose Gold Eyeshadow Palette is so 

pretty for nights when I’m getting dolled up. The colors I use most 

are Coco for my lids and Moon Dust at the inner corners and the brow 

bone. I use Surratt’s liquid liner on the ends, and YSL’s kohl eyeliner 

on the rest of my lash line—I feel pressure to get a really even line with 

liquid, so it’s a lot easier for me.” 

On what she’s asked most frequently: “ ‘Are we done yet?’ ” 

“We are like family now,” says Atkin of the Kardashian-Jenner crew. Above 

left: Atkin with Kourtney, Kylie, and Khloé. Left: Atkin’s essentials—Surratt 

Auto-Graphique Eyeliner, Byredo Gypsy Water Hair Perfume, Charlotte Tilbury 

Goddess Skin Clay Mask, and Huda Beauty Mink Collection false eyelashes. 

FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.

BEAUTY BY NUMBERS 

LEGS 

They keep us upright and propel us forward. 

In return, we lunge, squat, shave, and 

show them off. We raise our hemlines to 

the greatest of body parts. —JESA CALAOR 

$ 

2.2 

million 

AMOUNT OF THE INSURANCE POLICY 

taken out on model Heidi Klum’s legs. 

1942 

YEAR LEG MAKEUP BECAME 

popular after rationing made 

it difficult to purchase silk 

stockings during World War II. 

$ 

144 

million 

APPROXIMATE AMOUNT 

of the insurance policy 

taken out on soccer star 

Cristiano Ronaldo’s legs. 

2012 

YEAR @ANGIESRIGHTLEG 

joined @JLosNipple, @KimsAss, 

and @50CentsTeeth (among 

other celebrity body parts) in 

the Twitterverse. 

44 

LENGTH IN INCHES OF EACH 

of Julia Roberts’s legs, which 

were famously wrapped around 

Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. 

1999 

YEAR DOUBLE AMPUTEE 

AIMEE MULLINS made her 

runway debut at the 

Alexander McQueen show, 

wearing hand-carved 

prosthetic legs that 

tapered into six-inch 

heels. 

12 

PAIRS OF PROSTHETIC 

legs owned by Mullins. 

51.9 

LENGTH IN INCHES FROM 

hip to heel of the longest legs 

in the world, according 

to Guinness World Records. 

SØLVE SUNDSBØ/ART + COMMERCE 

30 ALLURE MAY 2017

HAIR INSPIRATION 

THE 

MANY 

HAIR 

MOODS 

of 

SELENA 

Ariana has that ponytail. Taylor has her tousled 

lob. But the lovely Ms. Gomez? She has range. 

By Jessica Chia 

We really started noticing Selena 

Gomez’s hair daring two years ago, 

when she wore a simple, elegant 

bun—and roughly a million fresh 

white orchids around it. But 

Gomez’s experimentation didn’t 

stop at the Met Gala. There she is, 

our hair muse, with her hair swept 

into a simple high ponytail. Over 

there in a tumble of loose curls. 

Or deeply side-parted with a 

cascade of waves. We could go 

on—and we will: a messy bun. 

A polished chignon. Under 

a beaded headdress—or 

a beanie. No matter what 

she does with it, Gomez’s 

hair is impressively 

glossy, impossibly thick, 

indisputably gorgeous. 

Long, short, up, down— 

she may change the style 

on any given day (or night), but 

she stays loyal to her look. Like 

we said: a true muse. 

32 ALLURE MAY 2017 


THE TIPS, THE SHORTCUTS, AND ALL THE STEP-BY-STEPS 

Beauty School 

BY LEXI NOVAK 

FASHION 

PLAITS 

When underside braids get stacked 

alongside sleek columns of hair, the 

result is cool, crisp, and a touch subversive. 

PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM REENBERG 

Left, on Oksana Gedroit: Silk top by Fendi. Earrings by Noir Jewelry. Right, on Jessica Struther: Cotton top by Fendi. Gold earrings by Ariel Gordon. These 

pages: Fashion editor, Nicole Chapoteau. Hair: Sabrina Szinay. Makeup: Ralph Siciliano. Manicure: Megumi Yamamoto. Details, see Shopping Guide.

BEAUTY SCHOOL 

HOW TO 

BRAID 

FROM THE 

BOTTOM 

1. Make a part from ear to ear and section 

off the top portion of hair so it’s out 

of the way. 

2. Working with the loose, free hair, 

part off a narrow vertical strip 

from the nape of the neck, securing 

the sides out of the way. 

3. Flip your head forward, then 

weave that central section into an 

upside-down Dutch braid. To mimic 

the look on the previous page created 

by hairstylist Sabrina Szinay, loop the 

strands under rather than over to form an 

inside-out pattern. Secure with an elastic. 

4. Divide the remaining loose hair into four equal sections— 

two on each side of the central braid. 

5. Weave the outermost two sections into upside-down 

Dutch braids and secure with hair ties. 

6. Gather all your hair into a high ponytail or bun at the crown. 

Dior 

Spring 2017 

10-DAY 

CHIP-PROOF 

PEDICURE 

Before you dip your glossy toes 

into the Atlantic (or any body of water), 

master this polish technique. 

File. You want your nails short in the summer— 

just below the edge of the toes. “You’ll get less 

sand underneath, which will keep the polish 

on longer,” says manicurist Deborah Lippmann. 

Smooth. Buff your nails to even out ridges, then 

massage on cuticle oil. 

Prep. Wipe off any oil that got onto your nails 

with polish remover and apply a sticky basecoat 

to help keep color within the lines. 

Paint. Thin coats dry better than a thick, goopy 

one, so paint on two sheer layers, waiting a 

few minutes between each. Swipe across the 

edge with polish to prevent chipping. 

Refresh. An extra layer of a topcoat with UV 

protection every few days helps keep bright shades 

from fading; wiping down nails after applying 

sunscreen prevents nudes and pale pinks from 

turning yellow. 


BEAUTY SCHOOL 

LIGHT 

CATCHER 

The lip color of the moment 

is slightly futuristic, strangely 

beautiful, and not really a color at all. 

it’s hard not to stare at holographic lips. 

The 3D effect created by layering iridescent 

gloss over a matte base “gives this abstract 

feel to the lips, like something you’d see 

in the Museum of Modern Art,” says makeup 

artist Ralph Siciliano, who created this look. 

Choose glosses that have a rainbow of color 

in the tube. Siciliano layered Sigma Lip 

Switch in Transcend and Double Whammy over 

a nude base—filling in lips with a creamy matte 

pencil—to keep the look clean and modern. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Sigma Beauty Lip Switch 

gloss in Double 

Whammy, Other Worldly, 

and Pink Lotus 

4 NEW 

SELF- 

TANNERS 

TO TRY 

Tan-Luxe The Water 

This spray tanner 

contains DHA but no 

brownish tint—that’s 

usually a guide color—so 

it won’t rub off on 

clothes or sheets. Just 

be extra careful about 

rubbing it in for even 

coverage, and remember 

to wash your hands. 

Coola Sunless Tan 

Dry Oil Mist 

Here’s a tanner for the 

truly lazy: Skip the prep, 

spray on the oil quickly, 

give it a half-hearted 

blending, and the color 

still comes out uniform 

and dewy. It disappears 

quicker than most 

formulas—after about 

three days—but the 

fade is seamless. 

St. Tropez One Night 

Only Finishing Gloss 

When you want to 

glisten like J.Lo for a 

few hours, this DHAfree 

tinted lotion 

bronzes skin with 

a reflective gloss that 

looks killer in evening 

light and photos. 

James Read 

Coconut Melting 

Tanning Balm 

This is the love child 

of a powerful moisturizer 

and a gradual tanner. 

The thick balm melts 

into a rich oil as you 

massage it over your 

skin, and in about 

four hours it develops 

into a subtle tan. 

Refrigerate it for the 

easiest application. 

LIAM GOODMAN (STILL LIFES)

FROM LEFT: IMAXTREE.COM; SVEND LINDBAEK 

THE BEAUTY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW 

We’ve Seen 

the Future 

Imagine, if you will, a futuristic utopia (sounds pretty nice at the moment, doesn’t 

it?). Say the year is 3017. We’re not bound by the rules of no-makeup makeup—or 

maybe even gravity. Without a doubt, the space-age beauty squad would be led 

by visionary makeup artist Pat McGrath (in the future, very talented makeup artists 

will also be immortal), and our eyes would be gilded and graphic and a little 3D, 

like the metallic wings McGrath created for Viktor & Rolf’s spring couture show. 

You might say the effect was light-years ahead of its time. —LOREN SAVINI 

Right: Maybelline New York Color Tattoo Eye Chrome in 

Silver Spark and NYX Glam Liner Aqua Luxe in Glam 24 Karat. 

Beauty Reporter


Mary Kay Limited-Edition 

Baked Cheek Powder in Kind 

Heart and Giving Heart. 

Everything about this blush is 

sweet—the colors, the shape, 

the fact that $1 from each 

purchase goes to women’s 

shelters. $18 each. 

L’Oréal Paris Colorista 

Semi-Permanent Color in 

Indigo and Blue. Take violet 

or blue streaks for a spin— 

after eight shampoos, 

it’s “so long, Katy Perry 

phase.” $10.99 each. 

Byredo Kabuki 

Perfume in 

Gypsy Water. The 

schmancy brush 

deposits a powdery 

scent on your 

wrists and neck 

and wrists again 

(it’s so silky, it’s 

hard to stop). $65. 

EDITORS’ 

FAVORITES 

THE STUFF WE PLAN TO STEAL FROM THE 

BEAUTY CLOSET WHEN NO ONE’S LOOKING. 

Mugler Alien Eau 

Sublime. This is 

basically Alien 

Lite—you’ll smell a 

little citrus, a little 

sweet tiaré flower, 

and a hint of the 

spicy amber that 

makes the OG so 

sexy. $82. 

Clinique Moisture 

Surge Hydrating 

Supercharged 

Concentrate. It only 

looks like frosé—those 

tiny bubbles are 

brightening, soothing 

spheres of vitamins 

C and E. $39. 

Tweezerman Rose Gold 

Slant Tweezer. Finally, 

we can match our all-time 

favorite tweezers to our 

iPhone. $23. 

Lancôme Matte Shaker 

in Magic Orange and 

Pink Power. Shake 

and swipe for lip color 

as saturated as it is 

weightless (the liquid 

pigments are ten times 

thinner than what 

you get in a regular 

lipstick). $22 each. 

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFES)


SEOUL 

Searching 

Glow Recipe founders Christine Chang and 

Sarah Lee have racked up enough miles 

(mostly between New York City and Seoul) 

to never have to see the inside of a coach 

cabin again; they’ve also tried enough sheet 

masks to blanket Northeast Asia. If anyone 

knows what’s next in K-beauty, it’s these women. 

The New Layering From the country that brought us the 12-step 

skin-care regimen now comes...efficiency. “The latest trend is 

unexpected hybrid products,” says Lee. And it inspired her and 

Chang to formulate their own products for the first time: 

a sleeping mask that moisturizes and exfoliates and a cleanser 

that pinch-hits as a toner or treatment mask. One and done. 

The New Nails “Wire nails were pioneered by the same 

manicurist who created glass nails,” says Chang. “They’re all 

over the streets of Seoul.” Wirework is attached to the nails 

(sometimes even extending beyond the tips) with gel polish. 

The New Sheet Mask “We recently discovered double-layer sheet 

masks,” says Lee. “The first layer is clear and very thin, like a second 

skin, and the second is like a normal sheet mask—but with ear holes and a 

neck flap.” (Glow Recipe now carries one, by Make P:rem.) 

The Classic Facial (That’s Still the Best) “I go to a facialist in Cheongdam—it’s like the 

Fifth Avenue of Seoul—and she swears by aqua-peeling,” says Chang. (Her name is 

Misook Ko, if you have upcoming travel plans.) The traditional treatment involves 

hydrating and loosening the top layer of skin with a mix of plant extracts and alpha 

hydroxy acids, then lifting away the sloughed-off skin with a suction device. —LEXI NOVAK 

Clockwise 

from top left: 

Sarah Lee 

and Christine 

Chang, Glow 

Recipe 

Watermelon 

Glow Sleeping 

Mask, and a 

wire nail design 

by Korean nail 

artist Eun 

Kyung Park. 

Blue Crush 

To all of you who’ve been desperately 

missing Maybelline’s cult-classic ’70s-era 

royal-blue Great Lash ever since its 2014 

discontinuation: We have a hot lead. 

Get thee to Walmart this month. It’s back! 

ROSE TO POWER 

Remember when all of southern California started smelling 

like it had been at the beach rubbing itself with gardenia petals? 

That was the phenomenon known as Kai—a scent so summery, 

joyful, and sexy that a gazillion people didn’t mind smelling 

like one another. If you make a fragrance that popular, you don’t 

make another unless you’re sure. It might take almost 20 years. 

Meet Kai Rose—or what we’re calling a rose scent for people 

who don’t like rose scents (thank the clove and cedarwood 

notes for that). It’s sweet, graceful, breezy—and for our money, 

what most of California will smell like this summer. 



PRODUCT REVIEW 

Rodan + Fields 

Active Hydration 

Serum 

It’s a... Concentrated hydrating 

serum. It’s supposed to… Double 

skin’s moisture levels for up to eight 

hours. The key ingredients are… 

A ton of hydrating glycerin (most 

serums max out at 10 percent, but 

this one has 30) and just about 

every other moisturizer (hyaluronic 

acid, lactic acid, ceramides). 

The first thing I noticed was… It 

was light but a little sticky and unexpectedly 

made my skin feel warm (side effects, I 

later discovered, of the high concentration 

of glycerin). The sensation went away after 

about ten minutes; the tackiness did, too. 

When I wore it… Dry, flaky patches on my 

chin and cheeks (which richer creams had 

managed to smooth for only a few hours) 

went away immediately and haven’t come 

back. An expert told me… “This contains 

PCAs, which are moisture magnets for your 

skin, as well as all of the ceramides [good 

fats] you find naturally in the skin,” says 

cosmetic chemist Ginger King. “There’s 

also sea salt in it, which sounds odd but 

helps hydrate skin.” Now I… Use it 

whenever my skin is looking dry—after 

flying or (more likely) staying out a little 

too late. —ELIZABETH SIEGEL 

OUR GIRL CRUSH 

SHANINA 

SHAIK 

Shanina Shaik is 1) a 26-year-old Australian model who is 2) 

transitioning to acting, and since 1 plus 2 still equals 3), she will 

appear opposite Tom Cruise in next month’s The Mummy (which 

is technically not the gazillionth sequel but in fact a reboot of 

the 1932 classic, which was also rebooted in 1999—and if you’re 

confused, don’t sweat it, so are we). Anyway, Shaik is about to 

become even more famous, so we asked her a few questions. 

On creepy costars: “I’ve had to hold snakes for a shoot three or four times. 

It’s lucky I’m not scared of them. But once I was supposed to hold a 

baby crocodile. I’m really glad that didn’t happen.” On her holy trinity: 

“Everywhere I go, I travel with Estée Lauder Perfectionist Youth-Infusing 

Brightening Serum + Concealer, M.A.C. In Extreme Dimension Lash 

mascara, and Nars tinted moisturizer.” On zits (and yes, she gets them): 

“Manuka honey is really great if you’ve got a breakout. I use Wild Ferns 

Manuka Honey moisturizer.” On working with an actor who defies all 

laws of natural aging: “Meeting Tom and watching him act was amazing. 

He’s a legend.” On a favorite cure-all: “You know how people put toothpaste 

on breakouts? Same with Vegemite. I’ve done it before, and it works.” 

On a holiday-shopping hack: “I recently bought Estée Lauder Revitalizing 

Supreme+ Global Anti-Aging Cell Power Creme in duty-free, which is how 

I get a lot of my products. It’s easy and cheaper to buy beauty products 

if you’re going through the airport. Actually, if you travel a lot, like I do, it’s 

great for buying Christmas presents, too.” —LEXI NOVAK 

TEST DRIVE 

Electric 

Feel 

After a little experimenting— 

and one splattered pair 

of jeans—we learned that 

the new electric makeup 

brushes have unique 

talents: Clarisonic Sonic 

Foundation Brush is best 

at buffing on powders; 

Michael Todd Sonicblend 

Makeup Brush “mimics 

the way makeup 

artists quickly tap on 

liquid foundation to 

blend it,” says makeup 

artist Nicole Jacob. 

—E. S. 

CASEY BROOKS; JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFES) 

50 ALLURE MAY 2017


BEAUTIFUL 

PEOPLE 

JONBOY * 

How many tattoo artists get their big 

break at church? For that matter, how 

many tattoo artists went to seminary? 

We’ll give you at least one. JonBoy 

was a tattoo artist at West 4 Tattoo 

in New York City when he met model 

Hailey Baldwin at Hillsong, the 

Manhattan church they both attend. 

Three years later, he’s inked Baldwin 

(12 times), Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Bella 

Hadid, Sofia Richie, and many other models 

and actresses. In fact, about 85 percent of JonBoy’s 

clients are women. His tattoos are supremely 

delicate, often single-needle thin and in his own 

perfect cursive (he developed his slanted script 

to mirror the lines and curves of the female form). 

They’re more akin to jewelry than a stamp. Take 

the trail of hair-thin letters spelling “clarity” along 

the side of Richie’s neck. “I never thought a 

neck tattoo could look that elegant,” JonBoy 

says. “I don’t keep a book of tattoos [I offer], 

because each one is slightly different. 

Even if it’s a squiggle, even if it’s a dot, 

I want to make sure it complements 

that body.” —JESSICA CHIA 

*His name is Jonathan Valena; “boi” 

is a common Filipino nickname. 

Clockwise 

from above left: 

JonBoy with 

client Kendall 

Jenner, his work 

in star (on Hailey 

Baldwin) and 

wishbone form, and 

custom sketches he’s 

created for past clients. 

A LOOK INSIDE 

WHAT A PRICK 

TAKING NOTES 

Rise of the 

Machines 

Candles are great, but 

in the iPhone age, there’s 

no need to scent your 

home like it’s 1499. Three 

more-modern options: 

For music lovers: Cyrano 

looks like a Bluetooth 

speaker but releases your 

pick of 35 outdoorsy 

(night air, rain) or gourmand 

(coffee, vanilla) aromas 

with a tap of its app. Sync 

it with Spotify and it’ll 

choose a fragrance that 

matches each tune’s mood. 

You can also send scent 

“messages” to other 

Cyrano users. 

For control freaks: 

Aera is the fanciest oil 

diffuser ever. Place 

an oil-filled scent 

capsule in the sleek 

white device and for 

the next two months, 

you can dial its intensity 

up or down manually 

or remotely via its app. 

For the sleep-deprived: 

The Parisian-made 

Sensorwake alarm clock 

rouses you with Frenchbreakfast 

smells (croissants, 

espresso) or nature-inspired 

scents (grass, the ocean). 

Later this year, try its 

nocturnal alter ego, Oria. 

It releases one scent to 

help you fall asleep and 

another throughout 

the night to keep you in 

a restful slumber. —J. C. 

if you have a Pinterest account and/or a predilection for design 

porn, you’ve seen more than a few stylized photos of succulents 

lately. But they don’t just pair beautifully with a Hans Wegner 

chair and a sheepskin throw. Prickly pear, aloe vera, and cactus 

flower are also a great match for your hair and skin. They can 

soothe and moisturize for hours because of their high levels of 

amino acids, such as glutamine, says cosmetic chemist Ginger 

King. In other words: When you’re applying succulent extracts to 

hair or skin that’s feeling parched, you’re getting lasting hydration. 

We hear that photographs well, too. —LOREN SAVINI 

New succulent-infused beauty solutions, from left: L’Oréal Paris Hydra 

Genius facial moisturizer, Garnier Fructis Moisture Lock 10-in-1 

Rescue Leave-In Spray, Willing Beauty Daydream Illuminating 

Day Moisturizer, and Make Succulent Skin Gel. 

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY OF SUBJECT (4); JOSEPHINE SCHIELE


Clockwise from bottom 

left: Derek Lam 10 

Crosby Parfum Sticks in 

Blackout, Rain Day, 

Silent St., 2AM Kiss, and 

Drunk on Youth, $38 

each (nordstrom.com). 

CULT 

Scents 

OBJECT 

and the 

City 

You know them. The cool, unaffected city girls. 

The off-duty Kendall Jenners. The ones who make 

track pants look like high fashion. Derek Lam’s 

new solid perfume sticks—in five of the scents we 

know and love from his original fragrance line—are 

the olfactory embodiment of these women: sleek, 

urban, and unfussy. They twist up, so all it takes 

is a swivel and a swipe to smell great 

(but in a not-trying kind of way). 

Couldn’t be easier. You can do 

it while you hail a cab. 

MATIN ZAD (PROP STYLIST: MILA TAYLOR-YOUNG) 

54 ALLURE MAY 2017

CULT OBJECT 

Head 

Clouds 

in the 

Good news for the daydream 

believers: It couldn’t be easier 

to wear your optimism. All you 

need is a bag with an irresistibly 

fluffy cumulus print. 

PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEFF HENRIKSON 

Fashion Notes 

Leather bag and cotton dress 

by Loewe. Makeup colors: 

Healthy Volume Mascara in 

Black and Hydro Boost lip 

balm by Neutrogena. Fashion 

editor: Nicole Chapoteau. 

Hair: Shingo Shibata. Makeup: 

Chiho Omae. Manicure: Alicia 

Torello. Model: Sophia Friesen. 

Details, see Shopping Guide.

NOTES: EDITOR’S OBSESSIONS 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Peace 

of 

MIND 

5 

6 

Allure fashion 

director 

Rachael Wang 

is drawn to 

tranquil colors 

and streamlined 

silhouettes 

that practically 

say “om.” 

1. SONIA RYKIEL VISCOSE-BLEND 

DRESS. “A flowing dress you can 

meditate in.” $1,400, at Sonia 

Rykiel, N.Y.C. (212-396-3060). 

2. MOON JUICE SPIRIT DUST. 

“An herbal supplement that I like to 

think gives me a glow from within.” 

$30 (moonjuiceshop.com). 

3. ITC GRAND BHARAT. “This 

resort in the Aravalli Hills in India 

offers a weeklong detox retreat. 

Who wouldn’t want to unplug in 

that setting?” (itchotels.in) 

4. ELIZABETH AND JAMES 

COTTON TOP. “The way it wraps 

around the body reminds me 

of a Buddhist monk’s robe.” $295 

(net-a-porter.com). 

9 

8 

5. 3.1 PHILLIP LIM NECKLACE. 

“I believe in the calming and 

centering effect of pearls.” Price 

available upon request for similar 

styles, at 3.1 Phillip Lim stores. 

6. BEEK LEATHER SANDALS. “A 

simple, handcrafted sandal with a 

little bling.” $260 (beekshop.com). 

7. PROENZA SCHOULER 

VISCOSE SKIRT. “A soothing 

shade of blue.” $990, at Proenza 

Schouler, N.Y.C. (212-420-7300). 

8. ELIZABETH AND JAMES 

PREFALL 2017. “This collection is 

the definition of urban Zen.” 

9. ASTIER DE VILLATTE AOYAMA 

INCENSE. “Invigorating patchouli 

and vetiver.” $50 (abchome.com). 


NOTES: EXTRAS 

Right: Gucci 

necklace, $2,280 

(gucci .com). Below: 

Altuzarra python 

bag, $2,295 

(barneys .com). 

Above: 

Actress 

Haley Bennett 

wearing an Altuzarra 

dress. Left: Glossier 

Cherry Balm Dotcom. 

CHERRY 

PICKED 

Because your outfit, like ice 

cream and life itself, is sweeter 

with a cherry on top. 

Above: Christian 

Louboutin 

leather sandals, 

$895 (christian 

louboutin .com). 

From far left: 

Gianvito Rossi 

denim sandals, 

$1,265, at 

Neiman Marcus 

stores; cherries 

on tights and 

ruffled dresses at 

Altuzarra’s spring 

2017 show. 


64 ALLURE MAY 2017

NOTES: EXTRAS 

Left, on Jessica Strother: Faux-leather 

bag by Stella McCartney. Blue 

swimsuit by Flagpole. Bra top by Max 

Mara. Right, on Oksana Gedroit: 

Leather bag by Jil Sander. Pink swimsuit 

by Alix. Bikini top by Tavik. On both: 

Clinique lip gloss in ’Normous Nude. 

Fashion editor: Nicole Chapoteau. 

Hair: Sabrina Szinay. Makeup: Ralph 

Siciliano. Manicure: Megumi Yamamoto. 

Details, see Shopping Guide. 

HIP 

Huggers 

PHOTOGRAPHED 

BY KIM REENBERG 

It’s a classic makeover story: An ugly duckling with hidden potential is 

transformed into a refined, elegant beauty. Meet the new and improved fanny pack. 

66 ALLURE MAY 2017

NOTES: EXTRAS 

LA VIE EN 

ROSE 

No matter how 

you frame it, 

the color pink 

has never been 

more dynamic. 

From top: Givenchy by 

Riccardo Tisci sunglasses, 

$295, at Givenchy, N.Y.C. 

(212-650-0180). Fendi 

sunglasses, $555, at 

Fendi, N.Y.C. (212-897- 

2244). Chanel sunglasses, 

$575 (chanel.com). 

Miu Miu sunglasses, $390 

(miumiu.com). Gentle 

Monster sunglasses, $320 

(gentlemonster.com). 

Lily-Rose Depp at 

the Chanel spring 

2017 couture show 

Futuristic aviators 

at Michael Kors 

Roses de 

Chloé 

perfume 

Blush and fuchsia as powerful symbols of 

solidarity at the Women’s March in January 


NOTES 

ELEMENTS 

ofSTYLE 

PHOTOGRAPHED BY 

CLARKE TOLTON 

RUFFLES, TWO WAYS 

Here’s the thing about ruffles: They’re bold, 

they’re vivacious, and—admit it—you can’t help 

but smile when you see them. We also happen to 

feel that way about undeniably charming Black-ish 

actress Yara Shahidi, who somehow makes an 

already playful outfit feel like a carnival. “I wore 

head-to-toe ruffles to the People’s Choice Awards.... 

They add so much flair,” she says. Here, the collegebound 

high-school senior schools us on ruffles 

done her way. —AMBER ANGELLE 

Cotton-blend top by Rachel Comey. Polyester pants 

by Topshop. Earrings by Amber Sceats. BareMinerals 

Lipstick in Queen. These pages: Fashion stylist, Sue 

Choi. Hair: Tippi Shorter. Makeup: Sandy Ganzer. 

Manicure: Nettie Davis. Details, see Shopping Guide.

NOTES: ELEMENTS OF STYLE 

Modern Weaving 

earrings, $120 

(modern-weaving.com). 

Brandon 

Maxwell 

Spring 2017 

Off-White 

c/o Virgil 

Abloh 

Spring 2017 

“I LIKE TO TWIST AND 

MOVE AND DANCE IN 

MY CLOTHING—RUFFLES 

ARE PERFECT FOR THAT.” 

Georgina Treviño 

Contemporary Jewelry 

earrings, $145 

(georginatrevinojewelry.com). 

FAVORITE 

THINGS 

JEWELRY: “My Catcher in the Rye necklace.” 

BAG: “I’m a backpack person. Right now 

mine is filled with schoolbooks and a laptop.” 

DENIM: “Levi’s. My Off-White jean jacket.” 

SNEAKERS: “Converse.” LIP GLOSS: “I’m obsessed 

with Chanel lip glosses.” FRAGRANCE: “Chanel 

No. 5.” INSTAGRAM: “Michelle Obama. She’s 

my answer to every question.” BOOK EVERYONE 

SHOULD READ: “Cat’s Cradle.” MOVIE BASED ON 

A BOOK: “Easily East of Eden.” VACATION: “A nap.” 

Above: Taffeta off-the-shoulder top by Tome. 

Viscose top by ‘S Max Mara. Patent-leather 

pants by Self-Portrait. Rimmel London Lipstick in 

Retro Red. Details, see Shopping Guide. 

Zimmermann 

Spring 2017 


Back 

Beauty 




stage 

How do you crush the fall trends 

in three steps? 1) Give up smoky 

eyes, glossy hair, and all the tired 

archetypes of glamour. 2) Create a new 

kind of sexy—the bright, bold, rulebreaking 

kind. 3) Let mile-long bottom 

lashes do the rest. By Sophia Panych

Backstage 

Beauty 

RICHARD MALONE 

BYBLOS 

TREND 

COLOR CLASH 

Makeup artists combined more color blocks than a 

Lego movie, stacking bold hues from the lash lines 

to the brows with originality—and abandon. 

“Now more than ever, 

eye makeup is about 

enjoying color and 

making statements,” 

said makeup artist 

Pat McGrath, who 

gave every model 

at Maison Margiela 

a different color 

combination on each 

eye. Statement made. 

MAISON MARGIELA 

MARCHESA 

“A ribbon in 

the hair feels 

both effortless 

and chic,” 

said hairstylist 

Guido. We saw 

asymmetric 

bows tied 

around low 

ponytails 

and high buns. 

The ribbons 

wrapped 

along the 

hairline 

played off the 

chokers 

at Temperley 

London. 

TORY BURCH 

LANYU 

PHILOSOPHY DI 

LORENZO SERAFINI 

TEMPERLEY LONDON 

TREND 

RIBBONS & BOWS 

Oversize satin ribbons, floppy swaths of velvet, and folds 

as stiff and architectural as origami. The options were endless; 

the takeaway clear. Put a bow in your hair. 


Backstage 

Beauty 

CRISTIANO 

BURANI 

JEREMY SCOTT 

At Marni, McGrath 

used a mini fan brush to 

overload the lower 

lashes with black 

pigment that smudged 

and smeared when 

models blinked. 

McGrath’s vision, which 

echoed the season at 

large: “Badass.” Also 

highlighting the bottom 

lashes this season were 

individual clusters, 

sooty shadow, and thin 

lines of liquid liner. 

MARNI 

TREND 

BOTTOM HEAVY 

By making lashes thick and spidery and focusing the action on 

the lower lids, makeup artists tossed out the old mascara 

handbook. In some cases, they even tossed out the mascara. 

TADASHI SHOJI 

TREND 

LOGO NAILS 

A statement manicure that 

designers can all get behind: One that 

loudly and boldly declares their name. 

KENZO 

Manicurist Naomi 

Yasuda looked to 

Kenzo’s archives 

for the blocky font 

she painted on 

nail forms. Crisp 

double B’s were 

Balenciaga 

designer Demna 

Gvasalia and 

manicurist Mei 

Kawajiri’s latest 

nail-art offering. 

At Marc Jacobs, 

manicurist Jin Soon 

Choi glued gold 

decals that spelled 

out the designer’s 

name on top of 

burgundy polish. 

KENZO 

MARC JACOBS 

BALENCIAGA 


80 ALLURE MAY 2017

Backstage 

Beauty 

ANDREW GN 

At Andrew Gn, 

both braids and 

lips had a slick, 

high-shine finish. 

At Valentino and 

Jill Stuart, hairline 

braids with 

moody lips gave 

models a twisted 

fairy-tale vibe. 

VALENTINO 

TREND 

DARK LIPS & 

TINY BRAIDS 

Vamp, meet bohemian. Plummy-red lipstick 

framed by tiny, tight braids made for a “bewitching” 

combination at the Valentino show, said McGrath. 

JILL STUART 

COACH 

1941 

RALPH LAUREN 

“There’s 

something about 

the airiness of 

freshly washed 

hair,” said Guido, 

who lathered and 

dried hair, then 

used shine spray 

backstage at 

Ralph Lauren to 

enhance the 

models’ natural 

textures. At 

Isabel Marant, 

mousse kept 

clean hair soft but 

not too fluffy. 

ISABEL MARANT 

TREND 

CLEAN HAIR 

BLUMARINE 

After seasons of unwashed, piecey textures, stylists emerged 

from a cloud of dry shampoo to deliver looks that were 

fresh, airy, and quite literally just shampooed. 


Backstage 

Beauty 

TEMPERLEY LONDON 

PREEN BY THORNTON BREGAZZI 

There’s a sexiness to it 

because it looks like 

you’ve been kissing 

someone, said 

makeup artist Val 

Garland. At Preen by 

Thornton Bregazzi, 

Garland applied 

layers of cherry-red 

lipstick that she 

smudged with her 

fingertip, while at 

Giambattista Valli she 

used a fluffy brush to 

fade the color around 

the lip line into a 

barely there stain. 

GYPSY 

SPORT 

TREND 

GIAMBATTISTA 

VALLI 

SNOGGED LIPS 

Brits say “snogging”; Americans say “making out.” 

We have our own word to describe the effect 

of smudged and faded lipstick: Damn. 

ELIE SAAB 

“When your 

accessory is the 

statement, your 

hair has to play 

the supporting 

act,” said Guido. 

Think soft waves 

and simple knots. 

ALTUZARRA 

CHANEL 

TREND 

HEADBANDS 

Studded in gold, coated in pearls, topped off 

with a…kitten. Your favorite childhood hair 

accessory got a high-fashion upgrade this season. 

DOLCE & GABBANA 


Backstage 

Beauty 

MISSONI 

Statement T-shirts made 

for an empowering 

message at Prabal Gurung, 

while at Missoni and 

Dior, hats led the revolution. 

But perhaps the most 

inspiring head covering we 

saw this season was on 

model Halima Aden, who 

became the first Muslim in 

a hijab to walk during Milan 

fashion week at Max Mara. 

MAX MARA 

TREND 

WOKE AF 

Some of the messages were as clear as black letters on a white T-shirt. 

PRABAL 

GURUNG 

Others were subtle nods to inclusion (or rebellion). But the overarching 

message this season: There are no walls, bans, or barriers on the runways. 

DIOR 

VERSACE 

CHLOÉ 

SAINT 

LAURENT 

At Saint Laurent, 

Pecheux rubbed 

his thumbs 

over a mascara 

wand and spread 

the pigment 

across the models’ 

brow bones. 

BALMAIN 

TREND 

NOT-SO-BASIC 

BLACK EYES 

Enough with the smoky eyes and classic flicks. “We’re not 

trying to be so perfect,” said makeup artist Tom Pecheux. 

“These looks are about being unique.” 


86 ALLURE MAY 2017

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT 

THE ART OF 

FREELOADING 

What would happen if the only foundation, 

concealer, eye shadow, and lip color you could 

wear came from the testers at makeup 

counters? Well, you’d learn to be a lot less modest, 

for one thing. By Alana Levinson 

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFES) 

PHOTOGRAPHED BY BETH GARRABRANT


Thursday nights, Sephora is 

a sea of women mooching makeup. 

I know because I’m one of them. 

You can tell by the furiousness with 

which we grab free sponges and 

dab our cheeks with blush, passiveaggressively 

fight over mirrors (smile, 

nod, say nothing). And no one— 

not even the superserious, black-clad 

Sephora employees—gives a shit. 

See, we tester moochers are 

buoyed by power in numbers. Many 

of us wear the same hopeful, pre- 

Tinder-date glow (to be honest, that 

could also just be bronzer). And we 

exude a kind of faux modesty before 

diving into the testers, brazenly 

spritzing and blotting and curling 

as if we aren’t in public. Which 

of course we very much are. 

Don’t get me wrong. I own 

my own makeup, of course, but 

it’s largely reserved for morning 

application. I hate to lug a bag of it 

around all day, and more importantly, 

I believe that every makeup routine 

should involve a healthy dose of 

“borrowing.” I’ve found there’s no 

other way for a Working Woman 

On the Go to easily combat all she 

I’M STILL CONVINCED 

THIS WEEK ISN’T GOING 

TO BE THAT HARD. 

might be dealing with at any given 

moment, from an oily T-zone to oily 

hair. At its very essence, makeup 

mooching is about efficiency. 

But what would it mean to take this 

hobby to the next level? How easy 

would it be to forgo my own morning 

makeup routine in favor of relying 

solely on cosmetics that I don’t own? 

Allure asked me to conduct a 

weeklong experiment in which I’d 

embrace mooching not just as an 

occasional postwork activity but as 

a lifestyle. The rules were simple. In 

fact, there was just one: The only 

makeup that could touch my face for 

one week had to come from a tester. 

You know, the kind in a store. 

Monday morning. I’m feeling 

confident—inspired, even. I’m digging 

the extra 20 minutes my new (lack 

of) morning routine has afforded me. 

I’m still convinced this week isn’t 

going to be that hard, as I don’t wear 

a ton of makeup (or so I thought). 

I mean, I don’t contour or wear 

false lashes. Easy, peasy. 

Given that Sephora doesn’t open 

until after I’m due at the office, 

I emotionally plan for an uncomfortable 

morning. I notice that skipping 

the makeup step of my day makes 

me feel (look?) unprepared even 

though I’m as prepared as I ever am. 

I can’t let go of my association of 

a bare face with running late, or a bad 

hangover, or both. 

I dash off to do the basics the first 

chance I get: my lunch break. 

Justified or not, the threat of pinkeye 

makes me resist mascara—the 

product I miss the most—but I am 

able to cobble together a bit of a 

face. On days one and two, I’m still 

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFE) 

92 ALLURE MAY 2017


enjoying having an entire store at my 

disposal, one that includes a pricey 

Kevyn Aucoin highlighter and Tom 

Ford lipstick I covet but don’t own. 

On Wednesday night, I have a date. 

I decide to stop at Bloomingdale’s 

on my way. The second I push past the 

heavy glass doors, I’m overcome 

with Snooty Salespeople anxiety. Not 

wanting to linger too long at any 

one counter, I meander like a jewel 

thief might while casing the joint. 

First, M.A.C. for lipstick (a lovely berry 

shade). Then Chanel for some 

blush. Dior for eye shadow. 

I really commit to the “I’m going 

to buy something, I swear!” role. 

Every time a salesperson so much as 

glances in my direction, I am sure 

to present that I’m definitely going to 

make a purchase. “I’m looking for 

a dark lip! For fall!” My lies are really 

enthusiastic. It’s exhausting. At 

Sephora, actually buying is beside 

the point; the prominent philosophy 

is that trying is just as important as 

buying. When Dominique Mandonnaud 

opened the first one in Limoges, 

France (then called Shop 8), in 1969, 

freeing makeup from the oppressive 

watch of snooty salesladies was 

the whole (revolutionary) point. 

B 

y the end of the 

week, I have come 

to accept the reality 

that women like me 

who “don’t wear a lot 

of makeup” actually 

do. The fact that 

I’m essentially 

stealing mine—legally, 

but still—every day has made 

me hyperaware of all the products I 

use. Appearing like you’re bare-faced 

is a scheme that involves lying to 

yourself and the part of the public that 

has eyes. It might not take a village to 

look “natural,” but it takes upwards of 

16 products. That natural flush? 

Giorgio Armani Fluid Sheer. The dewy 

glow? The Milk Holographic Stick. 

Scampering around the cosmetics 

floor each day, I found myself pining 

for my neatly organized vanity, the 

tidy little arrangements I have for my 

lipsticks and liners. I longed for my 

brushes, located conveniently in a 

cup on the left. And frankly, I am sick 

I MEANDER LIKE A JEWEL 

THIEF MIGHT WHILE 

CASING THE JOINT. 

of spending every lunch break not 

eating but looking for foundation. 

Though I’ve tried all week, 

I haven’t been able to gain the kind 

of peace my morning ritual gives 

me. Maybe that’s because my new 

one entails being surrounded by 

a bunch of silent, passive-aggressive 

strangers. Though we don’t talk 

(the first rule of Tester Mooching: Do 

not talk about Tester Mooching), 

I can still feel women buzzing around 

me. There’s something calming about 

applying makeup alone in morning 

light, with nothing but quiet 

and a cup of coffee. And it’s also 

one of the few moments when I’m 

comforted by the familiarity of my 

own face—I’m not staring at a screen 

or overwhelmed by a stream of noise. 

When Friday night arrives, 

I’m slightly panicky about going out 

without my own makeup arsenal to 

pull from. Even worse: I have reason 

to believe I will run into an ex at a 

party. I decide to stop at my favorite 

Sephora—the big one in Union 

Square. I’m going to need a great 

face to get through the night. 

I identify the perfect intimidating 

lipstick shade (Nars Jungle Red) 

that makes me look like I’m out for 

blood. As I approach the mirror, 

I wonder about all the other women 

who have used this particular tester. 

I could be grossed out by the train 

of thought, but instead I try to 

summon their strength. These ladies 

probably know exactly what I’m going 

through; maybe they even used 

this very lipstick to inspire regret in 

someone who broke their heart. 

Later that night, I see him at 

the bar. He tells me I look great. Ha, ha! 

I think maniacally as he politely adds, 

“Nice to see you.” He is cordial, and 

after a minute, he moves along. It’s 

a standard thing an ex says, and 

maybe he was just being courteous. 

But something tells me the 

Jungle Red didn’t hurt. 

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (2) 

94 ALLURE MAY 2017

PHENOMENON 

THAT’S THE 

How the world of 

beauty found its third 

eye. By Meirav Devash 

Spirit 

Clear crystal quartz 

purportedly protects 

your aura from 

negative energy. So 

what’s it doing in face 

cream? Makeup colors: 

Precisely My Brow 

Pencil in 5, 24-Hr Brow 

Setter, and They’re 

Real Double the Lip in 

Lusty Rose by Benefit. 

These pages: Hair, 

Sabina Szinay. Makeup: 

Ralph Siciliano. 

Manicure: Megumi 

Yamamoto. Model: 

Jessica Strother. 

PHOTOGRAPHED 

BY KIM REENBERG

PHENOMENON 

When “yoga” describes pants 

more often than a Hindu discipline, 

#namaste gets 9 million hits on 

Instagram, and there’s an app 

called Buddhify, it’s pretty safe to 

declare: Nothing’s sacred. Or rather, 

everything is. “New Age elements 

aren’t presented the same way 

they were in the ’60s and ’70s, as 

spiritual alternatives to mainstream 

religion,” says Candy Gunther Brown, 

a professor of religious studies at 

Indiana University in Bloomington. 

Which is why, when I wound up 

on medical aesthetician and heart 

healer Mashell Tabe’s table and 

she called upon 100,000 angels to 

“surround and protect our energetic 

field,” I didn’t raise an eyebrow. 

Would I, a beauty journalist raised by 

a scientist, have considered inviting 

even one angel to my microneedling 

facial appointment even a few 

months ago? Hardly. 

Yet here I was playing Gwyneth 

Paltrow (another one of Tabe’s 

clients) being poked in the 

face with needles in 

the name of 

clearer chakras. Chakras are energy 

centers mainly located along 

the midline of the body. (There are 

anywhere between 7 and 114 

of them, depending on whom you 

ask, but 7 fortuitously matches up 

with the colors of the rainbow.) 

Keeping the body’s prana (energy) 

flowing through these spinal energy 

centers is paramount; a blocked 

root chakra can allegedly cause 

everything from acne to anxiety 

disorders. “The negativity we take in 

shows up in the skin,” says Tabe. 

She called upon 100,000 

angels to “surround and protect 

our energetic field.” 

“I connect with that energy so we can 

pinpoint why you’re holding on to 

it. Then I bring in healing streams of 

grace.” And, presumably, better skin. 

Guffaw all you want, but the 

global wellness industry is now a $3.7 

trillion market, according to the 

latest report from the Global 

Wellness Institute. Think about it: We 

drink detox teas in the hope of 

purifying ourselves. We try to shop at 

stores that give back. I mean, some 

of us actually compost! We’re people 

in search of good juju. So why 

not seek enlightenment while getting 

more radiant skin? Yes, it’s absurd. 

But maybe they’re onto something. 

As my facial continued, I tried to 

be open-minded to energy 

healing. It’s meant to peel 

away what isn’t yours, 

Tabe says. In my case, 

unblocking chakras involved 

consulting my spirit guides, who 

suggested finding my inner teenage 

self and asking her to drop the 

protective emotional walls. As Tabe 

buzzed the electric pen around 

my face, I realized that real or not, 

my spirit guides gave pretty decent 

advice. It’s true, my angsty inner 

teen felt unlovable, but frankly I have 

far fewer fucks to give than she 

did. I’m a grown woman who doesn’t 

derive self-worth from my looks or 

cling to the past...hey, wait a minute. 

I see what Tabe did there! 

After 20 minutes under red LED 

lights to stimulate collagen, my skin 

was radiant with a touch of après-ski 

glow. And I felt clear-headed, as if 

I’d been to a meditation class instead 

of a microneedling session. 

My 100,000-angel facial 

appointment is merely the tip of the 

New Age–beauty iceberg. A bunch 

of spas are investing in energy 

treatments. The SaunaBar in Los 

Angeles recently added to its menu 

a Magnesphere, which allegedly 

creates electromagnetic fields that 

harmonize the body’s energy 

centers. Crystal- and gemstoneinfused 

skin-care products abound, 

from niche brands, like Själ Skincare 

and Aquarian Soul, as well as 

more well-known labels, like Aveda, 

Elemis, and Dr. Brandt. 

GRAHAM POLLACK ( PROP STYLIST: JENNY WICHMAN) 

MAY 2017 ALLURE 101

PHENOMENON 

GOOD- 

VIBE 

GOODS 

The mind-beauty 

connection has gone 

beyond its crunchy 

health-food-store roots. 

1. 

Nails Inc. Mindful 

Manicure Polish 

This rosy range of shimmery polishes 

contain flecks of rose quartz, tourmaline, 

and citrine for love and good vibes, 24/7. 

2. 

Ildi Pekar 

Thermal Water Tonik 

This aloe-based toner contains sage 

(thought to dispel bad energy) and 

clear crystal quartz (said to shield auras). 

3. 

Tom Ford Vert d’Encens 

This forest-like fragrance contains 

a smoky version of its namesake note 

along with pine resin and fir balsam. 

4. 

TO112 Light Palo Santo candle 

This candle’s woody scent is palo santo, 

whose smoke is supposed to purify energy. 

5. 

Själ Kashmir 

Saphir Perfecting Mask 

Eastern lore has it that the 

blue sapphire can spur production 

of relaxing melatonin. 

Admittedly, there’s little scientific 

proof that any of it works. The 

National Center for Complementary 

and Integrative Health, the federal 

government’s repository for 

scientific research about treatments 

that don’t fit into conventional 

medicine, doesn’t have one entry 

supporting crystal energy. (To be 

fair, who’s going to fund that study? 

The geode lobby?) But studies 

do show that acupuncture can 

reduce chronic pain and headaches, 

and meditation has been shown 

to lower blood pressure and reduce 

anxiety, depression, and insomnia. 

Amethyst isn’t 

just an eye-shadow 

color anymore. 

“Dissatisfaction with modernization 

has been picking up steam for a 

century and a half, at least,” says 

Brown. The Insta-famous celebrity era 

has amplified our discontent, but 

many of the beauty and wellness 

treatments we’re seeing are millennia 

old, with roots in Ayurvedic and 

traditional Chinese medicine. Now we 

may be close to peak malaise: The 

light bulb has given way to the 24-hour 

news feed. Screen time takes us away 

from the here and now. Seekers aspire 

to transcend the noise, even if it’s just 

for a 45-minute spa treatment. 

But is it possible to reach nirvana 

in a facialist’s chair? That may be 

up to you. As Roald Dahl reminds us 

in The Minpins, “Those who don’t 

believe in magic will never find it.” 

GRAHAM POLLACK (PROP STYLIST: JENNY WICHMAN) 

102 ALLURE MAY 2017

SUN & SKIN 

“The lips are commonly 

forgotten, but a 

high-risk location for 

skin cancer,” says 

dermatologist Kristin 

Nord. For protection 

and bold color, try 

Suntegrity Lip C.P.R. 

in Stargazer Bloom 

with SPF 30. 

Less than a third of 

women regularly 

use sunscreen when 

they’re outside for 

more than one hour. 

MARIO TESTINO/ART PARTNER; LIAM GOODMAN (STILL LIFES) 

1You’re not using enough. 

“People who apply SPF 30 are 

usually getting the efficacy of a 

10 or 15,” says Steven Q. Wang, the 

director of dermatologic surgery 

and dermatology at Memorial Sloan 

Kettering Cancer Center in Basking 

Ridge, New Jersey. “Most people 

apply one milligram—instead of the 

recommended two milligrams—per 

square centimeter of skin, so they’re 

getting about half of the SPF value 

on the label.” The solution isn’t to buy 

SPF 100 and keep skimping—you’re 

better off applying several thin layers 

of a broad-spectrum sunscreen, like 

Neutrogena Sheer Zinc Dry-Touch 

Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50. 

2You slap it on and leave 

it at that. Put on sunscreen 

at 8 A.M., and you’re not 

covered for a 10:30 coffee 

run, much less an alfresco 

lunch—most sunscreens work for 

about two hours, says Kristin Nord, 

a clinical associate professor of 

dermatology at Stanford Medicine. 

If you’re inside for the majority of 

the day, touch up with Soleil Toujours 

Set + Protect Micro Mist SPF 30 

right before you go outside—it’ll give 

you a little extra protection without 

messing up your makeup. 

3You think it only comes 

in a bottle. “Sun-protective 

clothing is so much easier 

than sunscreen to use 

correctly; you don’t have to 

worry about reapplying it every two 

hours or sweating it off,” says Nord. 

Supplement your facial sunscreen 

with a big, floppy hat (a brim that’s at 

least four inches wide helps cover 

your forehead, nose, and cheeks). One 

important caveat: A hat won’t protect 

against rays that reflect off the 

sand, so you still need sunscreen. 

Are You 

Really 

Protected? 

You squeeze it out, slather it on, call it a day. Yeah, no. 

Sunscreen can only do its job—shield your skin from 

damage—if you do yours. And that involves some education 

(and, yes, reapplication). These are the nine mistakes 

leaving you more exposed than you know. By Jessica Chia 

MAY 2017 ALLURE 111

SUN & SKIN 

4You wear scratched 

sunglasses. A new 

study suggests that 

sunglasses with broadspectrum 

protection may 

become less effective at blocking 

UV rays over time. Replace yours 

every couple of years and protect 

them from the scratches that let UVA 

rays through by always using a case, 

says Michael Ehrlich, an assistant 

professor of ophthalmology at Yale 

School of Medicine. (Your sunscreen, 

by the way, expires even faster: 

in about a year.) 

5You’re consistently 

inconsistent. There are 

two spots almost everyone 

misses, says Francesca 

Fusco, an assistant clinical 

professor of dermatology at Mount 

Sinai School of Medicine in New 

York City: “The brows and hairline— 

they’re where I typically see 

melanoma.” She suggests using a 

clear sunscreen (try Bare Republic 

Clearscreen SPF 30) on brows 

and blending with a spooley 

brush. Spritz a spray sunscreen 

on a makeup wedge and pat it 

over your part. (We like Banana 

Boat Dry Balance Clear UltraMist.) 

6You don’t read the 

ingredients. There 

are only four that protect 

against UVA1 rays, one 

type of UVA (which causes 

skin aging and DNA mutations that 

can lead to skin cancer). The 

most effective is avobenzone, Nord 

says, but it’s not stable in sunlight 

unless it’s paired with octocrylene 

(try Neutrogena’s CoolDry Sport 

SPF 50 line with the duo). If you 

prefer a physical block, zinc oxide 

is your best broad-spectrum option, 

Nord says. (We like Eau Thermale 

Avène Complexion Correcting 

Shield SPF 50+.) 

Clockwise from above 

left: Gucci sunglasses, Hat 

Attack hat, Origins A 

Perfect World SPF 20 Eye 

Cream, Bare Republic 

sunscreen, Flagpole 

swimsuit. Details, see 


7You wear sunscreen 

only at the beach. 

It turns out even five 

minutes outside without 

sunscreen is damaging. 

According to a new study published 

in Science, the sun immediately 

triggers a reaction that damages the 

DNA in unprotected skin cells—and 

that reaction continues for three 

to four hours (long, long after you’re 

back inside). The altered DNA can 

ultimately lead to skin cancer, says 

study coauthor Douglas E. Brash, 

a professor of therapeutic radiology 

and dermatology at Yale School 

of Medicine. But your skin can have 

a chance at repairing itself if you’re 

vigilant about sun protection. 

Even for errand-running. Even 

when it’s cloudy. 

8You rely on beach 

umbrellas. New research 

in JAMA Dermatology 

suggests that shade alone 

can’t save you from 

sun damage. After three and 

a half hours, 78 percent of study 

participants sitting under an 

umbrella without wearing sunscreen 

had a sunburn to show for it. Protect 

yourself—in shade or sunshine— 

by applying sunscreen 30 minutes 

before you head outside. It needs 

time to penetrate and saturate 

the skin, Fusco says. 

9Your sunscreen is in 

the back of the 

medicine cabinet. If 

you move that tube next to 

your toothpaste, you may 

be more likely to reach for it daily, 

says Wang, who has conducted 

research on sunscreen use. 

LIAM GOODMAN (STILL LIFES); YU TSAI/CONTOUR STYLE/GETTY IMAGES

Beauty 

PASSPORT 

NEWS, TREATMENTS, AND OUR LATEST OBSESSIONS FROM ABROAD 

GOOD 

NATURED 

Sarah Khan moves to 

Cape Town and finds its 

rising beauty scene has 

but one rule: Keep it local. 

Above: A beach in South Africa. 

Left: Blooms on the local Protea 

neriifolia plant. 


BEAUTY PASSPORT 

hen I went to Cape Town, I 

brought Sephora in a suitcase. 

Together we traveled 7,803 

miles from New York City—me 

and my anti-frizz conditioner and 

my coconut body butter—to start 

a new life in South Africa after I fell 

in love with the city on a vacation. 

With Clinique by my side, I could avoid the 

scary foreign ingredients harvested from 

indigenous plants I couldn’t even pronounce: 

Zinziba? Rooibos? Have you ever seen a 

baobab tree? It’s swollen and alien, which are 

two things I do not want people to say about 

me. But as they say in Cape Town: Local is 

lekker—local is good. Let me explain. 

The city’s unique 

topography 

includes mountains, 

beaches, and 

an urban center. 

Local is flawless skin. You’ve probably 

heard of marula oil. It’s in cuticle 

treatments and hair serums and 

overnight masks. It’s ultrahydrating and 

ultratrendy in skin care right now—I 

even packed a bottle in my suitcase. So 

imagine my surprise when I found out 

that the ingredient actually comes from 

my new home. I started ferociously 

tearing through the ingredient lists of 

locally made beauty products hoping 

to find more cult-y oils and extracts: 

African wild potato, Cape Snowbush, 

and buchu, all harvested from the 

mountainous region in and around 

Cape Town. The women here aren’t 

importing their glowing skin from 

France or South Korea—they’re getting 

it from the local plant life. The lush 

green peaks around the city are 

bursting with skin-care secrets. Insider 

tip: South African apothecary brands 

like Africology and Wild Olive are now 

using rooibos—a bushy little plant 

found only in the Western Cape—as an 

antioxidant ingredient that I’m positive 

will be as ubiquitous as marula oil when 

word gets out. 

Local is tradition. In some local Xhosa 

tribes, when boys in the rural 

communities of the Eastern Cape return 

from their ukwaluka, or initiation rites, 

women prepare for the celebrations by 

beating eggs and applying it to their 

face. Left to harden overnight, the mixture 

leaves the skin radiant. The women 

look luminous and ready for a party. And 

that’s not the only tradition that has 

made its way into modern beauty 

routines—ocher paste, a deep-orange 

earth pigment high in iron oxide, is 

used by men working in the bush as a 

kind of sunscreen and has become 

more popular in urban parts of Cape 

Town as a quick fix for blemishes. The 

double-sided tape of beauty. 


A colorful building 

in Cape Town 

Local is supermodel hair. I’m a DevaCurl devotee. 

I have to be. I have long, wild, curly hair that tends to 

misbehave in heat. But when I ran out of DevaCurl 

and my hair began to realize where we were, I noticed 

that the women around me were not having the same 

problem. The women here have shiny, bouncy, abundant 

hair. Their curls are so, so lekker. Turns out, rooibos 

is also a great addition to any conditioner. Another local 

trend? A DIY hair-growth concoction created by South 

African beauty blogger Amanda Cooke that’s packed 

with natural ingredients—a mix of plant-placenta serum, 

bergamot essence, bay rum, aloe vera, and castor oil. 

CAPE TOWN HONEY-AND- 

PEPPERMINT LIP SCRUB 

1 teaspoon honey 

1 teaspoon marula oil 

2 teaspoons brown sugar 

2 drops peppermint essential oil 

Mix the ingredients together to form a thick scrub. 

Transfer to an ointment jar or an old lip-balm container. 

A King Protea flower. 

Above: A lip scrub 

concocted by Jesslynn 

Schlamm, the founder 

of local skin-care 

brand Lulu & Marula. 


DANIEL JACKSON; JOSEPHINE SCHIELE (STILL LIFE) 

Fantasy 

World 

Imagine you’re surrounded by Sienna 

Miller’s tokens of beauty. Flacons 

ornate enough to be framed. Cruets 

so lavish they’re almost ceremonial. 

It’s an ethereal world of indulgence, 

joy, and maybe a little magic. 

For product 

details, see 

Shopping Guide.

Sienna

BY ANY STRETCH 

Chiffon-and-feather 

dress by Prada. Makeup 

colors: So Lashy 

Mascara in Intense 

Black and Outlast All- 

Day Custom Reds 

lipstick in Your Classic 

Red by CoverGirl. 

These pages: Fashion 

stylist, Alex White. Hair: 

Esther Langham. 

Makeup: Wendy Rowe. 

Manicure: Rica Romain. 

Set design: Piers 

Hanmer. Production: 

Creative Chaos. Details, 

see Shopping Guide. 

[see-EH-na MILL-er] n. 

1. mother, muse, actress 

2. woman who can talk about Plato in a British 

accent without making you hate her 

[See also: Hollywood, blonde, Hollywood blonde] 

By Devin Friedman Photographed by Daniel Jackson

A FEAST FOR THE EYES 

Opposite page: Silk dress by Lanvin. Underwear by Stella McCartney Lingerie. Feathers from the Feather Place. Makeup colors: Grandiôse 

Extrême Mascara in Noir Extrême, Le Crayon Kôhl Eyeliner Pencil in Black Lapis, and L’Absolu Rouge Lipcolor in Nuit & Jour by Lancôme. 

This page: Black-and-white polyester dress by Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh. Details, see Shopping Guide.

sienna Miller enters the 

restaurant frosted in 

frozen water vapor. She 

is makeup-less. Her 

blonde hair is uncombed, possessed 

of trace amounts of her sebaceous 

excretions and sweat from a SoulCycle 

class. She’s the least try-hard-iest 

motherfucker you can imagine: Those 

worn-in, high-waisted, actually 

affordable Levi’s hemmed roughly at 

the bottom that everyone’s wearing. 

A black cotton long-sleeved shirt that 

seems designed to almost but never 

quite slip off the shoulder. A coppery 

woolen overcoat that looks like it could 

belong to someone’s dad but surely 

costs $6,000. But of course Miller is 

also troublingly beautiful. Perfect little 

features, finely drawn, that seem 

to get more flawless the closer they’re 

examined, features made to be 

magnified and projected onto a screen. 

Outside it is shit. Forecasters called 

for a 90 percent chance of “Jesus do I 

have to even get out of bed,” and they 

were on the money. The clouds have 

apparently fallen, drunk, out of the sky 

and slopped right onto the streets of 

the West Village—air so cold and white 

you can’t see the small mounds of 

snow-crusted garbage until you step 

in one. Miller sits down at our table 

by the window, and we watch for a 

moment as the rat people of New York 

City swim past us on the streets. It 

is a poster day for the department of 

Just Go Ahead, Move to Los Angeles, 

and Leave Us All Here to Die. 

But Miller disagrees. “L.A.,” she 

says. “Bleh. You go for lunch and 

look around and everyone’s a bit of 

a douche. Even the people I love. 

That’s really trashing L.A., and I don’t 

mean that because I have the coolest 

friends in the world, but…” 

But New York? The rat people? 

New York she’s in love with. “People 

sort of complain about the pace. 

Friends of mine from London find it 

really intense, but I thrive in that kind 

of environment. It’s sort of cliché, 

but it’s motivating and inspiring. It feels 

incredibly open and boundaryless. 

You can barely speak English 

and be a New Yorker. New York takes 

anyone, accepts everyone.” I think 

I know where she’s going here, and 

yes: That’s where she’s going. She 

makes the oblique, British reference 

to the unpleasantness. “I feel 

increasingly, in light of current events, 

that I want to be around that kind 

of openness. I think subliminally that’s 

probably the most important part.” 

“In light of current events.” 

Depending on how you feel about our 

current (orange) events, it’s a phrase 

that kind of works for everything. Try 

it. “I’m skipping that birthday party in 

light of current events.” Or “Maybe we 

should order the stuffed nachos in light 

of current events.” Or “I’m probably 

not gonna take that job as the head of 

NASA’s climate sciences division 

in light of current events.” It is 2017’s 

more woke version of “That’s what 

she said.” (A note: This isn’t a political 

opinion she came to only recently. 

“I said before he was elected that if he 

got elected I would leave America,” 

she says with a laugh. “And then Fox 

News offered to buy my ticket.”) 

RED ALERT 

Silk dress by Balenciaga. 

Details, see Shopping Guide.

IT’S ONLY NATURAL 

Earrings by Paige 

Novick for Tibi and 

Miller’s own. Details, 

see Shopping Guide.

in the summer of 2015, 

Miller finished shooting 

a film called The 

Lost City of Z. It’s an 

adaptation of the David 

Grann nonfiction 

masterpiece of the 

same name, about an 

early-twentieth-century English 

explorer of the Amazon who was 

both an amateur anthropologist and 

a man driven by a fatal obsession. 

(It’s also about dusty old furniture, 

English mustaches, blowdarts, Robert 

Pattinson’s Amazonian skin diseases, 

and Miller’s many, many hats.) Miller 

plays the man’s wife, and she does it 

with a kind of uncanny depth. “It was 

a real struggle to make this woman 

more than a wife,” she says. And I 

think Miller does a heroic job of doing 

just that; I wish she’d been in every 

scene in the movie. (Though Robert 

Pattinson as a woolly, weirdo explorer 

was also pretty great.) 

Since last summer, Miller has been 

here. Not just talking the New York 

talk, but also walking the New York 

overpriced-downtown-duplexapartment 

walk. She lives with her 

four-year-old daughter, Marlowe, 

not far from the restaurant where we 

meet. Marlowe goes to school 

nearby. Tom Sturridge, Marlowe’s 

father (who is no longer, romantically 

at least, with Sienna), lives a few 

blocks away. 

Does he hang out? 

“Yeah,” she says. “All the time. We 

do bedtime every day. We felt like as 

much togetherness as possible would 

be ideal, and fortunately we really 

love each other and are best friends, 

and so that works. It’s not that 

it’s not complicated, because it is.” 

Still, she is at most moments a 

single mother. Which has been kind 

of formative. “I had an amazing 

moment the other day where I just 

heard this ‘Mama!’ from upstairs,” she 

says. “I said, ‘I’m coming, I’m coming.’ 

And as I got to the landing I just 

smelled, like, puke. And she’d thrown 

up basically off the top bunk, so 

the splatters were like: Pow! Like all 

four walls. She had the norovirus or 

whatever. I was like, ‘I’m coming, I’m 

coming!’ And I skidded on the sick 

and fell. Whacked my head. Then I 

get her out of the bunk; she’s crying, 

covered in sick. I take her to the 

bathroom, take all her clothes off, 

and then the dog comes up and 

starts eating the sick. And I get her in 

the bath and in my bed, and I’m just, 

like, literally naked, mopping, and 

crying at midnight. You know, and 

that’s parenthood. You’re so enriched 

by it and so fulfilled, but at the 

same time, I look at these people 

who just don’t have any responsibility, 

and it feels like the responsibility 

is crippling.” 

This is the life that Miller leads 

now. I’m reminded of a book she had 

told me she’d been reading earlier 

in our conversation. She read that 

Plato knew this might be how a 

democracy ends—in this kind of 

new, authoritarian, orange-hued 

current event. But that isn’t the book 

she’s been talking about. And yes, 

she’s also been reading about 

immortality. (“Your brain could exist 

in a virtual world even though your 

body had died. People believe this, 

and it’s technically possible,” she tells 

me. We aren’t far from being able 

to “upload our consciousness.” Which 

she thinks will be a new kind of curse 

what with an earth already depleted 

of resources and overcrowded even 

without a whole new demographic 

of old rich people who refuse to die.) 

But it isn’t that book, either. She 

told me there was one book she’s 

reading now that is of even more 

grave importance. 

“I’m reading Allen Carr’s book on 

how to stop smoking. Over the past 

nine months I’ve picked up and put 

the book down four times. I am now 

halfway through, and I’m gonna stick 

with it.” Is she still smoking now? “I 

had one in the last two days. I’m not a 

big smoker anymore, but it’s definitely 

a part of me.” 

Is she the kind of person who can 

have a cigarette every once in a while 

and it’s OK, or once you start falling 

into it— 

“Yeah,” she says. She’s more the 

falling-back-into-it type. “Yeah. 

Sucks. But I didn’t smoke when I was 

pregnant or breastfeeding.” 

Was it hard? “No. If it’s about 

protecting someone else, it’s easy. 

But “I don’t see it the same with 

myself.” Do you think you have a selfdestructive 

streak? “Probably, a little 

bit. It’s not like I want to go out and 

hurt myself, but I just think inherently 

I was always a little bit rebellious, 

and I guess I sort of feel like I can be 

a little fatalistic or a little bit, what’s 

the word? Bohemian.” 

OK. So remember the early 

2000s? I’m going to say 2004. The 

film Layer Cake, the first thing most 

Americans saw her in. Miller was 

then a kind of mythical figure. I 

cringe because I can see this getting 

tweeted out of context (or even in 

context), but she kind of glowed. You 

know how people put that shimmery 

makeup on their skin so it looks 

like they sparkle? Miller had naturally 

occurring sparkle skin. (She still 

“ I’m just, like, literally naked, 

MOPPING, and CRYING at 

midnight. You know, AND 

that’s PARENTHOOD.” 

does, kind of; after she leaves the 

restaurant, the waitress, a native of 

Armenia, will ask me if that woman 

was famous, because there was just 

something about her.) Miller became 

a glamorous avatar of Hollywood 

beauty. This was, if you recall, at the 

pinnacle of our tabloid obsession. 

The era of the hegemony of Us 

magazine, the height of the reign of 

terror of the paparazzi. And Miller 

was unable to protect herself from it. 

She was the perfect age and the 

perfect beautiful woman with the 

perfect reckless streak to be one of 

our most tabloid-ed people in 

history. We feasted on the details of 

her life—Jude Law’s affair with his 

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2004 

In Alfie 

with 

Jude Law 

2005 

In Casanova 

2006 

As Edie 

Sedgwick in 

Factory Girl 

2009 

In G.I. Joe: The 

Rise of Cobra 

2013 In Yellow 

2015 

In Mississippi 

Grind 

2012 

As Tippi Hedren in the 

TV movie The Girl 

2016 

In Live by Night 


2015 

In Burnt 

2017 

As Nina Fawcett in 

The Lost City of Z

FOILED AGAIN 

Silver bivy sack (worn 

as a jacket) by REI. 

Earring by Paige Novick 

for Tibi. Necklace, 

Miller’s own. Details, see 


they’re a little ’70s. And that they 

fed my kid.” 

Near the end of our time together, 

I ask: Do you think you’ll have more 

kids? “I would love to. Yeah. I have to 

figure out the other side of it,” she 

says, laughing. 

Who the dad is? 

“Well, yeah.” 

The waitress comes, and I 

give her my credit card. “I just had 

a vision,” she says when the 

waitress has gone. “Not something 

I contemplate often. But, like: 

matriarch. I see a big lunch table. 

Outside. It’s filled with food. And I 

want to be that wise, happy granny. 

With a sort of wrap around my 

head and a few beads.” Then she 

says, because I bet she’s the type 

of landed aristocratic British person 

who knows the very best places to 

be a wizened old granny on the 

continent, “In Tuscany. Wrinkled and 

tanned.” And who’s with you? I ask, 

setting aside the melanoma 

discussion because I don’t want to 

ruin her vision. Who’s gathered 

around in those later years, kissed by 

that bending Italian light? “Kids,” she 

says. “And grandkids. And I’m the 

matriarch at this palazzo in Tuscany, 

and I’m cooking and looking after 

little babies.” 

children’s nanny when they were 

engaged, her affair with Balthazar 

Getty when he was married—the way 

we feast on, like, a chicken dinner, 

without ever giving a thought to the 

fact that chickens are living things 

and probably enjoying the meal 

somewhat less than we are. Her 

weaknesses and humiliations were 

endlessly, grotesquely offered to us. 

But that was a decade ago. And I 

don’t want to get overly symbolic 

here. But that whole quitting-smoking 

thing seems kind of emblematic of 

her struggle to remain Sienna Miller 

without being Sienna Miller. In the 

last few years, Miller has given 

a series of remarkable 

performances—in Foxcatcher, 

American Sniper, and now The Lost 

City of Z—playing wives who embody 

a kind of earned struggle to not 

be just wives. Beautiful women who 

seem no longer interested in 

being beautiful. According to Miller, 

becoming a mother is what 

changed her. 

“I do miss my breasts being 

where they were,” she says, though, 

because that’s who she is. “And, 

yes, I have nipples like fighter pilots’ 

thumbs. But I also sort of like that 

he reason I asked her who’d 

be there, to be honest, 

is that I was trying to see 

if she might say, “My 

husband” or “A man I’ve 

grown to love who teaches 

maths at the university in 

Bologna,” or even “JUDE 

FUCKING LAW,” because being 

that tabloid bloodsucker dies 

hard (and don’t act like you don’t 

know what I’m talking about). 

But no. It’s her vision, and in it it’s 

just Sienna the matriarch, fulfilled. 

And since apparently there is no 

such thing as cancer in future 

Tuscany: Will she start smoking again 

then? “Yeah, for sure. I’m taking it 

all back up at 75,” she says. 

Let’s all meet there in Tuscany 

t2057. Bring something bohemian. 

Sienna Miller let Allure tag along 

for some fun. Check out the video 

at allure.com/sienna-miller. 

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COLOR PLAY 

Organdy-and-tulle 

dress by Gucci. 

Earring, Miller’s own. 

Makeup colors: Glitters 

in N49, N59, N30, and 

N52 and Aqua XL Color 

Paint in M-82, M-90, 

I-42, I-14, I-50, and 

M-20 by Make Up For 

Ever. Details, see 

Shopping Guide.

The 

Making 

of an 

Angel 

HOW DO YOU 

BECOME THAT 

RAREFIED 

BREED OF 

VICTORIA’S 

SECRET 

MODEL THAT 

GETS TO 

WEAR THE 

WINGS? IT 

STARTS WITH 

A SQUEAKY- 

CLEAN PAST— 

OR AT LEAST 

A BELIEVABLE 

LIKENESS 

OF ONE. 

BY MOLLY YOUNG 

PHOTOGRAPHED 

BY HORACIO SALINAS

Just a few decades ago, a model had approximately the life span 

of a banana. It was a simple job—not necessarily easy, but 

straightforward. An attractive woman with a body that reflected 

the contemporary ideal showed up to a set or a runway, posed or 

walked, and then went home. The model repeated this process 

until the jobs shifted to younger versions of herself, which 

signaled that her modeling days were over. Only the tiniest sliver of 

the top slice of models experienced name recognition. It was not a 

career that produced many multimillionaires. 

If models used to be ornamental vehicles for selling a product, 

now they are the product. Here’s a thought experiment to prove it: 

Think of three specific items of Victoria’s Secret lingerie that appeared 

at the most recent show. (Um…) Now think of three models who walked 

the runway. Easy! (Bella, Adriana, Alessandra—you probably know them 

by their first names. Also Lily, Sara, and Stella.) By treating its models like 

A-list stars—the show is broadcast in more than 190 countries—Victoria’s 

Secret has created A-list stars. Six of the ten highest-paid models in the 

world boast “Victoria’s Secret Angel” on their résumés, and all ten have 

walked the runway. This is not an accident. 

To understand the fame machine that is Victoria’s Secret, may I direct 

your attention to Taylor Hill? In 2011, Hill was a 15-year-old living in Colorado 

with her siblings. She did homework and snowboarded. Although Hill may 

not have been aware of it at the time, the man responsible for casting 

Victoria’s Secret models already knew about her and kept her in mind until 

she turned 18 (the company has a policy of not casting girls too young to 

vote), at which point Hill was promptly booked for the fashion show, which 

she walked in about two and a half years 

ago. Today Hill has starred in campaigns for 

Miu Miu and Michael Kors, been the face of 

Lancôme, and walked in shows for Chanel, 

Alexander Wang, Versace, and Balmain. 

She has more than 7 million followers on 

Instagram. There are tabloid mentions 

of her high-school boyfriend. There is simply 

Stella Maxwell 

at the 2015 

Victoria’s 

Secret show 

IF MODELS USED TO 

BE ORNAMENTAL 

VEHICLES FOR 

SELLING A PRODUCT, 

NOW THEY ARE THE 

PRODUCT. 

FROM LEFT: TOMMY TON; REDLINEVECTOR/GETTY IMAGES (WINGS) 

138

Maria Borges at 

the 2015 Victoria’s 

Secret show 

TOMMY TON 

no other brand on earth that could lift a 

model from obscurity to ubiquity in a matter 

of months. So how does it happen? 

The answer is: very, very deliberately, and 

mostly because of one person. That person is 

Ed Razek, the chief marketing officer of 

L Brands and Victoria’s Secret, who has worked 

with Victoria’s Secret for more than 20 years 

and makes the final call on all of the company’s 

model contracts. Razek knew about Karlie 

Kloss before Kloss was old enough to drive, 

and he met Doutzen Kroes when she was a shy 

17-year-old. As he says to me, “I don’t think 

we’ve made a lot of mistakes in casting over 

the years.” 

By this point, the selection process is equal 

parts art and science. It seems there are three 

primary considerations when picking a model. 

Consideration number one: Does she fit the 

brand? The Victoria’s Secret look is very, very 

specific. It’s sexy but not porny, lacy but not 

fussy. The models have to look as good being 

“fierce” as they do smiling. Everyone is having 

fun, but it’s a certain kind of fun—clean fun, 

wholesome fun, with no hint of debauchery. 

More Gisele, less Kate Moss. 

Consideration number two: The Victoria’s 

Secret girl must appeal to women. “There’s 

a misconception that we pick models to 

appeal to men,” Razek explains. “That would 

be ridiculous. Ninety-nine percent of our customers are women. 

Virtually all of the senior leaders of the business are women.” 

Models are tested first on the brand’s website before ascending 

to Angel status (or not). 

Consideration number three: Does she have the right 

personality for the job? We tend not to think of personality as a 

relevant metric when it comes to modeling, but the wrong one 

can be a deal breaker for a company as massive as Victoria’s 

Secret. “I’m not interested in divas,“ Razek says flatly. “There are 

a lot of women who have a strong modeling career, but you want 

a team who can interact with each other, who are supportive of 

each other.” There should be no cynicism, no misbehavior, and no 

negative competition. (Positive competition is fine: Jasmine 

Tookes and Josephine Skriver post their shared workouts on 

a joint Instagram account, @joja, and on Facebook Live—and it’s 

intense.) “Those wild 1980s-era shoots where everyone is 

smoking cigarettes and doing drugs? Nobody does that. Nobody 

gets drunk. Nobody stays out late at night. Nobody comes to 

work with a hangover,” Razek says. “I can’t remember the last time I 

had to lecture somebody.” 

Instead of swilling champagne, models nibble avocado toast 

and strategize about how to beat jet lag. (“I definitely plan 

my sleeping schedule,” Hill tells us.) And they approach their 

health like Olympic athletes, both mentally and physically: 

“I never used to train as hard as I do now,” says Stella Maxwell. 

“Rather than being skinny, you’re going to be toned and strong. 

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I can do the splits now; I can do handstands; 

I can do so many things I couldn’t before.” 

In addition to talking about their gym 

routines, they talk about their ambitions. 

“Victoria’s Secret gives us such a big platform,” 

says Tookes. “My goal is to have my own 

cosmetics line and maybe even a talk show.” 

(Oprah and Tyra are two of her role models.) 

A few decades ago, this would have been an 

insane statement to hear from a model. But as 

the concept of female celebrity has expanded, 

so has the concept of models. Multihyphenates 

like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Alba—who 

manage to be entrepreneurs, mothers, and 

style icons all at once—have opened the doors 

for women like Kloss, who went from walking 

the Victoria’s Secret runway to founding a 

coding summer camp for girls, applying to NYU 

(she got in), and expanding a gluten-free 

cookie empire with Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi. 

Says Hill, “I always knew being an Angel 

was the best thing in modeling. All the greats 

were Angels: Adriana, Gisele, Tyra.” 

Personality also becomes critical in an era of 

social media, when a model must broadcast 

her brand constantly, consistently, and without 

a filter—or oversight from agents and publicists. 

Over Instagram, the Victoria’s Secret Angels 

sort out into Spice Girls–esque categories: 

There’s Maxwell (Chill Spice), Sara Sampaio 

(Girl-Next-Door Spice), Elsa Hosk (Sporty Spice), 

and Alessandra Ambrosio (Hot-Mom Spice). 

“These are young businesspeople,” Razek 

explains. “They’re crafting their brand in their 

own way across channels—Instagram, 

Snapchat, Facebook.” Part of that crafting 

involves projecting a persona that’s specific 

enough to seem authentic but general enough 

to be broadly likable. “It’s important that 

women look to the models as people they 

would like to be friends with, have lunch with, 

hang out with,” Razek points out. 

But to hear him tell it, the brand is fairly 

hands-off when it comes to shaping those 

personas. The models know social media better 

than the people casting them; some of 

them have been doing it since they were in 

training bras. 

What Victoria’s Secret really provides— 

more than training or tutelage—is exposure. 

“If you ask anyone these days to name 

a model, they will name a Victoria’s Secret 

model,” says Tookes. Opening a Prada 

show may be more prestigious, but it’s ultimately 

a niche job. To become a mogul—an Oprah, 

a Gwyneth—you must be recognizable enough 

to capture the world’s attention and interesting 

(or smart or likable or ambitious or all of the 

above) enough to sustain it. Victoria’s Secret 

provides more visibility than any upstart could 

dream of. The rest? That’s up to the models. 

—ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JESSICA CHIA 

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Show 

Tell 

& 

THE VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW 

IS THE GRAMMYS, OSCARS, AND EMMYS 

OF THE LINGERIE WORLD. AND IT TAKES A 

LOT TO EARN—AND MAKE—THOSE WINGS. 

1.5 million 

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE who tuned in 

to the first live webcast (in 1999), causing 

the site to malfunction for many viewers. 

5'10" 

6 "THE 

THE AVERAGE 

HEIGHT of a 

Victoria’s 

Secret model. 

THE WEIGHT OF THE 

HEAVIEST WINGS 

ever created, worn by 

Alessandra Ambrosio 

(who was four months 

pregnant) in 2011. 

15 

—JESA CALAOR 

AVERAGE HEIGHT 

of a stiletto worn by 

a Victoria’s Secret 

model on the runway. 

45 lb 

$ million 

THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY’S 

most expensive bra, the Fantasy 

Bra created for the 2000 show. 

The diamond- and ruby-encrusted 

bra was worn by Gisele Bündchen. 

164 million 

THE NUMBER OF Instagram 

followers the 2016 

Angels have, combined. 

REDLINEVECTOR/GETTY IMAGES (WINGS)

There’s a message embedded in 

that lyrical word: “Hollywood.” 

We recognize it from time to time 

when celebrities on the red carpet 

revive the grand, iconic styles of the 

studio era. That’s when we realize 

Hollywood is a little…wooden. Tributes 

to screen goddesses (Marilyn Monroe, 

Elizabeth Taylor) often turn out stiff 

and unreal. But a new wave of ingenues 

and trendsetters are going off script, 

reimagining classic Hollywood beauty 

as chic, natural, and uncontrived. Hair is 

as soft as a sex kitten’s voice, red lips 

are lush, and eye makeup is glow-y and 

hazy, as though glimpsed through a 

soft-focus lens. Shedding formality is the 

key to updating these nostalgic looks. 

Wear them with the windows down and 

the top yawning open. Skip those 

trips to the powder room, because 

even screen sirens don’t walk through 

life ready for their close-ups. 

By Liana Schaffner

Photographed by 

City of Dreams 

Camilla Akrans 

EASY RIDER 

Heading off into the 

sunset? You’ll need a cool, 

undone ponytail, eyes 

rimmed in kohl, and skin 

that glows with dusky 

warmth (or, you know, 

cream bronzer). Denim 

jacket by Marc Jacobs. 

All jewelry throughout, 

model’s own. Yves Saint 

Laurent Couture Kajal 

eye pencil in Noir Ardent. 

These pages: Fashion 

stylist, Tom Van Dorpe. 

Makeup: Wendy Rowe. 

Hair: Franco Gobbi. 

Manicure: Carla Kay. 

Model: Staz Lindes. Set 

design: Brian Porter of 

Owl and the Elephant. 

Production: Westy 

Productions. Details, see 

Shopping Guide.

FRANKLY: SCARLET 

This red doesn’t sizzle and fade like a choreographed 

kiss—it’s lusher, juicier, and way sexier. Makeup 

artist Wendy Rowe layered a wine pencil and matching 

lipstick, keeping the color lightest in the middle to 

create an illusion of “maximum fullness.” Cotton T-shirt 

by Calvin Klein Underwear. Makeup colors: Rouge Pur 

Couture lipstick in Rouge Vinyle and Lip Liner in Wine 

by Yves Saint Laurent. Details, see Shopping Guide.

SOFT FOCUS 

Like that old trick of dabbing 

Vaseline on the camera lens, 

this nude look produces a hazy, 

dreamy effect. You want 

every shade and color to meld 

together, says Rowe, who used 

creamy flesh tones on the lips 

and cheeks to softly sculpt and 

contour. A gradation of gray 

and brown eye shadows on the 

lids adds a subtle sublime 

quality and a hint of smoke. 

Bra by Eres. Silk shorts by 

Wendelborn. Yves Saint Laurent 

eye-shadow palette in Nude 

Contouring. Details, see 

Shopping Guide.

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SOME LIKE IT HOT 

Opposite page: For a “sleepy 

bedroom effect,” Rowe drew 

liquid liner along the upper 

lashes and concentrated 

mascara on just the outer 

corners to elongate the eyes. 

Bright coral lipstick keeps 

this retro look from getting 

anywhere near tired. Bra 

by Dior. Makeup colors: Eye 

Marker in Black and Rouge 

Pur Couture lipstick in 

Coral Remix by Yves Saint 

Laurent. This page: Silk 

robe by La Perla. Details, see 

Shopping Guide.

THE 

OTHER 

IT’S YOUR MOST MAJESTIC BODY PART— 

THAT YOU’VE NEVER REALLY SEEN. 

SO WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU GET IT IN 

TOP FORM. IN OTHER WORDS, 

WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK. BY SARAH BALL 

SIDE 

Let us briefly consider the back. 

The underappreciated acreage from the graceful peak 

of the neck to the provocative curve at the end of the 

spine. That serpentine swish so famously seductive, it was 

known as one of painter William Hogarth’s “lines of beauty” 

simply for its power to inspire. And inspire it has. 

At their best, our backs are a plane so genuinely stately, 

broad, and capable as to be almost ageless. This is where 

you got a hug from your dad after a rough day. It’s where 

you received a congrats-on-that-promotion clap. It’s where 

a tentative hand on the small of your back maybe changed 

your life. It’s where a delicate swath of silk can frame your 

shoulder blades, making you stand taller. And it’s where, 

moments before you walk down the aisle, two tiny graceful 

straps might crisscross in a way that makes you feel 

beautiful, formidable, proud. 

It is our back that carries the weight of the world, our 

spine that is the source of our strength, our nerve, our 

gumption. When things turn, go bad, hit a slump, we pick 

ourselves up. We move on. We power through. There’s a 

word for this thing that keeps us driving forward. 

It’s called backbone. 

LET’S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT 

You want to know how to get a better back? Ask the woman who trained Natalie 

Portman for Black Swan. “We get fatalistic and think we have a certain body type or 

‘bad’ posture, but we can change most everything,” says Mary Helen Bowers, the 

founder of Ballet Beautiful. “Sitting up and with the chest open, pull your stomach in, 

engaging the muscles by thinking about touching the belly button to the spine.” Do this 

for a moment or two when you’re at your desk or having a coffee. The cumulative effort 

is what’s going to change your posture permanently. Andrew Sama, an orthopedic spine 

surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, says another track to a 

ballerina back is to pinch and hold your shoulder blades together for a few seconds 

every day, or, if you’re alone and no one can see you, lift your arms overhead and make 

snow angels against a wall. —ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KRISTEN DOLD 

SØLVE SUNDSBØ/ART + COMMERCE

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PAUL FARNHAM/THELICENSINGPROJECT.COM 

BRONZE YOUR 

WHOLE BACK* 

* EVEN THE NO-MAN’S-LAND 

BETWEEN YOUR SHOULDERS 

You’re self-tanning the night before a 

vacation, and the dead center of your back 

is one pale void of out-of-reach skin. 

Self-tanning expert Nichola Joss is about 

to go all Heloise on this situation. 

Raid the kitchen. “Get a long-handled 

wooden spoon, put a tanning mitt on 

the spoon end, then tie it with a rubber 

band,” Joss says. (Don’t cook much? Try a 

long-handled loofah.) For the back, Joss 

likes fast-absorbing mousses that spread 

on evenly. She recommends St. Tropez’s 

Classic Bronzing Mousse and Tan Applicator 

Mitt, which feels like a giant foundation 

sponge. An ultrafine aerosol formula helps 

with touching up mistakes (try Banana 

Boat Summer Color Self-Tanning Mist). 

Double down. Use two pumps of mousse on 

the mitt at a time, and make sure the product 

is rubbed into the mitt itself so there is no 

visible excess. “Otherwise, you get spills 

that can look splotchy or streaky,” Joss says. 

First tan where you can reach—neck and 

shoulders, waist and lower back—with your 

gloved hand. Next attach the glove to your 

handle and apply two more squirts. Sweep 

the tool “up and down, from side to side, 

making sure you cover the whole middle,” 

Joss says. Finish “with large circular motions 

around the hip and lower back area” to blend. 

Fix mistakes. The minefield, Joss says, is 

your spine just above your shoulder blades, 

which even if covered can be poorly 

blended. She uses a mist formula here to fix 

harsh lines. “Gently bend forward, bowing 

your head, and raise your arm [with the 

canister] up over your back,” she says. “Spray 

from side to side from above your head, 

and the mist falls gently and evenly onto the 

back.” Keep at least six inches of distance 

between the can and your skin. 

IT’S B-A-A-A-A-CNE 

Your best bet for getting rid of pimples on the back is 

to go to a pro. Spa and dermatologist’s-office devices 

that emit blue LED light can kill acne-causing bacteria, 

reduce inflammation associated with acne, and treat 

large areas. “They’re fantastic for bacne that you can’t 

reach or spot-treat at home,” says Doris Day, a clinical 

associate professor of dermatology at NYU Langone 

Medical Center in New York City. “You can get the whole 

back in 20 minutes.” A series of four to six treatments is 

best; each one will run about $350. At home (for a lot 

less than $350 times four to six) use a face or body wash 

with 2 percent salicylic acid on your back. Let it sit for a 

few minutes so it has time to work before you rinse it off. 

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A HOUSE 

LF, ENLIST A FRIEND. 

GETTING A 

BACK FACIAL 

(IT’S A THING) 

Cocktails on Beyoncé’s 

yacht in a backless gown? First 

things first. Kát Rudu, a Los 

Angeles facialist who treats 

Kate Beckinsale and Jenna 

Dewan Tatum, has developed 

a regimen of “facials” for her 

celebrity clients’ backs. 

She gets rid of bikini lines. 

If her clients come in with 

tan lines (tsk, tsk!), she gives 

them “an enzyme peel, which 

makes the back look superb,” 

she says. “It really does get 

rid of uneven skin tone.” 

Download some podcasts. 

’Cause you’re gonna be here 

for a while. Rudu’s Glowing 

Jet Set Back Treatment goes 

something like this: two 

separate cleanses, one round 

of microdermabrasion, a 

sugarcane lactic acid mask, 

an oxygen infusion, some 

LED light therapy, and a 

moisturizing mask. At home, 

scrub down using an EcoTools 

Cleansing Mitt and her 

Coco Honey Papaya Enzymes 

Cleanser, clarify with a 

GlamGlow SuperMud mask, 

and finish with a vitamin C 

serum. If you don’t have a 

house elf to do it all for you, 

enlist a husband or friend. 

You can’t go it alone. 

Even DIY ain’t cheap. Laying 

three facial sheet masks 

end to end, which Rudu did 

on a celebrity’s back for this 

year’s Golden Globes, uses 

over $500 worth of SK-II. 

That said, Rudu only likes 

the whole shebang for a 

superspecial occasion; she 

has backless-dress brides 

book two or three treatments. 

Get that 24K magic. 

After cleansing, exfoliating, 

toning, and moisturizing, 

Rudu starts…gilding. Using 

a foundation sponge on a 

totally dry back, she presses 

a liquid gold highlighter 

over the entire area, “very 

gently, with a light hand.” 

(She uses Per-Fékt 10 Liquid 

Gold Illuminating Perfector.)

Wonderland 

A trippy riot of florals, intricate braids that twist 

and gyre... Fantastical colors and wild textures are 

leading the way to a beautifully dreamy spring. 

Photographed by 

Yelena Yemchuk 

ORCHID THIEF 

On Fernanda Ly: Earrings, 

stylist’s own. Makeup colors: 

Eyeshadow in Blonde and 

Kush and Vice Liquid Lipstick in 

714 by Urban Decay. These 

pages: Fashion stylist, Havana 

Laffitte. Hair: Edward Lampley. 

Makeup: Romy Soleimani. 

Manicure: Holly Falcone. 

Set design: David de Quevedo.

BIRD OF PARADISE 

On Alecia Morais: 

Viscose-blend top by 

Fendi. Earrings, 

stylist’s own. Makeup 

colors: Infallible Paints 

Eye Shadow in BRB 

Blue and Sunset 

Fire and Infallible Paints 

lipstick in DIY Red 

by L’Oréal Paris. Details, 

see Shopping Guide.

ULTRA VIOLET 

Velvet-and-faux-fur top 

by Maison Margiela. 

Jersey top by Prada. 

Earrings, stylist’s own. 

Makeup colors: 

Eye Paint in Mozambique 

and Porto Venere 

and Lip Gloss in Sixties 

Fan by Nars. Details, 

see Shopping Guide.

FRESH CUTS 

Jacquard jacket by 

Gucci. Earrings, stylist’s 

own. Flare Me hair 

color in Make ’Em Blush 

Pink by Clairol 

Professional. Details, 

see Shopping Guide.

SHOPPING GUIDE 

Covers: Givenchy by Riccardo 

Tisci jersey dress, $950. 

Givenchy, N.Y.C. 212-650-0180. 

Feathers, price available upon 

request. Featherplace .com. Table 

of Contents, page 4: Gucci 

Jacquard jacket, $6,500. Select 

Gucci stores. Dior knit shorts, 

$840. Dior stores. Page 8: Monse 

sequined dress, $8,890. By 

special order. Kcolston@ 

monse .com. Cover Look, page 

18: Victoria Beckham bra top, 

price available upon request. 

Clientservices@victoria 

beckham .com. Proenza Schouler 

cotton pants, $890. Proenza 

Schouler, N.Y.C. 212-420-7300. 

REI bivy sack, $40. Rei .com. 

Paige Novick for Tibi earring, 

$675. Tibi .com. Page 20: 

Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci jersey 

dress, $950. Givenchy, N.Y.C. 

212-650-0180. Talking Beauty 

With Jen Atkin, page 26: Pari 

Desai viscose-blend top, $255. 

Paridesai .com. Beauty School, 

page 36: Fendi silk top, $2,500. 

Fendi, N.Y.C. 212-897-2244. Noir 

Jewelry earrings, $72. Noirnyc 

.com. Fendi cotton top, $1,950. 

Fendi, N.Y.C. 212-897-2244. Ariel 

Gordon gold earrings, $895. 

Arielgordon jewelry .com. Head in 

the Clouds, page 59: Loewe 

leather bag, $3,490, and cotton 

dress, $4,390. Loewe .com. Hip 

Huggers, page 66: Stella 

McCartney faux-leather bag, 

$1,210. Stella McCartney, N.Y.C. 

212-255-1556. Flagpole swimsuit, 

$375. Flagpole nyc .com. Max 

Mara bra top, price available 

upon request. Max Mara, N.Y.C. 

212-879-6100. Jil Sander leather 

bag, $1,100. Jilsander .com. Alix 

swimsuit, $225. Fwrd .com. Tavik 

bikini top, $86. Tavik .com. 

Elements of Style, page 70: 

Rachel Comey cotton-blend top, 

$414. Rachel comey .com. 

Topshop polyester pants, $100. 

Topshop .com. Amber Sceats 

earrings, $129. Amber sceats 

.com. Page 72: Tome taffeta 

off-the-shoulder top, $550. 

Canary, Dallas. 214-351-4400. 

‘S Max Mara viscose top, $490. 

Max Mara, N.Y.C. 212-879-6100. 

Self-Portrait patent-leather 

pants, $410 for similar styles. 

Net-a-porter .com. Are You Really 

Protected?, page 112: Gucci 

sunglasses, $675. Gucci .com. 

Hat Attack hat, $82. Hatattack 

.com. Flagpole swimsuit, $450. 

Flagpolenyc .com. Fantasy World, 

page 125, clockwise from left: 

Buly 1803 Huile Antique Miel 

d’Angleterre dry oil, Burberry 

Burberry Kisses Hydrating Lip 

Colour in Nude Beige, Oribe 

Shampoo for Moisture & Control, 

Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s 

Magic Cream moisturizer, Oribe 

Conditioner for Moisture & 

Control, Aromatherapy 

Associates Bath and Shower Oil 

in Deep Relax, Decléor Intense 

Nutrition Luxuriant Nourishing 

Lip Balm, Dr. Nigma Serum 

No. 1, and La Mer Crème de la 

Mer Moisturizing Cream. 

Sienna Miller, page 127: Prada 

chiffon-and-feather dress, 

$2,620. Select Prada stores. Page 

129: Lanvin silk dress, $3,855. 

Lanvin, N.Y.C. 646-439-0380. 

Stella McCartney Lingerie 

underwear, $70. Stella 

McCartney, N.Y.C. 212-255-1556. 

Feathers, price available upon 

request. Featherplace .com. 

Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh 

polyester dress, $2,229.25. 

Off---white .com. Page 130: 

Balenciaga silk dress, $1,695. 

Nordstrom, Seattle. 2016-628- 

2111. Page 131: Paige Novick for 

Tibi earring, $675. Tibi.com. Page 

134: REI bivy sack, $40. Rei .com. 

Paige Novick for Tibi earring, 

$675. Tibi .com. Page 135: Gucci 

organdy-and-tulle dress, $5,490. 

Select Gucci stores. City of 

Dreams, page 143: Marc Jacobs 

denim jacket, $895. Marc Jacobs 

stores. Page 144: Calvin Klein 

Underwear cotton T-shirt, 

$39.50. Calvinklein .com. Page 

145: Eres bra, $350. Net-aporter 

.com. Wendelborn silk 

shorts, $380. Wendelborn .com. 

Page 147: Dior bra, price 

available upon request for similar 

styles. 800-929-DIOR. La Perla 

silk robe, $1,175. Laperla .com. 

Wonderland Redux, page 153: 

Fendi viscose-blend top, $650. 

Fendi, N.Y.C. 212-897-2244. Page 

154: Maison Margiela velvet-andfaux-fur 

top, price available upon 

request. Maison Margiela stores. 

Prada jersey top, $1,700. Select 

Prada stores. Page 155: Gucci 

Jacquard jacket, $6,500. Select 

Gucci stores. Autobiography, 

page 158: Bio-Oil, Yves Saint 

Laurent Luxurious Mascara for a 

False Lash Effect in High Density 

Black, Pantene Pro-V Smooth & 

Sleek DreamCare Conditioner, 

Diptyque Rich Butter for the 

Body, and Laura Mercier Velour 

Lovers Lip Colour in Seduction. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS’ 

CREDITS 

Getting Creative, page 22, 

clockwise from top left: Courtesy 

of Sephora; imaxtree .com; 

Josephine Schiele; Tawni 

Bannister; courtesy of Burberry; 

Getty Images; David M. Benett/ 

Getty Images for Caren; Vicky 

Heiler/bikinis and passports .com; 

Josephine Schiele; courtesy of 

Decléor; Roger Cabello. Talking 

Beauty With Jen Atkin, page 28, 

clockwise from top: Josephine 

Schiele; Instagram/jenatkinhair; 

Tim Hout; Emman Montalvan; 

Claire Benoist; Instagram/ 

jenatkinhair. The Many Hair 

Moods of Selena, page 

32, clockwise from bottom right: 

George Pimentel/WireImage; 

Steve Granitz/WireImage; James 

Devaney/GC Images/Getty 

Images; Gilbert Carrasquillo/ 

FilmMagic; JB Lacroix/ 

GC Images/Getty Images; Marc 

Piasecki/GC Images/Getty 

Images; Neil Mockford/GC 

Images/Getty Images; AKM-GSI. 

Beauty School, page 38, from 

top: Melodie Jeng/Getty Images; 

Renée Rodenkirchen for The 

Coveteur/Trunk Archive; 

imaxtree .com; Walter Chin/Trunk 

Archive. Beauty Reporter, page 

46, clockwise from top left: 

Courtesy of Christine Chang and 

Sarah Lee; Josephine Schiele; 

Graham Pollack; courtesy of 

Unistella Salon; courtesy of Kai; 

Lucas Visser; Chris Gentile. 

Peace of Mind, page 60, 

clockwise from top left: Courtesy 

of ITC Hotels; courtesy of Sonia 

Rykiel; courtesy of Moon Juice; 

Liam Goodman; courtesy of 

Elizabeth & James; courtesy of 

Astier de Villate; Liam Goodman 

(3); courtesy of subject. Cherry 

Picked, page 64: Liam Goodman 

(still lifes); Gary Gershoff/ 

WireImage (Bennett); Jason 

Lloyd-Evans (runway). La Vie en 

Rose, page 68, clockwise from 

top: Josephine Schiele; Shannon 

Stapleton/Reuters; Graham 

Pollack; Jason Lloyd-Evans; 

Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via 

Getty Images. Elements of Style, 

page 72, clockwise from top left: 

Clarke Tolton; Liam Goodman; 

Marcus Tondo/voguerunway 

.com; Umberto Fratini/vogue 

runway .com; Monica Feudi/ 

vogue runway .com; Liam 

Goodman. Backstage Beauty, 

page 76, clockwise from top left: 

Corey Tenold; Astrid Stawiarz/ 

Getty Images; Eli Schmidt; Lillie 

Eiger; Jane Kim. Page 77, 

clockwise from top left: Imaxtree 

.com; Eli Schmidt; Nicholas 

Hunt/Getty Images; Jason 

Lloyd-Evans; Nina Westervelt; Eli 

Schmidt. Page 78, clockwise 

from top left: Eamonn M. 

McCormack/Getty Images; 

imaxtree .com; Marcus Tondo/ 

voguerunway .com; Jason 

Lloyd-Evans; imaxtree .com (3); 

Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho via 

Getty Images. Page 80, 

clockwise from top left: Imaxtree 

.com (3); Emily Gellis; Jason 

Lloyd-Evans; Instagram/ 

naominailsnyc using Inglot; 

courtesy of Kenzo; imaxtree 

.com. Page 82, clockwise from 

top left: Imaxtree .com (5); 

Umberto Fratini/voguerunway 

.com; imaxtree .com. Page 84, 

clockwise from top left: 

Gorunway .com; imaxtree .com; 

Sonny Vandevelde/vogue runway 

.com; imaxtree .com; Sonny 

Vandevelde/vogue runway .com; 

imaxtree .com (2); gorunway 

.com. Page 86, clockwise from 

top left: Jason Lloyd-Evans (2); 

imaxtree .com; Jason Lloyd- 

Evans; imaxtree .com; Sonny 

Vandevelde/vogue runway .com; 

imaxtree .com (2). Good 

Natured, page 120, clockwise 

from top right: Josephine 

Schiele; Yu Tsai/Contour Style/ 

Getty Images; Nadine Greeff/ 

Stocksy (2). Page 122, clockwise 

from top right: Henrik Purienne; 

Josephine Schiele; Nadine 

Greeff/Stocksy; Nicolas Kantor. 

Sienna Miller, page 133, First 

row, from left: Paramount/ 

Everett Collection; Touchstone/ 

Everett Collection. Second row, 

from left: Weinstein Company/ 

Everett Collection; Frank Masi/ 

Paramount/Everett Collection. 

Third row, from left: Courtesy of 

HBO; Seven Arts Entertainment/ 

Everett Collection; Patti Perret/ 

A24/Everett Collection. Fourth 

row, from left: Weinstein 

Company/Everett Collection; 

Claire Folger/Warner Bros/ 

Everett Collection; Aidan 

Monaghan/Amazon Studios & 

Bleecker Street. 

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY 

Priyanka 

Chopra 

FILLS IN THE BLANKS. 

GRAHAM POLLACK (PROP STYLIST: JENNY WICHMAN); 

DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES FOR YAHOO (CHOPRA) 

Chopra is a global brand ambassador for Pantene. For details on 

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