Woods is easy to talk to. But one thing she doesn’t want to talk about? The skin cancer she was diagnosed with after her dentist noticed suspicious spots in her mouth during a routine appointment. The 24-year-old melanoma survivor likens it to asking someone about a scab. “You wouldn’t ask somebody, ‘how’s your scab doing?’…

Throughout her extensive career, music legend Cher has brought countless iconic looks to the stage, whether it’s larger-than-life curly hair or a platinum blonde wig with an elaborate hairpiece. It was only a matter of time before Cher graced TikTok with her unmatched style. In fact, she just did so with a major beauty question…

What’s the internet’s favorite color? Magenta. Across the world, the not quite red, not quite purple hue the most-searched shade. This may be because the thought of magenta brings us back to simpler times of flipping open our Motorola Razrs in the shocking pink hue — just a guess. Ask makeup artists, and they’ll tell…

For years, Baby Foot was sort of the Big Foot of the beauty world. Although it launched in 1997, even beauty editors — editors right here at Allure — weren’t sure of its existence until well into the first decade of the new millennium. There was an urban-legend quality to it. Magic booties that transform…

Pride Month has us drowning in a sea of corporate queer-washing every year. Once June 1 rolls around, companies and government entities jump at any opportunity to put on a performance of allyship with the LGBTQ+ community. Their method of choice? Slapping rainbows onto anything with surface space. Toothpaste, shoes, potato chips, and (most ironically),…

Sometimes, like in the case of Olympic boxing, a specific fighting hairstyle is required due to certain rules and regulations. “The rules state that boxers cannot have an inch of hair showing out of our headgear during competition, so making sure my hair is kept up is required during a fight,” says Ginny Fuchs, the…

Amazon Prime Day 2021 is upon us and the deals are hot, hot, and even hotter. The online shopping destination is stuffed to the brim with some of the year’s biggest beauty deals, and one of our top picks has to be the Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumizer.  Not only does it frequently make…

The chances that your Amazon cart is in a perpetual state of full are very high (who can resist two-day shipping, after all?). But while your shopping list may already be stacked, Amazon Prime Day 2021 is the one of time of year where we highly suggest tacking on a couple more items. With virtually…

Oral hygiene company, Spotlight, founded by cosmetic dentists and sisters Lisa and Vanessa Creaven — is launching a brimming bundle of oral care essentials for a thorough mouth cleaning at home. The set includes an electric toothbrush, complete with a two-minute timer and three-speed settings, a two-week supply of whitening strips, a soothing and moisturizing…

While shiny, brand-new gadgets and eccentric electronics are sure to take center stage during Amazon Prime Day 2021, you don’t want to sleep on the essentials. Prime Day is one of the best times to stock up on electric toothbrushes (some equipped with augmented reality (AR) technology) and water flossers, both of which run the…