Collage: Paula Balondo; Source images: Courtesy of Allure editors and brandsSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Like many items in our beauty stash, we think of our fragrances as investment pieces. But, as the best affordable perfumes have taught us, finding a signature scent doesn't have to be so pricey—in fact, most Allure editors swear by fragrances that won't even set you back more than $50. Not only do they offer a way…

Photo: Getty ImagesSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd do—OK, not the first thing—would be go back to 1997 and stop myself from cutting my long hair into a bob right before my senior prom. I completely missed out on the over-the-top (literally) updos of the era, and I'll always regret that. But a new Savage x Fenty photo shoot starring Rihanna herself has…

Photographed by CARLOS and ALYSE. Stylist: Fiona Green. Hair: Jenni Iva Wimmerstedt. Makeup: Andrew Colvin. Manicure: Elina Ogawa. Model: Amy Wesson. Top by Rosetta Getty. Earrings by Repossi.Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. The best eye shadows for mature skin create all the stunning lid looks, whether subtly matte or serious shimmer, without seeping into teensy fine lines. Regardless of age, we all have creases along our eyes and lids—it’s simply a human…

Source Images: GettySave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Maybe it's the rose-colored, butterfly-shaped, rhinestone-studded glasses through which we view nostalgia, but girlhood in the Y2K era just hit differently. The magic of a sleepover with best friends in 1999 is a feeling I find myself chasing constantly, but it’s been tough to re-create. That’s when bonds were forged, comfort movies discovered, and makeup skills were born. Armed with a sponge-tipped eye shadow applicator…

Collage: Paula Balondo / Images: Getty and Courtesy of BrandsSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Following The Life of a Showgirl and the announcement of her upcoming Disney+ docuseries The End of an Era (premiering December 12), Taylor Swift is giving fans something she seldom does: a peek inside her beauty routine. In an Instagram post teasing the trailer for the upcoming six-part series, Swift is seen unwinding in her hotel room after…

Courtesy of Emma BeilesSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story I’ve been getting braids my entire life. I got my first set of box braids when I was two years old, and it’s the look I feel most myself in today. But when it came to planning a beauty look for my wedding day, I didn’t even consider them. I could argue that, since I wear braids all the time, I wanted something different for the momentous occasion. But the truth is that I, like many Black women, had the preconceived notion that braids (and other protective styles like locs…

Collage: Paula Balondo; Source images: Courtesy of brandsSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Candles get unfairly thrown into the category of things you buy people if you don’t know them at all—but we would argue the best candle gifts are actually quite personal. After all, they’ll go on to scent the recipient’s entire living space, which, in a sense, is an extension of their whole being. If you’ve found one they’re eager to…

Photo: Getty ImagesSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this story The lesson we were supposed to learn from our blunt, stripey, borderline-skunky highlights in the early 2000s was not to never do that again. That's not what Kelly Clarkson would have wanted. No, no—the lesson was to try, try again, equipped with the hindsight and updated sensibilities to make it look incredibly cool in the present day. And that's exactly what Jennifer Lopez is doing with her high-contrast yet super seamless highlighted look. On October 15, Lopez was a guest on The Howard Stern Show, which, thankfully, was filmed and photographed…