TSA to Stop Patting Down Afros and Dreadlocks

A couple of years back, we reported on a TSA official giving Solange Knowles’s wig—on her head at the time—a thorough search at the airport. “Discrim-FRO-nation. My hair is not a storage drawer,” she tweeted. The shocked singer tried to...

Would You Bathe in Sake for Better Skin?

People are bathing in sake, wearing silver jewelry to fight the flu, and using an app to get better skin…would you try it?

Forget the Man Bun, Dog Buns Are Here

Get ready to squeal with delight: The dog bun is a thing—and it’s sweeping the nation.

#AskAllure: How to Treat Eczema and Get Rid of Itchy Flakes

We recently received a comment from Chandra on our Facebook page about struggling with eczema on her scalp, an issue she’s had for 25 years. Twenty-five years?! That’s a quarter of a century of hats and no black sweaters—all in the name of hiding...

The Sexiest Festival Braids We've Ever Seen (and How to Do Them)

Bed head is sexy, and pigtails are cute, but combine them and the result is practically NSFW. For our festival fashion and beauty story (in Allure’s April issue, on newsstands now) hairstylist Serge Normant created one of the sexiest styles I’ve ever seen:...