Allure articles from May 2006

Allure archives from May 2006

Cover Look.
May 1, 2006... Cover Look Who? Meg Ryan. What? The May cover of Allure, shot by Michael Thompson. When? February 17. Where? At Smashbox Studio, close to her Los Angeles home. Why? This summer, Ryan stars in In the Land of Women with Adam Brody and...

Letter from the Editor: May '06.(Editorial)
May 1, 2006... Heavenly Bodies I 've been watching Madonna's "Sorry" video not so much for the music, but to study the hollow above her thighs, the tautness of her abs, the perkiness of her butt (in a lavender leotard-with fishnets, no less). As...

Beauty Reporter.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter Editor's Favorites OPI Designer Series Nail Lacquers in Ruby and Exclusive. A new flat brush lays down even, streak-free layers of brilliant jewel tones. $12.50; opi.com. Beauty Reporter Editor's Favorites...

Beauty Reporter.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter power tools Better Hair Youth Movement P erformance enhancers are illegal in baseball-but they could help us bat a thousand in the lash arena. New mascaras aim to deliver cleaner, longer-looking lashes...

Beauty Reporter.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter TEST RUN serum theorems "Serum"-the word even sounds scientific. Toss in growth factors, biopeptides, and MMP inhibitors-just a few of the ingredients found in the latest crop of concentrated skin elixirs-and we...

Beauty Reporter.
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter skin update Time Capsules F lintstones vitamins may make us feel like kids, but the adult equivalent could help us look more like them. New supplements from dermatologists Howard Murad and Nicholas V....

Beauty Reporter.
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter allure's face Mia Maestro After playing an ass-kicking spy on Alias, Mia Maestro could have avoided action-packed roles. Not a chance. In this month's Poseidon, she's a survivor on a ship that's hit by a colossal...

Beauty Reporter.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Beauty Reporter Personal Shopper Mirror Mirror Most shoppers hoard those cute little samples that are rationed out at department stores. Katie Chang's mother turned them over to her pigtailed daughter-who is now a walking...

Beauty 101.
May 1, 2006... beauty101 Subtle Bronze Foolproof, streakless self-tanner. By Patricia Tortolanii Wearing self-tanner is like buying a Gucci bag on eBay--you don't realize it looks fake until the deal is sealed. But a new type of sunless tanner...

Fashion Bulletin.
May 1, 2006... Fashion Bulletin The Best Sandals * Big Sunglasses * Cult Shoes In the Flesh By Sasha Charnin Morrison After wearing voluminous dresses all season, I'd almost forgotten the sexy vamp underneath. I love looking like the girl in...

Fashion Scoop.
May 1, 2006... fashionscoop Avant Garden It's common for designers to weed through the garden for inspiration. But usually it's the flowers that move them, not the rubber clogs. That is, until Stefano Pilati, creative director for Yves Saint...

Fashion Scoop.
May 1, 2006... personal shopper Premium Blend WhO: Tomas Maier, creative director of Bottega Veneta. MISSION: To create clothes and accessories that are well-crafted and modern-without a single logo. OPPOSITES ATTRACT: The accessories draw on the...

Most Alluring Bodies.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... A rtists' representations of the naked female body have been shaped by changes in fashion, according to art historian Anne Hollander in Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting. A fifteenth-century Eve by Hans Memling, naked but...

Insider Guide.
May 1, 2006... How to grow out your bangs An Interview With Harry Josh Josh is a hairstylist whose clients include Gisele and Lindsay Lohan. There are two types of women in this world: those who have bangs and will probably die with them, and...

Head Master.
May 1, 2006... Head Master Michael Gordon: Hairdresser By Kari Molvar G rowing up in London in the 1950s, Michael Gordon spent every Saturday in his mother's beauty salon. The ritual had its rewards: "All the gorgeous women made a fuss over me...

Total Makeover.
May 1, 2006... Insiders' Guide Total MAkeover The Cut Off By Liesa Goins T he mirror can be a woman's best friend or worst enemy when she's focused on losing weight. For Robyn Gombar, Janeene Fears, and Michelle Rodak, the relationship is...

Health: Mood News.(interpersonal relations)
May 1, 2006... MOOD news Couples and Looks i t's well-known that people highly value good looks when choosing a mate, but conventional wisdom suggests that after a few years of marriage, couples begin to place less importance on each other's...

Health: Food News.
May 1, 2006... scalpel News Cabbage Pitch Eating cabbage could reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer. Epidemiologist Dorothy Rybaczyk Pathak noted that women in Poland consume three times more cabbage than Americans and have breast cancer rates...

Fitness News.
May 1, 2006... Fitness News The Rhythm Method Listening to music can boost weight loss. That's the news from a recent study from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. For six months, researchers there encouraged obese dieters to...

Sun and Skin S.O.S.
May 1, 2006... Sun and Skin S.O.S We hope your sun-worshipping days are behind you. Just ahead: The news on how to prevent and reverse the damage. By Rory Evans i t has been a summer romance year after year, a long-distance love affair across...

The Book of My Body.
May 1, 2006... The book of my body Being photographed naked is supposed to be a racy, sensual experience. But for one woman, it was a matter of life and death. By Kathryn Harrison i 'm standing, naked, on a small, boxlike platform in a...

The Art of Chaos.(Gregory Arlt)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... The Art of Chaos When you're in the eye of the storm during Fashion Week, a brush-wielding, witticism-tossing makeup artist can be an unlikely anchor. By Judith Newman i t takes a special guy to see the good in the worst nuclear...

The Top Trends.(fashion industry)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The Top Trends Forget the middle of the road. The hottest looks for fall are high on drama or utterly low-key. By Catherine Piercy T wenty minutes before the Rochas show in Paris, makeup artist Pat McGrath was watching an...

Italian Lssons.(Frederic Malle)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Scents of Identity There's a time and place for everything-including fragrance. Experts reveal how to wear it well, give it as a gift, use it in your home, and more. How to Choose Scent Like a Perfumer An Interview With...

Ryan's Hope.(Meg Ryan)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Ryan's Hope Playing perky may have made her a star, but Meg Ryan discovered that the perks ended when her life became complicated and real. By Judy Bachrach A ll along you think everyone's rooting for you," Meg Ryan says...