Cover Look.(Liv Tyler)(Interview)

Cover Look

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Who? Liv Tyler. What? The July cover of Allure, shot by Michael Thompson. When? April 18. Where? At Lux Studio in New York City, not far from Tyler's town house. Why? This month, Tyler costars with Scott Speedman in The Strangers, a thriller about a young couple terrorized by masked intruders. Punching the Clock: Tyler amazed even herself by arriving a few minutes before the 10 a.m. call time. "I'm always 40 minutes late," she confessed. "I'll be all set to leave and something will happen with the baby. I'm never early." The actress wore a cable-knit Juicy Couture sweater over a Calypso tank, 7 For All Mankind jeans, and gold Lanvin flats. Sleight of Hand: As she sat in hair and makeup, Tyler quietly clicked away on her Treo, but when makeup artist Stephane Marais applied a head-to-toe fake tan -- a combination of suntan powder and moisturizer -- she was quite alert. "I've never had my butt cheeks or breasts massaged by a makeup artist," Tyler

said with a laugh. "I don't know how my husband would feel about that!"

Family Portrait: While Tyler was being photographed, Royston Langdon, her husband, strolled into the studio with their two-and-a-half-year-old son, Milo. After rolling around a basketball and climbing the stairs several times, Milo informed everyone, "I'm going to go see Mommy!" and marched on to the set. Tyler gave her visitor a kiss on the nose and tied his shoe, then included him in a few pictures before breaking for lunch. After the meal, Milo and Langdon left for Milo's afternoon nap. Frameworthy: When the shoot wrapped, Tyler hopped in a car to get back to

the family (she had an early flight to Los Angeles the next morning). A few minutes later, she was back in the studio. "I forgot the ...