Archive for 'Allure'

Allure Best of Beauty Interview with Beauty Director Amy Keller

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Everyone knows Allure is THE beauty bible, so when the mag declares its picks for the best beauty products of the year, women everywhere read and then shop. And rightfully so. This year editors tested  2, 478  products and narrowed the list down to 182. Not an easy task.
Determining their Best of Beauty is a [...]

The Beauty Bug Interviews Allure Beauty Director

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The Beauty Bug had the pleasure of meeting Allure Beauty Directory, Amy Keller, at the first TotalBeauty blogger advisory board meeting in NY last month. The Beauty Bug, Amy, and other fellow beauty bloggers chatted over edamame, tea and bento boxes and gossiped about Britney (and the poor Allure editor that she stood up), and [...]

Well Wells…

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

In the October Issue of Allure, in her letter from the Editor, Linda Wells writes about a business lunch with the owner of a cosmetics company. Wells recalls the executive asking her to empty the contents of her handbag onto the table to prove a point - that women don’t use the products in their [...]

L’Oreal Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Serum Concentrate

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

As The Beauty Bug combed through the September issue of Allure (She waited at her mailbox for this issue - you have no idea how excited She was to get it), L’Oreal’s new Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Serum Concentrate caught her eye. The expert consulted, the director of the Institute of Anti-Aging Research in Virginia [...]

Photoshop at Its Best

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

The infamous mother of the year, Britney Spears graces the cover of this months Allure. Photoshopped, photoshopped, and photoshopped some more, the former pop-star (wig and all), sports a fresh face with smoky eyes and red lips - all your basic essentials for this fall. Because of her erratic behavior and disagreeable attitude, there’s no [...]

You’re Fired!

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

While poking around online, I was shocked to come across this bit of info courtesy of Page Six:
“ALLURE offers plenty of advice to its readers, but here’s some for the beauty book’s future staffers: Don’t hawk products on eBay that were sent to the magazine for editorial use. Last week, assistant editor Molly Friedman was [...]