Jenny Bailly

Most women experience menopause — defined as 12 months without a period — between 40 and 58, with the average age of onset at 51. Perimenopause, the transition to menopause, lasts for up to 10 years before that. But middle-aged women aren’t the only ones contending with the hot flashes and mood swings and skin changes that often come with fluctuating estrogen levels. Menopause can come earlier — much, much earlier — for women with medical conditions that are treated with ovarian suppression. One…

Trigger warning: This article includes mentions of rape, depression, and suicidal ideation. If you’re experiencing thoughts of suicide, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988, 24 hours a day. Gabrielle Union and I are talking about our periods — specifically, what happens to them in perimenopause. “They’re coming every two or three weeks,” I say. “No one warns you this is going to happen.” “And no one tells you what’s going to come out,” she says. “Like golf balls.” Sh…

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Perhaps you’ve recently seen beauty influencers in sundresses skipping through rows of French rose bushes, but these flower fields represent far more than a social-media photo opportunity — and they are in danger.

The actor opens up about the most puzzling parts of the aging conversation.

As I’m sure you’ve heard, the planet Earth has a real situation on its hands. The ice is melting; the waters are rising. Vast spirals of plastic waste are whirling through the seas: dervishes of water bottles, milk cartons, grocery bags, takeout containers. Oh, and shampoo bottles, lipstick tubes, shadow palettes, powder compacts, lotion pumps, and my God, so many razors, and jars that once held cushiony creams infused with high-potency vitamin C and low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid. The det…

Here’s the lowdown on how to subscribe to Allure’s print edition for more beauty routines, recommendations, and features. Editor’s note: This story was reported in late 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many reasons one might visit Jaipur. To tour a stucco confection of a palace where maharajas hold court. To feel the magic of exploring a city painted almost entirely in pink. To climb to a hilltop temple that belongs to the monkeys and watch as the sunrise bathes all those rose build…

Lady Gaga spends a lot of time in the chair of her longtime makeup artist, Sarah Tanno — but that doesn’t mean she isn’t capable of holding the brush herself. “I am an excellent makeup artist actually. I could do my own face. I could do your face,” she told me when we met at her home this summer. “I wouldn’t say that I’m better than Sarah, though — she is a true genius makeup artist. That would be sort of like me saying that Sarah would be better than me at music. I wouldn’t lie.” But Lady Gaga…

I will bet you a lot of dollars that you can’t guess where Botox comes from. A crystal-encrusted vat wreathed in liquid nitrogen and buried underneath the Hollywood Hills? Nice try! But no. A concrete bunker in the Arizona desert encircled by barbed wire and tumbleweed? I see where you’re going, but not even close. I have been to the place that produces the entire planet’s supply of the wrinkle-smoothing, brow-raising drug, and here is how I got there: by flying into Dublin (the one in Ireland)…

Focus. Focus. Focus, damn it. I am in the Ekoin temple in the serene, otherworldly Japanese mountain town of Mount Koya. I have left my shoes by the door, slipped into leather slides, and put my phone away (after I took a picture of the slippers, obviously). I am here for one purpose: to find my Zen, my calm, my third eye. All I need to do is focus. And do whatever Nobu says. Nobu, one of the monks at the temple, will guide me to inner peace. He practices Ajikan meditation, which is kind of like…

Lasers can seem like magic wands. They make unwanted hair, age spots, and fine lines disappear. But in the wrong hands they can also cause serious burns and permanent scarring. In one recent study,...

I have sleep deprivation on the brain these days. So I was thrilled by this news: Simply believing you’re well-rested is enough to make you feel that way. That’s right—you can get placebo sleep....

I’m coming up on ten months pregnant. (I don’t know where the whole “nine months” business started—it’s 40 weeks, people.) And I’m petrified, but not of childbirth. It’s the impending sleep deprivation that’s keeping...

Your intentions are good. You care about your skin, and you treat it right—no grainy scrubs or harsh cleansers, lots of moisture, and a nightly dose of your favorite retinoid. But chances are you’re still...

I recently watched a colleague catch a glimpse of herself in the mirror on her desk and then, a minute later, pick up the phone and book an appointment for a haircut—in an hour....

If my morning commute is any indication, the women of New York City consider the subway system their own personal vanity table. I have seen liquid eyeliner applied on a train barreling across the Manhattan...