Jessica Cruel

In The Melanin Edit, Allure explores every facet of a melanin-rich life, from treatments for hyperpigmentation and how to spot melanoma on dark skin to the social and emotional realities — all while spreading Black pride.

Willow’s Bold Moves and Big Feelings—Interview

“Let me give you a trim.” This is a phrase that typically strikes fear in a Black woman’s heart. It takes only one salon appointment gone awry, where you ask for a dusting and get a three-inch haircut instead, to create trim trauma. But on this day, I don’t think twice and say, “I’m game if you are.” The fact that it’s been only four weeks since my last appointment with the scissors (I typically go every three months) doesn’t even faze me because the person who is going to cut my split ends is M…

The latest edition of the Melanin Edit celebrates all those people who were told they couldn’t be nerdy — and the communities they built anyway

Her Dubai show look was drenched in glamour.

Linda Villalobos, Terry Hunt, Lucy Betancourt, and Jessica Smalls shared tips for building a lasting career — and lifting others up with you.

‘Allure’ editor in chief Jessica Cruel celebrates everything that goes on behind the scenes of the testing process for our annual awards.

A look behind the scenes of this month’s splendidly brown pages.

In the time of war, Allure explores the importance of protecting a culture’s individuality.

“The word ‘woke’ in itself invokes this idea that you are willing to sit a bit longer with information and think a bit more curiously about history.”