essences
The Essence of It
The Best Facial Essences for Lightweight Hydration
Pat your way to glass skin.
By Sarah Han and Deanna Pai
eds' faves
13 Editors Share Their Nighttime Skin-Care Routines
Spoiler alert: Lots of products are involved.
By Allure Editors
Allure Podcast
Your Every Question About Layering Skin-Care Products, Answered
We're setting the record straight on how to layer your products for glowing results.
By Dianna Mazzone Singh
BEST OF BEAUTY 2020
SK-II Facial Treatment Essence
Just try to pry the frosted glass bottle out of my hands…I dare you.
By Jessica Cruel
BEST OF BEAUTY 2020
Tatcha The Essence
It has long-term benefits coupled with instant gratification.
By Sarah Han
SKIN-CARE HACKS
I Swear By This K-Beauty "Toner Mask" Hack for Clearer, More Hydrated Skin
The DIY skin-care trick, loved by K-pop stars Jessica Jung and TWICE’s Mina, offers a concentrated dose of hydration and active ingredients your skin.
By Sarah Han
JAPAN'S BEST
All About SK-II’s New Limited-Edition Facial Treatment Essences — From Their Own Perspective
These are the cutest bottles yet.
By Brennan Kilbane
HOLY WATERS
How to Choose Between Toner, Essence, and Astringent
Experts explain the difference between each type of product and which one is right for your skin.
By Daley Quinn
Product Review
Belif Hungarian Water Essence
A Korean essence made with rosemary to prep and hydrate skin
By KATHLEEN SUICO
Allure Beauty Box
Belif Hungarian Water Essence
A Korean essence made with rosemary to prep and hydrate skin
By KATHLEEN SUICO
Golden Girl
Jackie Aina's Essence Digital Cover Is an Ethereal Dream Come True for Fans
And those fans include the beauty team that helped assemble her incredible cover look.
By Marci Robin
Amorepacific Vintage Single Extract Essence
A hydrating essence made with soothing green tea leaves for all skin types
By Angela Trakoshis
this just in
Peach & Lily's Four New Skin-Care Products Are Bound to Sell Out Fast
Especially the Good Acids Pore Toner.
By Sophie Wirt
Boxed Up
This New K-Beauty Vault Is Packed With Glass-Skin Essentials
Mix-and-match it 11 products for skin like a member of BTS.
By Devon Abelman
prismatic launch
Herbivore's New Prism Potion Gives Skin a Summer Glow
But without the sun damage, of course.
By Sarah Kinonen
You Have to See This New Korean Skin-Care Trend for Yourself
Korean skin care seems to always light-years ahead of the game. Do you use sheet masks regularly? Yeah, you can thank the East for that. Cushion compacts? Also a Korean-born invention. That's why I...
By Renee Jacques
Here's What You Need to Know About Essences
If a skin-care product were ever worthy of side eye, it's the essence. Thin like water and pricey like a serum, even the name (defined as "the quality that makes a thing what it...
By Elizabeth Siegel
How to Get—and Keep!—Perfect Skin
There's good skin. And then there's great skin. The difference is a routine that uses proven ingredients. So what do you say—ready to achieve complexion greatness?
By Elizabeth Siegel