The Best Beauty Moments of the Year

Here's what you missed... If you have problems viewing this email [click here](. [allure logo]( DECEMBER 31, 2017 YEAR-END RECAP Farewell 2017! It’s been quite a year on allure.com. We [banned the term "anti-aging"]( from our vocabulary, and championed [diversity in beauty](. Our cover stars [went topless]( [bared emotional scars]( [refused to wear makeup]( and [defied beauty standards](. We envied the [hair transformations]( of a ton of celebrities, including Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Angelina Jolie. We reported when Rihanna disrupted the hell out of the beauty industry with the launch of her ultra-inclusive collection, [Fenty Beauty]( and when beauty legend Pat McGrath released [her long-awaited collection](. We watched Dr. Pimple Popper [extract the deepest blackhead]( we’d ever seen, and this Korean woman’s ["glass skin" skin-care routine]( go viral. We declared 283 beauty products [Best of Beauty winners]( and 54 beauty products [Readers' Choice winners]( including fan favorites: • a [Lancôme mascara]( that gives you enough volume to make people think you’re wearing falsies; • a [Tangle Teezer brush]( that'll let you skip the blow-dry bar; • a [Kiehl's spot treatment]( that can destroy a pimple overnight; • a [Nars concealer]( that'll make you look rested for days; • a [Charlotte Tilbury nude lipstick]( that every celebrity is obsessed with; • a [Covergirl concealer]( that gets rid of undereye bags; • and a [Babybliss blow dryer]( that dries hair in half the time. Meanwhile, every social media platform you can think of was littered with trending beauty products. There were the [$5 Essence mascara]( and the [$6 Colourpop concealer]( that outdid more expensive options. There was the creepy [Hanacure face mask]( that makes you look MUCH older without a filter. There were products that sold out, like the [Farsali essence]( [Benefit cheek palette]( [Coloured Raine eyeshadow palette]( [Biossance eye gel]( and [First Aid Beauty moisturizer]( and others that had huge waiting lists, like [The Ordinary Colours foundation](. [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( Our digital editors lent their bodies to beauty science, shared personal stories and beauty routines, and chose the written word as their weapon of choice against a few problematic individuals. They tested out the [benefits of a red wine bath]( the ambitious claims of [Urban Decay’s "sex-proof"]( and [Eyeko's marathon-proof mascara]( a [backless and strapless push-up bra]( [eyebrow microblading]( and [lip injections](. They tackled beauty challenges, trying [complicated Korean skin-care routines]( [daily sheet masking]( [weekly facials]( [color-blocked makeup]( and [K-Pop boy-band beauty]( while abstaining from [pimple popping]( and the security blanket that is [their mascara](. They shared their [all-time favorite lip colors]( calculated the cost of each beauty editor’s [beauty bag contents]( [hair-care routines]( and [pubic-hair regimen]( recommended the [looks they wear when they want to get laid]( designed much-needed [monolid beauty inspo]( and asked 5 women to [bear their pubic hair]( for tasteful portraits of body-positive pride. They got real about [skin conditions]( they struggle with; [how growing up on welfare]( shaped their career; and why they [love crying on planes](. And they were justifiably angry when an [ignorant beauty blogger spread racism]( a [sexist man decided he deserved a medal for dating hot women]( and when society refused to acknowledge the fact that [being pretty is a privilege.]( 2017 was exhausting, but we can't wait to share more with you in 2018. Happy New Year from the Allure team! [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Subscribe to Allure magazine Get the Allure Beauty Box [ORDER NOW]( [Conde Nast Logo] ©2017 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Allure Magazine, One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (effective 3/21/12) and Privacy Policy (effective 3/21/12). [Unsubscribe](. Your California Privacy Rights. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Conde Nast. Ad Choices