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When Justin McLeod launched the dating app Hinge in 2012—the same year Tinder was founded—there was still a stigma around meeting partners online. It seemed dangerous, or it meant you were desperate. But as more young people got onboard with swiping for love, that stigma gradually dissipated; now, Hinge and its peers are as embedded […]
You’ve got a solid, sexy month ahead. Are you ready for it? Venus is hanging out in Aries for the first half of the month, making you laser-focused on getting what you want in bed. The full moon on the 26th is also super-sensual for you. Intense stuff is going to be happening between you […]
Read every sign's current 2021 horoscope predictions to see what's in store for you this year or check out each sign's personality profile to learn more about the zodiac. Welcome to April, pretties; the weather is getting warmer and more people are getting vaccinated. When chatty Mercury enters bold Aries on Saturday, April 3, we're […]
If you dream about owning your own successful beauty brand, then there's a good chance you’ve seen the dizzying funding statistics: Global venture capital to women-founded brands dropped to somewhere between 2 and 3 percent of all funding in 2020 according to data from Crunchbase, a slight tumble from an already discouraging 2.8 percent in […]
HELENA, Mont. — When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in Montana in early February, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider promised quality care for far-flung residents without their even having to leave home. That promise was what Montana and more than 40 other states had in mind when they temporarily […]
This year is Allure's 30th Anniversary, and we're celebrating by looking back at iconic moments in beauty from the past three decades. You can read more articles like this one here. To D or not to D? In the early '90s, this was hardly even a question. Bigger was considered better. Women all across America […]
About a century ago, Egon Schiele — Expressionist artist of the human form, patron saint of a "send nudes" aesthetic — considered why he was so drawn to painting self-portraits. "I have it in me to record," he noted. "So I am constantly creating more, seemingly endless new works out of myself…. I am so […]
Sam Edelman felt like a girl for as long as he could remember, his dad said. As Sam’s 18th birthday approached, and after years of researching hormone treatments, the high school senior scheduled an appointment with a doctor who treats transgender people. It was a big step for Sam, a musician, a runner, a snowboarder […]
It’s time to take that mindfulness practice you’ve been honing (right? right!) between the sheets… Think of mindful sex like “flipping a switch on all five of your senses” as you work to expand all the jaw-dropping ways you can explore your partner, says Michelle Mouhtis, LCSW, a therapist and relationship coach based in New […]
Michelina Moen lost her job and health insurance in April. Only weeks earlier she had begun to feel ill and not her usual energetic self — in what she describes as a textbook case of “really bad timing.” The Orlando, Florida, resident sought treatment in May. After a series of tests, doctors told Moen she […]