Allure (1-year)

Summary: Love Allure!

Basically, I get Allure because of it's beauty tips. And it is filled with great beauty tips! It's also a very well organzied and stylish magazine. So, if you're big into beauty, this is a great bet for you. Try also: Marie Claire (2-year).

Summary: Hmmm, Disappointing

I am almost up with my subscription of Allure and overall was not impressed with the magazine. I think the best thing about the magazine were the coupons and samples you sometimes find inside. I prefer Cosmopolitan a lot more (as it is more well rounded). Most of the stuff they focus on in the magazine is brand named and too pricey, and it just seems a bit shallow (the last two have had articles on plastic surgery). I bought the magazine for the makeup tips and it's just disappointing (youtube has better stuff than this did)! I will not be missing this magazine when the subscription ends!

Summary: Must Have

I have been recieving Allure magazine for years and am convinced that it's the best magazine to ever hit the market. I love make-up and products but some magazines tend to write articles mostly about products for their own advertisers. I feel that Allure is up front - they do point to their advertisers but they write about all products. They are really good about covering everything - I've recently started going organic and in about every issue I run across organic products. I love the magazine so much that I send a yearly subscription to my niece. When other magazines let me down - Allure always comes through.