When selecting revolutionary products, Allure editors have one
huge advantage: Allure readers. We asked you to pick the best beauty innovations of the year, and boy, did you deliver. Here are the five new products that have truly changed your lives for the better. And really, isn’t that the point of every beautiful friendship?

An instant complexion pick-me-up, the definition of defined lashes, and a citrus-scented body wash that smells like the real deal.

You don’t want to play a game of What’s Your Favorite Salon with Elizabeth Olsen. “Mark Townsend did my hair for my first high-school dance,” says Olsen of the hairstylist, who works with Rachel McAdams, Dakota Johnson, and all of the Olsen sisters. During her interview for her Allure June 2016 cover story, the actress let us in on the secrets behind her always-perfect hair, her beauty must-haves, and the absolute worst beauty advice she’s ever gotten…

We asked the actress to take a walk down memory lane and reflect on hanging out with her sisters (maybe you’ve heard of them: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen?), her high-school volleyball talents, and paparazzi.

“Oh, my God, she’s so nice,” whispered exactly 11 people on the set of Elizabeth Olsen’s first Allure cover shoot, photographed by Tom Craig. The actress discussed the shoot concept with the crew and pored over racks of ’70s-inspired gowns. Get a glimpse at what went on behind the scenes of the shoot.