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Nicola Dall'Asen
News Editor, Allure.com
Nicola Dall'Asen is the news editor at Allure, where she oversees beauty news coverage and writes Learning Curve, a monthly column that unpacks the complicated experience of accepting your body in a world that doesn't want you to. She previously served as senior editor at Revelist and held additional roles at Thrillist and Sweet. Nicola holds a degree in magazine editing from the Missouri School of Journalism.
ALLURE NEXT
Dove Cameron Is Ready for Anything
The former Disney star has a new TV series (an erotic thriller), a new love, and a new sense of herself.
OPINION
Don’t Let the Internet Gaslight You Into Thinking These Celebrities Have “New Faces”
It's a reach at best.
OPINION
Love Can't Save You From Feeling Like You're Not Hot Enough
What season 2 of "Nobody Wants This" reveals about beauty, self-esteem, and the lies we tell ourselves.
IT'S NOT A PHASE, MOM
Why Emo Beauty Isn't (and Never Was) a Phase
The musical genre and its doom-and-gloom beauty aesthetic aren't making a comeback.
WITH LOVE, FROM THE MANSION
The Cast of The Golden Bachelor Season 2 Told Us All Their Beauty Secrets
Including their biggest regrets, their most expensive indulgences, and the products they swore by in the mansion.
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Nails
36 Halloween Nail Art Ideas That Are Equal Parts Eerie and Cute
Creepy or adorable, subtle or shocking, at-home or pro-painted—whatever your manicure MO, we’ve braaaaaaiiinstormed lots of monstrous and darkly magical nail art looks for you.
OPINION
"Grunge" Makeup Is Trending, But Everyone’s Missing the Point
Following trends is the exact opposite of what this aesthetic is about.
Allure Next
Julia Fox Is Unsubscribing From the Male Gaze
At home with one of pop culture’s most misunderstood people.
OPINION
I’m So Relieved I’ll Never See Carrie Bradshaw’s Perfect Hair Ever Again
I loved to hate lots of things about And Just Like That..., but the beauty looks gave me an irreversible ick.
REVIEW
Is Urban Decay’s New All Nighter Setting Spray As Good As the OG?
We tried it and compared every detail.
Pointing Fingers
Why Are People Fighting About At-Home Gel Nail Kits on TikTok?
A closer look at both sides of the "OPI nail drama."
OPINION
It Doesn’t Matter If the Kardashians Are Honest About Their Plastic Surgery
It’s too little, too late.
OPINION
Body Care Products Want to “Sculpt” Me. I Have a Problem With That.
I can’t escape creams that claim to firm, tone, and tighten my body, and it needs to stop now.
REFRAMING THE CONVO
At Long Last, Savannah James Drops the Skin-Care Routine
Oh, and her very own research-backed brand.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Paris Hilton Just Launched Skin Care. Here’s Our Honest Review.
$125 for plumping serum… worth it?
MET GALA 2025
Rihanna's Met Gala Look Doubled as Her Third Pregnancy Announcement
This is NOT a drill.
MET GALA 2025
Nicole Kidman Cut Off All Her Hair for the Met Gala
Tonight's look is bordering on pixie cut.
MET GALA 2025
Megan Thee Stallion's Met Gala Ponytail Defies the Laws of Physics
It's bulbous. It's bold. It's beautiful. :')
MET GALA 2025
Pam Anderson Got Baby Bangs and a Blunt Bob for the Met Gala
She said, “Let me be blunt”—literally.
I TRIED IT
I Got a Breast Augmentation for My Drastically Uneven Boobs
I took out a personal loan to pay for it and I have zero regrets.