Glamour (1-year)

Half the magazine is about sex. It is not about factual, informative sexual issues, but instead reads more like Penthouse articles.

They give health advice that hearkens back to the 50's. They have no idea what they are talking about and often have factual errors. As someone in the health field, I am offended by their "non-advice".

At some point, they will lose the customer base and the head honchos will wake up and realize they screwed up. I hope they can do it before this magazine goes away forever.

Get a new editor!!! If women want to know about orgasms they can read Cosmo. I want informative articles about health and makeup.

If you want to get the best beauty mag, get Allure. This magazine is consistently classy and you will be on the cutting edge of new beauty products and trends.


an updated review   August 13, 2005
Ellen Sue (Santa Barbara, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

After I bought Glamour off the news stand, I read it and completely loved it. The previous reviews were a little bit out of date here on Amazon, and in my opinion, a magazine can transform dramatically in a year, if not less. There's definitely a lot less fluff and a lot of wonderful articles in 2005. For example, there were articles about the emotional hardships with a mom whose kid is mentally ill and the story of up coming star as a happily adopted child. There were articles on women who struggled so that girls today can play in Little League, women can get credit cards and keep their job when they get pregnant. There's a lot of important and powerful article on women's rights with a dose of celebrity life. My favorite article was Aisha Tyler showing us how much digital touchup can do to cover models....it definitely made me feel a lot better about my body.

I felt like Glamour had enough dosage with fashion, health news, beauty tips, and celebrity life, but still did a great job to remind us the greatness of being a woman. I gave it 4 stars due to the fact that I had flip through 6 pages of ads before I got to the table on contents. I suppose that's how magazines make their money, but I can do without. Other than that, great mag! If every issues is like the one I read, I'd subscribe to it in a heart beat.



well rounded   December 3, 2005
Ava Carmichael (Phoenix, AZ)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

I've been reading Glamour for the past three years and it has been a great magazine all around. Glamour covers topics on health, career, finances, sex, relationships, style, etc. Of all the magazines on the newsstands, this one is the most intelligent and savvy for women in their 20s and 30s. Yes there are too many ads like in most magazines, but that's how the media survives, they get their salary mostly from ads. I usually don't mind because I feel that its such a great magazine, that the ads are worth putting up with. I have felt that at times Cosmopolitan is a little too focused on sex and "please your man" articles.

Glamour seems to have found a nice balance and I don't feel that it dumbs down my intelligence at all. I do wish that they would expand beyond the typical articles. I wish that they would include more sections on culture, travel, and technology. Men's magazines include articles on gadgets and tech, and as a woman I enjoy gadgets as well. Its not just a guy thing. Its not a perfect magazine, some issues are better than others, but I feel that at this time Glamour is the best magazine for women right now.


Disappointed   February 16, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I subscribed to Glamour for several years, and I agree wholeheartedly with the review by Kelly Oliver. The magazine's current focus on sex as well as the editor's apparent obsession with celebrities led me to cancel my subscription this year. Britney Spears on the cover was the finbal straw - if I wanted Teen magazine I would subscribe to it!


Quality women's magazine   June 11, 2003
Allen E. Wannamaker (Burlington, VT)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

...I think that Glamour has proven itself to be one of the most sensible women's magazines available. My perfect magazine would incorporate intelligent articles on health (not simply exercise, but medical issues), sex, beauty, career, relationships and travel. I think that Glamour comes very close to being the ideal magazine. I do think there is room for improvement--the quality and variety of these articles is not always what it could be. But I must say that I have actually kept one of my old Glamours because it has an excellent article on birth control pills that was extremely informative. I have never kept any other women's magazines! Glamour is not trashy like Cosmo, but I like the fact that it features fun articles on sex and relationships. I don't want the total focus to be sex and 'how to keep your man happy', but a little sex info is good! All in all I think Glamour is a quality magazine that is on the right track, but just needs to focus on being more informative and substantial.