A senior integrated marketing director at Allure, Stefeni has lived in N.Y.C. for 10-plus years and still discovers new things about the city daily. She has an English bulldog who doesn’t like to go for walks (like, ever). She’s a big fan of anything chocolate (the more decadent, the better), doesn’t like coffee (or anything coffee-flavored), and has more beauty products than she knows what to do with (or space to keep them in).

Jennifer is a full-time freelance writer and contributor to Allure Access. The former copy director at Vanity Fair, she loves the smell of new hardcover books, her painstakingly broken-in Frye Campus boots, the Foo Fighters, and Swedish Fish. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband, their young daughter and son, and a badly behaved but adorable black Labrador named Angus. Instagram: ai??? Twitter:

Nina is a freelance junior designer at Allure magazine. Born in Korea, she grew up in Maryland before heading to Syracuse University. A former graphic designer for a fashion company, she now calls the bustling N.Y.C. Columbus Circle area home. She loves museum-hopping, scoring last-minute tickets to Broadway shows, and doing absolutely nothing in Central Park. Her must-haves include Dr. Dre headphones, Dior Lip Glow, iced Americanos, avocado salads, and her brown toy-poodle May. Instagram:

A senior integrated marketing manager at Allure, Mallory is a proud Texan turned New Yorker. She uses the word “yai??i??all” multiple times a day and is a connoisseur of tacos, tequila, and the Lower East Side. When the weather is nice, youai??i??ll find her riding a Citi Bike down the West Side Highway Bike Path or over the Williamsburg Bridge looking for a place with a patio or roof. She doesnai??i??t leave home without her great-grandmotherai??i??s ring, red lipstick, and at least two pairs of sunglasses. Instagram:

Sarah is a freelance designer at Allure. This born-and-bred New Jerseyan is now and forever more a Manhattanite at heart, with an unwavering passion for all things N.Y.C.: jazz, Frank Sinatra, Central Park, and the aesthetic beauty woven throughout what she considers the best city in the world. She spends her free time capturing these moments and sharing her journey through photography and social media. Instagram: