Drew Barrymore: Her Allure Photo Shoot

The actress posed for her second Allure cover just weeks after giving birth to daughter Olive. Check out these exclusive photos from the shoot, photographed by Carter Smith at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, California.

Barrymore's new husband, art consultant Will Kopelman, has a background that's more traditional than hers. But she has found a relationship that makes perfect sense. "We have opposite experiences, but we're not opposites," she said. "We're both very particular and detail oriented. We love art and music and adventures, and we laugh our asses off together. He's my home now.... It makes me almost want to cry. He's the father of my child, and I'm the mother of his child. I'm finally a part of a family, and it's a miracle." Coat by Rochas.

When Barrymore posed naked for Playboy in 1995, Steven Spielberg sent her a copy of the magazine. "His art department put clothes on me," she recalled. He also gave her a quilt with a note attached: "Cover up." "I was like, 'Yeah, I know, I'm sorry.'" She laughed wryly. "It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did. I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family, because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system." Coat by Gucci.

"We wanted the focus of this look to be Drew's beautiful ivory skin," said makeup artist Debra Ferullo, who has been working with Barrymore since 2006 and collaborated with her on Flower, her cosmetics line that launches this month. Ferullo swiped a shimmery copper cream shadow on Barrymore's lids. She skipped eyeliner and applied black mascara, then smoothed primer all over Barrymore's face but added foundation only under her eyes and around her nose and lips to even out her skin tone. On the apples of the actress's cheeks, she applied pink blush. The finishing touch: a dab of rose lipstick.

Hairstylist Renato Campora added ombré extensions to Barrymore's dark hair. "That touch of color is very Drew," he said. He worked a palmful of Fekkai Full Blown Volume Styling Whip through her hair before blowing it out, then added bend to strands around Barrymore's face with a one-and-a-half-inch curling iron. Silk top by Olatz.

When she takes on a project, "I will always commit," said Barrymore. "It's like [my new] makeup line: I can tell you every single detail about how and why we got here. I want to be that kind of mother. I'm that kind of friend. I'm that kind of producer. I do everything in this life-or-death way."

"I don't think I've ever had or will ever have that kind of body where it's like, 'Watch me now! I'm in a bikini!'" said Barrymore. But she can live with that. "I cannot live a life where I'm deprived. I'd much rather be five, ten pounds heavier. With my luck, I'll get myself to that perfect goal weight, and I'll get hit by a bus. Then I'll be like, Shit. I'll be looking at myself from some afterlife, going, 'You idiot. You could have had the agnolotti, dummy.'" Here, she previews cover images with Allure's Paul Cavaco and photographer Carter Smith.

Barrymore's ex-boyfriend, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, is currently dating her good friend and Saturday Night Live impersonator, Kristen Wiig. "She's got me down," said Barrymore, who sometimes texts lines back and forth with Wiig before a sketch. Barrymore acknowledged the irony of her SNL double being involved with her ex. "It all seems so wacky and incestuous, but that's kind of how life works," she said. "It seems fitting that they would find each other. I was like, 'Right, of course, that makes perfect sense.'"