Tanisha Angel, Author at Albert Review

AR Beauty Beat, April 2026: Best Beauty & Grooming Releases

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:06:06 +0000

The weather might be cooling down in the southern hemisphere, but the beauty industry is just heating up. Naturally, we’re back with the April 2026 edition of AR Beauty Beat. From new fragrances to the return of a formerly defunct brand, we’ve selected the beauty and skincare worthy of your time in April 2026. 1. Aesop Solais Replenishing Hand Serum 2. Deciem relaunches The Chemistry Brand 3. Torriden Dive In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum 4. Violette_FR Plume Eyeshadow 5. […]

The post AR Beauty Beat, April 2026: Best Beauty & Grooming Releases appeared first on Albert Review.

Drams Down Under; The Best Australian Whisky Brands

Tanisha Angel — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:34:22 +0000

The Australian whisky industry is all grown up. While whisky production in Australia dates back to 1820, the landscape is vastly different two centuries on — for starters, when Australia first started producing whisky, Tasmania was still called Van Diemen’s Land. The Australian whisky industry has experienced several incarnations (and a fair few disruptions), however the state of the industry as we know it today starts just over three decades ago, with the opening of Lark Distillery in 1992 which […]

The post Drams Down Under; The Best Australian Whisky Brands appeared first on Albert Review.

Don’t Be A Fragrance Monogamist; Here’s Why You Should Create A Fragrance Wardrobe

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:53:34 +0000

For decades, scent purists and celebrities alike have touted having a signature scent as an inimitably chic move. Yet therein lies the trouble. A signature represents one’s mark on the world and thus needs to be unique to you; unless you’re running a fragrance lab in your garage and have managed to concoct your own scent, there’s a good chance there are thousands of people who also start the day by spritzing your ‘signature’ scent onto their necks and wrists. […]

The post Don’t Be A Fragrance Monogamist; Here’s Why You Should Create A Fragrance Wardrobe appeared first on Albert Review.

Wine Files: A Cheat Sheet For The Must-Know Wine Regions In France

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:24:31 +0000

It’s impossible to have a discussion about wine without mentioning France. While new world producers like Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Argentina have grown into formidable wine regions in their own right and there’s an emerging interest in lesser explored old world producers like Armenia, Hungary, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Georgia—the birthplace of wine—France continues to be a reference point for oenophiles and the wine industry at large. Grape varietals such as cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, and pinot noir are […]

The post Wine Files: A Cheat Sheet For The Must-Know Wine Regions In France appeared first on Albert Review.

Rose Perfumes Are Back; These Are 11 Of The Best

Tanisha Angel — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:46:16 +0000

Much like any other olfactory note that has achieved widespread mainstream popularity—hello, vanilla—rose perfumes are often unfairly maligned. Hamstrung by its own likeability and familiarity, rose fragrances tend to be dismissed as crowd pleasers, generic, old lady-esque, or, the ultimate modern insult — basic. There’s often also a certain sense of olfactory contrarianism at play, with it being perceived as interesting (edgy, even) to disparage rose perfumes and the somewhat feminine, delicate connotations they may carry. Contemporary perfumers have responded […]

The post Rose Perfumes Are Back; These Are 11 Of The Best appeared first on Albert Review.

A Beauty Editor Reviews The Best (& Worst) Lip Stains & Tints On The Market

Tanisha Angel — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:17:56 +0000

I’m not great at applying makeup. My makeup routine essentially consists of slapping foundation onto my face and hoping for the best. However, one product that has been a constant in my routine for well over a decade is a lip stain. Like most children of the 2000s, lip gloss was my first foray into the vast world of lip colour — and I welcomed its high maintenance nature, with its constant need for reapplication acting as a low brow […]

The post A Beauty Editor Reviews The Best (& Worst) Lip Stains & Tints On The Market appeared first on Albert Review.

Universal Genève Makes A Triumphant Return With A Bevy Of New Watches

Tanisha Angel — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:43:01 +0000

One of the most lauded manufactures in the world, Universal Genève was founded in Le Loche, Switzerland in 1894 by Numa-Emile Descombes and Ulysse-Georges Perret; beginning its life as Universal Watch before relocating to a new headquarters on Geneva’s Rue du Rhône and taking the first steps to becoming the brand we know—and have missed until—today. Under the leadership of Raoul Perret, who took the reins in 1932, Universal Genève became known as ‘Le Couturier de la Montre’, or the […]

The post Universal Genève Makes A Triumphant Return With A Bevy Of New Watches appeared first on Albert Review.

White Floral Perfumes Are Far Less Innocent Than They Look

Tanisha Angel — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:57:48 +0000

“I don’t like floral perfumes,” some people like to smugly assert, before proclaiming they favour the timeless elegance of Chanel No. 5 or the breezy sophistication of Diptyque Do Son. Of course, those who make such asinine statements are typically referring to those obvious florals. You know — rose, peony, violet, lavender, iris, heliotrope…often paired with lashes of red fruits and underscored by sweet musks. But it would be remiss to dismiss the most varied fragrance category based on one’s […]

The post White Floral Perfumes Are Far Less Innocent Than They Look appeared first on Albert Review.

A Guide to the 2026 International Booker Prize Shortlist

Tanisha Angel — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:09:39 +0000

Editor’s note: this article was first published on the 15th of March 2026, as “A Guide to the 2026 International Booker Prize Shortlist” and has been updated to reflect the newly announced shortlist. The 2026 International Booker Prize longlist has been announced, with 13 fictional works (either longform fiction or short stories) selected from 128 publisher submissions. The longlisted books span 13 works across 11 languages, representing 14 nationalities. Like the Booker Prize, the International Booker Prize is one of […]

The post A Guide to the 2026 International Booker Prize Shortlist appeared first on Albert Review.

AR Beauty Beat, March 2026: Best Beauty & Grooming Releases

Tanisha Angel — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:35:42 +0000

We’re well into the third month of the year and the beauty industry is rapidly picking up pace, with March 2026 laden with new beauty, skincare, and haircare releases. With March shaping up to be a blockbuster of a month, we’re back with the latest edition of AR Beauty Beat. As we know, not all products are created equal; we’re here to separate the hits from the misses, bringing you the releases actually that deserve to be on your radar. […]

The post AR Beauty Beat, March 2026: Best Beauty & Grooming Releases appeared first on Albert Review.