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

Arabella Johnson — 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. […]

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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 […]

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

Arabella Johnson — 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. […]

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Lock In; The 12 Best Grippy Primers For Oily Skin

Arabella Johnson — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:37:46 +0000

Those with oily skin know that nailing one’s makeup is only half the battle — keeping it from sliding off your face come the slightest hint of heat, humidity, rain, or simply the passage of time is a challenge of its own. The best primers for oily skin need to not only lock makeup in place, but work to mitigate excess oil and shine by lightly mattifying the skin and minimising the appearance of pores. Add to that, they should […]

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

Esmé Duggan — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:02:22 +0000

Welcome back to the AR Beauty Beat. It might be the shortest month of the year, but February 2026 is in no shortage of covetable beauty releases and news. It’s unlikely you’d have missed the headline news—Hailey Bieber’s Rhode has launched in Mecca, with the Australian and New Zealand exclusive ‘Cloudberry’ Peptide Lip Tint promptly selling out—but there are other releases that are equally (if not more!) worth hearing about. Think: Biossance’s new high-tech moisturiser and The Ordinary delivering the closest […]

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The 12 Best Illuminating Primers To Nail A Glowy Base

Arabella Johnson — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:35:38 +0000

“It’s a crime not to prime.” Something of an outdated maxim often chalked up to the beauty industry trying to sell us yet another step in an already lengthy skincare and makeup routine, if it is indeed a crime not to prime, well, lock me up. On the few occasions I have deigned to use a primer, it’s typically with the intent of increasing the staying power of my makeup on my oily combination skin, with the primer basically playing […]

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Don’t Get Her Exactly What She Wants For Christmas This Year

AR Staff — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:58:26 +0000

We know what you’re thinking: “What??” Indeed, when it comes to selecting the best gifts for women, common dictum emphasises the importance of showing you care by listening and getting her that exact thing she’s been talking about all year. When it comes to Christmas, this advice might be correct — but it sure ain’t right. The time for getting her exactly what she wants is her birthday. There’s a reason we don’t do birthday gift guides; she’s already told […]

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Sculptural & Sensorial Bar Soaps Provide A Hit Of Quotidian Luxury

Arabella Johnson — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:09:50 +0000

Long derided as messy and drying, bar soaps have been shunted to the back of the cabinet in favour of their liquid counterparts, with scented shower gels and oils taking centre stage in our bathing routines. However, there’s a certain inimitable charm in the utilitarian nature of bar soaps. Simple and understated, classic bar soaps take on a modular, ergonomic form, with their oval or rectangular shapes fitting perfectly in the palm of your hand. Unlike their bottled liquid counterparts […]

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Now Is The Time To Be Using A Funky Little Acid Body Wash

Arabella Johnson — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:35:38 +0000

With temperatures rising and summer on its way, limbs are starting to emerge from beneath their layers and return to the public eye. While a gritty body scrub is a satisfying—and effective—way to slough off dead skin cells, one of the best ways to ensure smooth skin all year round is an exfoliating acid body wash. The best exfoliating acid body washes contain alpha- and/or beta-hydroxy acids (AHAs and BHA), which work to chemically exfoliate the skin as they cleanse. […]

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The 11 Best AHA Exfoliants For Baby Soft Skin

Arabella Johnson — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:00:05 +0000

If you’re looking to achieve smooth, supple, radiant skin, exfoliating should form part of your skincare routine. Though your skin naturally sheds dead skin cells every thirty days or so, this process slows down over time, resulting in dry, dull, congested skin, as well as the appearance of enlarged pores, poor skin texture, and uneven skin tone. Exfoliation gives your skin a helping hand, removing the buildup of dead skin cells and revealing smoother, softer, more hydrated skin. For best […]

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