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How Reliable Is the Volvo S60? Here’s Our Report After More Than 20,000 Miles
Over the course of a year, we’ve driven our 2019 Volvo S60 over 20,000 miles. The S60 has touched 10 states, been on a couple cross-country trips, and gone on multiple weekend trips. Although it hasn’t seen much activity these past few months, our beloved Volvo has traveled a long way. And it hasn’t disappointed us. Its looks and comfort continue to please us, and we’re satisfied with its technology and the way it handles. The S60 is not the best sport sedan, but it’s also not trying to be that. Instead, it focuses more on delivering an enjoyable experience. But after 20,000, how reliable is the Volvo S60? Can We Trust the Volvo S60 After 20,000 Miles? The short answer is yes, but we’ve had a couple of hiccups along the way. The first one was replacing t...
Burning Man Organizers Invite Fans to Discussion About Its Sustainability Solutions
Back in May 2020, Burning Man announced Kindling, a virtual shared live experience platform with a mission to immerse fans into the event’s culture digitally in lieu of its cancelled 2020 iteration. “Since we can’t gather in person, Kindling is your space to explore live experiences being created by instigators in the BMan community & beyond,” said organizers in a tweet at the time. Kindling today invited the Burning Man community to one of those live experiences, a discussion called “Ecosystem Activation: ‘Year One Report – Sustainability Roadmap’.” The call, which will feature Burning Man staff and community members, is designed to inform participants about the implementation of the event’s “20...
Take a Look Inside the Return of “Yoga on the Rocks” at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Red Rocks Amphitheatre was one of countless concert venues to shutter due to the impact of COVID-19. As those venues continue to toil away in the painstaking process of navigating the convoluted phases of reopening, many, like Red Rocks, are thinking outside the box. They say that when the air is thin, it makes your heart bigger—a phenomenon that many are desperately seeking in these harrowing times. The fabled Colorado open air venue, which is situated 6,450 feet above sea level, hosted the return of its “Yoga on the Rocks” series over the weekend and invited people to its sprawling property for some much-needed R & R. Those who have attended concerts at Red Rocks can attest that there is nothing quite like it due to its picturesque views and utopian fl...
13 Hand Sanitisers That Smell Just as Good as Perfume
For those of you who have been diligently applying hand sanitiser for years, you’re probably feeling pretty smug right now—especially considering all of the eye-rolls you encountered every time you took out your prized bottle before a meal. Well, as this is our new normal, we all need to get on board and befriend the not-so-humble-anymore hand sanitiser. There are obviously two camps of sanitiser: the usual medical-scented ones and the more luxe versions. With frequent use, the strong alcohol scent can often seem a bit harsh, so we’ve done the legwork for you to find the best hand sanitisers that also smell pretty nice. Reminder: It’s recommended to go for an alcohol-based hand sanitiser that has at least 60% alcohol content, so keep an eye out for th...
18 Hidden Gems We Found in the MatchesFashion Sale
The seasonal summer sales are in full swing, and despite the fact that we are currently a few weeks in, there are still many hidden gems available at heavily reduced prices. MatchesFashion, in particular, has an extensive selection right now that features buzzy designer brands including Ganni, Staud, Balenciaga and AlexaChung at up to 80% off. From summer dresses to trending skirts and quality swimwear, Matches’ selection is as versatile as it is extensive. And as we know it can be quite the task to trawl through pages and pages of sale stock online, today, we’ve taken the liberty of doing the hard yards for you by finding 18 stylish items that are still available. Better yet, each product listed below is either 70% or 80% off the original price, which makes them ...
Can the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer Activ Actually Blaze a Trail?
“Trailblazer” doesn’t have to be a literal term. We talk about figurative trailblazers all the time, people or products that do things differently or break a glass ceiling. Although the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer may be an new product for the brand, it competes in an established segment, and both the marketing around our “Activ” trim level tester and the history behind the Trailblazer name suggest Chevrolet meant the literal definition. Let’s put it to the test, then. The original Trailblazer (and the Trailblazer trim level for the compact S-10 Blazer that preceded it) was a truck-based, body-on-frame SUV with proper four-wheel drive and a six- or eight-cylinder engine. The all-new model is a car-based, unibody crossover with two different turbocharged t...
Kia Releases 2022 Sedona Minivan Exterior and Interior Images
Minivans aren’t exactly huge business in America anymore—of 3.5 million new vehicles sold in the first quarter of the year, just 81,000 or so were of the sliding-door variety—but nevertheless Kia has just dropped a few official images of its next-generation Carnival, which you know better as the Sedona. Kia calls the new Sedona minivan a “grand utility vehicle,” for whatever that’s worth. It’s not clear if that description indicates that the van will be moving up in specification or if it’s simply marketing hyperbole. Kia says the design is “SUV-inspired” because minivans are vehicle non grata these days, and that influence can be seen in a rear three-quarters view that shows a whiff of—of all things—Ford Expedition to the surface intera...
The Over-50 Fashion Icons With the Freshest Style
Personal style can be mastered at any age—there is no magic number or milestone birthday that can claim to be the pivotal point. Some lucky fashion lovers manage to find their signature look early on and hold onto it throughout their lives, adjusting and updating it ever so slightly to suit the changing times and trends. For others, understanding the outfits and clothes you feel most comfortable in can be a more arduous and experimental process. Whichever camp you might reside in, there’s no denying that as you get older your tastes and wardrobe needs change: for example, aged 33 I now realise that all of the cheaper, trend-ticking items I bought on the high street in my 20s haven’t stood up, so I’m endeavouring to buy less and buy better. My mum, who is in her 70s, is st...
18 Hidden Gems We Found In The Matches Fashion Sale
There are certain brands that catch on like wildfire thanks to Instagram and its best dressed It girls. When you have scores of women around the world wearing the same cool pieces, it’s only a matter of time before they sell out. But a trio of my favorite brands—Ganni, Staud, and By Far—is currently part of Matches Fashion’s major up-to-50%-off sale, and there’s plenty of stock to go around. Don’t think for a second that this is just a leftover selection because all the good stuff sold out. The pieces in this sale are incredibly chic, including printed summer dresses, cute hair scrunchies, on-trend swimsuits, insanely popular bags, practical flats, and more. Oh, and there’s also a dress Meghan Markle memorably wore on her visit to South Afr...
The Lincoln Corsair, Nautilus, and Aviator Catch Mono for 2020 and 2021
Lincoln brings the stylish Monochromatic package to its smaller Corsair, Nautilus, and Aviator crossover and SUV models for 2021—2020, in the Nautilus’s case—after originally introducing the kit on its flagship Navigator. As its name implies, the Mono package gives these American luxury vehicles a noir-appropriate look courtesy of black-painted wheels and body-color-painted exterior trim pieces, including the side mirror housings. See all 37 photos The color these exterior items can take on, however, is limited. Lincoln offers the Monochromatic package with only a handful of paint options. For example, the 2021 Corsair and Aviator models are available in black, white, and gray, while Lincoln restricts the Monochromatic package-equipped 2020 Nautilus to black. (The previous...
I Love This Affordable Skincare Brand—These Are My 6 Favourite Buys
I often wish that I was a teenager during this time. Don’t get me wrong, I adored the nineties but I didn’t love the skincare choices that I had. My Saturday job only allowed for drugstore buys and let’s face it, the options were nowhere near what they are today. I grew up with pore strips, harsh cleansers and scented everything, so whenever I see an affordable skincare brand that actually works, I get really excited. Skincare By Beauty Bay, the sell-out range that only a few lucky ones managed to stuff into their baskets, is back after a little break. There’s new products in the range and they are seriously good. My inner thirteen year old was rolling her eyes and thinking about how much of a game-changer this would have been. But, alas, my cu...
19 Colourful Outfits I Have Really Loved This Month
In difficult times, fashion can seem a little trivial and is hardly high on anyone’s list of priorities. In the first few weeks of staying at home, many of us lived in comfortable basics and stopped getting dressed properly. You’ve got to do what helps you through these times, so if you want to wear a dressing gown and slippers to take the bins out, then go for it, but others might find some comfort in wearing a ballgown to do their chores. Clothes can impact your mood and make you feel ready for the day ahead, and so it’s unsurprising that after months of lockdown, many are returning to the clothes that make them feel happy. The one uplifting styling trick I keep seeing people turn to at the moment is experimenting with playful colour combination...
