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Review: Endura Pro SL 3-Season Jacket
With a removable Primaloft lining and some massive vents, the Endura Pro SL 3-Season Jacket works really well across a huge range of temperatures. The clever shaping, quality construction and attention to detail all impress too. I used this a lot over the Christmas period, which seemed to include all three seasons at once, so the timing was ideal. For full winter, a Primaloft gilet clips into the jacket via three poppers, and keeps your core nice and warm even in very cold rides – I used this down to -2° with just a thermal baselayer, and -4 with a jersey too. The only niggle with the system is that,…
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Review: Rapha Men’s Pro Team Gore-Tex Rain Jacket
Rapha’s Men’s Pro Team Gore-Tex Rain Jacket is a brilliant option for biblical rain. The breathability is close to that of ShakeDry jackets and the fit is excellent. I would prefer more stretch in the cuffs, though, and I’m not totally sold on the claim this jacket is meaningfully more durable than ShakeDry as that’s already impressively durable. My initial reaction to this jacket was to question why you’d buy it over Rapha’s own Pro Team Lightweight Gore-Tex jacket, which uses the fantastic ShakeDry material. The answer, says Rapha, is for more durability. Gore-Tex ShakeDry is super thin and hydrophobic for unrivalled packability, but it can be quite delicate. Well,…
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7 Pro Beauty, Skin-Care, and Makeup Tips for People Over 50
As we get older, so quite a few items about ourselves change—our point of view on lifetime, priorities, plans, and we could even create an unwavering want to are living in leggings (just me?). One more factor that also majorly modifications as we age? Our pores and skin. Experienced skin, in particular, has distinctive demands. So, it can be critical to allow our magnificence schedule to evolve with us to guarantee we’re satisfying those desires and keeping our pores and skin experience balanced and seeking glowy. To help with that, below, we rounded up some of the best splendor, skin-care, and makeup guidelines for people about 50 that we have figured…
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Want Better Product Photography? Give a Pro a Shot | Business
As an e-commerce retailer, you might put a lot of time and effort into taking photos of your products. But with a phone camera and limited equipment, it’s hard to get the best results; customers comparing similar products online might opt for one shot by a professional photographer, even if you did the best you could. “Excellent quality product photography is one of the best things you can do to elevate a brand image and perceived value of the things you sell,” says Robert House, creative director at ProductPhotography.com. “Nobody is going to buy something that is marketed as high quality if the photograph doesn’t match.” It’s not just photographers…
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Vivo X70 Pro Plus: Hands-on with Vivo’s ‘pro photography flagship’
Sareena Dayaram/CNET Vivo on Thursday launched three phones as part of its X70 series, made up of the X70, X70 Pro, and X70 Pro Plus. Vivo, one of China’s biggest phone brands, is billing the range as a “professional photography flagship, extending its partnership with German lensmaker Zeiss. Of the trio, the X70 Pro Plus is the most souped-up phone. It features a 6.78-inch AMOLED display, a top-of-the-line chipset (Snapdragon 888 Plus), a crisp and zippy screen (120Hz, 3,200×1400 pixels) and fast-charging support for both its in-box charger (66W) and a wireless charger (50W). While Apple just dropped the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max with 3x optical zoom…
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