Hi guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. For today's video, we are just going to be playing with some of my favorite holiday makeup as well as some of my favorite makeup items to get a fresh-faced, awakened kind of look. I noticed that a makeup style like this is very trendy nowadays. It's really easy to do. And I'm really excited because today's video is sponsored by Revlon. We are going to be talking about the newest concealer to their color stay line, which is the Skin Awaken 5-in-1 Concealer. I'm going to be giving you some really great tips as far as color correction. And I mean, I've been using the color stay line from Revlon probably since I was like 14 or 15 years old. So this truly is surreal that I get to introduce you guys to their newest concealer in the line. So if you want to learn how to get this especially complexion, I give you a lot of tips that I actually incorporate into the bridal makeup that I do for events just to get as natural looking skin while giving it the most perfected look. That's kind of the focus for today as well as awakened under eyes and using eyeshadow as well to be a part of that. Really great tips in this one. Let's get into it. If you are going for a hydrated fresh look to the skin, one of the most important things that you need to do is to properly prep and hydrate your skin, especially somebody like myself who does have a drier skin type.  I'm going to use a Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream. This is one of my all time favorite pre-makeup moisturizers. It really gets the job done in terms of just making makeup look really pretty on top of it. This is one of those classic products that you really cannot go wrong with. Warming it up in between my fingers and then I'm going to focus the product first on the drier part of my face, which is going to be my cheek area and then whatever's left on my fingers. I'm going to put it everywhere else and then it's best if you give your skin a couple minutes to soak that product in. Maybe do your eyebrows. I'm just going to wait a couple minutes and then I'll be back. Next up, I'm going to move into primer. This part is really optional, but I've been loving the Rare Beauty Porta Fusing Primer. It took me a while to jump on board with this, but ever since I started using it, I really can't put it down. It's one of my recent favorites of the last couple of months. This is great because it smooths out the skin, which perfectly preps it before makeup, but it also hydrates at the same time. So my dry skin really appreciates the formula of this product. So I'm just going to pump out a little bit and I'm going to focus this in the areas that are more textured on my face, which is going to be the T-zone area and then along the jawline. Just to smooth that out and perfect it before we put foundation and whatnot on top of it. So while that's soaked in, I'm going to move into my eyebrows. I'm just going for a really simple, light, fluffy brow. I'm going to start off by using my Cosas Brow Pop Eyebrow Pencil, which is a product that I've had to force myself not to use, but I just love it so much. It's the perfect waxing to creamy ratio. It's just amazing. So I've never really been into too fluffy of brows, but I do like the more natural brow look. It also is easier. So I brush my brows up and then I work on kind of straightening the line down here, just like this. The outline of the eyebrow is really going to make the biggest difference. So to me, that's the most important part.  Work on the outline or fill in the sparse areas for me. My eyebrow hair doesn't grow up here. So I don't have too much shape. So I do like to draw a little bit of shape and thickness on to my brows. And then I'll go in and kind of fill in the rest of the brow. Not going too crazy. I'm not drawing a new brow on myself. And then as you get towards the inside, you just flick up and then you're going to brush your eyebrows up and that's going to blend the pencil. You see, you can get really fresh, simple brows. And then as far as eyebrow gel today, I'm not feeling anything too thick or too controlling, but I just put something to hold my brows together today. So I'm going to use the Benefit 24 hour brow setter. It's been a while since I've used this on camera, but I really enjoy the bristles on the applicator because I feel like it brushes through each eyebrow hair individually, which in return makes the eyebrows look thicker than they really are because each brow is placed and separated. So just like that, I brush it up and then normally when I take care of my brows, I do trim them so that way they aren't up towards my forehead. My moisturizer and my primer have set, so I do think it's time to start working on the face. I'm going to start off with a little bit of color correction. I don't do too much on myself because I am not in terrible need of color correction, but what I've learned through the years as being a bridal makeup artist is how important color correction can be. I never quite understood it until I got out in the field and started working with so many skin tones and skin types and especially with event makeup. It's so important that you get good coverage without putting too much on because that way it can be seen in the photos. So you want as light of a layer as possible while also having the most amount of coverage because photography does take a good amount of that makeup away. So that is where I started utilizing the wonders of color correction. So I'm going to give you a few tips and tricks on color correction. I'm going to be using the Revlon Color Stay Skin Awaken 5-in-1 concealer for this. The Color Stay line from Revlon is so famous for good reason. I used their foundation for years. It's such a reliable complexion line. So these are the newest concealers that are going to be added to the line. And I think this is really awesome because there are five benefits within this one concealer. They're going to erase perfect brightened hydrate and refresh. And the best part is they have a great range of colors in terms of the concealer itself. But they also come with a neutralizer shade and a brightener shade. And I'm going to use these two to color correct and give you some tips that I have. Now these are formulated with vitamin C and caffeine which is going to visibly awaken the skin. And your under eyes are going to thank you for that. So they have the Universal Brightener shade which is a pinky toned color. The pinkiness is going to brighten dullness and shallow yellow tones. And then this is the one that I mostly am going to need. This is the Universal neutralizer. This is more yellow toned and this is going to visibly brighten and correct blue and purple tones. I'm really excited that they are offering these. Let me show you how they work. All of them are going to come in a squeezy tube applicator.  And then the product itself is going to come out of the sponge at the top very easy to use. You don't have to squeeze too hard to get the product out. And there is an antibacterial benefit to this with a lot of the concealers that do have the wand applicator. If you put it on the skin and you put it back in the product that is going to contaminate the product taking it back to makeup school here. This is nice because the product doesn't go back into the container. It stays out here. So that's going to help with bacteria not getting in the product. As a makeup artist, I love that it's a squeeze too because I will just squeeze this out and put it on my palette and that way it doesn't contaminate anything. So we like squeezy tube. So the biggest areas that I'm going to need with color correction is going to be my under eyes and my acne spots right here. I just want to neutralize them. So the universal neutralizer is going to be the one that I'm probably going to use the most just because that's what my skin needs. So I'm just going to squeeze it out. You can see the product coming out. I didn't need to squeeze too tight or too hard and I'm just going to put some right in the areas that are more blue and purple, which for most people is going to be the inner part of the eye right here. And then I'm also going to neutralize my acne. Now, according to color theory, green is what you're going to want to use to neutralize the redness, but on the color wheel, yellow is right by green. So this is going to work just fine to lightly neutralize for an everyday application. I'm going to take my sponge and I'm just lightly going to tap out the edges of the acne. It doesn't need to be perfectly blended in because remember we are going in the foundation afterwards, but this way you'll see the redness is not so vibrant. And same thing with the eyes. This should show you do not need too much product to color correct. First of all, you don't want to kick up too much product because that is how concealer will fall into those fine lines. But if you just add the lightest layer, no more blue, no more purple, no more red. That's all you need. Now on my skin tone, I don't have a deep need for the brightener, but if you have any dull areas, yellow, even sometimes melasma, the brightener is going to be for you. I noticed a lot of times on my clients, there's a lot of yellow that hangs out around here. That might be where you want to put it just for today. I am going to brighten just a little bit right in here and right here just to keep my skin and eye area looking awake, but just these subtle touches are going to do a lot. You'll see in my videos, I don't do too much color correction because like I said, I don't have an intense need for them, but when it comes to my bridal makeup, I use color correction on almost all of my clients, especially for the purple under the eye. Next up, I am going to use my skin tone color concealer. So this doesn't mean yellow and it doesn't mean pink. This is what's actually going to conceal the skin. My perfect shade is light medium. I love this shade. It's not too bright for me and it still covers. I'm going to squeeze some of this out, putting it right over top where I color corrected in any areas that I might need extra coverage and my nose always needs a lot of extra coverage. Applying concealer first before foundation, I find gives a really seamless look to the skin in terms of every day. If I'm looking to shade or highlight the face, which is most of the time I do put concealer on after foundation, but if I want a really skin like appearance, I promise you put your concealer down first. It's a great tip for everyday makeup. So I'm just patting it out and you'll see this concealer spreads very far. It means I need less foundation because it evened everything out by itself. I'm just going to use my Estee Lauder future hydra rescue moisturizing makeup just to bring it all together. This is really great because it gives a nice glow. It looks really healthy on the skin for the type of look that I want to go for today. And I think it's going to blend in with this concealer really good. But you can see, I mean in terms of every day, if you just want to walk out the door, you're good with this in terms of skin. I'm going to put this right over acne, my cheek area and my forehead. I'm going to blend it out. Another one of my favorite benefits to using concealer first is I only needed a half a pump of foundation. So for those of you who are fans of the less is more, I'm telling you that's really, really great trick that I've learned through doing bridal makeup to set my under eyes. I'm going to use the hourglass veil translucent setting powder. I really want to keep the integrity of the glowiness of my skin today. This is the best powder to set the skin that still actually legitimately keeps the glow. So I'm going to put this in my T zone area. It's like that. So it's not going to change the integrity of the foundation that you used. And then almost as more so of a finishing powder, something to give the face some luminosity. I know I talked not nice things about this, but it really can be a great asset to a complexion routine. I'm going to use the Glowish by Hood of Beauty luminous press powder in the shade light. And I'm going to make sure I'm not using a dense brush at all. Something nice and soft so that I'm not packing the color on because this will get too glowy and too highlighting and emphasize those imperfections. But if you just use a very light brush and a little bit of product, it's going to give you that glowy appearance. Just so pretty. I'm going to turn the light down a bit. I think the sun is coming in. There we go. All right. Let's move in to the eyeshadow now. I'm using a little bit of my Vizzy Art eye primer just to prep the eyes for eyeshadow. I'm going to use one of my favorite holiday eyeshadow palettes that have come out. And since I'm going for a more natural, glowy kind of look, I thought that the Charlotte Tilbury Celestial Pearl palette would be perfect. One thing that Charlotte Tilbury's makeup line has taught me is that you don't need the eyeshadow to do the definition. Eyeshadow can actually be a part of helping it to awakening the eyes, which I really, really enjoyed. I'm not going to do too much as far as depth, but we're going to use this shade right here. And I'm just going to place this right in the outer corner. I'm not even going to really blend it into the crease at all. I just want the most depth to be in this outer corner right here. And I'm going to do a very, very simple eye today. I'm taking this shade right here, which is kind of like a pinky gold duo chrome. And I'm just going to lightly pat this all over the lid. It's like that. I did not expect to love this quad as much as I do, you guys. I thought it was going to be kind of like a boring palette and I thought I would want more depth with this, but I really don't feel that way anymore. It's one of my new favorites from Charlotte. So you'll see right there. I mean, this look does have a little bit of depth. Nothing crazy, but I love it. And I'm going to go into the pop shade right here. I'm going to press those extra glitters here to keep us nice and glowy. And then along the lower lash line, I'm actually going to use this rose gold shade. And this is the key to brightening up those under eyes. Normally, especially for me, I like to go in with a deeper shade, but actually using a light shade like this is going to open up the eyes. This is a very popular trend in Asian makeup. It's something simple like this. And I'm also going to put that in my inner corner and below the problem and where the depth is going to come in with this look is going to be the mascara.  This is thus far my favorite face palette to have come out this holiday season. So I'm going to start off by using the bronzer, which is a little bit more rosy toned.  So I'm going to go ahead and use this blush right here and Hourglass blushes just blend like a dream. And if you want to tone it down, just take your sponge and press it into the skin. I might have been a little bit too enthusiastic with the blush. Okay. Next up, I'm going to use the highlight in here. We're keeping it very easy. I'm just using all of the colors that came in this palette. I love this palette, you guys. Just so easy and pretty. It's not too much. Highlight the nose, the chin. Okay, to awaken the eyes even more, and now we're going to add the depth. I'm going to start off by using my Ruffer Lash Curler. Let me see how that automatically opened the eyes. And for mascara today, I'm going to use the Pat McGrath Labs Dark Star Mascara. And I tell you this mascara builds like no other. I love how much volume this mascara gives me. Let's finish up with the lips now. I want something that's not too far from my lip color, but it's going to give me a little depth and shape. So I'm going to use the Huda Beauty Lip Contour in Honey Beige. If you're wondering why mine looks so messed up, it's because I sharpened it and this is an automatic pencil. It's not meant to be sharpened. So that's why this looks like this, but I just, I love this color so much. You see how it's just barely deeper than my natural lip color? So that really allows me to add some shape.  Then I'm going to go into an underrated holiday release in my opinion. This is the Fenty Beauty Heat Lip Gloss in Fenty Glow. So this essentially is a plumping version of their Fenty Glow lip gloss and I love the tingles that it gives me and it's such a great everyday color and it just makes your lips look so full and beautiful. All right, I'm going to back up and I will kind of finish this whole look up for you. So here is the final look now that we've taken a step out and you'll see this is just a really fresh, wide awake look. We've perfected the skin while keeping the layers very thin. We've awakened the eyes with color correcting and a brighter eyeshadow look and we've kept it really natural and quick and easy to do. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Again, a huge thank you to Revlon for allowing me to be a part of this campaign for their new Color Stay Skin Awaken 5-in-1 Concealer. Make sure you guys check it out and thank you guys so much for being subscribed to my channel, liking this video and for all of your continued support opportunities like this wouldn't be possible without you guys and I'll see you all in the next one. Bye guys. Have a good one.


Mary Sue is a term that gets thrown around quite often as a criticism of characters in fiction. I've seen it used more than once as a bludgeon against pretty much any character in an SCP article or a tale that people don't like. So much of what we understand about the term, though, is just wrong. And I'm going to explain why. So first of all, there's a very basic issue with it. It's supposed to pertain only to characters from fan fiction. Already, you could probably begin to see the problem with its use as a criticism of primary media. When someone calls a Rey from Star Wars or Arya Stark from Game of Thrones or Mary Sue, they're already on slippery ground. But even if we ignore the part of it that is wrong inherently, the purpose of it is to generally obliquely criticize female characters for doing things that a particular reader or viewer doesn't think that character would be capable of doing. So you show a man straining and struggling to lift a car, and that's badass, but you show a woman doing the same thing, and it's a Mary Sue. The term, actually, originates as a criticism of Star Trek fan fiction from the 1970s, believe it or not. A Mary Sue was a character in a parody story written to examine the problems with how fan fiction of the time was generally written. It wasn't, by the way, only a term used to describe female characters. The original Mary Sue happened to be a female because the author who created the criticism was a female and she was examining wish fulfillment and author insertion into a story. But that same story could have been written with the same message about a male character as well, but we do differentiate between Mary Sue's and Gary Stu's, or whatever alternative name you want to come up with. Regardless, the male equivalent criticism is so rarely invoked in the modern day that it's almost not worth talking about. Now the biggest target of Mary Sue criticism I've seen on the Wiki is 2721, even though it really, really doesn't fit the bill at all on either a authorial insert level, or a wish fulfillment level, or a flawless character, or being fan fiction, unless we consider all of the SCP Wiki to be fan fiction. It involves a dangerous, sentient AI that is a satellite that becomes a fan of homestuck and doesn't feel right in its body. And on the surface, this is sort of an interesting concept because examining an AI that is a satellite that doesn't feel like being a satellite is correct for it, is sort of a brilliant usage of writing to explore a very realistic theme that is relevant to many of the writers who are on the site right now. But that's really only true if you think that is a realistic theme, obviously. They are realistic themes, by the way, but that's a digression. If you think it's not a realistic theme to explore, the whole premise will miss you hard and will feel, obviously, unrealistic. Now this goes double for any female characters and roles that are traditionally understood to be male-dominated. You may have noticed earlier that Mary Sue is not a term that is leveled against male characters very often, and there's a reason for this. Male characters are inherently understood to be more capable, almost invariably. That's not a good thing, by the way, but it is how the greater culture tends to view things. To bring things back around to a recent example, if you train for years with assassins and killers and become capable of great feats of stealth and combat, you're either Arya Stark and get called to Mary Sue, or you're Batman. I don't know that this is a deliberate problem, either. I don't think people are deliberately trying to be misogynistic. I mean, if you think that way, you're still wrong, and you're still being misogynistic, but it's entirely possible that you just never heard else-wise, which is sort of the point of these videos.  We throw all sorts of easy, critique at things we don't like so we can safely dismiss them. Like, oh, that's a Mary Sue, or oh, that's a cliche story element, or oh, that's a thing that does a thing, but none of these are useful. And while your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's, if you decide to call a character a Mary Sue, you need to be ready to back up that with facts about how the character is unrealistic. Or how it lacks flaws and weaknesses, and also understand that what you consider realistic and what other folk consider realistic are not the same.  The only thing it really tells a person is what you personally don't consider realistic, and if that's a strong female character with flaws who f***s up from time to time and has a long history of character development, then the only thing out of that description I can assume you're taking issue with when you call the Mary Sue is strong female. Anyway, that's it. If you liked it, be sure to hit the subscribe button. And if you want to see more content like this, head on over to Patreon at patreon.com. A link will be in the description and at the end of the video. And as always, thanks for watching.


But deep down, I was free though in my mind and my soul that I knew that that this is just another step of the pain that I needed to overcome. But it was just when I went home and I walked in my house, I felt like this looming dark clouds was on top of my house. Like I just felt that dark, dark energy. And I looked at my son, he was young at the time and I said, there's no way I'm going to stay and be miserable and continue to, you know, I just literally just left the house and my husband went into the room, slammed the door and I just went in my car and I buckled my kid in the car and then I finally saw the steering wheel in my car and I sat there and I stared at the steering wheel. And I don't know why but at that moment I said, Jesus take the wheel. I just literally verbalized that and I said, and I cried so hard. I put my head down on that steering wheel where I'm just like it's that deep cry, you know.


Carbon nanomaterials have been extensively used in many applications owing to their unique thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties. One of the prime challenges is the production of these nanomaterials on a large scale. This review paper summarizes the synthesis of various carbon nanomaterials via the chemical vapor deposition, CVD, method. These carbon nanomaterials include fullerines, carbon nanotubes, CNTs, carbon nanofibers, CNFs, graphene, carbide-derived carbon, CDC, carbon nano-anion, CNO, and emzines. Furthermore, current challenges in the synthesis and application of these nanomaterials are highlighted with suggested areas for future research. This article was authored by Yehia M. Manawi, Isanella, Aiman Samara, and others.


What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Goldpony as your new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2024 Volvo XC90 courtesy of younger Volvo cars of Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because there is a brand new color for 2024. And I'll give you guys a hint, we have it today. So that is wonderful. And this thing is actually built and assembled in Sweden still to this day. So that's always pretty exciting. And it's an IHS top safety big plus. So it's got the very best safety. And so ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering fuel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be a few different trim levels for the 2024 XC90. First one being the core starting at $56,000 even, plus for $63,400. And lastly, the ultimate for $69,400. And that was all pricing for the B5 engine, which actually is the one that we have today. But there is a slightly more powerful B6 engine configuration. If you wanted to go with the slightly more powerful engine, simply add $4900 then to any of those prices. But as I alluded to, there are two different engine configurations for the XC90. First one is going to be powered by a two liter turbocharged four cylinder with a mild hybrid system. This one puts out 247 horsepower at 5,500 RPM, 258 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,500 RPM, that power being sent to all four wheels through an eight speed automatic, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 7.3 seconds for this one, with MPG numbers coming in at 22 in the city, 28 on the highway taking premium, unleaded fuel. And so then there is that other engine configuration. That one, of course, belonging to the B6 configuration. That one's powered by the exact same engine, but cranking out more power though, coming in at 295 horsepower at 5,700 RPM, 310 pound feet of torque coming in at 2,200 RPM. And again, that power is sent to all four wheels through an eight speed automatic, zero to 60 time for that one, almost a full second quicker actually coming in at 6.4 seconds with MPG numbers then coming in at 20 in the city, 26 on the highway. Yet again, taking premium unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in XC90, I wanted to mention to you guys, the drive modes, essentially there are two of them. There's an off-road mode and all of this is accessed through the nine inch infotainment screen, which I'll be covering a little bit later in the video, but you got the off-road mode and then you also have a steering feel firm mode. So I'm actually gonna go ahead and hit that one because I could tell you right off the bat, the steering feel is super loose right now. And that is not something that is to my preference, of course, we have that drive mode, you have the option to put it on whatever you want, but yeah, I'm gonna put that on a firm steering feel here. And now having done that, let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the XC90 here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our B5 engine configuration here up to speed. All right, so here we go. We found our straightaway. If you haven't already, go ahead and hit the subscribe button and here we go in three, two, one, go. All right, I will say I drove the B6 last year. This is definitely, you can feel it's a bit slower than the B6 for sure. It's a noticeable difference. I will say that. I think said that though, you're not gonna have any issues emerging onto the highway, that's for sure. The cool thing about the mild hybrid system is even though this is a turbocharged engine, the mild hybrid system assists kind of with that lack of turbo lag.  So that is a pretty cool setup. I will say with the Volvo engines that they have now. So anyways, perfectly fine with the acceleration, but to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important.  As far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, that actually comes in an insanely impressive 113 feet. And why is that insanely impressive? Let me give you a couple comparisons real quick here. Traditionally, three row SUVs will come in in the 130s. Two row SUVs, typically in the upper 120s, 113 feet, that is sports sedan good. That is an incredible braking number. And I guess it goes along with Volvo's reputation for excellent safety, because that is going to bring you to an insanely quick stop. So if somebody brakes in front of you and you need to come to a quick stop, this is one of the best SUVs to do it in because 113 feet is an excellent number. And that's really shown in the braking feel itself, because with this XC90, it is an incredibly firm braking feel as you traditionally do not find in SUVs. A lot of times in SUVs, it's super soft and sometimes even squishy braking feel. And you can feel it takes longer to come to a stop, but with this thing, it's still bringing you to a stop. So I love that in terms of safety, but I also love it in terms of driving dynamics because it really does give you that feeling of being more in control of this thing. But anyways, that touching on suspension and handling, up front, you're gonna get an unequal length control arm front suspension. In the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, as we are cruising over these freshly paved roads here in Hagerstown, it has been perfectly fine. So absolutely no issues there. As far as steering feel goes, like I mentioned to you guys earlier, it is going to adjust, depending upon the drive mode that you put it in. There is a firm steering feel mode. And then if you don't put it in that, I can say it is an extremely loose steering feel as you traditionally will find in three-row SUVs. I'll put it that way. So it's as expected if you don't put it in that mode, but you can firm it up a good bit to a very comfortable point for my personal liking. So I absolutely love that. As far as cabin noise goes, this has been perfectly fine in my short little test drive here today. So absolutely no issues there. Touching on visibility, I will say we have the third row up right now and there's third row headrests are quite beefy, but if you didn't have any third row passengers, I would probably recommend going ahead and just put that down. And you can see perfectly fine then out the rear view mirror. So you shouldn't have any issues there. Rain-sensing windshield wipers do come standard. So if this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you. So that's definitely very nice. And if you wanted a head-up display, simply go with that ultimate trim level. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Volvo XC90. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2024 Volvo XC90 finished in the new color for 2024 and that is called vapor gray. So that is what you guys are looking at. It's kind of like a grayish slight green or sage mix to it. So it looks pretty darn good, but it's always let's go ahead and start with where the XC90 is made. Taking a look at the van first character is the letter Y indicating that the new XC90 is still built and assembled in Sweden. Gotta love it. So let's go ahead and start up front LED headlights with LED Thor's hammer daytime running lights does come standard. Automatic feature coming with that as well along with automatic high beams, meaning if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically then bounce it back up to high beams for you there. So I love that. Volvo signature front grill with either a bright or dark finish chrome being the bright finish. Of course, gloss black being the dark finish. And then down below you guys can see it. We actually do have LED fog lights with the cornering function. I love that. So when you're going around a bend at night, those fog lights are actually going to swivel a little bit based on the direction of your steering angle better help illuminating what is around that bends. You're less likely to hit a animal or a cyclist or a person or whatever the case. So I think that's a pretty cool safety feature in typical Volvo fashion, of course. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the Volvo here. Silver roof rails do come standard on the XC90, of course. You will find chrome windows surrounds coming standard with that as well. Rear privacy glass also coming standard across the board. Body colored side skirts and fender surrounds. I want to emphasize this because even on luxury brands, so many SUVs don't give you that. It's traditionally finished in a matte black, but the high end finishes are of course always body colored and that's why the XC90 looks so dang good in my personal opinion, but illuminated door handles actually also come standard as well. You will find body colored power adjustable sign mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals as well. Then taking a look down at the wheel setup, you're going to find 19 inch six spoke alloys for the core, 20 inch 10 spoke black diamond cut alloys for the plus. And by the way, we do have the plus term level. So that is what you guys are looking at. And then 21 inch multi spoke diamond cut alloys for the ultimate. But that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now here we are as I climb into the tall grass here for you guys all the way to the top body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. You got the Volvo lettering spelled out horizontally. Of course that definitely looks good. And believe it or not, I'm not going to be able to show it to you guys right now, but I'll do a B roll clip for you. There is a single exhaust outlet tucked away underneath. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the XC90, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a hands free power tailgate for every single trim level across the board. So that comes standard on the XC90. I love that. Once opened up though, cargo capacity comes in at 15.8 cubic feet behind that third row. If you were to fold that third row down, it's going to bump that up to 41.8 cubic feet. Then with all of those folded, it's going to come in at a pretty impressive 85.7 cubic feet, which is roughly the size of a Toyota Highlander or a Honda Pilot or something like that. But anyways, seats do fold completely flat into the floor as well. I definitely liked seeing that. There's a 12 volt power outlet back there. You got LED cargo lighting. There's some grocery bag hooks. There's chrome plated tie down anchors. There's a little cargo strap. You got a little bit of storage to the sides. It's actually a first aid kit back there as well. That's pretty cool. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you are going to find a spare tire and probably enough space to put maybe an ice scraper or something like that within there as well. But then making our way up to the third row legroom, that's going to come in at 31.9 inches. So for reference, I'm going to even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. And by the way, the third row does seat two passengers, sometimes three row SUV seat three. So I just wanted to specify that. But re-ventilation does come standard for all three rows. I love to that. You can find some cup holders for those third row passengers as well. And right next to that cup holder, you're going to find a little bit of storage. But if you look on the flip side of that storage cover, you're actually going to see a nice little happy spider etched into the backside of that. So that's typically what I like to see on the backside of a cover is a happy spider as opposed to an upset or angry spider. Because then those ones can be dangerous. But then making our way up to the second row legroom that is going to come in at 37 inches. Even again, for reference, I'm even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Four zone climate control is going to come standard. I love that. So both driver, passenger and both rear passengers can set their own temperatures.  It goes for approximately $750. Can find dual phone charging ports for the second row passengers as well. And your choice of either bench shading or captain's chairs. Now I had the captain's chair set up last year. This year, I'm showing you guys the bench seating, which does have a center armrest with cup holders, which of course the captain's chairs won't have. But overall everything is laid out perfectly fine there in the second row. But then making our way up to the front seats, eight-way power adjustable front seats do come standard on the XC90, I like that. Memory settings for up to three different drivers also come standard on this thing. Leather seating is going to come standard. Heated front seats are going to come standard. The flag of Sweden found on the passenger seat is going to come standard as well. And there is perforated and ventilated front seats available. And yet another little cool feature I like on the Volvo XC90 is on the seatbelt itself. It says since 1959. I thought that was a nice little added touch. It's all about the attention to detail. Like the flag of Sweden, like the since 1959, those things are what make the XC90 pretty darn cool in my opinion. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is manually adjustable, leather wrapped, and two-toned. That's something that Volvo has done for a while now. I think that's a pretty cool two-tone look. And yet again, it is available as a heated steering wheel with that climate package that I previously mentioned. But instead of making our way to the startup, let me start by showing you guys the key. You got your Volvo logo on the one side. When you flip it over, absolutely nothing because the rest of your buttons are on the side of the key. You got lock, unlock, and that power tailgate button as well. But it is all keyless entry with a turn knob start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put them off in front of the brake and turn the knob to the right. And by the way, to turn this thing off, you also put your front of the brake and turn the knob to the right. So it's always to the right. But once started up, taking a look at the gauges, 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster will come standard for all trim levels. You have the ability to display navigation in the middle of it all as well, but we don't have the location turned on quite yet because this XC90 is brand new to the dealership. So I'm not able to show you guys that, but it's kind of reminiscent to what BMW does, honestly. But speedometers on your left with a digital speedometer within there, tachometers on your right. You can display the outside temperature, how many miles you have left until you hit empty. It's a digital gauge cluster. So it pretty much gives you everything you want to know. But then making our way to overall interior quality, a panoramic roof will come standard, believe it or not. I love that. Aluminum trim inlays are going to come standard. However, wood trim inlays like we have today are available. I like that look. Frameless rear view mirror with whom light controls will come standard. By the way, this up to three different garage doors there. If you go with the ultimate trim, the shifter that you're going to get is an Orphor's crystal shifter. Otherwise you're going to get what we currently have in this one today, which is perfectly fine. But another cool thing I really like that Volvo does in the XC90 is there is only like seven or eight buttons in the interior of this entire vehicle. But there is one button located all the way to the right here in the center display. If you press that is going to open up the passenger side glove box. And so traditionally there's a handle on the glove box, but in the XC90, there is a button. And then once opened up, it's finished in like this smooth velvet kind of surface. And there's two layers as well, but pretty cool glove box setup, if I do say so myself. Also the optional Harman Kardon sound system that we're going to be testing out here in a little bit. It's finished in aluminum speaker cover. It's a very high end look as well. Just in front of the shifter, you do have a little bit of tiny bit of storage there. To the right of the shifter, you got a couple cup holders. You got a 12 volt power outlet, lecture mechanical parking brake. And within the center arm, there's also a little bit more storage with that velvet finish. Again, I love that. And a couple of phone charging ports in there as well. So overall, tour equality is definitely perfectly fine. But now let's go ahead and take a look at that infotainment screen and nine inch color touch screen display tablet style. Does come standard Bluetooth and audio streaming coming with that Android Auto Apple CarPlay. Factory navigation system does come standard as well. You can check out your climate control settings up there. Can adjust your steering sensitivity or that off road drive mode up there as well. And of course, your radio information. So when it comes to the sound systems, there are two of them. You got a standard 10 speaker sound system with 224 watts. That's what you get that just comes standard on this thing. But there is an optional 14 speaker Harman Kardon sound system that goes for only $800. A lot of times optional sound systems will run up to three or $4,000. So 800's not that bad. That comes with 600 watts and that is the one that we have today. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. Maybe I can't in so much, in so much, in so much. That's a really good sound system for the XC-90.  It was really rumbling the seat a little bit. It wasn't too much bass, but it was just the right amount. Clarity was fine as well. One of the best things about this infotainment screen is to find the station. It was so buttery smooth. It was almost even better than a cell phone. It was so buttery smooth to just scroll through the stations in serious XM here. So absolutely love the way this infotainment screen works. But last thing I wanted to mention to you on the infotainment screen is when you do put the XC-90 in reverse, you will find a very high definition rear view camera, but you also get a 360 degree monitor as well, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, which by the way is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much says it all right there. Front side, side current airbags do come standard. In the back, you're going to have latch, AKA lower anchors to tether your children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard. Blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic alert, autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, rear collision warning, and speed limit recognition then as well. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts here of the XC-90 incredible safety in this thing, you can't beat an IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus. I love that. Also love the little, I guess you can call them Easter eggs. Like you got that flag of sweet and you got the since 1959 on the seatbelts. It's all about the attention to detail for me. That really separates the XC-90 from some of the competition. So big fan of that. The braking is incredible. 60 to zero and 113 feet. It's an extremely firm braking feel as well. So it does instantly bring you to a stop. So gives you a lot of confidence when you need to come to that quick stop. So I love that as well. Like the digital gauges as well. As far as room for improvement goes, I didn't see a wireless phone charger anywhere on there. So I'm not sure if that's even available on the XC-90, but I would probably think about adding that. And of course, if you take a look at consumer reports, reliability is not the best. I'll just put it that way. So feel free to check out that magazine if you like. But let me know what you guys think in the new 2024 XC-90 in the comments section below. And that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanna see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews because that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold. This is the end of this video. I hope you enjoyed it. 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me a question I'm trying to avoid and a topic I tried to avoid but he's got two questions. Oh no one question. What is your opinion of current Mueller-Trump investigation situation? Do you think Elizabeth Warren should have called for impeachment? All right you know I've tried to avoid commenting too much on the Mueller-Trump because I'm so critical of Trump on so many issues that I find you know whatever has been discovered by Mueller just part for the course you know what I would have expected for the kind of behavior that we have seen that we have seen you know from Donald Trump as president. So you know I never thought much of this collusion with the Russians although there was obviously stuff going on in the background with Russia but I never thought that was a big issue but with regard to this obstruction of justice I mean is there any doubt? Is there any doubt given Trump's statements and given Trump's inclinations and given Trump's behavior that he tried to obstruct the investigation and probably in the background that everything he could within the framework of what is you know reasonably legal to stop this investigation I mean sure he did. Is this my main problem with Donald Trump? No I mean he is a pragmatic stand-for-nothing scam-mongering status that's and with with a character with it with it with a really really really bad character he's a he's a obsessive liar a bullshit is better than a liar because as I've said before it's not that he lies in the conventional sense it's a reality doesn't mean anything to him he doesn't care about it one way or the other he says just like a pragmatist would a real pragmatist would whatever he thinks will get him his goal and in that sense he is much more of a pragmatist than I think any other president we've ever seen so he's willing to do whatever so did he want the investigation shunned down did he do what he could to shut down investigation probably yes is this my main objection to Donald Trump no it's one more should Elizabeth want call for his impeachment well what do you mean should she she's running for president in a very crowded democratic field the the the front runner right now by I think quite a bit is a bony Sanders there's this other guy this game gay mayor of a city I can't remember who is getting a huge amount of press and getting a huge amount of visibility and is doing really really well you know we'll see if it lasts we'll see if he has I can't even pronounce his family name so but which gig but but gig but gig anyway he is very affable very charismatic seems to be charming people seems to getting but getting a lot of press I think the press is quite enamored with him and Elizabeth one needs some attention she needs to stand out above the field and just debating me as she has said she would do in September is not gonna get her that attention so she needs to engage in something in in in it's something that will get her onto the front pages of the papers and this is a good thing I mean a lot of the other Democratic leaders are against impeachment they don't think it'll really get them anyway and they think it'll just and I think they're right I think it'll just you know energize Donald Trump's base and just make them a target of his base but you know I don't know I don't you know I'm politics is not my specialty in terms of politics in terms of predicting what the electoral people who vote will do I have no idea but so Elizabeth one is here to try to get some attention and I think she can't lose here right first of all she's in the Senate the Senate is most likely not gonna peach Trump unless some new revelations come out that are that are far more extreme than what we've seen so most action will happen in the house and she's get her names in the paper there's no downside here for her you know then then then to say this it's it's red meat for the base she comes out looking like she's militant and she's really angry and she wants to defend to defend the American people those people at least who want to impeach Trump and you know so again no downside and lots of upside in terms of publicity and I think that's all that matters I mean again the house impeaches that the Senate does this trial kind of thing the Senate still has to vote but the house has to pass it on to the Senate and nothing will happen in the Senate so you know they they can't get rid of the president without both houses by large votes I think Senate has to vote to two-thirds for getting rid of the president to make that happen so ain't happening ain't happening but you know Elizabeth Warren has nothing to lose by doing it