Trip to Zagreb & My Travel Essentials

As you've probably noticed, I've been away for a few days. I was on a business trip to Zagreb and even though it was extremely exhausting and intensive, I've found some time for a small shopping. This time, I've decided to purchase products that aren't available in Bosnia, just to make it more exciting. But I'll write all about it in the next Zagreb inspired post, now I'll just sum up the trip and “color” my memories with some photos. I also haven't forgotten about all the things I've packed with me. The thing is, I am usually an extremely organized individual but this time I've literally thrown everything in my suitcase about 15 minutes before I stepped out of my house. It was chaotic and the first time I've decently gave a look at what I brought with me was when I unpacked in my hotel room. Thankfully, I picked up everything I needed but if I had put more thought into packing, I'd probably bring along more things. Nevertheless, everything I packed worked perfectly. This will be a long post but it would've been even longer if I didn't divide all my material into two parts – this one and my beauty haul. So let's start with the view. I really loved it, too bad that the weather wasn't sunny but the ninth floor redeemed the entire impression with this gorgeous view.

Kako ste vjerovatno i primjetili, nije me bilo par dana jer sam isla na poslovni put u Zagreb. Iako je put bio prilicno naporan i intenzivan ipak sam uspjela odvojiti malo vremena za kupovinu. Ovaj put sam odlucila da sve kupljeno ne bude dostupno u BiH, cisto da taj soping djeluje nesto zanimljivije. O tome cu detaljno pisati u slijedecem postu vezanom za ovaj put u Zagreb a sada cu vam ukratko prenijeti dojmove i “obojiti” ih sa par slicica. Isto tako, nisam zaboravila da dokumentujem sto sam ponijela sa sobom na put. Poenta je da sam inace izuzetno organizovana osoba ali mi se ovaj put desilo da bukvalno 15 minuta prije nego sam izasla iz kuce ubacujem sve stvari u kofer. Bilo je prilicno haoticno a prvi put sam posteno pregledala sve sto sam ponijela tek kada sam stigla u hotelsku sobu i raspakovala se. Srecom, sve sto mi je bilo potrebno sam ponijela sa sobom iako, da sam imala vise vremena za pakovanje, sigurno bih ponijela jos stosta. Bez obzira na to, sve poneseno me savrseno posluzilo. Ovo ce biti relativno duzi post a bio bi i duzi da citav materijal nisam podijelila u dva dijela – ovaj i dio o svim stvarcicama koje sam kupila. Pa onda pocela bih od pogleda koji sam imala iz sobe. Bas mi je bilo lijepo sto me docekao ovako lijep prizor, steta sto me vrijeme nije posluzilo ali je deveti sprat “izvadio” cjelokupan dojam ovim pogledom.

I stayed at Hotel Sheraton (just like last time) and they've put me on the same floor, room across the one I stayed in the previous time (I think it was in November last year). I'll go on with my Travel Essentials but I have to capture this small detail which is actually really cool. The last time I stayed, TV wasn't working (they were testing something) so I haven't noticed this welcome message earlier.

Odsjela sam u hotelu Sheraton (kao i prosli put) i smjestili su me na isti sprat, u sobu preko puta one u kojoj sam boravila prosli put (mislim da je to bilo u novembru prosle godine). Preci cu na svoje osnovne proizvode za putovanje ali morala sam zabiljeziti ovaj mali detalj koji mi je prilicno kul. Kada sam kod njih odsjela prosli put TV im nije radio (nesto je bilo u testnoj fazi) pa nisam ranije primjetila ovu poruku dobrodoslice.

I love their bathrooms and rooms in general, I had everything I needed and more. The moment I unpacked, just like any beauty blogger, the first thing in my mind was that I haven't made any photos of my Travel Essentials at home so I quickly selected my face/ body/ hair care products and aligned them on the sink to pose for me. Make-up was seated on top of mutilated magazine pages. Imaginative, I know. I simply had to work with what I had at hand. I brought Balea Young Soft & Care Face Wash which did an excellent job and its review is almost done so it will be posted very soon. My alpha and omega – La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo was both, my day and night cream. I absolutely love products which I know I can use for both purposes. When I was really tired, my make up was taken off with Collistar Micellar Water (travel size) which came really handy. But if I had some strength left, I used the Balea face wash because that feeling of getting make-up,dirt and sweat off with water and a cleansing gel was priceless.

Krasna su im kupatila pa i sobe uopsteno, imala sam sve sto mi je bilo potrebno pa i vise. Onog trenutka kada sam se raspakovala (kao i svakoj beauty blogerici), prvo sto mi je palo na pamet jeste da uopste nisam stigla poslikati proizvode koje nosim kada sam bila kuci. Potom sam ih sve lijepo poredala na umivaonik (radi se o proizvodima za njegu lica, tijela i kose) pa su mi lijepo pozirali. Kozmetika je poslozena na istrgnute stranice casopisa. Kreativno, nema sta. Jednostavno sam se morala snaci i iskoristila sam sto mi je bilo pri ruci. Ponijela sam Balea Young Soft & Care gel za umivanje koji me odlicno sluzio a recenzija je skoro pa gotova i brzo cu je objaviti. Moja alfa i omega – La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo mi je bio oboje, dnevna i nocna krema za lice. Odlicno mi je kada znam da proizvod mogu koristiti na vise nacina. Kada sam bila jako umorna skidala sam sminku sa Collistar micelarnom vodom (putno pakovanje) i bila mi je dosta prakticna. Ipak, ako sam imala snage, koristila za Balea gel za umivanje jer mi je osjecaj da sam skinula sminku, prljavstinu i znoj sa vodom i gelom bio neprocjenljiv.

I showered with Yves Rocher Brazilian Coffe Beans Shower Cream which is now my favorite shower anything. I am in love with it and will review it soon along with the Californian Almond shower cream. I'll just say that it's perfect for shaving too. L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Shimmering Body Lotion provided an optimum amount of skin care and made me feel girly with the sophisticated shimmer. Wilkinson Xtreme3 is the best razor that I know of. My skin is looking literally ten times better compared to what it looked like when I was using any other razors.

Tusirala sam se sa Yves Rocher Brazilsko zrno kafe kremom za tusiranje koja mi je postala omiljena tusiralica. Potpuno sam se zaljubila u nju a recenzirati cu je kao i Kalifornijski badem kremu za tusiranje. Samo cu za sada dodati da je savrsena i za brijanje. L'Occitane Cvijet tresnje shimmerasti losion za tijelo mi je pruzio optimalnu njegu koze plus sto sam se osjecala bas girly zbog sitnih svjetlucavih cestica. Wilkinson Xtreme3 mi je najbolji brijac/ zilet za koji znam. Koza mi bukvalno deset puta bolje izgleda otkako ga ponovo koristim u odnosu na to kako je izgledala tokom koristenja drugih brijaca.

When I'm home, I use hair conditioner and shampoo from the Schwarzkopf Schauma Phyto-Caffeine range but I wanted to travel light so I replaced the conditioner with a travel size Gliss Kur Total Repair conditioner. I was in shock with how good my hair looked and felt. It really nourished it and kept frizz at bay. My hair was silky smooth and really soft. I'm getting a hair mask from this line immediately since I'm so impressed. The Schauma Phyto-Caffeine shampoo is a godsend because it gave my hair that so desirable volume and bounce when I myself felt flat from the long drive. Schwarzkopf BC Miracle Oil is pure molten perfection in a bottle so of course I'd bring it with myself. I mean, I'm even scared of thinking what my hair would look like without it. My must have.

Kada sam kuci, obicno koristim sampon i regenerator iz linije Schwarzkopf Schauma Phyto-Caffeine ali posto sam zeljela da mi prtljaga bude sto laksa, zamijenila sam regenerator sa putnim pakovanjem Gliss Kur Total Repair regeneratora. Ostala sam vidno sokirana kada sam primjetila razliku u izgledu kose i kakva je bila pod prstima. Lijepo je nahranio i potpuno ukrotio naelektrisanost. Bas je bila svilenkasto glatka i meka. Obavezno nabavljam masku iz ove linije posto sam jako impresionirana. Schauma Phyto-Caffeine sampon mi je izvrstan posto mi podari kosi itekako zeljen volumen cak i kada sam se osjecala grozno, bezivotno nakon puta. Schwarzkopf BC Miracle Oil je topljeno savrsenstvo u bocici tako da uopste nije bilo dvoumljenja oko njegovog prisustva u neseseru. Cak me strah i pomisliti u kakvom bi mi kosa bila stanju bez njega. Meni je obavezno ovo ulje.

I am overall really pleased with all care products I've packed and when you have a small army of great products behind you, you definitely have more time to focus on work because that's why I was there for. I really liked that I didn't have to waste my time on thinking how I looked or dealing with a beauty mishap/ emergency. Next up is my make-up. Now, when you're in a terrible rush, you don't have the luxury of stopping and contemplating what goes with what, which shades of make-up to bring or anything beauty related for that matter. No shimmer, no bold colors because I had just to be presentable and professional. I found that I've brought all my safe essentials. Things with which I know I'll look good and that won't take much time to apply to get that flawless finish.

Uopsteno sam jako zadovoljna sa svime sto sam ponijela i kada iza sebe imate malu vojsku proizvoda, definitivno cete imati vise vremena za fokusirati se na posao jer sam ipak zbog toga i isla na taj put. Dosta sam zadovoljna sto nisam gubila vrijeme opterecujuci se kako izgledam niti gnjaveci se sa beauty problemima kakvi se znaju desiti. Slijedeca na redu je kozmetika. Kada ste u strasnoj zurbi, jednostavno nemate taj luksuz da zastanete i lijepo promislite sta ide uz sta, koje nijanse cega ponijeti ili uopste da mislite o uljepsavanju. Znam samo da sljokice i neke jarke boje ne dolaze u obzir jer sve sto je trebalo jeste da izgledam prezentabilno i profesionalno. Ono sto sam primjetila po raspakivanju jeste da sam ponijela sve svoje sigurne neophodne stvarcice. Stvari sa kojim sam znala da cu dobro izgledati i koje mi nece oduzimati mnogo vremena na nanosenje da bih dobila izuzetan rezultat.

I packed everything in my Versace make-up bag which was a present and what a wonderful present it was. It fitted my most-loved foundation, the YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat Foundation of which I now refer to my it beautifying product. It makes my skin glow in the most flattering and natural way. I packed my favourite eye duo – Revelique Matte & Pearly Eye Shadow in Terra Cotta. I also had my EcoBella angled eyeshadow brush with which I lined my eyes using the charcoal shade from the aforementioned eye duo and dare I say that it did a magnificent job. My lips were glossy because I used the classy nude lip gloss Brilliant Anemone from Artdeco. When I wanted a flush of color I turned to Revelique Longlasting Lipcream in Frappe, a shade that I'm yet to review but I will reveal that it's a much more beautiful shade than Vintage. Blush-wise, I has both Revelique blushes with me and it might sound, let's say, not necessary but I was so glad that I did. The Peach blush was an ideal pick-me-up in the morning (yes, I had to wake up early) but the Raspberry was perfection for a night out. There's another Revelique product that I will review and which I'm using for a while now and it's glorious. It's their Eyebrow Pencil which I think looks even better on dark brown brows than its Rimmel and Artdeco counterparts. There was a small compact mirror which I always have with me. Eyelashes were curled with a regular drugstore curler (Ovnak) and blush was applied with a Flormar Blush Brush. Eyelashes were coated with Flormar MAXXL Mascara ( I love this mascara) and since I'm not battling any acne I don't have the need to pile up heavy concealer. I had some dark cirles ( I did go on a 6 hour trip straight from my night shift after all) so I packed my trusty Collistar Lifting Effect Concealer. Miracle in a tube, that's all I have to say. I am also testing out the Artdeco Eye Shadow Base but the fact that I have brought it with me says enough.

Sve sam spakovala u svoj Versace neseser koji mi je poklonjen i zaista, kako krasan poklon. U njega mi je stala ljubljena podloga – YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat Foundation za koju sada volim reci da je ona moja savrsena podloga za uljepsavanje. Sa njom mi koza ima zdravi sjaj na najljepsi i najprirodniji moguci nacin. Spakovala sam i svoj omiljeni dvojac sjena za oci – Revelique Matte & Pearly Eye Shadow u nijansi Terra Cotta. Takodjer je tu i moja EcoBella koso rezana cetkica za nanosenje sjene koju sam koristila za ugljen-sivu nijansu iz spomenutog dua a usuditi cu se reci da je odradila izvrstan posao. Moje su usne bile sjajne jer sam koristila nude sjajilo za usne sa mjerom od Artdeco-a u nijansi Brilliant Anemone. Kada sam zeljela malo vise boje na usnama koristila sam Revelique Longlasting Lipcream u nijansi Frappe, nijansi koju tek trebam recenzirati i mogu odmah reci da mi je mnogo ljepsa od Vintage. Sto se rumenila tice, ponijela sam oba Revelique rumenila sto moze da djeluje kao nesto potpuno nepotrebno ali mi je itekako bilo drago sto jesam. Peach nijansa je bila odlicna i osvijetlila mi je lice ujutro (da, morala sam se rano buditi) ali je Raspberry bila idealna za noc. Tu je i jos jedan Revelique proizvod koji cu recenzirati i koji koristim vec duze vrijeme a odlican je. U pitanju je njihova Olovka za obrve za koju smatram da izgleda jos bolje na tamno smedjim obrvama od sebi slicnih Rimmel i Artdeco olovki. Tu je i malo kompaktno ogledalce koje uvijek imam uz sebe. Trepavice su uvijene Ovnak uvijacem kupljenim u cm-u a rumenila sam nanosila Flormar cetkom za rumenilo. Trepavice su bile premazane Flormar MAXXL maskarom (volim ovu maskaru) a posto ne ratujem ni sa kakvim bubuljicama nije mi bio potreban tezak korektor. Imala sam tamne kolutove ispod ociju (ipak sam krenula na sestosatni put po izlasku iz nocne smjene) pa sam ponijela svoj omiljeni korektor, Collistar Lifting Effect Concealer. Savrsenstvo u tubi, to je sve sto cu reci. Takodjer testiram i Artdeco bazu za sjene ali cinjenica da sam je ponijela sa sobom govori dovoljno.

I enjoyed some free time after the classes at Zagreb Airport going for a nice walk. I caught this big boy when I was walking around the hotel. I wasn't in the mood to visit the crowded center of Zagreb because I was so exhausted so I don't have any pictures of the Ilica to show you but I promised myself that I will next time I visit Zagreb. I do, however, have some snaps from Zagreb Airport as you will notice below.

Uzivala sam u slobodnom vremenu nakon predavanja na Aerodromu Zagreb tako sto sam se setala po gradu. Uhvatila sam ovog debeljka u setnji oko hotela. Nisam bila raspolozena za posjetu centru grada niti da budem u guzvi zbog umora pa vam nemam neke lijepe slike Ilice za pokazati ali sam obecala samoj sebi da hocu iduci put kada dodjem. Ono sto imam je par fotografija zagrebackog aerodroma kao sto cete i vidjeti ispod.

Colleagues and I got together in the evenings to chat about our classes and just to hang out. The first night we were ambushed with a ferocious Cumulonimbus cloud which poured rain showers with such intensity for hours so we were caught in a small coffee shop near our hotel. I was certain that we will experience hail but fortunately it was all rain showers. Weather improved with every day passing so it was pretty sunny when we left for Bosnia. I actually enjoyed the drive until I noticed two huge Cumulonimbus clouds ahead. One was entirely located above Croatia but the second one extended from Bosnia. As we approached the Bosnia border, it became clear that it's not a laughing matter and we had to go one part of the route directly below its base. Boy, it was scary as hell. Thunder roamed the sky and rain droplets were very heavy, hitting the ground with such velocity, out van was echoing. It really was a sight but it was hard to capture the entire experience on photos. Finally, when we approached my beloved Sarajevo, the air was clear as if nothing happened. We were welcomed with relatively clear and calm sky. You could smell the rain in the air which was pouring down behind us. Tired but hyped up, I arrived to a clean and comfy home. Traveling light meant that I had nothing special to unpack so I put on my PJs and was off to dream land. Pop in sometimes to see what goodies I got from this amazing trip to Zagreb.

Kolege i ja smo se uvecer sastajali kako bi razmijenili iskustva o predavanjima i cisto radi druzenja. Prve noci nas je iznenadio jedan divlji Cumulonimbus iz kojeg je satima pljustala kisa izuzetnim intenzitetom pa smo jedno vrijeme bili zarobljeni u obliznjem kaficu. Bila sam sigurna da ce kisa preci i u grad ali se srecom sve zavrsilo na pljusku kise. Svakim slijedecim danom se vrijeme popravljalo i bilo je prilicno suncano kada smo krenuli ka BiH. Voznja je bila prilicno ugodna sve dok nisam primjetila dva ogromna, ogromna Cumulonimbusa ispred nas. Jedan je u potpunosti zauzimao nebo iznad Hrvatske dok se drugi pruzao jos od BiH. Kako smo se priblizavali granici BiH, postajalo je jasno da uopste nije bezazlen a jedan dio puta u povratku smo presli direktno ispod njegove baze. Posteno govoreci, bilo je strasno. Munje su parale nebo a grmljavina je tutnjala, kapi kise su bile teske i udarale o tlo takvom brzinom da je kombi odjekivao u dodiru sa njima. Bio je to prilican i prizor ali je dosta tesko sve uhvatiti na slikama. Napokon, kada smo se priblizili dragom Sarajevu, sve je bilo cisto kao da se nista nije desilo. Mogli ste namirisati kisu u zraku, koja je padala iza nas. Umorna ali ipak uzbudjena, dosla sam u svoj cist i udoban dom. Posto nisam ponijela previse stvari nije mi bilo naporno sve raspakovati pa sam uletila u pidzamu i zaputila se u zemlju snova. Navratite uskoro kako bi “bacili oko” na sve sto sam kupila sa ovom super puta u slijedecem postu.