2013. Face, Body & Hair Care Favorites

I was a bit hesitant to make these types of posts because some beauty categories fell flat for me during the past year. As you will see, I've omitted some obvious categories simply due to the fact that I haven't found anything from that range as good to be featured as a yearly favorite. I do hope that most of you who have been following me for the past year will recognize most, if not all, of my best bits. This post will contain my 2013. Face, Body and Hair Care Favorites. I have split all my 2013. favorites into two pieces – this one and the make-up based one so it would not bee too overwhelming to read about all of them. And so that, if someone is not interested to see the make-up faves, can only check out face, body / care faves – and vice versa. As for my face favorites, my most important bits are all by the brand La Roche-Posay with the spotlight on the Effaclar range. My all-round best face cream & face/blemish treatment is the La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo. It's my alpha and omega of facial skincare – I couldn't imagine my face care routine without it. Best face cleanser remained the La Roche-Posay Effaclar Purifying Foaming Gel. I've tested many others but throughout the entire year I always came back to this one. This year was marked by ditching manual scrubs and switching to chemical exfoliants. My best exfoliant of the 2013. was the La Roche-Posay Effaclar Astringent Micro-Exfoliant Lotion. It gently sloughs off all the dead skin cells without irritation. Smooth and glowy skin is the result. The best night cream of last year was Skincode Essentials 24h Cell Energizer Cream. I use it when I feel that my skin is dehydrated. Best eye cream which isn't too thick yet it plumps out the gentle eye area is the gorgeous Nuxe Anti-Fatigue Moisturizing Eye Cream. Best make-up remover was my trusty Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micelle Solution. Yes, it does deserve all the hype. Skincode micellar water and the Garnier Essentials bi-phase make-up remover do get an honorable mention.

Malo sam oklijevala pri kreiranju ovih postova posto su neke beauty kategorije ostale neispunjene ove godine. Kao sto cete vidjeti, neke prilicno ocigledne kategorije uopste nece biti prisutne cisto iz razloga sto tokom prosle godine nisam pronasla niti jedan proizvod te odredjene vrste koji bi bi vrijedan spomena. Nadam se da ce vecina vas koji ste me pratili tokom proteklih godinu dana moci prepoznati, ako ne sve, onda vecinu proizvoda koje sam zavoljela i najvise koristila. U ovom postu ce biti obradjena tema Favoriti iz podrucja njege lica, tijela i kose za 2013. godinu. Sveukupno sam svoje favorite podijelila u dva posta – njegu/preparativu i dekorativu kako clanci ne bi bili isuvise dugi ili zamorni za pratiti. Isto tako, ako netko nije zainteresovan za kozmeticke favorite, moze samostalno pregledati preparativne – i obratno. Po pitanju favorita u njezi koze lica, osnovama gospodari brend La Roche-Posay uz poseban naglasak na Effaclar liniju. Priznanje za najbolju kremu ali i tretman za akne ubjedljivo ide u ruke La Roche-Posay Effaclar Dua. On je alfa i omega moje njege koze – ne bih mogla zamisliti uopsteno njegu koja se ne zasniva na ovoj cudesnoj kremi. Najbolji cistac lica je bez konkurencije La Roche-Posay Effaclar Prociscujuci Pjenusavi Gel. Isprobala sam mnoge druge tokom protekle godine no uvijek sam se vracala njemu. Godina 2013. je bila obiljezena definitivnim odstupanjem od manuelnih pilinga za lice te potpunim prebacivanjem na hemijske eksfolijante. Za mene je najbolji piling efekat imao La Roche-Posay Effaclar Astringentni Mikro-Eksfolirajuci Losion. Njezno ali i efektno uklanja mrtve stanice koze ali bez iritacija. Rezultat je glatka koza zdravog sjaja. Najbolja nocna krema prosle godine je svakako bila Skincode Essentials 24h Cell Energizer Cream. Ona je moj odabir, posebno kada osjetim da mi je koza lica dehidrirana. Najbolja okoloocna krema koja nije isuvise gusta no uspjesno zagladjuje njeznu kozu okoloocnog podrucja je Nuxe Anti-Fatigue Moisturizing Eye Cream. Najbolji skidac sminke mi je bila Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micelarna voda. I da, definitivno bih rekla da je hype vezan za nju opravdan. Iako mi se Bioderma pokazala najboljom, zasluzeno bih spomenula i Skincode micelarnu vodu te Garnier Essentials dvofazni skidac sminke. 

The best body wash award goes to Lush Rose Jam Gel which ticks all the boxes with me (hydration, deep cleanse and gigantic foam). However, I do need to mention the Yves Rocher Jardins du Monde shower gels (Brazilian Coffee and Californian Almond in particular). I haven't found a body scrub which would cater to my needs. I plan on finding such a product during 2014. The best body moisturizer Neutrogena Ultra Nourishing Intensive Balm saved me throughout dry skin periods but I also used the Neutrogena Intense Repair Body Lotion in copious amounts last year. The only extra product would be an oil so my best beauty oil is my Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse. It is such an amazing oil which I fell in love with. Best hand creams are always L'Occitane hand creams and I always keep coming back to them. I only switch up their scents and the ones I enjoyed the most in 2013. were the Shea Butter&Honey, Almond Milk and Fleur d'Or&Acacia. The newbie that knocked me out of my socks was the Burt's Bees Almond & Milk Hand Cream. Exquisite, thick, balmy cream which repairs chapped hands literally overnight. Hair care was a big old flop for me as far as 2013. goes. I haven't found a single shampoo, a mask or a conditioner which left me even vaguely satisfied. My mission in 2014. will be to amp up my hair care routine. The only stand-out was  a hair oil. So the award of the best hair oil in 2013. goes to Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure Oil Miracle Light Finishing Treatment. I've been using it ever since I bought it. Next up on my beauty menu will be a post on my 2013. make-up favorites.

Najbolji gel za tusiranje je bez imalo sumnje bio Lush Rose Jam Gel koji me ocarao na svim poljima (hidratacija koze, temeljito ciscenje i dzinovska pjena). No, ovakav post uistinu ne bi bio kompletan bez spomena Yves Rocher Jardins du Monde tusiralica (posebno mirisa brazilske kafe i kalifornijskog badema). Tokom prosle godine nisam pronasla niti jedan piling za tijelo koji bih posebno izdvojila. Misija u tekucoj godini ce biti upravo pronalazak jednog takvog proizvoda. Najbolja mazalica za tijelo je bio skromni Neutrogena Ultra Nourishing Intenzivni Balzam koji me doslovno spasio tokom perioda isusenosti koze. Osim njega sam najvise koristila Neutrogena Intense Obnavljajuci Losion za tijelo kojeg sam nabavila pretprosle godine. Jedini proizvod koji sam osim njih koristila je bilo ulje tako da nagrada za najbolje beauty ulje ide za Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse. Fantasticno je i u njega sam se odmah zaljubila te ga najcesce koristila. Najbolje kreme za ruke su uvijek L'Occitane kreme za ruke i njima sam prilicno vjerna. Ono sto mijenjam su mirisi a tokom 2013. sam najvise uzivala u slijedecim; Karite puter&Med, Bademovo Mlijeko i Fleur d'Or&Bagrem. Novitet koji me potpuno odusevio je bila Burt's Bees Badem & Mlijeko krema za ruke. Iznimna, gusta te slicna balzamu – doslovno oporavlja ispucale ruke preko noci. Njega kose je bila polje na kojem sam dosta lose prosla tokom 2013. Uopste nisam, pored silnog eksperimentisanja, mogla pronaci niti jedan sampon, masku ili regenerator koji bi mi barem djelimicno zadovoljili potrebe kose. Jedini proizvod za njegu kose koji se izdvojio je bilo ulje. Tako da, nagrada za najbolje ulje za kosu ide za Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure Oil Miracle Light Finishing Treatment. Njega namjeravam nastaviti koristiti i u 2014. Slijedeci na mom beauty meniju je post o kozmetickim favoritima iz 2013. godine.