Back to minimal

Recently I've bought way too many skincare products and incorporated all of them in my morning and night skincare routines all at once, since I was so curious to try them and report back to you. Some of them are true skincare gems on me, others actually aren't as loved by my skin and I blame them for some bad breakouts as I didn't see for a while on my face. This is why I decided to detox and purify my skincare routine and going back to basics and minimal, and for basics and minimal I mean only four products I blindly trust for morning and night to stick to, hoping I'll last at least one week.

I had to choose between serum, tonic, acne treatments, SPF and a lot more, and I decided the number one three things I can't survive without are eyecreams, an eczema treatment and moisturizer, and as I had to pick only four products I thought I could definitely have all of them and give my skin a little rest a few times a day. Eyecreams are never been my go to products before but I'm recently discovering a lot of benefits from them and I and my skin really enjoy the results as well, and as I'm troubling with some eczema and dry patches all around the eye area, I need my eyecreams to keep it at bay, so I went for my super reliable Botanics 80% Organic Hydrating Eye Cream (£5,99), which I mentioned a lot of times recently but which is really helping in getting rid of those eczema issues, and the Caudalie Polyphenols C15 Anti-Wrinkle Eye and Lip Cream* (£26), which is actually a new entry in my stash but which I'm really liking recently. The former I use in the moring as it's always very lightweight and perfect to go under makeup, the latter is better in the evening as it's a bit thicker and richer but very hydrating and soothing at the same time, and also has a lot of anti-aging properties which is always good. I use it only around my eyes and not next to my lips as I don't need it there and because I apply something different in that area.

If in the morning I can go for simply eyecream, in the evening my skin really craves a little bit of extra moist, so moisturizer is definitely needed and the one I adore and blindly trust is the Antipodes Vanilla Pod Hydrating Day Cream (£26,99), actually a day cream but which I love in the evening better, which not only is super rich and smells amazing, but is also natural, very hydrating and soothing and my skin loves it a lot as in the morning always look so pumped up and reinvigorated. I find shea butter and avocado are the way to go for my skin when if comes to hydration, and this contains them both.

Lastly to keep my dry patches and eczema issue at bay I can't live without the A-Derma Exomega Emolient Cream (£9,45), a very thick emolient cream that features oat meal and omega 6 fatty acids, which is thought to sooth atopic and very dry skins and can be applied on the face or any other body area that need a little treatment. This truely is a lifesaver and I apply it literally several times a day when my skin feels too tight and I want some rest.

I probably will go for a little bit of organic aloe vera gel onto those pimples and breakouts I now have on my face to try helping them heal faster, but otherwise I'm going to try sticking to only these four products everyday for a week at least, and I will for sure report back any result. I feel sometimes going back to basic and drain a too complex and overdone skincare routine can be good, expecially when you need to figure out which products do what and which are causing you some skin troubles. Of course I will reintegrate all the products I used gradually and little by little to really see what effects they have on me, but for now this will be the way to go for at least one week.

What do you think about the 'overdone' skincare routine topic?

Fighting Dehydration

Winter is (finally) over but my skin is still dealing with the residues of dehydration due to the cold weather and it's really nothing nice. I'm struggling with finding some good products to help me and my skin with this dehydration concern for a while, and even though the problem isn't completely solved yet and though I know drinking a lot of water is the way to go, there are a few products that are really helping in making things a lot better.

L'inverno è (finalmente) finito ma la mia pelle se la sta ancora vedendo con i residui della disidratazione dovuti al clima freddo dei mesi scorsi, e vi assicuro che non è nulla di troppo carino. Ero da tempo alla ricerca di buoni prodotti che possano aiutare la mia pelle a risolvere questo problema, e anche se non è ancora del tutto risolto e se so che bere molta acqua fa la maggior parte del lavoro, ci sono alcuni prodotti che mi stanno aiutando a migliorare la situazione.

Best of 2013 - Skincare & Co.

Last week I talked about my makeup favorites of the whole past year, and I promised you I'd have written another post for the series: this is the time of sharing my skincare, body care and others favorites of 2013. The past year was the year of skincare discovering to me, I finally understood how important taking care of my skin is, and I became a bit obsesses with skincare products, so much that they're pretty much the main thing I get so excited in buying; I love trying out skincare products, and you maybe have already understood it by the quantity of skincare post I write on the blog. Better saying I went a bit skincare products crazy in 2013 and I just enjoyed a lot picking up my favorites from the bunch! Here they are.

La scorsa settimana ho parlato dei miei prodotti di makeup preferiti dell'intero anno appena passato, e vi ho promesso che avrei scritto un altro post per la stessa serie: questa volta condividerò i miei prodotti di skincare, body care e altri preferiti del 2013. Lo scorso anno è stato per me quello della scoperta della skincare, ho finalmente capito a pieno quanto sia importante prendersi cura della pelle, e sono diventata un po' ossessionata dai prodotti di skincare, così tanto che sono la principale fonte di entusiasmo quando acquisto prodotti beauty related; amo provarne di nuovi, e forse ve ne siete già accorte per via della quantità industriale di post ad essi dedicati che pubblico sul blog. Meglio dire subito che ho un po' esagerato con i prodotti di skincare nel 2013, ma mi sono anche divertita a selezionare i miei preferiti dal gruppo! Ed eccoli qui.

First cold beauty picks.

Here it is November and the cold weather with it; this is the time of the year when I usually get ill, first colds are out there with the sudden change of weather and the falling temperatures, and your skin will suffer too. Last week I got my first cold and immediately my combination skin became the driest. You'll be tempted to forget your skincare routine to dedicate your time to yourself, but you'll regret it! So I selected three products that helped me a lot to save my skin from the dryness in those day passed in bed.

Novembre è qui e con lui anche il clima freddo; questo è il periodo dell'anno in cui solitamente mi ammalo per la prima volta, i primi raffreddori sono dietro l'angolo con il repentino cambio di clima e il calo delle temperature, e anche la pelle inzia a soffrire. La scorsa settimana ho avuto purtroppo il mio primo raffreddore, e immediatamente la mia pelle mista è diventata la più secca. In questi casi si è tentati di dimenticarsi della skincare routine per dedicarsi se stessi, ma poi lo si rimpiange! Quindi ho selezionato tre prodotti che mi hanno aiutato molto a salvare la mia pelle dalla disastrosa secchezza, conseguenza di quei giorni passati nel letto e solo lì.