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(Almost) perfect daily moisturizer with SFP 50 for oily skin

Let’s be honest here. A great daily moisturizer for oily or mixed skin types is often hard to find. They all promise brilliant results, but only a few of them really deliver their job properly. Now imagine that you are in search of a daily moisturizer with SPF – it’s like ten times harder! OK, let me stop with the drama now. I found an almost perfect moisturizer for my oily T-zone, with a simple name –  Face cream with SFF 50 by Olival. By consistency, it is actually a mousse that reminds me a lot of vanilla pudding, but with a subtle creamy smell. It is also slightly yellow. It provides high protection against UVA and UVB rays and contains Q10 antioxidant and Niacinamide (B3). Pros: Affordable (around 13€ form 50ml) Non-greasy Quite fast-absorbing Applies nice, without a white cast Great ingredients Cons: Semi-mat, sometimes even luminous finish Maybe during the cooler season, this will be ideal, but now it does not give me that so much wanted mat finish, so I often need to use p...

Summer morning skincare routine

Hello there and welcome to my blog! This time I’m going to briefly describe my morning skincare routine. My summer days start super early because I need to be at the office at 6 AM.  During hot months I like to use refreshing and cooling products to wake me up and make me feel better. It’s my little ritual and I love it. Hope you’ll find something to add to your morning care. Step 1  – in the morning I always clean my face with micellar water from Caudalie. It is gentle, but effective and has a light herbal tea-like scent. Step 2  – occasionally, when I feel super tired and look like a real mess, I like to use anti-age cooling under-eye pads from Balea. They are quite good and affordable, but I’m thinking about replacing them with some kind of face roller. That would be an even cheaper and more permanent solution and most of all could be used every morning. Step 3  - a good face mist is a must for me, the one I like the most is again from Caudalie, their iconic beaut...