So…what is the Monday Poll?
Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007).
1. Pudding or jello?
Um, pudding, I guess. I never crave jello, but once in a blue moon I’ll want tapioca or rice pudding.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup?
I just started using the bliss Pro Liquid Exfoliant about a week ago.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around?
I have a cardboard box filled with random things I’ve kept since I was a kid; there’s a drawing of a white cat wearing a blue collar in there somewhere.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store?
Parsley. I want to make quinoa patties, and TJ’s didn’t have fresh parsley last time when I popped in over the weekend.
5. How good are you at building stuff?
If there’s a clear set of plans and I have all the tools I need, then I do pretty well. A couple years ago when Connor got a play kitchen and a doll house for Christmas (so many toys had to be put together from tiny little pieces), I was the one who built it all.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
There are so many! I’ll always have nothing but love for Hung Vanngo, Daniel Martin and Lucky Bromhead.
7. Last time you washed your hair?
Saturday night. I was exhausted but my hair smelled like food after I made dinner. I can’t deal with meat-scented strands at bedtime. LOL!
8. Something you’d like to do less of?
Scrolling my phone before bed. I gotta get out of that habit!
9. Something you’d like to do more of?
Dancing. 💃
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.
1. Pudding or jello?
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup?
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around?
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store?
5. How good are you at building stuff?
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
7. Last time you washed your hair?
8. Something you’d like to do less of?
9. Something you’d like to do more of?
P.P.S. Happy Monday, beautiful! I hope you get all the kitty kisses this week and then some. 🙂
Happy Monday! I will definitely keep my snow over your rain. I hope you’re all holding up OK. I know it’s quite bad in some areas. 🙁
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Three Paula’s Choice items (BHA Liquid Exfoliant, 1% Retinol, Niacinamide 20% Treatment)
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? Same as you, except plural. SOME boxes of old artwork, report cards, clippings, etc and some of favorite stuffed animals, etc.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? I think I’m all set today.
5. How good are you at building stuff? Yikes. Not one of my top skills. If the instructions are good and I have everything, I can get it done. I can not “see” where everything goes or make working adjustments on the fly. Combination of not much practice and not much natural ability!
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? What’s your schedule like? 😉
7. Last time you washed your hair? This morning.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Eat/drink unwisely.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Want to exercise.
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding, but only if it’s homemade.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Acure Alpha Arbutin Serum
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? I have a sterling silver puff heart with my name engraved on one side and my birthdate engraved on the other side. It was originally attached to a baby rattle that the officers’ wives of Muroc Air Force Base gave to my mother when I was born. I love it. The engraving is in an ornate cursive script and is very pretty. I like to wear the heart on a long sterling chain.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? So many things! Our refrigerator suddenly died and so I have to replace a number of perishables.
5. How good are you at building stuff? Average. I know how to use tools. Back in the day, basic carpentry was part of the elementary school curriculum.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
7. Last time you washed your hair? Yesterday.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Tax prep! I’d love a simple flat tax rate so I didn’t have to keep track of all our business related stuff.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? See friends.
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding, I love pudding. I don’t eat it often, but it’s my favorite. I do not eat jello. It’s not for me.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Experiment brand Super Saturated, a hydrating serum. I love it. I’m very dry and live in a dry area, and Super Sat has saved my skin.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? My unicorn Guinevere. I got her on Christmas Eve when I was 7. She’s a big stuffed unicorn. I still sleep with her. She’s got socks over her legs because her stuffing is coming out, but I love her fiercely. Love her.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? I just went to the grocery store and bought what I needed for dinner! I could still get hash browns, but I’m trying to eat better for breakfast, so I don’t really need them.
5. How good are you at building stuff? I’m okay. If there are step by step instructions, I’m good, but I can get frustrated easily.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Wayne Goss!
7. Last time you washed your hair? Last night, I try to only wash it twice a week. I have thin fine hair, so it doesn’t get greasy or dirty quickly.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? I overly worry about my kids’ futures. They’re smart girls, they’ll make their own way and it will be glorious, I have to remind myself often that they are on their timeline, not mine.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Hiking. I live in the most beautiful place in the world and there are lots of hiking trails, I need to explore them.
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding. I liked jello, just not the thought of what’s in it. I ruined a Vegan’s day once in line at the grocers when we were swapping vegan recipes, and I noticed all the diet jello she had in her basket. She had NO clue what it was made out of.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Farmacy Filling Good Hyaluronic Acid Skin Plumping Serum. It’s awesome under Biossance Vitamin C Rose Firming Fluid.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? Larry the Lion – a plush lion from the 60’s. You pull a string and his mouth moves and he talks (voice is Mel Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny and other characters).
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? Lettuce – I’ve been doing a lot of salads post-holidays.
5. How good are you at building stuff? Pretty good- I built my own computer tower from parts.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Kate Lee.
7. Last time you washed your hair? This morning since I skipped yesterday.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Laundry -I don’t know how two people can generate so much.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Sleep in (husband gets up at 5 for work),
1. Pudding or jello? Jello- just had some for lunch!
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Under eye circle cream
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? Lots of bins or folders with drawings, notes, pictures, etc.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? Shaving cream!
5. How good are you at building stuff? Sometimes with directions, I’m okay, but nothing from scratch.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Lisa Eldridge, Pat McGrath, and Mario Dedivanovic
7. Last time you washed your hair? Today
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Worry
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Have fun/live in the moment!
1. Pudding or jello?
Pudding!
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup?
This Aveeno Calm and Restore Balm I use around my eyes – they’re super prone to eczema.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around?
A blue polka dotted teddy bear named Cricket!
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store?
Everything LOL. I have fruit, cereal, milk, etc, but I don’t have anything for dinners.
5. How good are you at building stuff?
Terrible!
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
Either Lisa Eldridge or my friend Katrina who moved across the country.
7. Last time you washed your hair?
Just now! I washed with FragFre Cleansing Conditioner for fine hair and followed with L’Oreal EverPure Simply Clean Conditioner and the matching Sheer Oil. Now I’m in bed with Hettie and Mabel (our new Newfoundland puppy). Jiji is not into Mabel yet so he’s not here.
8. Something you’d like to do less of?
Facebook !
Mabel is, however, a fan of cats. She met my cat nephews at my SIL’s house for my great niece’s first birthday and gave kisses to Remington and liked Steele as well. The littles were good with her too.
Thanks for putting the Sheer Oil on my radar. I’m going to grab a bottle on my next target run!
1. Pudding or jello?
Pudding for sure. Whipped cream helps.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup?
Tula Pro-Glycolic 10% Resurfacing Toner. After about a month and a half of use, I can assert with some conviction that no resurfacing appears to have taken place.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around?
Guilt — ha! No, seriously, I have a tiny (minuscule!) Siamese cat figurine that I inexplicably named Malcolm Ting Ting. Our neighbor had a Siamese cat that I adored.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store?
Bread.
5. How good are you at building stuff?
Not bad. I’ve assembled a fair number of furniture items.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
Wayne Goss would be fun!
7. Last time you washed your hair?
Earlier today.
8. Something you’d like to do less of?
Worrying.
9. Something you’d like to do more of?
Actually solving my problems!
Ooh, Susan! I love that you still have that cat figurine. Awww!
Also, I’m going to check out that toner!
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? Nothing new…but increasing my retinol days
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? A rock that my grandpa found that is shaped like a cupcake
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? Just went shopping
5. How good are you at building stuff? Not very good
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Wayne Goss♥ – Love watching his videos
7. Last time you washed your hair? Last night
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Stress😜 (Should probably drink a little less, eat a little less sugar, and less time on phone browsing)
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Exercise…Really working on making that a priority. Thinking positive and looking for the silver lining.
Hi Mandy!
What retinol are you using these days? I have one from Avene which I like just fine, but I’m looking around to see if there’s another one that I like better.
Hope you manage to get in some exercise this week. I’m going to take a walk today to get some sunshine!
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding for sure.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? The Ordinary 5% caffeine serum. I cut out over half of my caffeine consumption some time ago and for the first time in my life, my undereyes are puffy. I’ve been using this for a few days and it seems to be working as advertised.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? I have a small plastic tub with a few things, mostly from high school. I think my childhood hand-me-downs mostly went to my youngest sister (15+ years younger).
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? More Spindrift.
5. How good are you at building stuff? Pretty good. I picked up a fair amount from my father (cabinetmaker) and grandfather (welder, stock car builder). I don’t have all the tools and equipment I’d need to build anything complicated.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Not sure, but I’d love to see what a professional would do to give me a cat eye without making me look like a jackass.
7. Last time you washed your hair? This morning. I usually wash it every 2-3 days. Really trying to stretch to 3 to see how long this demipermanent color is going to last.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Cook. The cafeteria at work closed early in the pandemic and won’t reopen and we aren’t eating indoors at restaurants, but I’m sick of having to plan and make most of the meals. I need to mentally justify spending a little more on takeout so I don’t go totally batshit.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? We need to get back to a more regular cleaning routine and I should be walking more. I walk roughly 7000 steps a day, but I’d like to get to 10,000+.
1. Pudding or jello? Pudding. Chocolate please. Tapioca if that’s all you got.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup? By Wishtrend Cera-Barrier Soothing Ampoule. My skin got so dry it hurt and this made it feel better almost instantly.
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around? Photos of my mother and father from the 1940’s
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store? Everything. Dear Husband is overseas for work and I hurt my shoulder Monday and I can’t lift anything, not even my arm and food is running low in this household.
5. How good are you at building stuff? Really good. I had a boss who once said if there was a book with plans on how to build a house, he was convinced I could build one all by myself.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face? Mary Greenwell because she does Cate Blanchett, Andreea Ali in Paris, Lisa Eldridge because I’ve seen her do makeup on mature women and I’d love to try something colorful with Pat McGrath.
7. Last time you washed your hair? I did a half baked job this morning (Wed) because I was able to lift my arm a bit more this morning.
8. Something you’d like to do less of? Waking up at 3 to 3:30 a.m.
9. Something you’d like to do more of? Reading, painting, traveling.
1. Pudding or jello?
Neither, but pudding if I have to.
2. What’s the newest skin care product in your lineup?
The whole bunch of SKIN1004 goodies. So much to try!
3. What’s one item from childhood that you still have around?
My stuffed bear. And yes, it still sleeps in my bed.
4. Something you need to buy at the grocery store?
Butter and cheese.
5. How good are you at building stuff?
I am okay, but I hate it with passion.
6. A makeup artist whom you’d love to paint your face?
Anyone. I never had my makeup done professionally.
7. Last time you washed your hair?
Yesterday after going on a run, it was all sweaty.
8. Something you’d like to do less of?
Worry about what others think about me.
9. Something you’d like to do more of?
Reading and sleeping.