You might be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?”
Well, it isn’t exactly a poll. It’s more of a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past seven years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
- What do you think your makeup style says about you?
I don’t know. Half the time when I’m out and about, it’s probably saying, “This girl’s in a rush! Maybe that’s why she’s wearing sparkly Chanel eyeshadow and bright lipstick,” because when you do those two things, you can totally cheat on everything else.But when I do have time, I think my makeup style says, “Ooh! This girl loves smokey eyes and looking chic but never overdone.”
- Do you have any food allergies?
No, my goat tum can handle anything and everything! 🙂Except for certain herbs. Maybe. I think I might be slightly allergic to cilantro and/or parsley, because sometimes I’ll get hives on my face after eating them.
But it doesn’t happen all the time, which is weird, so I’m not sure. When it does, though, I get big-honkin’ welts and hives…which I know sounds totally gross, but they go away in 15 or 20 minutes.
Now, if my eyes completely swell up one day, I’ll probably start taking it a little more seriously, but for now, I may or may not be slightly allergic to certain herbs.
- What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was putting on makeup and wasn’t even close to being ready. I was also telling El Hub, “I’ll be ready in 5 minutes.” LOL!Because we had a Sunday afternoon/early evening date for dinner and a movie, and the movie time was 4:10, so I thought, yeah, I’ll have enough time, blah, blah, blah…
And you know what usually happens next. I didn’t estimate the time well, so I ended up throwing on some stuff at the last minute. El Hub was halfway out the door and yelling, “I’ll be in the car!” and I was like, “OK, I’ll be ready in 5 minutes!” but I hadn’t even changed yet.
- What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
I’m hoping I’ll be doing the opposite thing today. I’m hoping I’ll be taking off my makeup at 3 (doubtful) so I can run on the treadmill a little later on, even though I don’t know if that’s the best idea because my legs are still super sore from spin class on Saturday. - What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
By the look of the sad pan with the big empty circle in the middle, it’s matte brown MAC Cork.Not the most exciting answer, but it’s true because I can wear it with just about every single look, whether with warm or cool shades.
Since it’s not too cool toned, it doesn’t look gray or ashy on me (I’m warm toned), and it’s not too warm either, so it doesn’t venture into orange territory.
I mainly use it as a transition color and to carve out the crease, but I also just love how it blends.
Your turn. 🙂 Just copy and paste the following questions into a comment with your answers. I look forward to reading ’em!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
2. Do you have any food allergies?
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Oh, don’t be so sad. Turn that frown upside-down. 🙂 You’re gonna have a great week.
After work today I’m hoping to finish my employer’s new command center (gotta meet the Thursday target date!), so we’ll see how that goes.
Have a wonderful day, my friend. I hope yours is as bright and shiny as a yellow Gerbera daisy.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
That I pay a lot of attention to details. That I like elegant looks.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Yes, I am allergic to sea shells.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Filming a video tutorial.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
It’s an hour away here in MI, I am hoping to be taking a nap but I am not sure if I can squeeze it in!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Mac Sable! I absolutely love it. I should buy Cork too if you like it so much!
Happy Monday, Karen!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
I hope it says that I look polished, yet natural. I wouldn’t want someone to notice the amount of makeup I’m wearing.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Luckily, no. I can pretty much eat anything.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I’m not sure exactly. I was either on the couch with Ella in my lap or in the kitchen cooking up some meals for the week.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Trying to stay awake at work. 🙂 That’s always a tough time of day, especially on Monday.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Right now, I’m just using a basic brown eyebrow pencil.
Happy Monday!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Probably that I love bold/bright colors and lots of lashes lol
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Not that I know of. Thankfully my greedy self can eat just about anything lol
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Also getting ready for a movie date. We actually ended up late because I was taking forever and I had to make a stop. All bad!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Taking a nap! I didn’t get to sleep until around 2. Woke back up at 3 and then rolled back over at 5:30 lol. My sleep schedule has been all out of whack since I’ve been dealing with this wisdom tooth pain :/
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Definitely Too Faced Milk Chocolate from the Chocolate Bar palette. It’s my go to transition shade
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
She has no idea what she is doing.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Thank goodness no.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Probably changing a poopy diaper.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
I hope playing outside with my toddler. There is snow on the ground but it’s warm (31°)
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Benefit cream shadow. It brightens my whole face and makes it look like I slept longer than I did. I’m always surprised how good it looks when I put it on.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
That’s I’m fairly classic and tasteful but fun.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
OMG, YES. Peanuts, Eggs, and Lactose/Casein. I didn’t develop them until my late 20’s. Needless to say my life is now hell.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Being sick with the flu and in bed.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Feeling better, holding a winning lotto ticket, and a size 6. Any of those is acceptable but the outlook isn’t good.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Stila Kitten, NARS Lhasa, and L’Oreal Iced Latte. I find those can be worked into almost any look!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
“She only has time to focus on one thing”
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Lots. Garlic is the worst one – I swell up and can’t breathe if I walk past some italian restaurants.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was making cookies. 6 ingredient vegan cashew cookies.. that I then covered in chocolate.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Laundry.. or reading in front of the fire with a cat..
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Bronze. Swipe on my lids and that counts as a whole eye look some days.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? Hmmm, I’m not sure. I guess that I stick with basic looks. I suck at winged liner.
2. Do you have any food allergies? No allergies, but I am a picky eater.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? Sitting on the couch binge watching House of Cards.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? Taking a nap
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? Urban Decay buck, works with almost any look.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Hmm, interesting question. I think it must say “loves a bold eye or lip, usually not both together. Not affected by the contouring epidemic, she prefers her face more natural than not. Sometimes overdone for casual events because she feels bad about not using all that makeup she owns”
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Nope, nothing.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was probably reading some stuff on a forum, and getting ready to play Jenga tower and Connect 4 with my husband. The original plan was a 5-mile run/walk but it was RAINING! Unbelievable. Having to change your plans because of the rain in San Diego doesn’t happen too often, lol!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
If there’s no rain shower, I need to go for a run. Otherwise, I want to re-read Dr David Burns’ Feeling Good book.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Bobbi Brown’s Espresso that I use to tightline my upper lashes.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
I think it usually says something like, “She must really not care at all” because I’m usually in crazy sparkly makeup and blue/green/black lipstick.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Nope. Although there was that ONE time when I visited my family in Mexico and I had my favorite suadero tacos for every single meal for about three days. I was getting ready to board my plane to Dallas when I got really itchy; I checked my arms in the bathroom and turns out I had a huge rash going from the back of my neck down to my arms, my sides, and my legs. Does that count? haha it’s never happened again!
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was shopping with my parents. We usually head to the mall on Sundays after we’ve had lunch 🙂
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Working 🙂 Gotta love that 9-5!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Probably MAC’s Day Gleam Pressed Pigment. That stuff is amazing! It makes me look away and glamorous without even trying!
Here’s to a short Monday!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? Suuuuuuper casual! I just wear enough to not look too plain.
2. Do you have any food allergies? Sugar that’s been cooked. I know it sounds weird, but I get terrible canker sores from sugar. So I don’t eat too much.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? In the car with the hubs and kids. We did a road trip yesterday and we were driving home from Casa de Fruta yesterday at 3.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? Picking up my 3rd grader. She normally walks home from school, about a mile, but it’s raining here so she gets picked up.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? Anything from the Naked 3 palette right now. Except the black one, because I don’t do that.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
That I take time putting my makeup on, that I love changes and that I probably own too much makeup! 😉
2. Do you have any food allergies?
A slight alergy to kiwi (my tongue tickles) but as it can become more severe, my doctor told me not to eat kiwis!
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Vacuuming! -__-
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Napping or reading… Or reading and slowly falling asleep. I don’t work on Tuesday afternoon so I often nap a little then! 😉
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
MAC Satin Taupe and MAC Indianwook painpot!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Hmm, not sure. Maybe, she’s a minimalist.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Nope, thank goodness.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Driving on multiple different freeways trying to get home, yet avoid the 4 mile back-ups caused by accidents on 880.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Getting ready to leave the house to see a movie at the Cinequest Film Festival.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Burberry Trench. Hit pan on it for a second time. So sad it’s been discontinued.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
I think my style says I am sweet, fun, and classy. I’ve been wearing browns/nudes/pinks on my eyes and my lip color varies with bright to bold but not typically dark.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
The only reaction I remember ever having was to kiwis. This was when I was younger, but I haven’t had them recently to see whether I still have such a reaction. It’s sad because I do like the taste of kiwis.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was at work, having a little chat with my coworker’s 1-year-old daughter. She is so adorable!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
I hope to get my schedule at work set for the next few weeks. Also, I hope to be at work, lol!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
I haven’t decided on that yet. But I recently bought Benefit’s RSVP cream shadow, hoping that that would be *the one*!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Casual and yet put together, hopefully maybe.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Strawberries 🙁
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Wasting time online I think.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
It’s 4:30, so umm i was hoping to be finishing planning an event for work and I actually was 1/3rd of the way through.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Right now it’s Stila Kitten or MAC Vex. But right now I’m using Armani Eyes to Kill Pulp Fiction almost everyday even though it’s much darker than I normally throw on I’m in love with it.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Um, maybe it exemplifies my inconsistency? lol. I almost never wear the same look 2 days in a row, which I’m sure is a little weird… Sometimes I’ll do shadow, sometimes I’ll do shadow & smoked out liner on the outer corners, sometimes I’ll do a cat eye, sometimes I’ll go nekkid… I’m all over the place, man!
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Not that I know of. Thank goodness! I’m a little sensitive to some dairy (mostly milkshakes, man… those things are just bad news bears for Shannons!) but other than that, I’m pretty chill.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I was helping my friend return a moving van! We had just finished throwing all of her worldly belongings into a new place, and had to drive back through the sludge & falling snow to return the van she had rented. Kinda gross, and a tiring sort of day, but in a really good way 🙂
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Darn, already passed the mark. I was working away at my computer… although I *wish* I could’ve been napping instead, ha!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
UD’s “naked” is a really good one for me. Nice and neutral and chill!
Monday’s almost done for me, thank goodness! I feel like I’m finally getting back into the routine of the workweek. January and February were crazy with travel and the Monday holidays – which I loved, but all of that time off/away made going into the office for a full week seem extra-painful, for some reason! Ah well. Things are leveling back out, and I’m feeling more positive. I’m starting to get the inkling that spring will maybeeventuallysomeday get to New York, too, so that’s helping as well 🙂 We’re almost to the start of Daylight Savings Time! So crazy, right?? I am SO EXCITED for the lengthening days…
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? Willing to take a risk every now and then
2. Do you have any food allergies? no, thank goodness
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? snowshoeing!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? I was shoveling snow
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? everything coz it’s neutral matte
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
It’s probably something like, “I’ve got that classic red lip thing that you like.” (T-Swift wins it always — I love my bright reds and pinks!)
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Nothing as far as I’m aware! I do, of course, have what I called ‘mental food allergies’ — that is to say, there are common foods I don’t eat.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
I think I was tidying up my room!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Hopefully studying. Probably playing Castleville or the Kim Kardashian game.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Too Faced Salted Caramel from the Chocolate Bar palette. If I’m feelin’ lazy I just sweep that into my crease, apply my liner and voila!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? Probably pretty classic, sometimes leaning towards vintage with my liquid liner. I try to keep it nice but neutral at work, since I work in manufacturing.
2. Do you have any food allergies? Nope, but I do have food triggers with my migraines. Haven’t had wine or champagne since maybe 2008, and I avoid deli meats and too much avocado or strawberries. Although I sneak bacon if I go to Sunday brunch. 🙂
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? Just getting home from a lovely lunch for a friend’s birthday.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? It’s almost 3 here and I’ll be back at work after my little brain break I’m taking right now!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? A matte neutral, like Salted Caramel from the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
~Hmmmmm…It can say a lot of things, because I can be a makeup chameleon of sorts. It can say that I’m professional and sophisticated (the work/job interview neutral and flattering makeup look); it can say that I’m fun (I love to do some of the crazy runway eye looks); and it can say that I’m very comfortable in my own skin (minimal or no makeup days).
2. Do you have any food allergies?
~I am highly allergic to bananas, weird allergy I know, but that’s the only one.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
~Home reading and watching TV shows on Amazon. It was nasty weather here in MD.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
~I was working but hoping that the time would pass quickly. Been feeling on the tired and rundown side of things lately.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
~I would say NARS Galapagos and UD 24/7 Shadow Stick in Morphine (and lately I’ve been using its dupe, Sephora Waterproof Shadow stick in Lilac which is almost the exact same shade as Morphine). NARS Galapagos dresses up any shadow color and goes on great as a simple smokey eye, and Sephora or UD enhances my eye color but still goes with everything.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? You know, I feel like my look is pretty basic & only slightly glam in a small way. But I get compliments on my makeup all the time, which just plays into my dream of wanting to be a free lance MUA. Not as a career, mind you. Just something more along the lines of having an outlet to be creative & to feed my need for art & self expression. 🙂
2. Do you have any food allergies? Nope, thank goodness!
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? I’d just begun to relax & unwind. Sunday mornings I go to church then head home to veg out on the couch & watch some basketball. Coincidentally, at 3:00 yesterday, I was watching basketball, ordering makeup online, & looking through the feed on my Makeup Social app. (read: stalking)
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? I was running errands. So boring! Wish I could’ve been kicking it on the beach. It’s still too cold for beach-bumming. But soon, very soon, you’ll ask me this again & I can tell you that at 3:00, I was at the beach!
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? MAC Uninterrupted. I wear it. Every. Single. Day. Thanks to you, I rushed out to pick this one up & haven’t looked back since. It’s almost fleshtone on me & barely noticeable. However, I feel like it helps to blend everything together. Even bright neon looks, like the UD Electric palette, play nicely with this eyeshadow.
Btw, I’m not even sure I can get off my couch right now. Went to what I thought was a regular ole’ yoga class at my gym. It wasn’t. It was a combo of cardio, Pilates, & yoga. Now, I can’t move. To say that the instructor kicked my butt is an understatement.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? Creative, different, sometimes glamorous
2. Do you have any food allergies? No food allergies, but I’m lactose intolerant.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? Going through emails.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? I was napping
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? BareMinerals loose powder eyeshadow in Bare Skin, Nude Beach or Bubbly. Urban Decay Walk of Shame.
I love reading you Karen!
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? mmm… I have no idea!
2. Do you have any food allergies? SO MANY that LIFE ISN’T FUN anymore! I have to be very careful, once I almost die eating cherries 🙁 but luckily didn’t need a tracheotomy.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? if you mean Sunday, I was in the middle of my boy’s 3rd b-day party! trying to deal with other 15 3-y-old boys and gals and their parents! the party was a success!
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? taking some pics for my blog. In fact they forecast like 1 hour of bright sunlight, then cloudy again :/
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? really I have this chanel quad called Premier regard and use a lot those colours, 4 of them, but mostly the taupe-brownish one.
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Probably that I’m too lazy/unmotivated to ever put on concealer.
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Yes, I’m very allergic to a natural food colorant called annatto — it’s found in yellow cheeses, red popsicles, crackers (including Goldfish and Toasteds), frozen french fries, breading…okay, I have to read the ingredient labels on everything.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Pretending to clean up my study but really playing YouTube videos and dancing around the room.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
It’s way past three now — but at 3 I was chopping ice from around my car (which was frozen in place) and spreading the resulting ice chunks into the road so they could melt. Only they didn’t, so I inadvertently created a slip hazard on the road. Oops.
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
Marzipan from the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette. It just brightens my eyes and makes me look more awake and rested (despite my avoidance of concealer).
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you?
Hopefully that I’m getting older both gracefully and tastefully, but I’m not afraid to go bold and still mix it up a bit – I’m almost 50 but I’m not dead yet !
2. Do you have any food allergies?
Yep – cocoanut ! Makes my face and tongue swell up like bizarre balloons 🙁
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday?
Taking a nap with my beloved doggie. He’s my best buddy !
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today?
Taking clothes to sell at a consignment store – I try to clean out my closet and stick to the “one in – one out” rule so I’m not overrun !
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade?
SO hard to choose just one, but if I have to it would be MAC Sweet Lust, a pink/rose lustre shade. Or the satin beige Shroom. Or the peach/pink velvet Vapor. See – too hard to choose 🙂
1. What do you think your makeup style says about you? That I’m a “stick with what works” kind of gal? 🙂
2. Do you have any food allergies? Sadly, shellfish. I had a full blown anaphylaxis episode about 8 years ago. I also suspect a sensitivity to salicylates, which may be even more upsetting.
3. What were you doing at 3 p.m. yesterday? Working but I’m not sure on what, exactly.
4. What do you hope to be doing at 3 p.m. today? I wouldn’t say “hope” but I’ll still be at work. 🙂
5. What’s your goes-with-everything eyeshadow shade? I’m sure it would be in the brown or pink families – those are usually my go-to colors if I’m wearing shadow. Which, I’m normally not.
My go-to shade is this coffee shade with some gold and bronze flecks in it. I absolutely LOVE it! Perfect for a smokey eye or eyeliner. Its from Smashbox and its one of the shades in a palette I got a year or so ago so I can’t even remember the name =/