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 five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ?
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup every day for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Yeegh… I gotta change my eye makeup, so I’d go with same lipstick. Of course, neither choice seems particularly appetizing… It would definitely have to be a nude shade like MAC Velvet Teddy, and even though I wear nude lippies a lot, I’m pretty sure I’d be over it after about a month, HA HA HA!
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
Tweezing.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Messy bun, please.
4. Fake lashes or contour?
Sigh… Neither? But if I HAD to pick one, then I’ll take the fake lashes, but they’d have to look natural.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
My pirate mustache and I will take the tweezers please!
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Brushes and fingers, because brushes are easier to wash than sponges, and fingers are just straight-up convenient! I rarely use sponges these days.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
Tough choice, but I’ll go with winged liner. As long as my brows are plucked and trimmed, I can get away with not filling them in.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Every day when I exercise, because I don’t like feeling like my scalp is greasy when I go to sleep. Also, I have pretty bad allergies, so I like to wash all of the pollen out of my hair before I hit the haaaaaay!
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
I’m acceptable if I’m just doing a simple three-strand braid or a fish tail, but anything more complicated than that, like french braids, dutch braids or braid crowns, then nope.
10. Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
I haven’t completed any big projects lately, and I’m in awe of people who’ve done things like learn another language, organize their garage, and Kon Mari their closets, because all I’ve been able to do is keep the ship from sinking. The day-to-day stuff has kept me busy, so in that way I think I’ve been productive… I juggle being Connor’s preschool teacher, with being our family’s full-time cook, part-time blogger, and I also provide janitorial services. I’m definitely not bored! It’s all I can do to keep the ship afloat.
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. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
4. Fake lashes or contour?
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
8. How often do you wash your hair?
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
P.P.S. Hope you’re having a nice day so far. ?
1. Lipstick.
2. Tweezing.
3. Chapstick because my lips are dry as the desert.
4. Lashes cuz that’s the one I’ve done before, once in my life.
5. Face mask!
6. Brushes and fingers.
7. Winged liner.
8. Twice a week.
9. Yes, but not my own.
10. I wrote and uploaded about 100 pages of fanfiction in the first few weeks of lockdown. I’m doing day-to-day stuff now…and fretting that I’m not writing.
Good for you for writing your pages! Proud of you!
Aw thanks, Karen. It feels like forever ago (was it only back in April?)…but you’re right. I should be documenting and celebrating that success. 🙂
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
The same eye look , i love different lipstick colors.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
threading
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
chapstick
4. Fake lashes or contour?
fake lashes
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
face mask
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
sponges
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
i would love to do winged liner in my perfect world
8. How often do you wash your hair?
hold on to your seat, once a month if i feel dirty , less than that if i have a protective style
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
nope , not even my own hair
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
i go to work with a smile so yes.
Good for you for approaching your job with a smile on your face! Seriously. It’s sounds cheesy but attitude is everything, right? If you’re going to be there, you might as well enjoy it.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
I’d go for lipstick because then that means I can wear it, ha ha! Mac Cosmo, please!
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
Tweezing.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Do you mean chopstick? My hair is too silky to hold a chopstick, so messy bun it is.
4. Fake lashes or contour?
I’ll take contouring my eyelids with soft brown, thanks. You never specified what was to be contoured muahahaha!
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Tweezers!
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Brushes.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
Fill mah brows.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Three times a week-ish
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
Yes! But I can’t do my own. Boo.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
Still working, so I wouldn’t know. Lately I’ve been reading these books that make me want to write so badly! But I have no time for it, and creative writing isn’t something to schedule in whenever. I have to write when I feel inspired.
Hi Savannah,
I’m not a writing coach or an expert, but I’ve written pretty much every day for the last 15 years, and one thing I’ve learned along the way is that writing consistently (even when you don’t feel inspired), really helps. It’s like a muscle; the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. Try chipping away for 10 minutes every day over the course of seven days. You’ll end up with 70 minutes of writing at the end of it, and that’s great stuff! You can totally write that story or that book or whatever is inside you waiting to come out. YOU CAN DO IT!
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? As long as I knew it wouldn’t be discontinued, the same lipstick.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Chapstick.
4. Fake lashes or contour? Fake lashes. Contour, eewww!
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? All of them.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Fingers and brushes. I hate sponges because the don’t wash out well and hold bacteria.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Brows
8. How often do you wash your hair? Every day. Can’t stand and oily, itchy scalp. And an oily pillowcase makes for acne.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? Yes. Had lots of practice with Dear Daughter growing up.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? Nope. I’d still like to work on my foreign language skills and Mari-kon my closets. But like you, I see to be the full time housekeeper, chef, busboy and dishwasher. Not sure if he’s clueless or spoiled but Dear Husband can’t even seem to reheat a plate of leftovers in the microwave without asking me for help. Sigh.
I AM SO OVER DOING DISHES. I’m constantly washing, drying and putting sh*t away. El Hub tries, bless his heart, but I always end up rewashing the dishes he washes because there’s always, always bits of leftover food. He claims he uses soap and a sponge but I dunno…
I’m sick of doing dishes too. Dear Husband has been good about drying when I ask, but he has no clue where anything is kept. He’s getting better since I keep asking him to dry and put away.
But I hear you. Dear Daughter and Dear Husband always left grease or bits of food behind. I had the windows open the other night as I was doing the dishes and I could hear the neighbor Mom behind us loudly scolding her teen daughter about leaving food on the dishes and not washing the bottom of dishes and pots. They got into a big tiff about it. I think mom’s are the same everywhere. And I think teens wash dishes the same, too. Sigh.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Eye makeup, for sure!
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
If I’m doing it, tweezing. If a pro is doing it, waxing.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Messy bun, although that’s a moot point since I got 4 inches of hair cut off.
4. Fake lashes or contour?
I don’t know how to do either. I’m guessing contour would be easier for me.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Tweezers, but face masks are a sad necessity these days.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Brushes, with fingers as backup.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
Fill in my brows. Groomed brows are the dot on the ‘i’ of your face. Also, I’m not good at winged liner or any liner, for that matter.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Every other day, generally, but it does depend on what’s going on.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
Not really.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
I’ve gotten a few medium-sized projects done, but it’s mostly been average, every-day things.
Happy Monday!
Happy Monday to you, too, Suzanne. I hope you had a nice day!
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? Lipstick since I barely use it anyway.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Chapstick
4. Fake lashes or contour? I can’t do either but would rather learn to apply false eyelashes
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Tweezers
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes mostly
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Brows
8. How often do you wash your hair? Every day
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? Basics yess
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? Kind of – made new curtains for bedroom, family room & kitchen; some painting projects & lots of cleaning. I planted my flowerpots then I had to replant them after the deer ate my deer-resistant plants & left me a tip since the plant buffet was so yummy ?♀️Now that I’m back at work, I wish I had gotten more done
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? Same lipstick, which I rarely wear anymore since I’m always drinking something.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing. My last wax experience was, not great.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Chapstick.
4. Fake lashes or contour? Fake lashes. I can’t even imagine how ridiculous I would look with contouring.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Got to have the tweezers.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Usually a foundation brush.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Don’t need to fill in my brows (yet) so I guess winged liner, although I am crap at it.
8. How often do you wash your hair? Every 2-3 days normally. During my furlough, I stretched that to 4-5 days.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? Yes, I can do most braids on other people but only a three-strand braid or French braid down the back on myself. Haven’t taken the time to practice other things on myself.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? Yes, was working from home until early May except for a 4-week furlough in April. Now, we’re almost all back in the lab with masks, social distancing, no in-person meetings, and hand sanitizer everywhere.
I didn’t know to attribute that quote to Camus. Very cool.
It’s weird how many of these answers have changed as a result of staying home from the pandemic. I indicate those answers with an asterisk. 😉
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? Same lipstick.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Messy bun.
4. Fake lashes or contour? Contour.*
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Nail file.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Brows.*
8. How often do you wash your hair? 2x a week. Even with daily yoga. Lately I haven’t even had to use dry shampoo. Maybe bc I use no hair products for the past few months that cause build-up.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? I was good at braiding my cosmetology mannequin’s hair!
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? I feel productive being able to complete work assignments.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Eye makeup, as long as it was incredibly understated then I could wear any darn lipstick I wanted.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
There is something really satisfying in having a professional using cold wax on your brows.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
CHAPSTICK.
4. Fake lashes or contour?
I hate both with a passion.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Face mask! I could use one right now.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
A mix of all three…when I do a full face. Normally I wear nothing.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
BROWS.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Every single night. I have baby fine, thin hair that’s oily. Cannot skip the shampoo.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
I can do the basic braids (3 strand English, Dutch and French and I can diagonally braid.) Ask me to add in more strands like I do on my hair and it suddenly turns into Swahili.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
Pretty productive. I’ve worked on the unicorn (it’s still not done yet, but I need a break), done some gardening, decluttered a bit, organized the kitchen cabinets, learned a mac & cheese recipe, been teaching Bree some new things…I’ve been pretty productive!
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? Same lipstick and probably something like Velvet Teddy!
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Messy bun
4. Fake lashes or contour? Contour
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Face mask bc it helps the spread of infection and show I care about others!
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Fill in brows!
8. How often do you wash your hair? Every other day!
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? Nope
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? Yes. I have worked from home so I have to be productive daily!
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? I’d wear the same neutral toned eye makeup. Just because the same makeup is being used, it doesn’t mean it has to be applied in the same way every day. A good palette lends itself to inspiration. Since my lips are a mauve leaning rosé, I really don’t need to wear lipstick.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? I tweeze the occasional stray.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Chapstick because my lips are always dry. Besides, many Chapsticks offer a hint of color.
4. Fake lashes or contour? This takes me back to the 60’s when I always wore false lashes for dates and special occasions.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? I have working hands so I need a nail file to keep the edges smooth.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes; especially blue squirrel like those by Hakuhodo.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Winged eyeliner.
8. How often do you wash your hair? Usually every day but sometimes I’ll skip a day. I never go longer than that because I can’t stand the smell of dirty hair. I find it bilious.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? No, I have severe arthritis in my hands which has impacted my dexterity.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? I cleaned out the closets, washed all our windows (we have 22 of them), things like that.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? The same lipstick.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Chapstick
4. Fake lashes or contour? Neither but lashes if I have to pick one.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Tweezers
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes and sponges- I’m a little OCD/germaphobe so I don’t use my fingers much except to pat concealer,
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Fill in my brows, though I wish that I could do a nice winged liner. My eyes are difficult to do it on. Sigh. One day!
8. How often do you wash your hair? Every other day.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? I like doing hair, but it’s just a hobby. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve braided hair though.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? I’ve cleaned a lot and tried to cook more, but sadly that’s about it.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Tough one. Let’s go with same eyeshadow.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
Reluctantly, tweezing. Waxing leaves angry red marks on my face. Threading costs moolah.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Messy bun, hon!
4. Fake lashes or contour?
Contour. I’m allergic to many adhesives so am afraid of eyelash glue.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Face mask!
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Ranked: A) Brushes – have many, might as well use them. Plus, they’re soft. B) Fingers – not terribly accurate but I used to do eyeshadow with them all the time. C) Sponges – I’m so over them. I’ve heard too much about the germs. Are they ever really clean? Yuck. ?
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
I’m awkward with the liner, so the brows win.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Once every two…three…four days, depending on how sweaty I get and whether I’ve ventured out to germy groceryland.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
No, not enough practice.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
If by “productive” you mean making the bed every day, washing my hair every couple days, and going for a walk several times a week, then yes. Frankly, it’s been rough. Most of the people I’m close to are medically vulnerable in one way or another, yet I am not in a position to help them.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Same eye, I think.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
Tweezing.
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Messy bun.
4. Fake lashes or contour?
Contour, but gentle.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Tweezers.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Fingers!
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
Brows.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Every 3 days or so.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
Yes, I just wish I could do my own.
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
I’ve been working my regular job, essential worker. Not much beyond that.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup every day for the rest of your life or the same lipstick?
Same lipstick-probably in a shade of pink.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing?
I don’t really have to do much with my brows, so I guess tweezing if any new hairs pop up in the center?
3. Messy bun or Chapstick?
Chapstick-my hair’s a bit too short for a messy bun, and since Ohio salons are open and I haven’t heard of any drastic new spikes, hopefully I’ll be able to make it much (read: chin-length) too short soon!
4. Fake lashes or contour?
Contour. I usually just do the underside of my cheeks.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers?
Probably nail file, but every few weeks it’s tweezers to get a recurring hair that pops up inside one of my moles (I have a matched trio on my right chin, right neck, and right upper arm that I’m quite proud of).
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers?
Brushes and a CoverGirl powder puff that I use in a sponge-like way to apply my foundation.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner?
Fill in my brows. It’s not exactly necessary, but it looks good when I do choose to do it. Also, my hand isn’t steady enough to do winged liner too often.
8. How often do you wash your hair?
Every few days. The exact number of days varies depending on how well my hair holds up, but it’s usually somewhere between 2 and 4.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair?
Not actual human people. I collect dolls–mostly Barbies and Barbie-style dolls of Disney and non-Disney characters–so I’m pretty darn good at braiding doll hair!
10. Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place?
Creatively, somewhat-I’ve dedicated myself to doing a different makeup look every day, and I recently customized a new doll in my collection and plan to customize another soon. As far as more traditional forms of productivity, the most I’ve managed is that I kill all the spiders and go inside for most of the family grocery runs.
1. Would you rather wear the same eye makeup everyday for the rest of your life or the same lipstick? Eye makeup, and I’d keep it very very simple.
2. Pick one for your brows: threading, waxing or tweezing? Tweezing
3. Messy bun or Chapstick? Argh! I can’t choose! I guess chapstick. But I live in messy buns!
4. Fake lashes or contour? Lashes if I have to choose, but short ones. I’ve never worn lashes.
5. Nail file, face mask or tweezers? Nail file, I need to be able to do my nails.
6. I like to put on my makeup with…brushes, sponges or fingers? Brushes.
7. Would you rather fill in your brows or do winged liner? Brows. They’re getting sparser (?) in my old age, almost 45!
8. How often do you wash your hair? Twice a week.
9. Are you good at braiding other people’s hair? No!
10.Have you been productive during the shelter-in-place? Not at all. I have serious quarantine brain. My older daughter graduates high school and my younger daughter promotes 8th grade this week. It’s craaaaaaaaazy! Thank goodness for caffeine.