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. Desert or beach?
Beach. ?️ My skin likes the humidity.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do?
If the drinks were limited to beer and wine, and the wedding wasn’t too crazy big, I’d be fine… Maybe I’d even get some good tips! ? But, if there were elaborate drinks involved, forget about it. LOL!
3. Sushi or fried chicken?
Sushi! ?
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight?
I love frosty late ’90s brow bone highlights, but I’ll take the inner corner highlight today because it makes my eyes look perkier.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day?
Chanel Boy de Chanel Brow Pencil, Urban Decay Cannonball Waterproof Mascara and Avene Tinted Sunscreen.
6. A scent that soothes you?
Anything with lavender usually does the trick, and morning coffee also does a lot for my soul/wellbeing.
7. Quick! — name the first lipstick that comes to mind.
MAC Velvet Teddy…always and forever.
8. Your potato dish of choice?
French fries, baby! ?
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on?
Um…befriending stray cats? LOL! I would love do a talk on starting your own beauty blog, or on being a mom in your 40s, or discuss fun books to read on the beach.
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. Desert or beach?
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do?
3. Sushi or fried chicken?
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight?
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day?
6. A scent that soothes you?
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind.
8. Your potato dish of choice?
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on?
P.P.S. Happy Monday, beautiful girl! ?
Would totally be up for what to read on the beach post?
Making a note of that, Colleen!
1. Desert or beach? Backpacking in a forlorn desert.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? Not good.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Oh sushi sounds fantastic!
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Can highlight be a white, but no shimmer? Browbone.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Like today? Dipbrow, an Ilia liner flick, mascara, lipliner and gloss.
6. A scent that soothes you? Fresh bedsheets….
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. Natasha Denona I need a Nude.
8. Your potato dish of choice? Pieroges!
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? Addiction, or rather coming out on top. ?
Kudos to you for being able to come out on top. Happy Monday, Jennifer!
1. Desert or beach? Beach
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? Terribly. I never was much of a drinker, so I’m unfamiliar with a lot of mixed drinks.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Fried chicken
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Brow bone highlight.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Sunscreen primer, powder foundation, setting powder, blush, eye primer, one-and-done sparkly neutral shadow, mascara, setting spray, and bright lip color (unless I have to wear a mask, then clear lip balm).
6. A scent that soothes you? Sea air
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind.
8. Your potato dish of choice? Whipped garlic potatoes
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? Advocating for special needs people, writing articles, makeup, planning vacations
Oops, missed #7. KVD Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in A-Go-Go.
A big YES to those whipped garlic potatoes, YUM!
Hope you’re having a great Monday so far, Rachel.
1. Desert or beach? Desert. Dear Husband took me to Death Valley one winter holiday and I loved it.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? Pretty good. I make a mean Manhattan. And I’ve got the Negroni, Boulevardier, Paper Plane and Migliorato pretty much down.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Sushi. My stomach hates fried food.
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Inner corner? Although I don’t really bother with highlight of any kind.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Sunscreen with a mineral or powder foundation lightly dusted on top.
6. A scent that soothes you? Clean laundry. Clean cat fur.
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. NARS Dolce Vita
8. Your potato dish of choice? All of them! Lol. Crispy, roasted in duck fat. Kenji Lopez Alt’s recipe.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? Nothing comes to mind.
Hi! We’re home now and just wanted to say when we were in Kailua and Lanikai I totally thought of you! Happy Monday. 🙂
Welcome home! Has Rosie forgiven you for leaving her for a week?
I thought you were on the windward side of the island. Those early in the week beach photos looked so familiar to me. That last photo of the lagoon looked so inviting.
As someone who is scared of being in water deeper than my knees and burns within five minutes in the sun, I cannot figure out why I love Hawaii so much. But I do. Hoping when this pandemic is over or mostly over that I can get Dear Husband to take me to Hawaii. In the meantime we’re heading up to Pt. Reyes tomorrow or Wed.
Hope you have a good week!
1. Desert or beach? Beach
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? Very poorly, lol.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Fried chicken
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Brow bone highlight
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Tinted moisturizer, sunscreen, lip balm
6. A scent that soothes you? Vanilla
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. MAC Ruby Woo
8. Your potato dish of choice? Mashed
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? Traveling, Makeup, Hair, and databases.
1. Desert or beach? Beach. I grew up in a beach town and have always lived fairly close to the ocean. The I find the rhythmic sound of the waves, the wind rustling the palm trees, the scent of salt in the air to all be grounding and relaxing.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? Terrible!
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Neither since I’m a vegetarian.
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? I always have some type of highlight on my brow bone; sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic, whatever the occasion or mood dictates.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? A one and done eyeshadow like Sisley Sparkling Topaz, a bit of black liner smudged along the base of my eyelashes, and a rose tinted lip balm. Since my eyelashes and eyebrows are black, I really don’t need much else.
6. A scent that soothes you? Night Blooming Jasmine—intoxicating!
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. Rouge Coco Flash in Live.
8. Your potato dish of choice? French fries.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? English language acquisition, comparative linguistics, cultural component s of language, etc.
1. Desert or beach? Beach, I like water.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? I’d probably not do very well, I’m talkative and I like cocktails, so I’d be chatting people up too much.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Fried chicken. Not with bones in it though.
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Inner corner.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Fill in the brows, add some blush, and a lip gloss.
6. A scent that soothes you? Coffee, freesia, spaghetti sauce.
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey.
8. Your potato dish of choice? Oh this one is hard, fries. Crispy, salty, dipped in ketchup.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? Indie nail polishes and pugs. I could talk for days on pugs.
1. Desert or beach?
BEACH. Dear God, please, a beach. The desert kills me.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do?
Badly. I’ve never drunk alcohol in my life, so it’s fair to say I have no idea how a bloody Mary is made…at all. I know it involves celery, tomato juice and some form of alcohol. That’s it. XD
3. Sushi or fried chicken?
Fried chicken. I loathe sushi.
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight?
Inner corner highlight for these really dark circles please.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day?
Nothing except sunscreen if I can get away with it. If I must, a good amount of sunscreen (I burn like a lobster), concealer, mascara, brow gel and something on my lips. NOTHING ELSE. I really cannot tolerate much on hot days.
6. A scent that soothes you?
Peppermint!
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind.
UD Anarchy.
8. Your potato dish of choice?
My grams’ potato puff…if you can call it a potato dish. It has a heap ton of cream cheese, an egg, some butter and milk, potatoes and a dash of paprika. Turns into a giant puff and I LIVE FOR IT.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on?
Disability inaccessibility and other injustices that we are denied that is both systemically written into our government laws and culturally taught. Did you know that what is happening to Britney Spears and her IUD happens to disabled people regularly? It’s LEGAL thanks to a Supreme Court case called Buck v. Bell (1927) where the judge said that it’s perfectly legal that a conservator can forcibly sterilize a mentally unfit/disabled person without their consent for “three generations of imbeciles are enough,” as the judge famously said. Other things full-time conservators can legally do: withhold money, take away vehicles, admit their ward to the psychiatric ward without ward’s consent, take away the keys, force them to go to a doctor he/she does not need, forcibly take medications, take away their carers, fire their carers and hire new ones at will, talk to doctors without ward’s consent, sign all legal documents without ward’s consent and on and on and on.
This is not unique to Britney. Britney is just famous.
1. Desert or beach?
Beach, beach, beach, beach, beach!!! After spending too long in central Los Angeles and to and fro-ing into the Inland Empire I can safely say I am not a desert girl.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do?
So awful ! Even if the only drink available was water, I did bar work once and either forgot what the order was or if I got the order right I forgot who I was serving.
3. Sushi or fried chicken?
Sushi, specifically fresh sushi from Samurai Sushi in Anaheim (sadly no longer inexistence), I miss that place.
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight?
Inner corner highlight, it makes me look so much fresher.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day?
Waterproof mascara, either L’oreal Bambi Lash or Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High – the maybelline one dries out fast but does not budge even in extreme humidity.
6. A scent that soothes you?
Any kind of warm Christmassy scent (cinnamon, vanilla, whisky) or the sort of soft powdery scent that Philosophy’s Baby Grace had.
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind.
Rubywoo – MAC. Mostly because I bought it after getting my rescue pupper Ruby.
8. Your potato dish of choice?
My boyfriend is Slovak and prepares potatoes with cumin seeds and sauerkraut – perfection.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on?
At the moment I couldn’t do a single thing but when I am in my flow then either something psychology based or something on acting and improv.
1. Desert or beach? Beach, though I wouldn’t mind the desert in any season other than summer. I spent much of my childhood in a desert town and I appreciate the desert in ways most people don’t.
2. If you had to tend bar for a friend’s wedding, how would you do? I can follow directions well, so probably okay, if I had a bartender’s guidebook. I am not into alcohol.
3. Sushi or fried chicken? Fried chicken
4. Inner corner highlight or brow bone highlight? Inner corner.
5. Makeup you’d wear on a casual hot day? Tinted moisturizer with a light coating of powder, light waterproof mascara, and tinted lip balm.
6. A scent that soothes you? I love lilac scent, but the plants don’t really exist in my area. Also, I like vanilla.
7. Name the first lipstick that comes to mind. MAC Russian Red.
8. Your potato dish of choice? Fries.
9. What topics do you know well enough to do a Ted Talk on? How to survive public school, US history after WWII (with emphasis on the 1960s), Thoroughbred horses and horse racing, gardening in an outrageously difficult environment (N. Texas).
Karen, since you like the scents of lavender and coffee, you should try Coffee Break by Maison Martin Margiela. It is a blend of milk and lavender with a hint of coffee. So calm and cozy!