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. A lip product you wear often?
The OG Laneige Lip Mask in the pink jar. I use it every night!
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
Lately I’ve been bouncing between Chanel Malice, Laura Mercier Ginger and Chanel Les Beiges Blushes in No. 22, 25 or 20.
3. What are you up to today?
The usual mix of working, mom-ing and juggling all the things, LOL! I have a bunch of deadlines due early next week, so I’m trying to get those squared away in the first part of the week.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
Hmm, with a squeeze of lemon please.
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
I’m going to try to exercise first thing in the morning. I got back into the habit last week and realized it sets a good stage for my day when I do it early.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
I use a curling iron with a large barrel (the T3 Bodywaver) on a low heat setting to curl the top layers and the ends into loose waves. Then, I’ll smooth the flyaways around my part with hairspray and clip them down with flat, no-crease hair clips. I keep the clips in until I have to hop on a video call or leave the house, LOL!
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
Hand sanitizer, a disposable toilet seat cover for kids (if you have a little one who grabs onto the sides of the toilet, these are a lifesaver!), emergency snacks (cashew packets from Trader Joe’s) and a Chantecaille Lip Chic.
8. The colors you wear the most?
Hmm, well, if we’re talking clothes, I wear a lot of neutrals — black, gray, white, beige and blue. Honestly, this color palette does nothing for my soul, but it allows me to 1) get dressed without having to think too deeply and 2) appear somewhat put together, and that’s where I’m at right meow. If we’re talking makeup, then, coral, taupe, brown, pink and red.
9. Something that made you smile today?
I had my windows open this morning, and I heard the bells ringing joyfully from a nearby church.
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. A lip product you wear often?
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
3. What are you up to today?
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
8. The colors you wear the most?
9. Something that made you smile today?
P.P.S. Good morning, my friend! Have a peaceful and joyful day! 🤗
1. A lip product you wear often?
Any of the EOS balms, I have them scattered everywhere!
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
I really like the Urban Decay Sin Afterglow blush palette – whew that’s a mouthful!
3. What are you up to today?
Limping through a day at work on very little sleep – started sleep training the girls last night and it was hard to sleep while hearing their cries!
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
Without – I do like cucumber infused water though!
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
Hopefully a date night on Saturday while my mom babysits!
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
A little detangler, a little mousse, and blowdrying the front sections with a brush so they don’t dry too crazy!
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
Nailclipper and lip balm.
8. The colors you wear the most?
Black, army green, and pink! I’m not afraid of color!
9. Something that made you smile today?
Feeding the girls this morning after our first night apart! I’m glad we all made it through – should be a little easier now 😊
How did the evening go for them (and for you)? I remember that first night, I kept wanting to go into the room to see if she was still breathing. LOL!
It was okay…I have one good sleeper and one not good sleeper. The good sleeper slept through her sisters’ crying and through the night. I kept wanting to go in and check on them too! But I am so ready for them to be out of my room! And going on 7 months, I think they are ready too!
Did the sleep training work for Connor Claire for the most part? I just hope we can stick with it and stay scheduled. Up until now we haven’t been sticking to much of a schedule or sleep routine and we need to get better about that!
We got really lucky in that she wanted to naturally sleep through long periods of time, so the transition was only bumpy for a very short time. I do have to say that having a schedule was a lifesaver for us! Hang in there. They’ll figure it out soon enough. 🙂
OMG, so many questions today. Do you usually ask 9 questions? I don’t remember so many.
1. A lip product you wear often? I slap on a layer of Tatcha The Kissu Lip Mask every night. I keep a jar right by my head. It’s really great stuff. I’ve been dehydrated all summer and this stuff eliminates the need to put on lip balm during the day.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! Bobbi Brown in Pink and Nars Orgasm
3. What are you up to today? weeeerrrrrkkkk
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? I was just thinking about this yesterday. I adore lemon water and could guzzle it all day long but all that acid is bad for my teeth. So sometimes I start my day with it. But then I just want to drink it with lemon all day long. So, it’s really a once in a while treat.
5. Something you can do just for you this week? Ugh. It’s been so hot here in Maine that I’ve been skipping my daily early morning walk for like much of August and now into September. It’s bad and it makes me feel like crap when I don’t do it. So, heat be damned I gotta get back out on the road tomorrow.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? I blast a little heat at the roots and then iron it once it’s dry.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Ear pods. I can’t live without them anymore. I’m like an alien.
8. The colors you wear the most? Black, white, gray
9. Something that made you smile today?getting a call from my son when he was having a bad day. I hate that he was having such a bad day but it made me feel good to know sometimes he needs just me–and not my wallet.
Yeah, it’s usually nine! Sometimes if I can’t function (it happens on Mondays, LOL), then I’ll go down to five.
How sweet that your son called you! Gotta cherish those moments, mama.
1. A lip product you wear often? Nuxe Reve de Miel balm, especially overnight in the wintertime.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! None. I think I’ve worn blush less than five times in my life.
3. What are you up to today? Cranking on my last round of 1:1 meetings with my current team before I start a new position next month.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? With, if I can get it.
5. Something you can do just for you this week? Not sure, I may try to get a pedicure.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? Add products while it’s very wet, try not to disturb it at all until it’s at least 80% dry (curly hair).
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Pencil case, small Moleskine calendar, small tin of medications.
8. The colors you wear the most? Black, tan, purple.
9. Something that made you smile today? A video on twitter showing a baby goat coming out from under a dresser.
Get that pedicure, E.D.! Also, the Nuxe Balm is wonderful. I used to go through pots of it until it got hard to find.
1. A lip product you wear often?
Supergoop SPF 50 Sunscreen lipgloss
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
Mac Pink Swoon, Eternal Sun
3. What are you up to today?
Relaxing, regrouping, keeping calm and staying cool
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
Without
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
Ugh… probably get back to my nighttime skincare routine
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
Throw it up in a bun
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
That’s pretty much it actually. These days, a small bottle of water
8. The colors you wear the most?
A lot of whites, pinks, greys and blues (clothing wise), on my lips it’s been mostly clear lips, sometimes pink
9. Something that made you smile today?
I only really smile at/with my daughter and mom. Otherwise it’s shades on, don’t bother me. Lately I rewatched this video of Bad Bunny on James Corden (the bit where he’s being interrogated based on pictures pulled up from a phone). Just thinking about it makes me wanna laugh 🙃
Personally not really looking forward to the week, but I have a plan. Stay hydrated, and have a good week…
Actually I doubled checked: It’s Supergoop Mint Fusion Lip Balm with SPF 30. That’s the one I’ve been using
1. A lip product you wear often? Nars Dolce Vita Pencil …It’s my easy no fuss color
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! MAC Go Play blush in That’s Peachy, Nars Orgasm and Deep Throat, The Balm Fratboy
3. What are you up to today? Work at the office, pick up kids and fight them to do homework, scramble around the house doing chores….and finally crash on bed to watch Stranger Things with hubby
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? Just water…Although I have been drinking a Bai drink everyday lately
5. Something you can do just for you this week? Eat better
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? Wavy/natural at work or in a bun at home
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Potty seat covers, Dog waste bags, Aquaphor, hand wipes, Epi-pen, lipstick 👄, bandaids…. EVERYTHING🤪
8. The colors you wear the most? I have been branching out and have started wearing a bunch of colors this summer. It’s so hot…I bought dresses in every color of the rainbow😊.
9. Something that made you smile today? Your blog😉. Sometimes it is just nice to read about make-up and the good stuff in life.
Thank you, Mandy for your sweet comment. You just made me smile! 🙂
1. A lip product you wear often? Beauty Bakerie Sugar Lip Scrub (from ULTA)
2. Your favorite blushes — Most days it’s just a highlighter with a little color, Ilia In the City Multistick (Bronze Pearl) or Pink House Glow Stick in Sunset (a beautiful pinkish coral color)
3. What are you up to today? Just got off of work (started at 5 a.m.) It’s cold and rainy and my husband is away on business – time for hot tea and a book!
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? With please!
5. Something you can do just for you this week? I purchased a few of the 2022 Fall/Winter Chanel Colors for lips, eyes, and nails!
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? large flat paddle brush to blow dry the waves straight.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Lint brush for dog hair and a wrapped Lara Bar (currently cherry pie flavor).
8. The colors you wear the most? Blues, whites, and greens – with red hair/green eyes they’re my best colors.
9. Something that made you smile today? My rescue Lab Lorelei came in at 4 this morning to nuzzle me to make sure I woke up.
1. A lip product you wear often? EOS balms, I have about 20 of them.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! Bare Minerals “A Little Sun” – it’s very light and easy to brush on.
3. What are you up to today? Making soap!
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? Lemon please.
5. Something you can do just for you this week? I have to get back to exercising also. I love to walk outside, but it’s been brutal here in S. Florida, I’m praying for a tiny drop in temperature.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? Air dry – then a heated brush.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Tissues, Hand Sanitizer.
8. The colors you wear the most? Black, White, Orange (yikes, sounds Halloweenish!), Green.
9. Something that made you smile today? I got an order for 12 soaps!
1. A lip product you wear often? Nuxe Reve de Miel lip balm at night. Sheer color during the day. I like the NARS tinted balms in Orgasm and Dolce Vita.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! Pat McGrath Divine blush in Fleurtatious and Divine Rose.
3. What are you up to today? Tried to get my omicron booster, but the line only moved one person in 45 minutes and Dear Husband had a meeting he needed to leave for. Rescheduled at a different place for Wed.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? Without!! No lemon, no lime, no cucumber. I like Hetch Hetchy water with ice please!
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? Wash, condition, put it in an Aquis turban. Comb, part and air dry.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Lip balm, tissues and an extra clean N95 mask in case the elastic on the one I’m wearing breaks.
8. The colors you wear the most? Blue, black, gray and red in clothes. Makeup, taupe or gray shadows, rose or mauve pink lipsticks.
9. Something that made you smile today? My trainer and I were talking about the Thor movies and how Chris Hemsworth always has one shirtless scene in each movie. 💪
1. A lip product you wear often?
Aveda lip balm when I go to bed.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
Tower 28 Magic Hour and Golden Hour, Chanel blush stick #20.
3. What are you up to today?
Some work, reading, a little cooking.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
Definitely without, too acidic for my stomach and I don’t want to damage my tooth enamel.
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
Go to the beach for a little bit after work tomorrow.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
Uh, nothing, lol. I have long, curly hair and I literally just put some hair cream in it and let it air dry.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
Lipstick (well, at least two or three), a book and a magazine, a pen, headphones, a light cotton scarf and a sweater/sweatshirt/jacket (Bay Area, lol), wine bottle opener, emergency tampons.
8. The colors you wear the most?
Black (it’s easy and suits me), but I also love leopard print and interesting patterns.
9. Something that made you smile today?
My dog’s tiny tongue sticking out ever so slightly as he slept.
1. A lip product you wear often? I’m also going with the Laneige pink lip mask. Every night. I love it.
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! I have so many, Color Pop Cheek Dew, a Revolution blush palette, Flower Beauty blush, Undone Beauty blush. I prefer cream over powder.
3. What are you up to today? Went to lunch at a place in town that actually seasons food (we’re new to Michigan and that whole stereotype of white people not seasoning their food, kinda true up here), some friends stopped by and now my husband wants to put in an exterior door to the garage, enjoying some sunshine.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? With is lovely.
5. Something you can do just for you this week? I found a series of hiking trails that I need to try. I’m excited about that.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? Messy bun, ponytail, French braid. Lol! If I wear it down, my natural texture is fairly wavy/curly, and I like it big and kind of wild looking.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Lip gloss (Imperious Cosmetics), a bunch of those squashed and pressed pennies from different places I’ve visited, Tums/Advil/allergy medication, and a handkerchief from my late Grandma.
8. The colors you wear the most? Grey, navy, white, pink, army green. I only wear graphic tees. I should probably get some grown up clothes, but I don’t want to! I want to wear Scooby Doo and 70’s bands t-shirts!
9. Something that made you smile today? My neighbor came by to tell me that his 80 year old mother who fell and cracked her pelvis five weeks ago is not only home, but was told by her physical therapist that she doesn’t need to be in the wheelchair anymore. Woo hoo!
1. A lip product you wear often? ChapStick SPF 15 – constantly!
2. Your favorite blushes — GO! Right now I am using an Avon cream blush (stick formula). I love stick-type blushes.
3. What are you up to today? Working from home (via laptop); taking a break now!
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon? Both; but I love lemon in my water. Even lime!
5. Something you can do just for you this week? My nails, exfoliate in the shower! Maybe a spray tan or sunless tanner this week?
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair? I go to the salon every week for a fresh blowout. My hair is thick and coarse and not oily at all, so I the blow-outs last for a week!
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse? Floss, pepper spray, tissues, pen, gum/mints, nail glue!
8. The colors you wear the most? Black – I work in Manhattan!!!
9. Something that made you smile today? My dog. LOVE my dog
1. A lip product you wear often?
Nixe Reve de Miel Lip Balm. Every night!
2. Your favorite blushes — GO!
Max Factor Cream blushes, they are so underrated.
3. What are you up to today?
Finishing my sons room – we transitioned from kindergarten to school and had to redo the bedroom for that – and prepare for his emotional first day tomorrow. Emotional for me, that is.
4. Water with or without a squeeze of lemon?
Without.
5. Something you can do just for you this week?
Rest and read.
6. What’s your go-to method for styling your hair?
To be honest. Air-dry and then put it back in a low pony.
7. Besides your wallet, phone and keys, what are some things you always carry in your purse?
A Chapstick.
8. The colors you wear the most?
Red, black, blue and khaki for clothes, browns, black, taupe and red for makeup.
9. Something that made you smile today?
Nothing yet, I have a migraine from hell and feel awful.