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. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Gummy bears. I haven’t chewed gum in years! It bothers my jaw for some reason.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
My current bottle of Avene Mineral Sunscreen is down to the last few drops. I’m debating between buying a new bottle or trying something new; maybe the Isdin Eryfotona Favorites Set? Still not sure yet.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
If I skip conditioner, then I’m in for a world of hurt.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
I’ll go with the print, but it has to be a floral print.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
I’m lucky in that I live relatively close to both a Sephora and an Ulta! I bounce back and forth between the two.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
Although I don’t own a lot of their clothes, I’ve always admired Patagonia for always doing cool sh*t.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low pony because it’s less likely to give me a headache.
8. Your lip product of the day?
I’m wearing Ilia Rococco lipstick today.
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
A thick, rich body cream in a jar, please.
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. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
7. Low pony or low bun?
8. Your lip product of the day?
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
P.P.S. Happy Monday, beautiful lady. Here’s a big hug. 🤗 I think you’re amazing!
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Chewing gum
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? Nothing at the moment…I’m not super fancy with skincare so I can quickly order from Amazon or Ulta. I usually stock up when items are on sale.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster? Definitely conditioner. I have wavy thick that gets dry easily.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Solid. I do have a fun Marvel Avengers print that I wear occasionally.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? Target…LOL
6. A brand that you absolutely love? I love Adidas (Ultraboost shoes are amazing), Apple (Can’t live without my Apple Watch), MAC (Love too many of their cosmetics to name), and LeSportsac (Fun prints like Tokidoki and PacMan in such lightweight kid-friendly materials). I cheated on this question😁!
7. Low pony or low bun? Low bun
8. Your lip product of the day? MAC “E for Effortless”…Such a pretty red and formula
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Lotion
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Gummy bears! I have always loved anything gummy and can pretty much eat the whole bag!
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
Foundation – more makeup and not really skincare but I’m almost out! I use Revlon colorstay so nothing fancy, but it looks like they’ve changed the bottle and formula since I’ve used it last?! And I don’t know if the shade I usually use is the same, it looks darker! Why do they have to do that?!
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
Blow dry the front – I sort of have bangs (they are getting too long and I need a cut) and if I don’t at least blow dry that section they will dry really weird.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Solid.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
Ulta – we just got one! At the same time that they remodeled our Target to put an Ulta inside Target lol!
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
Athleta.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low pony, my hair isn’t really long enough for a bun.
8. Your lip product of the day?
MAC Tres Blase lipstick.
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
Lotion – it absorbs the fastest!
Have a great Monday Karen! I am so getting that play makeup set for the girls in a couple of years! Love it!
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Gummy Bears!!! Just got back from a grocery run with a package of the originals from Haribo.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? Cleansing oil, bi-phase eye makeup remover (don’t like oil on my lids/lashes) and sunscreen. I’m always running low on sunscreen.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster? Leave it alone. No heat appliances.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Solid
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? Sephora, Nordstrom, drugstore. It depends on what I need.
6. A brand that you absolutely love? Dior. I think Maria Grazia Chiuri is knocking it out of the park on each and every collection. Not that I can afford to wear any of it, sigh. One day, I’ll win the lottery, lol. I always wanted a Chanel tweed jacket, but I haven’t drooled over anything since Uncle Karl passed.
7. Low pony or low bun? Uh, pony? My hair isn’t long enough to do either.
8. Your lip product of the day? Aquaphor SPF balm. Just got back from the grocery after working out and haven’t even showered yet.
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Lotion
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Gummy bears
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? Not skin care, but I need to replenish my foundation because I’ve used up all of my backups.
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Lotion
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Don’t wear leggings
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? Sephora, Ulta, Target, etc.
6. A brand that you absolutely love? CeraVe
7. Low pony or low bun? Somewhere in between the two- I do a pony but don’t pull it all the way through, though it’s not a bun. Not sure what you call it.
8. Your lip product of the day? Chapstick
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Lotion
Have a great week, everyone!
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Gummy Bears. There’s a bag stashed in my desk drawer at all times.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? I’m getting low on my favorite mask – Leahlani Mermaid Mask.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster? My hair is fine and tangles if you just frown at it. A conditioner is a must.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Solid
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? I love to go to Credo Clean Beauty.
6. A brand that you absolutely love? Chanel. Their purses are outside of my budget but love the looks.
7. Low pony or low bun? Low Pony
8. Your lip product of the day? Me Time Botanicals Sugar Plum Lip Exfoliant
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Currently Osmia Naked Body Oil
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
I love gummy bears! There is a candy shop near me that makes mango gummy bears and they are probably my favorite non-chocolate candy.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
I am running low on the Youth to the People polypeptide cream I purchased this summer. Hoping for a sale soon.
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
I use all 3. Right now I’m layering a body lotion over a light oil. Give me all the moisture!
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Have and wear both. I have so many solid workout tanks that printed leggings are fun. I love my leopard leggings!
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
There’s the typical Sephora, Ulta, Target pretty close. But there are a few small shops that opened in my little city since the Pandemic and I need to check them out.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
Cuyana. I only own a few things but their minimal, beautiful and well-designed aesthetic speaks to me.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low pony.
8. Your lip product of the day?
Rituel de Fille enchanted lip sheer in Water Violet. My favorite lip purchase in recent memory.
Have a great week!
Oh and…One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
I have to leave my hair alone and not touch it at all after washing and applying a curl cream until it’s totally dry. Otherwise it’s frizz city!
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Chewing gum
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
Nothing (unsurprisingly)
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
Soak it in a mask ASAP
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Solid
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
Ulta, though honestly it’s been ages since I bought skincare from a physical store.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
MAC. For body care, The Body Shop
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low pony
8. Your lip product of the day?
Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Lipstick in Muse
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream
Body cream
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Gummy bears – any gummy Candy is yummy!!
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
Eye cream, debating a new and hydrating one.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
Hair spray for humidity control and to be sure it doesn’t lose all styling I do to it!
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Solid makes picking a top easier.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
Nordstrom, our local drug stores called Shoppers Drug Mart or Sephora
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
The GAP
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low pony, my hair is too short for a bun.
8. Your lip product of the day?
YSL the Bold lipstick in Le Rouge
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? A dry body oil for fast absorption any day.
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
7. Low pony or low bun?
8. Your lip product of the day?
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
I hate when I press the enter button instead of the button I mean to press. – sigh –
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Gummi bears (gummi is spelled with an i as it comes from Germany!) and chewing gum are both on my TMJD banned foods list, but I still can’t help but chew on gum occasionally (and I pay for it every single time.)
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
Sunscreen.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
A spray leave-in conditioner. Absolutely necessary to avoid heavy, greasy hair (if one uses the pump version) or dry, tangled ouchy hair (sans leave-in.)
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Fashion leggings: Dark and solid. Equine “tights” (they’re leggings with compression with either knee patches or full seat): Color block, ombré, or something to break up all that plain color. It helps my coach and myself (in photos) see my legs more easily.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
Target or Ulta.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
Native, Pacifica and L’Occitane. The amount of each I own is criminal.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Pony.
8. Your lip product of the day?
Burt’s Bees chapstick
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Body lotion
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Gum, but only in the car occasionally, but only because it’s there and it brings me no real joy, so I’d like to stop. I told my son that the other day and his instant response was that I should move to Malaysia. Lol. That would do it!
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
Avene gel moisturizer. Perfect glowy plump non-irratating situation.
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
Cream. I’ve been loving Avene body balm.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
I only wear actual woolen stocking-type leggings occasionally with skirts and chunky shoes. Plain & cabled.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
Ye olde internet.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
La Ligne.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low bun on others! My hair is too short to do it myself.
8. Your lip product of the day?
A bright red Bite beauty situation that I picked up during their final markdown sale. It’s matte, moisturizing, and has great staying power. RIP!
9. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster?
Not condition it too heavily. It’s thick but fine and straight and gets too weighed down.
xoxoxo for a beautiful week
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Gummy bears for the win!
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? La Mer The Treatment Lotion. I’m hoping I can make it last until the Sephora sale. I’ve used it for years and it is a skin care must.
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster. My hair is very long so I use a light conditioning rinse after shampooing. It makes my hair easier to comb out.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Solid, I guess. I’m not a fan of leggings.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? It depends on what brands you like to use. If someone wanted a general recommendation, though, I’d tell them to go to our local Nordstrom or Sephora. Between the two, you can find just about anything.
6. A brand that you absolutely love? Tatcha.
7. Low pony or low bun? A low pony is a summertime favorite.
8. Your lip product of the day? Chanel’s Rouge Allure in Á Demi-Mot.
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? I love them all, but if I could only have one, it would be body cream.
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears?
Gummy bears, I am like a child when it comes to them.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish?
My La Roche Posay Anthelios UVMune 400, although the weather tells me it isn’t one of these autumns that invites you to go hiking…
3. One thing you need to do with your hair to avoid disaster.
I can’t skip conditioner, my hair tangles very easily.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color?
Always solid color.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town?
I mostly buy online these days.
6. A brand that you absolutely love?
That is hard, I am not very brand focused. Maybe apple as they do all my electornics and I love their brand messaging.
7. Low pony or low bun?
Low bun, I don’t want my hair to get caught between me and the chair.
8. Your lip product of the day?
Emile Cordon Madison Queen. Basically a balm that leaves a red stain.
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?
Body cream, my shins are so dry, a lotion won’t do.
1. Chewing gum or gummy bears? Chewing gum. Wintergreen! Love gummy bears too though.
2. Something in your skin care routine that you’re running low on and need to replenish? Peace Out retinol under eye stick. LOVE it
3. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream? Body lotion. Not as greasy. But I do love the body oil sprays.
4. Leggings — in a print or in a solid color? Solid – black.
5. Where is the best place to buy skin care in your town? Harmon’s or Ulta pr CVS
6. A brand that you absolutely love? Nivea
7. Low pony or low bun? Low Bun these days
8. Your lip product of the day? Chapstick
9. Pick one — body oil, body lotion or body cream?Body lotion. Not as greasy. But I do love the body oil sprays.