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. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I’d rather have a tube or a jar with a pump, but if the product works for me, I don’t mind a jar. I know a lot of beauty lovers have strong feelings about scooping creams and whatnot out of jars, though!
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
Spending holidays with El Hub. For the last few years he’s had to go into the office on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this year he’ll be home!
Oh, I’m also looking forward to cooler weather. LOL!
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
Stand up paddle so Connor can sit on the board and hang out with me while we explore.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
Ranch so I can dip my pizza and baby carrots in it. 🙂
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
Somewhere in between. My top layers are wavy, and the inner layers are straight.
Aloha and happy Monday, sweet girl. We’re still on Oahu but we’re down to the last few days of vacation and will be headed home soon. This part of a trip is always so bittersweet! It’s been so much fun to spend time with my family and take a break from everyday life, but somewhere along the way, I’ve become quite the creature of habit. I miss my bed and my usual routine, LOL! Anywho. I hope your Monday is filled with sweetness and light.
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. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? I don’t mind jars. I prefer being able to control how much product I use. Some pumps make it impossible to use a small amount. I also like being able to see exactly how much product is left.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Fall clothes. Hot cocoa. Cooler temperatures. The colors. No humidity. Less bugs outside. I LOVE Fall.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? Just plain swimming or floating for me
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Italian
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? My hair is in between. Wavy and thick (and it has a mind of it’s own). Impossible to control sometimes.
Enjoy the last few days of vacation! And I understand missing home. There is nothing like your own bed…especially when you have pets. I have also become quite attached to my routine. I always feel like I need an extra week off just to “recover” from the vacation.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I prefer a pump but, like you said, I’ll do a jar if it’s the only option.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
Fall coffee drinks from my Nespresso!
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
Snorkeling and scuba!
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
Ranch for dipping, Italian on salads.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
Pretty straight unless if it’s humid. Then it has a mind of its own!
Enjoy the last days of your vacation! I’m down to my last week of staying home with the girls, I go back to work august 1st. 😢
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I prefer a tube but I do have some eye creams and moisturizers in jars. Where I can’t deal with jars is in the shower. I find them cumbersome and jarred in -shower products tend to take up a lot of space.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
I’ll be with family in October for my niece’s graduation from PA school. I do look forward to cooler temps but it’s not unusual in more recent years for nice cool weather to not appear until late October/early November.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
I haven’t snorkeled since I was a kid (in Hawaii!) and would like to do it again.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
Italian. With some fresh herbs and parm.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
Curly. It’s more of a loose wave in cooler, less humid weather. More curly and frizzy with the humidity. I can use the exact same products, do the same routine and if the humidity is 5% greater than the day before it’s a whole different ballgame.
Enjoy every last moment of your vacation!
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? They’re okay – I have a couple little scoops to help get the last bits out but unless it is a product that is amazing, I won’t rebuy
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Cooler weather (hot flashes + 90• heat are no joke) & hopefully our home construction project will be done
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? Stand up paddle boards. We bought inflatable ones to use on the river
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Italian
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? Straight but if I let it grow long it gets a (very) slight wave
Melissa, I feel ya on the hot flashes. I am in the same situation as I am in my late 40s. Stay cool, sister!
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? I use little washable “spatula” type scoops to get the product out while keeping my hands out of it.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Long walks in the Metroparks without the heat or mosquitoes.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? Paddle Boarding.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? For taste I like Ranch – but to be more healthy I make a really good Italian that’s got a lot of herbs, lemon, and garlic in it but no salt.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? With the right layered cut, it’s fairly curly, but if it’s longer and one length it’s just sort of wavy. I usually blow-dry it straight though.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I don’t love the thought of germ build-up, but there are some products that I love (hi, Neutrogena HydroBoost moisturizer!) that are worth dealing with a jar.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
It’s my favorite decorating season!
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
No, thank you. I’ll be indoors, in the air conditioning, with my book.😉
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
Ranch, preferably buttermilk and homemade.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
Just barely wavy.
I hope y’all have an amazing last few days of vacation!
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? I think it depends on what type of product it is. If it’s a sturdy formulation like my cream moisturizer, a jar is perfectly OK by me. If it’s something like the retinoid I get from my derm., it needs to be in an opaque pump because light and air will degrade it rapidly.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? I love absolutely everything about the fall—vibrant colors, spicy-sweet scents, crisp cool evenings, the list just goes on and on.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? None of the above? Lol Years ago I used to scuba dive, but nowadays I prefer to just swim.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Plain balsamic vinegar. I guess that could coun as Italian 😃
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? My hair is long and perfectly straight.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? As long as it’s formulated to be stable in a jar, I don’t mind. I use those tiny spatulas that I’ve saved from some creams or a cotton swab to get it out.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Cooler weather. Fall leaves. Maybe a trip to Seoul. Or I’ll tag along on one of Dear Husbands business trips to Tokyo. (Why oh why would anyone make your husband work on Thanksgiving or Christmas? Even retail stores don’t do that. But I’m glad he’ll be able to spend time with you this year.)
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? None of the above. I don’t know how to swim and I avoid water like the plague. Unless it’s frozen and I can ice skate or ski on it.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Depends on what we’re eating. I make my own vinegar and oil dressing with shallots and dijon. Making ranch from scratch involves a lot of herbs and chopping and Dear Husband doesn’t like things with buttermilk or mayo.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? Just wavy enough to not be perfectly straight. If it’s cut pixie short it’s straight, but the longer it gets, the wavier it gets.
Enjoy your last days in Hawaii! It’s such a beautiful place.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I don’t buy them if it can be avoided. I know the product gets contaminated even if you use a little spatula, and it gets oxygen in it, which causes degradation of a lot of skin care ingredients. I also don’t like having to struggle to get the last drops out of some containers (like the large Clinique moisturizer bottle).
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Cool, dry weather. I only really feel alive in cool weather, and we don’t get that much of it.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? At my age and general condition, I think “none of the above.”
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Neither.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? Wavy, but straighter than it was before I lost it to chemo 6 years ago.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
It’s definitely less convenient but fortunately I do not buy many products in that form.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
Pumpkin spice everything. Yes, I am the pumpkin spice freak!
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
I can’t swim so all three are scary to me. But if I did swim, I would choose snorkeling. I would love to look deep into the eyes of a fish.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
Italian.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
Wavy like gravy.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? They don’t bother me, my hands are clean and I find it’s easy to get the exact right amount of product out.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? The leaves changing in Northern Michigan are stunningly beautiful.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? Stand up paddle boarding feels like my favorite.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Ranch. But homemade only, not bottled.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? Curly, but soft curly.
1, I’ve never understood the issue with jars. If washing your hands isn’t the first step in your skin care routine, you’re doing it wrong.
2. Nothing. I love summer and hate to see it go every year.
3. Is watching from shore an option?
4. Italian. I’m not really a dipper so I don’t love ranch the way others seem to.
5. Somewhat in between.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars? I don’t mind jars, I have a bunch of those plastic spoons that I rotate through to try to keep my fingers out of things.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall? Not much, I have a ragweed allergy, but it will be nice to go outside when the sun is out in the afternoon and not feel like I’m walking into an oven.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding? Probably snorkeling if forced to choose, but probably wouldn’t do any.
4. Ranch dressing or Italian? Ranch for sure.
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between? Curly, although it’s loosening over time like most curlies in my family.
1. How do you feel about beauty products you have to scoop out of jars?
I don’t mind it at all as long as I can wash my hands before I use it.
2. Something you’re looking forward to in the fall?
Cool fall temperatures, colors, and fall scents. I love all of the spicy fall scents.
3. Surfing, snorkeling or stand up paddle boarding?
None of them because I can’t swim.Lol so I’d better stay on land ;D
4. Ranch dressing or Italian?
I’m a Poppyseed dressing girl but I guess if I had to choose I’d go with Italian. 🙂
5. Is your hair curly, straight or somewhere in between?
My hair is very curly but I always wear it straight.