So…what is the Monday Poll?
Well, it isn’t exactly a poll. It’s more of a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random list of questions I’ve been putting out to readers every Monday morning for the past NINE (!) years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you enjoy reading mine.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Only if the baby isn’t around and I have Shout Wipes or a Tide Pen on me.
So I guess the answer’s no. ?
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
One of the Republic Nail Frida Kahlo polishes. I don’t the name of the shade (I think it might be called FKN.37). It’s a super pigmented sky blue cream with excellent wear time.
I wish it wasn’t LE.
Oh, and also OPI Topcoat.
3. Bath or shower?
Shower. But I’ll probably change my answer after I win the lottery and buy myself a claw-foot tub.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
Hourglass Vanish Seamless Finish in Beige set with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural powder in Medium Golden. It’s just easy, natural and chill, which are what I’m in the mood for today.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
If my BFF started wearing Byredo Parfums Gypsy Water, which is my current favorite scent, I’d be a little weirded out by it, but I wouldn’t say anything beyond, “Hey, I know that scent.” At least I’d know what to get her for her birthday.
Happy Monday
Hi, sweatpea! Good morning. I hope you slept well. What are you up to this week? El Hub is starting a new job in a few days, so that’s the most exciting thing on my agenda.
I hope something extra nice happens to you this week, and I hope it happens at exactly the right moment. ?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy and paste…
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
3. Bath or shower?
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Nope, but I try anyway.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? They’re naked right now.
3. Bath or shower? Shower for getting clean, washing my hair, but bath for relaxing.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? Josie Maran’s I love it.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Complimented.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
I love wearing white (especially in the summer months) and luckily most of the time I can wear it without getting it dirty.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
I’m wearing the nail polish from Givenchy’s spring collection. It’s a semi-sheer orchid purple – very pretty!
3. Bath or shower?
Since my tiny apartment doesn’t have a bathtub, I’ll have to go with shower, but man do I miss having a bubble bath from time to time.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I’m wearing Chanel’s Perfection Lumière Velvet, which is great if you have oily skin and like light coverage.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I don’t think I’d particularly mind!
Last week I interviewed for a job I’m pretty interested in and I should hear back this week, so if that went well it would definitely be something extra nice! 😉
Have a great week, Karen, I hope something extra nice happens to you, too!
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Impossible. I can’t even wear black without getting it dirty.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Essie Closing Night.
3. Bath or shower?
If I have time, a bath. Otherwise shower.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
L’Oréal Infaillible Total Cover.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I’d be totally okay with that, why not!
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Yes I can especially when I don’t stress about it too much. It’s odd but I can’t seem to wear these cotton buttondowns (I have them in grey and blue) in my closet without getting them dirty!
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Bare nails hehe. 😛
3. Bath or shower?
Shower. Bath when I feel like I need to unwind usually on Wednesdays or the weekend.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I’m bareface right now but I do love the Suntegrity TM – that stuff is non-toxic and all-awesome.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
Oops didn’t do #5.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
This actually happened to me – not my bestie but a friend. I was pissed! I stopped wearing it. And it was for the best probably. But I’m hella possessive when it comes to scents. I devote a lot of time looking for the perfect ‘one’ so it sucked having someone else wear it too. Although now I think about it, it was probably a compliment…:)
Haha Syah love your honesty re: your changing perspective! 🙂
thanks Amy, I was much younger when this happened. I’m older and wiser now. Live and learn 🙂
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Yes, but I seldom wear it. It’s just never figured prominently in my wardrobe.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? Nothing
3. Bath or shower? I love a relaxing soak in the tub. My husband and kids (when they were growing up) learned not to disturb me when I was in the tub. When I worked, I bath at the end of a busy day was like a balm for the soul 🙂
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? Clé de Peau Radiant Fluid
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Why on earth would I care? 1) It will probably smell a bit different on her. 2) I don’t own the “rights” to the scent. 3) There are already thousands and thousands of people wearing it. 4) Being territorial over a vanity product seems terribly immature to me. Sorry if I offend anyone for saying that. 5) As for being “weirded out”, that would only be an issue if wearing my scent was part of a much larger copy-cat syndrome.
Good luck to your husband in his new job! I hope he enjoys it, and that it turns out to have all the advantages he was looking for!
We’re going to try Blue Apron this week. This time of year, I get tired of seeing the same produce in our food co-op week after week, so I thought this would be a good time to try something new. I’m hoping we’ll like it enough to keep it going for two or three months, until the spring produce comes in around here, and that we get to try some new recipe that we otherwise wouldn’t, and that we like them. We’re mostly doing one fish or shellfish recipe and two vegetarian dishes from them each week, three vegetarian dishes some weeks.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? I guess it depends on what I’m doing! I have better luck with a white blouse with a skirt and jacket than I do with white jeans. I really like to wear white Bermuda shorts or cropped pants in the summer, though, even if I do have to wash them a lot. I often get food on myself when eating, though, so I have clothes I only wear around the apartment, and clothes I wear when I go out (also because the tiny hamsters like to bite tiny holes in fabric).
2. What are you wearing on your nails? Nothing, again!
3. Bath or shower? Shower. I’m one of those people who feels like I’m sitting in my dirt if I take a bath.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? IT Cosmetics CC cream (and a bit of their Bye Bye Under Eye and Bye Bye Redness concealers) over Hourglass No. 28 Serum Primer, topped with NARS Light-Reflecting Setting Powder under eyes (I’VE discovered that I love Sephora Collection Pro Featherweight Blending Brush #93 for this, BTW) and Hourglass Dim Light Ambient Lighting Powder everywhere else.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Flattered and happy 🙂 Current faves: Le Labo The Noir 29, and Tom Ford Vert D’Encens.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Two to four hours max in a controlled environment. 🙂 I have a black and tan hound and once he’s in action, all bets are off. Then there are those dirty dishes in the kitchen and sticky arts and crafts projects set down where I least expect them.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Bare and natural, mama.
3. Bath or shower?
Both! I’ve lived places without a shower (one without warm water unless heated on the stove). I wouldn’t mind a bath all the time. Hubs reads in the tub and could spend half the day in there. But showers are great too!
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
None! It’s a snow day and I’m home with the kids AND working, hardly had time to brush my teeth this morning. Lately, however, I’ve been wearing Touche Eclat in beige rose (one of the few shades red enough for my skin tone) mixed with a little Gabriel for staying power (that stuff really sticks!). On lighter days, tinted moisturizer.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
Great! Perfumes tend to smell slightly or very different on different people, so I’d expect it to settle differently on someone else. Also I rarely wear one perfume but usually mix them, so it wouldn’t be exactly the same no matter what. If it got too redundant, I could easily switch things up a little.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Absolutely not.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Not a darned thing! Your nails look nice though, and the bottle itself is very pretty.
3. Bath or shower?
Bath. I LOVE baths. Especially in our house we have a giant jacuzzi tub I use once or twice a week.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
BareMinerals Complexion Rescue tinted moisturizer
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I almost never see my best friend, she lives several hours away, so I think I’d like it because it would make me think of her.
1.)Can you wear white without getting in dirty? Usually not, I don’t wear that much white, but it never fails that when I am wearing white, I am either having something with tomato sauce or ketchup.
2.) What are you wearing on your nails? Nothing at the moment.
3.) Bath or Shower? Definitely shower.
4.) What foundation are you wearing st this very moment? Chanel’s Lift Lumiere in #30. It’s my first Chanel foundation I have ever worn since Bobbi brown discontinued the Moisture Rich Formula. In fact, this is the first non-Bobbi foundation I have worn in almost 22 years. I am really liking it.
5.) How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Probably jealous right now since my favorite is Chanel No.5 and it is out of my budget right now. I had a few samples, but they are gone now.
So, I have decided to join a local women’s singing group.My first meeting is Wednesday night. I don’t have to audition, but I need to be placed. Wish me luck! We saw Hidden Figures on Sunday and it is one of the best movies I have seen in quite some time. It is a must see, especially in these crazy times.
Be well!
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? I have a white coat, but i don’t wear it often. I want white pants so badly, but they would get filthy. No, I cannot wear white.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? The China Glaze color and treatment light pink color. Nice nail strengthened, but hardly any color. I’ll be giving myself a mani later.
3. Bath or shower? Shower if I have to shave my legs, bath for relaxation and reading.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? None, not a drop. I’m not a foundation person at all. I’ll wear Naked one and done if I need to look a little put together, but I usually don’t wear any foundation.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? I’m wearing Citrine by Nest, it was a sample in my Sephora Play box, and I loooooove it. I would be weirded out if my BFF started wearing it.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? No
2. What are you wearing on your nails? I wish I could post a pic, I’m so happy with my mani this week. I’m just wearing Deborah Lippmann Gel Lab Pro topcoat but underneath I’ve outlined my nail bed with a thin strip of a Formula X polish in a gold color I can’t remember the name of. It looks Super Cool.
3. Bath or shower? shower
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? MUFE Ultra HD Invisible Foundation in a color I also cannot remember. And I put a bit of Tarte glowy stuff on top.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Peeved
1.Can you wear white without getting it dirty?: Nope. Hence the lack of white garments in my closet.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?: They are in their birthday suit!
3. Bath or shower?: Bath. I’d rather just soak and let the grime slide off me (lazy, I know). It’s also my time to read and watch TV on my tablet.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?: No foundation, just Lancome Maquicomplet concealer.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?: That twerp would have to find it first. 😛 Lol, I’d be fine with it. I’m one of those unusual women who isn’t possessive about her fragrances.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Never.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? Nexgen nails. We used a grape purple cream with a sparkly purple accent nail.
3. Bath or shower? Shower
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? Becca Radiant Skin Satin Finish Foundation in Porcelain.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? I wouldn’t care.
Good luck on El Hub’s new job!
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Hmm.. Top I definitely can. Pants though, is a different matter. Although I do have white pants… and they are still clean. Relatively.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Chanel Peridot. It’s a gold/green color which reminded me to be fabulous :D.
3. Bath or shower?
Shower on most days (also didn’t have a bath :/ ). But would love one to unwind on weekends!
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Foundation #8.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I would kinda feel weird about it (because I would personally never do that, at least without asking that best friend if it’ll be totally ok with them). If they asked though, I would most likely say yes. I just feel like somewhat wearing the same outfit with the best friend.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? I have only done that once and it was for an event. I wont try that again, it was very hard.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? nothing
3. Bath or shower? shower, i agree with having a bath in a fancy claw foot tub.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? nothing and i look great.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? i feel curious, sometimes it smells better on them or just different
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Hell no, it will have pet hair on it no matter what I do.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Nothing currently!
3. Bath or shower?
Both! I love soaking but I also love not stewing in my own filth!
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I’m not currently wearing any right now, but my jam has been MUFE Water Blend. I did just pick up three new options though to sample because I’m breaking out a lot and could use a bit of extra coverage.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
Pretty surprised since by bestie is a dog. If one of my human friends picked a favorite, I’d just not wear it when we were hanging out.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Only for parties, it’s really difficult to stay clean while wearing white in a normal day.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Nothing and my cuticles look awful.
3. Bath or shower?
I’ve never taken a bath, they’re so uncommon in Mexico unless you’re very rich.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I’m only wearing Essence matifying powder which is translucent.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
It will impress me and maybe will avoid to use that perfume when being with him.
Two things:
-I might work for one to three months in a little town near to the border with Guatemala.
-Have you seen La la land? It’s so gorgeous I saw it on Saturday with my sister.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
As long as you don’t expect me to get dirty at the barn with the horses, then yes. Pretty much. But with the horses…pft. Horses know how to make you dirty.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
NADA!
3. Bath or shower?
Shower.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
Eh, none.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
Weird as I don’t wear perfume. I wear peppermint essential oil from time-to-time, but that’s it.
My birthday is tomorrow! Yay!
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Nope… I’ll always end up with a stain somewhere…
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Still nothing… I really need to make time for a regular mani.
3. Bath or shower?
Shower. It’s rarely cold enough here that I would want to soak in hot water. Plus, drought (although with all the rain we got this winter, I hope the reserves replenished).
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I was late this morning, so I’m only wearing a light mineral powder foundation. It’s by Clinique and I think it has been discontinued.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I don’t have a signature scent so everyone’s free to use what they want!
Congrats to El Hub on the new job! That’s really exciting.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Yes, but I have to be careful.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Nothing today.
3. Bath or shower?
Shower, due to no time. I wish I had more time for regular baths though!
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
Nars Tinted Moisturiser
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
Mmmm… Why not!
Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Usually! I try to be extra careful when I do and I’m usually okay. I’m a huge slob when I’m wearing other colors though.
What are you wearing on your nails?
Nothing right now, but I’m planning on painting them with Wet n Wild 1 Step Wonder Gel in Left Marooned tonight. It’s a great formula for like $4! I’ve been super impressed with Wet n Wild lately.
Bath or shower?
Shower. I get so bored in the bath! I feel like I’m missing out on the fun of bath bombs though.
What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
I didn’t wear any today (makeup-free Monday lol) but my current favorite is L’Oreal True Match Lumi foundation!
How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I’d be a little upset I think. I know it’s unreasonable but I only wear one fragrance, I wear it every single day, and I feel like it’s part of my “look,” just like the hair dye shade I use or my glasses frames.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? No way! My daughter has a friend who would wear white to the barn. We used to joke that her mom Scotch-guarded (TM) all her clothes.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? Nada, I’ve been lazy about taking care of them. What there’s Frida Kahlo polish?!!! Where can I find this??!!
3. Bath or shower? Shower. Always.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? I’m not. Just a little NARS creamy concealer around my nose and on the spot on my chin. Trying to be more French about my approach to makeup.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Lol. Good luck with that! My favorite perfume changes day to day, so that would be kinda hard. I’m afraid to admit that my perfume collection is way bigger than my makeup collection. I also tend to like them classical and somewhat skanky. I also tend to layer them.
Can I just say, that I really love the Monday poll. I enjoy reading everybody’s answers when I find the time. I love the variety of personalities and answers here.
Something extra nice at exactly the right moment. That speaks to me so much. Thank you for sending that blessing our way. I hope that every member of your family experiences the same.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Well…I put on a white shirt today with black stripes. Then I looked down and saw some stains on it. So apparently not. ?
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
OPI GelColor in Just Lanai-ing Around. I’ve been doing at home gel Manis for 5 years and haven’t gone a day with nakey nails since!
3. Bath or shower?
Shower 90% of the time.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
Laura Mercier loose mineral powder foundation
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
No biggie. I am a more than merrier type of gal! I’d honestly rather her have one she loves than have my own signature scent.
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Mostly yes – I have worn a white skirt on a picnic once, and it came home unscathed – I was pretty surprised by that!
2. What are you wearing on your nails? I don’t generally wear nail polish, so nothing right now.
3. Bath or shower? Shower – I get bored soaking in a bath, unless I’m not feeling well and then I love it.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? None ? I’m having a bare face day. Normally I wear Almay Clear Complexion in Buff – the only one I have found which doesn’t make me break out.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? I wouldn’t care. My favourite perfume at the moment, when I’m in the mood for some, is La Vie Est Belle. I have been wearing more perfume lately because I like it so much. But by the time I get to the end of a bottle I’m normally ready for a new smell. So if a friend started wearing the same, I’d probably just switch to a new scent. If they started wearing the same again, OK, that’s just weird ?
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty?
Nope. I prefer black or patterns, anyway.
2. What are you wearing on your nails?
Formula X by Sephora in Pyrotechnic with China Glaze’s Fairy Dust on top. Also, the Formula X “system” (the cleanser, base and top coat) I love Formula X!
3. Bath or shower? Shower, then bath. I’m very lucky to have a tub in my apartment in Taipei, so I use it very frequently.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment?
None. I’m on vacation and can’t be bothered to wear makeup. ?
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume?
I don’t wear perfume, it gives me headaches. My husband is my bff and he doesn’t do fragrances either, so it’s a win-win. ?
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? I barely ever wear white for this reason
2. What are you wearing on your nails? nothin!
3. Bath or shower? shower
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? Cover Girl Matte CC Cream
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? Well..I bought a new fragrance and my cousin started wearing it ALL THE TIME. She used my fragrance just as much as I used it and said she would replace it…then bought it for herself!….need I say more?
1. Can you wear white without getting it dirty? Not a chance.
2. What are you wearing on your nails? Nothing, but I have to say that I glanced quickly at your pic and was like “cute cap”, then realized “oh, no, not cute cap”. That arrow laden man-deer is a bit creepy! HAHA!
3. Bath or shower? Shower, hands down.
4. What foundation are you wearing at this very moment? Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer in Light-Medium.
5. How would you feel if your best friend started wearing your favorite perfume? One of my good friends and I like an old 80s fave (LouLou) and whenever one of us wears it, the other is like “I love that!”. The reply is always “Me, too. It reminds me of you!”. So I think it’s nice.
Best of luck to El Hub with the new job! I hope he really enjoys it and it’ll be a positive move for you and Connor Claire, too. 🙂