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It’s a Dolly kinda mornin’.

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. Winged liner or glitter shadow?

Glitter shadow. I love me a wing, but I feel like you get more bang for your buck with a glitter shadow. Plus, it’s less stressful.

2. Cheese or chocolate?

EHRMAHGAWD. Well this is hard…but I’m going with chocolate, since the chocolate cravings I get are more intense than the cheese cravings.

3. Over-the-knee boots or ankle booties?

Over-the-knee boots. But only if they’re flats.

4. Would you rather 1) run into your ex while buying granny panties at Costco, OR 2) have your mom or dad see you making out with someone on the street? And I’m not talking a cute little church kiss. I’m talking full-on, grabby-hand making out, HA HA HA!

Granny panties at Costco, for sure, because chances are I’ll never see the dude again.

5. Would you rather have your dream job or your dream house?

GIRL, don’t make me choose! OK…dream house, please. Ideally, one that also comes completely organized and with cat-friendly furniture. 🐱

Something to stream ASAP

On your list of things to do this week — watch Dumplin’ on Netflix, because any movie 1) with a soundtrack comprised solely of Dolly Parton songs, and 2) in which drag queens save the day, is A-OK with me.

It’s about a Texas teenager dealing with the loss of her beloved aunt, and her rocky relationship with her beauty pageant mom (played by Jennifer Aniston). It’s very sweet and fun.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Question time! Here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to you soon.

1. Winged liner or glitter shadow?
2. Cheese or chocolate?
3. Over-the-knee boots or ankle booties?
4. Would you rather 1) run into your ex while buying granny panties at Costco, OR 2) have your mom or dad see you making out with someone on the street? And I’m not talking a cute little church kiss. I’m talking full-on, grabby-hand making out, HA HA HA!
5. Would you rather have your dream job or a your dream house?

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Fresh paint with @smithandcult Vegas Post Apocalyptic 😍 #glitternails💅 #smithandcultnailpolish

A post shared by Karen | Makeup and Beauty Blog (@karenmbb) on Dec 7, 2018 at 8:37am PST

G’morning! Got glitter on my mind today because I painted my nails for the first time in weeks yesterday (FINALLY), and I used Smith & Cult Vegas Post Apocalyptic. It’s a clear glitter base with mostly lavender glitter flecks in it, but also some holographic blue, pink, yellow and green flecks as well.

Yup, this is my idea of holiday nails. 😊

I don’t really do traditional Christmas color combos like red and gold anymore because one year everyone I ran into (SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE) assumed that whenever I wore a red/gold mani, it was a shout-out to the San Francisco 49ers, which was fine…but that wasn’t what I was going for. I must’ve said, “Christmas nails, not 49ers nails” three thousand times, ha ha! So, yeah.

This particular glittery polish isn’t on the Smith & Cult website anymore (boo!), but there’s a super similar color called Take Fountain, which I think might actually be the same polish with a different name.

Also, I think A Little Lovely looks very cool, too…

ALL TEH GLITTER! AAAAAH!

On that note, today’s reading…

• What it’s like to spend 48 hours in New York with Chanel’s global creative director for makeup and color, Lucia Pica.
• Shout-out to my alma mater UC Davis for their cutting-edge burn treatments for cats and dogs injured in the Camp Fire last month. The vets apply sterilized tilapia skin to wounds because the fish skin contains collagen, a protein that can help prevent infection and encourage the skin to repair.
• Fun facts about Ulta! Did you know that the store used be called Ulta3??
• Cat ladies, you’ll want to grab these adorable holiday-themed cat scratchers and kitty gear on your next Target run.
• Feel free to forward this post on the five beauty products to get when you start wearing makeup to all the dudes you know.
• Here’s how many makeup artists like to apply makeup on people with freckles.
• The NY Times and I agree — you should walk your 😸 cat.

• Here are the two artists who did the special effects makeup for the Swedish movie Boarder, a dark fantasy about two trolls, and the winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard prize.

  The post describes the technical aspects of the makeup, including the use of old-school gelatin, rather than silicone, for the actors’ prosthetics.

• The reason why Queen Elizabeth I caked her face in a mask of white makeup.
• There’s a movement happening in South Korea called “Escape the Corset.”
• Just in case you would like a nail polish to match the Mercedes-Benz you’re getting for Christmas, LOL!

That Lil’ Kim sample, tho!!!

Old school! I love the styling in this video. (I used to dress like this back in the day!)

Note to self: Watch this.

Somebody please 1) kidnap this cat for me, and 2) make me this omelette.

OK, now we’re off to get our Christmas tree 🎄 and to decorate the house.

So…how long do you think it’ll take before Tabs 🐱 attacks the tree…? One day? A week?

What are you up to?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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. Have you ever ridden a moped?

Nope, but I seriously thought about doing it many times when I lived in SF. I just never got around to actually doing it.

There’s something very appealing to me about tooling around town in a mint green Vespa for some reason (it’s gotta be mint green though… No other color will do). I’ll probably never do it at this point because I know myself way too well, and I absolutely do not belong on anything motorized with two wheels.

2. An instance when you were genuinely shocked?

A few years ago when El Hub got home from work and told me that our long-time family friends were getting a divorce.

It blew my mind. It was the proverbial “They seemed so happy!” thing. It just goes to show you that you can’t always tell from the outside what people are really going through.

I’m also a bonafide softie, and I always want to believe that love lasts forever, so I was shocked — like jaw dropped to the floor — when I found out.

3. List all of the skin care you’re wearing on your face right meow.

Ooh! OK, here we go! These are in the order in which they’re applied…

• Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream
• Tarte Knockout Tingling Treatment
• Kate Somerville Dermal Quench Wrinkle Warrior
• Kate Somerville Anti Bac Acne Clearing Lotion
• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Cream mixed with a few drops of Fresh Seaberry Moisturizing Face Oil
• Clinique Superdefense Broad Spectrum SPF 20 for Very Dry to Dry Combination Skin

4. How often do strangers mess up your name?

Not too often. “Karen” is pretty basic, but I’ve still gotten my share of creative monikers written on my to-go cups when I’ve ordered a toasty beverage from Starbucks, Cairn, Carrot, Care and Karun (pronounced Ka-roon).

Sometimes I think maybe the baristas do it on purpose to amuse themselves, which is TOTALLY what I would do if I were writing names on cups all day long, ha ha ha!

5. On a scale from “Fabulously festive” to “bah humbug,” how do you feel about the holidays today?

Full-tilt fabulously festive ??. I’m feeling the spirit!

Life Lesson No. 3,546

Girl…if you’re gonna take a selfie with a goat, be prepared for that goat to 1) lick your hair and 2) outshine your bad self.

I guess I should be glad the goat didn’t try to eat my hair? After all, my hair did smell a little like bacon and Cheetos, so I wouldn’t have blamed her had she tried, ha ha! She (the goat) lives on a Christmas tree farm in town. We visited it yesterday, not to get our tree yet, because we’re doing that next weekend, but because I wanted to take a family selfie for the holidays, and it was the closet Christmassy-looking place nearby. #keepingitreal

So, yeah, if you live in Novato and saw a lady shamelessly walking around Cousins’ Christmas Trees yesterday with a selfie stick, looking for good lighting, that was yours truly!

Have you put up your tree yet?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Question time! Here they are to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to you soon.

1. Have you ever ridden a moped?
2. An instance when you were genuinely shocked?
3. List all of the skin care you’re wearing on your face right meow.
4. How often do strangers mess up your name?
5. On a scale from “Fabulously festive” to “bah humbug,” how do you feel about the holidays today?