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. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick. 💄 Because I can also use it as cream blush in a pinch.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara please.
ALL THE MASCARA.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush! It makes a bigger difference for me.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation. Because I can sheer it out with MAC Strobe Cream if I want to.
5. Matte or dewy?
Dewy.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neturals-4-life, homie!
7. Glam or natural?
Natural glam. LOL. 😁
Have a great day today, and this time I won’t add the ubiquitous “all things considered.” I just really, really hope you have a great day. 🌼 Talk to you soon. 😊
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. Lipstick or lipgloss?
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
3. Blush or bronzer?
4. Foundation or BB cream?
5. Matte or dewy?
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
7. Glam or natural?
Megan says
April 6th, 2020 at 8:18 am1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick. Although these days more likely to be a balm.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara! Just been brushing my brows up lately with no product and they look not half bad.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush. I don’t wear a lot of bronzer, but I do love RMS burti bronzer as an easy eye shadow.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
I’ve never tried a true BB cream (I don’t think?) but that would probably be more my speed.
5. Matte or dewy?
Do the dew.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neutral!
7. Glam or natural?
Your answer is perfect. I strive to be naturally glamorous, lol.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:20 pmYes, Megan! I try to get there on most days, too! 🙂
Jae says
April 6th, 2020 at 9:42 am1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick!
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara.
3. Blush or bronzer?
blush!
4. Foundation or BB cream?
BB cream since i don’t leave my house. lol
5. Matte or dewy?
Dewy…only because my skin has been unusually dry.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neutral is my go to.
7. Glam or natural?
Natural although, I love to go glam every once in awhile. I go natural most often than not.
Hope you’re keeping your spirits up with the gloomy weather and finding fun things to do today! I’m using my cricut to cut hearts of different colors to make a heart rainbow on our front window. Hopefully that’ll add some happiness in all the gloom today!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:20 pmHow fun! Think of all the kids who will enjoy seeing it. If Connor saw that rainbow she’d go nuts. LOL!
Lydia says
April 6th, 2020 at 10:12 am1. Lipstick or lipgloss? Gloss
2. Mascara or brow pencil? Mascara
3. Blush or bronzer? Bronzer
4. Foundation or BB cream? Foundation
5. Matte or dewy? Dewy
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutral
7. Glam or natural? Natural
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:19 pmHave a good week, Lydia!
Erica says
April 6th, 2020 at 11:26 am1. Lipstick or lipgloss? Lipstick
2. Mascara or brow pencil? I’d used to always go with mascara but lately I’ve just been doing my brows and skipping mascara bc I don’t want to deal with removing mascara
3. Blush or bronzer? Blush. I’ve been “bronzing” my face with Clinique Nude Pop
4. Foundation or BB cream? BB Cream bc it’s more effortless and easy to apply
5. Matte or dewy? Matte. I’m not jumping on the dewy bandwagon, don’t think bc I’ve answered BB Cream above means I have 😉
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutral. I’m all for pretty, easy makeup. Bright and colorful is just more specific and I have to be in the mood
7. Glam or natural? Something in between. Always pretty makeup. I want ease but I’m not here for no makeup makeup, but I’m not here for false lashes and all that effort!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:19 pmThose Clinique Pop blushes are great! Love ’em!
Linda says
April 6th, 2020 at 11:49 am1 – Lipstick or lipgloss? Lipstick (plus lipbalm, uncolored).
2 – Mascara or brow pencil? Mascara
3 – Blush or bronzer? Blush
4 – Foundation or BB cream? BB cream
5 – Matte or dewy? Matte (I think oily when I think dewy)
6 – A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutral
7 – Glam or natural? Natural.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:18 pmThank you, Linda, for filling out the poll today. Did you have a good weekend? I hope so.
Suzanne C says
April 6th, 2020 at 12:13 pm1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick. Or lip oil, because moisture.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation.
5. Matte or dewy?
If I had to choose, matte. But I prefer somewhere in between.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neutral. Bright seems high maintenance to me and I am not about that.
7. Glam or natural?
Natural, but not boring. (Okay, sometimes boring.)
Hope you’re doing something fun today to get the week started off right! I’m thinking of baking a cake.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:17 pmOoh, girl, you’re speaking my language. What kind of cake are you thinking about?
Suzanne C says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:31 pmIt’s in the oven now and smells amazing! A chocolate bundt with peanut butter filling and chopped Reece’s cups folded into the batter. I’ll do a chocolate glaze and scatter more chopped Reece’s cups on the top. I found the recipe on the Southern Living website
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 6:35 pmThat sounds delicious! You can’t go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate.
Savannah says
April 6th, 2020 at 12:26 pm1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
I can only wear formulations that don’t include beeswax, so that’s only lipglosses. If anyone has any beeswax free lip recommendations, let me know!
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara, I can get by with filling brows with an eyeshadow.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush. Bronzer just makes me look dirty.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation!
5. Matte or dewy?
Dewy. I have no choice in the matter. Oily skin will end up dewy no matter what makeup you wear.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neutral please!
7. Glam or natural?
Natural, but not too natural, if that even makes any sense!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:17 pmHi Savannah,
Have you heard of Axiology? They do vegan lipsticks and crayons, so no beeswax!
FaeFrau says
April 6th, 2020 at 12:46 pmI’d be interested to take this poll again in, say, a couple years, or even after the pandemic stay-home era comes to a close because I know these answers today are much different than they would have been even a year ago!
Happy Aloha Monday, Karen!
1. Lipstick or lipgloss? LIPGLOSS.
2. Mascara or brow pencil? MASCARA (but starting to migrate towards BROW PENCIL :D)
3. Blush or bronzer? BLUSH but heading towards BRONZER.
4. Foundation or BB cream? FOUNDATION but also see myself going more towards BB CREAM!
5. Matte or dewy? LOVE THE DEWS.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? haha, lately BRIGHT.
7. Glam or natural? NATURAL, but with more pops of color. 😉
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:14 pmI know! I wonder how much people’s answers will change!
Christine says
April 6th, 2020 at 12:57 pmHi Karen, I hope you’re well! I’m planning on making your GF chocolate chip cookies this week and can’t wait…I even have some chips set aside for half of them.
1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick – longer-wearing, and my hair doesn’t get stuck in it.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara, my brows are full enough.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush. I’m pale as a ghost and I prefer looking rosy.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation, but a light-to-med coverage.
5. Matte or dewy?
Dewy, please! So fresh looking.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Give me allllll the neutrals.
7. Glam or natural?
Natural, because then when it’s time to get glammed up it packs a punch. 😉
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:14 pmAwesome, Christine! I just made another batch over the weekend for El Hub, and man, what a difference cold butter makes. It’s like night and day! Seriously, chill that dough. But it’s also cool if you bake some cookies off after you first make the batter. 🙂 I did that… The cookies were just flat! Still tasted good though.
What’s brand of GF flour are you going to use?
Christine says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:26 pmI have some Cup4Cup in the pantry I’ll be pulling out. I’ll also be subbing in Country Crock plant butter so these are dairy-free, too. It seems to act like regular butter in most recipes, though I haven’t baked with it yet – no matter what, I’ll end up with cookies, though!
I’ll def be chilling the dough! I’m thinking I might put the ingredients together during a lunch break and then bake them in the evening for optimal chillage.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:29 pmCup4Cup is good. So is King Arthur’s! I recently tried Bob’s and wasn’t crazy about it, but El Hub doesn’t mind.
Good luck with the cookies and let me know how it goes.
Jaclyn Levy says
April 6th, 2020 at 1:14 pm1. Lipstick! Just ordered a few from the KVD Beauty sale and I’ve really enjoyed them.
2. Ugh, don’t make me choose! I’ll go with brows.
3. Blush. I did my first live FB video and it amazed me how much a healthy brush of blush really made the difference!
4. Bb cream.
5. Matte. I grew up with shiny, oily skin and I’m still recovering. 😆
6. Bright! Easier said than done. I need to play more with my colorful palettes during this time!
7. Glam because why not?!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:11 pmGood for you for doing a FB live video! What was the subject? Did you do a makeup video?
Jaclyn Levy says
April 6th, 2020 at 4:06 pmIt was a video in honor/celebration of Trans Day of Visibility. I’m not trans, but it was the story of my own journey toward trans acceptance. I’m lucky to be close friends with many trans and non-binary people. ❤️ I carefully chose my makeup for the video. The blush and the bright shimmer at the corners of my eyes really popped!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 6:36 pmWhat a lovely way to honor the day and your friends! You’re so caring and thoughtful. ❤️
Stephanie Smith says
April 6th, 2020 at 1:30 pm1. Lipstick or lipgloss? Stick, I hate gloss, it’s sticky even when it says it’s not. And too shiny lips just don’t do it for me.
2. Mascara or brow pencil? Mascara, always. But I do love a brow pencil.
3. Blush or bronzer? Blush, I’ve never used Bronzer and I don’t think I ever will.
4. Foundation or BB cream? BB cream, always. I have good skin so it’s all I need.
5. Matte or dewy? Dewy! Not oily dewy, just healthy dewy.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutral.
7. Glam or natural? Natural. Glam is fun, but I’m a natural girl.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:10 pmHey Stephanie,
What BB cream are you loving right now?
Ruchita says
April 6th, 2020 at 1:51 pm1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Gloss.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Brow pencil. I’ve been growing out my brows while staying at home, so I’m curious to see how things end up!
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation. Haven’t found a holy grail BB cream yet.
5. Matte or dewy?
Matte
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Neutrals for life!
7. Glam or natural?
Definitely natural.
Happy Monday! The sun is shining and the kitties are enjoying the open windows. Trying to find joy in the little things. Have a great day!
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:09 pmAww, that’s wonderful to hear! Glad you and the kitties are enjoying the sun… Please send some our way, it’s been raining a ton here! Rosie loves it though, go figure.
Efrain says
April 6th, 2020 at 2:36 pmHi Karen!
1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipstick, because it’s more versatile.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Brow pencil, I have enough lashes to rely in a curler. But maybe there’s a mascara that could also work as a brow product, we need to investigate.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush for life, I like bronzer but I prefer how blush makes me look alive.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
Foundation can give the same effect of a BB cream and it’s probably a better match.
5. Matte or dewy?
Matte because I get too dewy fast.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
A bright palette with enough neutrals to make it versatile.
7. Glam or natural?
Natural, I like that natural look with a bold lip for example.
I hope quarantine is getting easier for you now. I’m also at home, because they decided not to renew my contract last week, but it’s better since I didn’t love it and it’s safer to stay home.
Sending you hugs.
Karen says
April 6th, 2020 at 3:08 pmI’m sorry to hear about your job, but I’m happy that you’ll be able to stay safe at home. Here’s to hoping that you’ll find something you love sooner than later!
Jennifer Emmett says
April 6th, 2020 at 5:08 pmI did have a sunshiney great day, thank you!
1. Lipstick or lipgloss? Glossssss
2. Mascara or brow pencil? Browsssss
3. Blush or bronzer? Bronzer, no glittery bronzer tho.
4. Foundation or BB cream? Nein
5. Matte or dewy? Matte
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutrals please!
7. Glam or natural Au Natural
勝美 says
April 6th, 2020 at 5:44 pm1. Lipstick.
2. Mascara.
3. Blush.
4. Foundation.
5. Dewy.
6. Neutral palette.
7. Natural.
Susan C. says
April 6th, 2020 at 6:41 pm1. Lipstick or lipgloss?
Lipgloss. My lips have been feeling very dry.
2. Mascara or brow pencil?
Mascara; otherwise my lashes are invisible. Half the time my glasses cover my brows anyway.
3. Blush or bronzer?
Blush. We all need a little brightness in our lives.
4. Foundation or BB cream?
BB cream lately, since I only leave the house for walks or to take out the trash.
5. Matte or dewy?
Dewy.
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette?
Honestly, neutral. Bright is fun to look at but I never actually wear brights.
7. Glam or natural?
Let’s go with smoky glam!
Tatiana says
April 7th, 2020 at 12:00 am1. Lipstick or lipgloss? Lipstick.
2. Mascara or brow pencil? Mascara!
3. Blush or bronzer? Blush.
4. Foundation or BB cream? Foundation because I’ve never found a BB cream I like.
5. Matte or dewy? Dewy (slightly)
6. A bright color palette or a neutral palette? Neutrals!!
7. Glam or natural? Natural because I still haven’t figured out glam and it just doesn’t feel like me.