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So…what is the Monday Poll?

Tja, det är inte exakt en omröstning. Det är mer av en ständigt utvecklande (devolving?), Något slumpmässig lista över bekymmer jag har satt ut till besökare varje måndag morgon för de senaste 10 (!) Åren. (Det är som en kickstart för din hjärna.) Jag har alltid haft att läsa dina svar i kommentarerna, liksom jag hoppas att du gillar att läsa mina. ?

1. So, your makeup routine — what’s the simplest part?

Of my routine routine? My brows, for sure.

But they utilized to provide me so much grief. Now, though? ever since I grew them out? All I do is I fill them in with a brow pencil, which is usually the amaze-balls MAC Brow Sculpt. then I comb with them with spoolie on the back end, as well as end with a bit bit of benefit Ready, Set, Brow Gel.

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That’s it, as well as everything takes less than a minute.

Granted, I’m not consumed anymore about getting my brows to look completely symmetrical. I utilized to be a few years ago, however I don’t mind now when they look a bit untidy as well as more more naturally bushy as well as unkempt.

2. as well as what’s the hardest part?

Hud. My foundation, concealer as well as powder. It’s since I’m admittedly consumed with getting my skin to look as natural as possible, as well as the microsecond that I begin to feel like my protection looks heavy, I just can’t take it. I’ll eliminate whatever as well as begin around again.

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As I’ve gotten older, my tolerance for full-coverage foundation has decreased, even though I still believe it looks outstanding in pics. I still wear full-coverage sometimes, however now I generally spend a great deal of time blending as well as layering to end up with something that appears like I’m not using anything at all… It’s kind of a catch 22. I spend a great deal of time figuring out what formulas are going to work for mu skin on any type of provided day.

Så ja. Hud. By far, it’s the most complex as well as time consuming part of my rigmarole.

3. exactly how well do you believe you’d handle super stardom/being a famous celebrity?

If we’re speaking about Katy Perry-level famous, I don’t believe I’d handle it well. I can’t envision not being able to leave my home without dodging professional photographers in my front yard.

On the other hand, if I were indie film star famous, where I might still get a cup of coffee down the street as well as perhaps only be acknowledged by a handful of people, I believe I might handle that gracefully.

But anything more than that would push my capability to be polite.

4. exactly how commonly do your nails break?

Almost never (knocks on wood)! That said, I have other beauty struggles. Like, my hair is difficult to manage, I have a bald area in my brow that just won’t go away (I’m speaking to YOU, Raul), as well as I dealt with acne when I was younger, however I’ve never truly had to concern about my nails breaking.

Here’s a funny thing, though: I realized that I may be expecting when my nails started breaking! a number of fingernails as well as one of my toe nails broke over a short period of time, which had never occurred before. So I understood something was up.

5. metallic lips: indeed or no?

Yes-ish. I like ’em, however I’m more of a light opalescent metallic type of girl.

I can’t offer with full-on melted metal lips.

6. Can you share a piece of life/beauty advice?

Uh…beauty-wise, don’t hang out on Instagram as well much or it’ll provide you a complex.

Life-wise, here’s something that my good friend Erika stated to me the other day, as well as it truly resonated. She stated that some days you have to be comfortable reducing the bar for yourself — reducing your expectations, like truly LOW. In other words, sometimes providing your finest has to mean just enabling your home to be a total mess or accepting that the infant is still in her pajamas at 3 p.m. or as well as making cereal for dinner. as well as you have to enable yourself that sometimes as well as be fine with it.

Happy Monday, my friend

My brushes are washed, my desk is lacking piles of paper, as well as I’m excited because… Connor turns one this week!!! Yup, officially, she won’t be an infant anymore. She’ll be a toddler. Her birthday is this Thursday, however we’re going to have a bit celebration for her with just us as well as the grandparents on Saturday.

I’m likewise starting to get spring fever, as well as I can’t even begin to tell you exactly how excited I am about that. I can’t wait to wear gowns as well as sandals again…

Oh, sandals! You know, at this point, after the winter we’ve been having, I’d even be happy with open-toed ankle booties. I’m that desperate.

Did you watch the Oscars last night?

I hope your week gets off to a brilliant begin as well as that you feel clear-headed as well as strong. I likewise hope that whEn som du behöver för att upptäcka något i ditt hus, kontor eller handväska, det är precis där med fingertopparna när du behöver det, eftersom det är så utmärkt känsla, eller hur?

Ha en utmärkt utmärkt!

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P.S. Här är pollen bekymmer att kopiera / klistra in:

1. Så, din sminkrutin – vad är den enklaste delen?
2. Förutom vad är det svåraste?
3. Exakt hur bra tror du att du skulle hantera super stardom / vara en känd kändis?
4. Exakt hur ofta gör dina naglar?
5. Metalliska läppar: Faktiskt eller nej?
6. Kan du dela en bit av liv / skönhetsråd?

P.p.s. Har du tittat på Oscars igår kväll?

The 24-piece Ciaté London tiny Mani Month set ($59; a $199 value)
There are so lots of pretty, pint-sized bottles of nail polish in the utterly charming Ciaté London Mani tiny Month set, and they’re all leading me to completely fail at my attempt to NOT hoard things.

From the left: Raspberry Collins,Rom Com Rouge, tiny file and Purple Rain-Bow
From the left: Hutch, Pom Pom, double Bubblegum and Heirloom
There’s a long-running joke among my Filipino friends and I that Filipinos are hoarders, and, well…at least in my family, it’s absolutely true. Seriously, my folks never get rid of anything! On a trip home a few months ago, I found this one cheesy poster that hung in my room when I was a teenager. pertained to find that it had been living in my parents’ garage for a lot more than 20 years!

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I tend to hold on to things a long time, too, but I’ve been working on it. I recently read Marie Kondon’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, which has a lot of great tips, but it’s hard to resist the urge to hoard everything under the sun.

Especially when faced with something as hoard-worthy as this 24-piece set…

Knight in Shining Armour, Cutie Pie, miracle on 24th and Bloom Bloost

A List, Chalet Chic, Cookies & cream and birthday Blue

Originally, I planned break up the Ciaté London Mani tiny Month set, which is set up like an development calendar, with 24 little products hidden behind closed “doors,” and give them to the ladies in my life as Christmas stocking stuffers.

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It comes with 19 tiny 0.17-oz. nail polishes in…

Heirloom, a duochrome with purple and gold

Check Mate, a monochrome with square glitter

Pom Pom, a coral

Cutie Pie, a sheer pink

Snow Globe, a holographic glitter

Ahoy Sailor, a turquoise

Life’s a Peach, a peach

A List, a duochrome purple

Double Bubblegum, a lilac

Raspberry Collins, a fuchsia

Birthday Blue, a chrome blue

Miracle on 34th, a golden glitter nail topper

Shady Lady, a gunmetal chrome

Purple Rain-bow, a purple holographic glitter

Dangerous Affair, a deep red

Prima Ballerina, a greige

Hutch, a classic red and

Cookies & Cream, a cream nude

(2) bottles of Chalet Chic, a holographic white loose glitter nail topper

Såväl som…

A 0.42-oz. full-size bottle of Rom Com Rouge (a red glitter)

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of nail gym nail Strengthener Treatment

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of Bloom improve nail Illuminator Treatment

A 0.17-oz. tiny bottle of Knight in Shining Armour Overnight nail Mask Treatment

A tiny Glass nail File

Check Mate, Shady Lady, Snow globe and nail Gym
Ahoy Sailor, hazardous Affair, Life’s a Peach and Prima Ballerina
But the thing is just so darned cute that I don’t want to break it apart, and whoops! — a few of the shades inadvertently ended up on my nails. how the heck did that happen?!

These are some of my favorites…

Ahoy Sailor
Life’s a Peach
Pom Pom
Raspberry Collins
Rom Com Rouge
Other than the colors, I also like the large brush and the shiny finishes. and the formula, which dries fairly swiftly (only takes about five minutes), holds up reasonably well. I wore Ahoy Sailor, the creamy light blue shade, with a base coat for a couple days earlier this week, and it did OK. I saw a small chip on one of my nails at the end of the second day, which isn’t a great sign, but I spaced out and forgot to apply a top coat, so that may have contributed.

I haven’ used Ciaté London polishes before, but I anticipate mediocre wear time without the help of a base and top coat. The brand is based out of London, and their formula is complimentary of formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate and camphor.

The outside of the box…
Have you used Ciaté London polishes before? What do you think about the brand?

Doors unopened!
When you open up the doors, there’s quotes inside

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If you frequently find yourself battling the temptation to resist hoarding massive appeal product sets, be careful around this one. It’s available now at Sephora and online for $59, which is $2.46 per item. Not bad in any way considering that Ciaté London’s minis normally choose $8 each.

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The new H2O+ Lip Gels, $12 each
SE! They’re clear.

I don’t understand why, however this amuses me to no end.

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Here to fight the great fight against dry lips, the new $12 H2O+ Lip Gels are…clear. Mestadels. as well as hella hydrating.

H2O+ Lip Gels from the left in Coral Authority, blush Crush as well as remove as Day ($12 each)
They’re light on lips (in more methods than one)

You understand the story… I’m like a broker record sometimes. I have dry lips. There, I stated it! I have dry lips, as well as they’re a pain in the butt, however these H2O+ Lip Gels? WOW. They’re marvelously moisturizing, as well as yet much lighter than usual for a mega moisturizing product. They’re nowhere near as thick as well as heavy as, say, an hourglass Lip Oil.

H2O+ Lip Gels from the left: Currant Mood, clearly Mint as well as Cloud Wine
Despite being rich with righteous moisture, they’re incredibly light on the lips. sometimes I even fail to remember I’m using one, so if you loathe the durable feel of real-deal lip balms as well as lip oils, inspect ’em out.

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I mean…a great deal of people already have, since they’re basically offered out online! I’ve discovered a few of them at Ulta as well as on the H2O+ website, however I don’t see all of them.

Clearly Mint Ingredients
Isotridecyl Isononanoate, Diisostearyl Malate, Ethylenediamine/Hydrogenated Dimer Dilinoleate Copolymer Bis-Di-C14-18 Alkyl Amide, Octyldodecanol, Dibutyl Lauroyl Glutamide, Flavor/Aroma, Rosa Centifolia flower Extract, Tectona Grandis wood Extract, Lilium Candidum Bulb Extract, Zostera Marina Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Portulaca Pilosa Extract, Dibutyl Ethylhexanoyl Glutamide, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Sucrose Cocoate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Cinnamal, Eugenol, Limonene.

They have a hint o’ tint

They are available in five sheer tinted shades as well as one remove one, as well as if you have pigmented lips like I do, you most likely won’t determine a huge difference among them (except for the totally remove one).

Wearing blush Crush

I can kindasorta see the tints clearly when I develop up the red as well as dark purple shades (which are the only ones that seem build-able at all, as well as even then it’s just a little), however if you’re expecting flamboyant fabulosity from the blue as well as orange shades, um…no. Förlåt. They more or less look the same. They add just a hint of tint as well as shine, however what they do I believe is nice.

Think mint

Or like fresh catnip? That’s exactly how these taste as well as smell, by the way, as well as it isn’t in-your-face. It’s subtle, so nothing at all like minty toothpaste, which would be a deal-breaker for me.

Where to discover them

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Säg det du! — since I haven’t been able to track them all down at one location online. I extremely suggest them, though. however you’ll most likely only requirement one, since they more or less look the exact same when you get them on your lips. pick your fave (I like the blue one!), as well as go with that.

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ah, min smink önskan lista / lust listning är lång och till synes aldrig slutande. Här är vad som är på min notering och sinne den här veckan …

Smith & Cults nagellack i krämig gråaktig jade bitter buddhist samt buttery blekgul bee-sidan, som är $ 18 vardera.
Avsluta utrymmet var den färg som officiellt konverterade mig till en Smith & Cult-fläkt. En kappa av det är som tre lager av någon typ av andra nagellack. Vi pratar äkta erbjudande pigment, liksom nu vill jag prova bitter buddhist och bi-sidan.

Just nu finns det två av dessa ytterligare stora påfyllningsbara metallpaletter i min vagn på Makeupforever.com. De är bara $ 14, liksom jag har drömmar om att fylla dem med Kjaer Weis-produkter. Jag skulle vilja ha en för krämer såväl som en för pulver.
Jag skulle börja grädde kombinationen med Kjaer Weis Cream Blush i Blossoming (för att min pan av solen rörde behöver en vän) samt pulverkombinationen med ögonskugga i magnetiska (för att jag måste ha alla.. Browns.).

Souffle d ‘Eclat fullbordar slöja, ett lös pulver från Ysl, måste sluta tilltalande mig … Jag hörde om det från Candace Sheppard, en sminkartist på Instagram som jag gillar för den attraktiva (men inte över den övre) skönheten ser hon. Det är för att ställa in markerade områden på ditt ansikte, liksom jag känner att jag kräver det mitt liv som igår.

Och jag dör för att prova enastående smink på Sephora. Det är en ny sminklinje med fundament såväl som highlighters samt hantera produkter som är speciellt för medelstora hudtoner.
Hämta detta: De har alla mellanliggande nyanser för medelstora tjejer. Stoked.

Och slutligen, denna berusade elefant c-firma dag serum, som jag fortsätter att höra bra saker om. Det är ett vitamin C serum, liksom jag har lite pigmentering på mina kinder som jag skulle vilja ta itu med.

Jag har inte köpt någon typ av dessa än, men jag skulle vilja. Jag tänker på allvar på en eller två av dem.

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Vad finns på din lust lista nu?

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Kare

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You might be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?”

Tja, det är inte exakt en omröstning. Det är mycket mer av en regelbundet utvecklande (devolving?), Något slumpmässig lista över frågor som jag har satt ut till läsare varje måndag morgon under de senaste sju åren. (Det är som en kickstart för din hjärna.) Jag har alltid haft glädje att läsa dina svar i kommentarerna, och jag hoppas att du njuter av att läsa min.

What’s your current favorite lip product?
I picked up a YSL Volupté Tint-In-Oil in Peach Me love 6 from Sephora ideal before Connor Claire was born, and it’s been the only makeup I’ve really been wearing lately, first, because I like it, and second, because it’s what I’ve had on my little nursing table next to me, and I haven’t had the time or energy to swap it for anything else, let alone put on any a lot more makeup…or shower for that matter.

It’s this, like, non-sticky, incredibly moisturizing light lip oil/tint, and it smells like yummy apples.

Do you use a lot of slang?
Yo, dawg! I use a little, but I can’t say I use a lot.

I feel like I’m getting to that stage in life where if I try too hard to use the current slang, I’m like that aunt who’s trying to be hip, but is, like, so not hip.

There are some words I can’t stop using, like “hella” and “stoked” and “guuuurl” that I’ve been using for years, but I haven’t been able to smoothly incorporate words like “bae” and “slay…”

And I absolutely didn’t indicate to make those rhyme, haha.

So, yeah…I use a little slang, but not a lot.

What’s a beauty-related service or treatment you’d like to try?
Well, I saw this thing in the April issue of glamour called a lash lift, and I’m very, very intrigued. It’s done at a appeal salon, and what they do is curl your existing lashes and lift them from the root. then they hold them in place with, like, a special serum so that your lashes look lifted and curled. The process takes about 20 minutes, costs about $100 and the effect lasts about a month. So for that one month, you don’t have to curl your lashes.

Now, this for me? I have stick straight lashes, and the idea of being able to skip my lash curler is incredibly appealing. Plus, something happened when I got pregnant, and I don’t know if it has quite gone away yet, but my lashes got really hard to curl for some reason. They’re stiffer and perfectly straight, so I like the sound of this service.

Do you change your hairstyle often, or do you tend to stay with the style you have now?
Normally I do like to change my hairstyles a lot, but I haven’t really left the house in two weeks on account of being in “temporary baby jail,” so lately, my main hairstyle has been a messy bun.

What’s a trait you greatly value in your friends?
Empati. I like being surrounded by people who get it, you know? who can feel my pain and my happiness and my fears and understand what I’m going through when I’m going through something, and I can understand what they’re going through, too.

I think I’m a pretty empathetic person, and I’m drawn to people like that. I also like people with a similar sense of humor.

A place you haven’t been but would like to go?
Bora Bora. I’ve seen pictures of the four seasons resort there, and not that I’ll ever be able to afford to go, but I’d love to stay at that hotel. They have these huts ideal out over the water, and when you look down through the floorboards, you can actually see the ocean under you.

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I don’t know, but I think that would be really cool, and I love tropical places and places with warm, clear water.

Din tur. Kopiera och klistra in följande frågor till en kommentar med dina svar. Jag ser fram emot att läsa dem!

1. What’s your current favorite lip product?
2. Do you use a lot of slang?
3. What’s a beauty-related service or treatment you’d like to try?
4. Do you change your hairstyle often, or do you tend to stay with the style you have now?
5. What’s a trait you greatly value in your friends?
6. A place you haven’t been but would like to go?

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Hej min vän. I hope you’re having a terrific Monday so far. I’m holding down the fort here in momentary baby jail, trying to sneak in a nap and a shower every once in a while. Overall, I’m generally unbearably tired…but I think things are going pretty well. Jag tror. This is week two.

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Vad innebär du att jag har en mustasch?
Jag var i college! Jag tror att jag kanske har varit 19 eller 20 vid den tiden. Det var då jag började plocka mina pannor gjorde saker för att ta bort mitt övre läpphår. Och allt började med ansiktsblek, som var … Inte min många geni-idé, lol! Eftersom jag bara hamnade ser ut som en tjej med en orange mustasch.

När jag var slags ålder i 90-talet, ansiktshår, åtminstone i de cirklar jag sprang in, var inte en stor sak. Liksom alla tjejer jag visste i gymnasiet hade överläppshår, och ingen gjorde någonting om det. Det var bara där. Ingen stor grej.

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Och jag hade verkligen överläppshåret eftersom – ugh! – Den här unga pojken som påstås gillade mig i freshman år skulle komma runt vid lunchtid och bara säga skandalösa saker, som, “Ooh, har du en mustasch? Eftersom det ser ut som om du har en mustasch. Jag undrar hur det är att kyssa en tjej med en mustasch! ” ?

Du vet, den gemensamma 14-årige pojke … det är hur de spottar spelet. LOL!

Hur som helst, jag var medveten om det (håret) då, men jag gjorde ingenting om det tills jag var på college.

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Jag vet inte om det berodde på att jag var upptagen med band och studerade (jag var en nörd). Jag tycker att det var mycket mer bara ett tecken på tiderna. Ingen jag visste verkligen pratade om hårborttagning eller panna plockning vid den tiden, och det var inte en sak i tidningarna (“” Tidskrifterna, lol!). Jag minns inte Seventeen som gör en omfattande exposé på att ta bort ditt överläppshår eller något sådant!

Det är dock intressant, för att min Pal Jen har en massa kusiner som är ungefär 15 år yngre än vi är (men de är inte så unga längre; de ​​gifter sig och har barn!), Och jag kommer ihåg att de började plocka sina pannor och vaxa sina övre läppar när de var yngre än Jen och jag var när vi började göra det. Jag tror att de var som 13 eller 14 när de började göra saker.

Jag vet inte … Gör tjejer att ta bort sitt övre läpphår vid den tiden nu? Jag hoppas inte! Jag vill att Contror Claire är lyckligt omedvetet om det så länge hon kan.

Hur gammal var du när du började göra någon form av ansiktshårborttagning?

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P.S. Tgif!

P.p.s. Tittar du på den mycket skålen på söndag? Jag tror att vi drar för Atlanta runt här, bara för att ge någon ny chans, lol.

Coywolf blev bara 14 månader gammal, och hon är lika sassy som någonsin. Detta tropiska blå ensemble var en gåva från hennes nana och morfar från sin resa till Hawaii.

Connor Claire älskar att bära runt denna hårborste av någon anledning, lol! Det är hennes nya favorit sak.

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Hon försöker borsta håret med det … mestadels med fel sida, men det är fortfarande förtjusande.

Hon gillar också långa promenader runt om i närheten och möter nya katter och hundar (hon är inte rädd för dem alls).

Och hon älskar att dansa. Hennes höfter börjar skaka det ögonblick som hon hör musik, och hon tar upp sina armar och gör baby jazzhänder.

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åh! Och hennes favoritmat dessa dagar är ost. Hon kommer sluta vad hon gör för att stiga upp i mixen om Trader Joe’s Organic Wring Ost är inom slående avstånd.

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