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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #019

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Welcome to Free For Haul Fridays!

A play on Oh No They Didn’t's “Free For All Fridays,” every Friday is Free For Haul Fridays! Friday is a day for fun — whether you’re already off enjoying your weekend or if you just need a way to get through til the end of the work day, FFH is here for you!

Share your latest beauty hauls! Once you’ve done that… say anything you’d like. Tell us about the greatest thing that happened to you this week, why your pet is the cutest, what you’re doing this weekend… whatever!

First, I’ll share mine!

MAC Liberty of London stuff — Give Me Liberty of London eyeshadow, A Different Groove & Perennial High Style lipglasses, and Peachstock lipstick.

I have two finals and a midterm on Monday/Tuesday, so my weekend is spoken for by textbooks :(

Oh, and Vote for Mellan! LOL :D

MVP Pet Photo Contest sponsored by BISSELL, maker of pet vacuum cleaners.

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Heheh, not a lot. I got two bottles of Nicole by Opi nail polish. I got Black To The Future and Blues in The Night.

Blue India, Shell pearl, Prim and Proper. Posie lip pencil and Nectar Shimmer Brick (my first BB purchase. Loving the lippie). Perle and Paris Coco Rouge (they were out of Mademoiselle, sad) and the new Chance fragrance. Philosophy Wild Blackberry lotion. Kiehl's lip balm in Vanilla and Coconut. NARS Eurydice and Habenero shadow duos. Can't wait till next weekend cause the local Nordies is having a beauty event.

I'm a bit late.. but I bought Ever Hip lipstick and Prim & Proper blush online Thursday. Then Friday, I was at the mall and just NEEEEEDED to check out Blooming Lovely -since it sold out online. Ended up getting Blooming Lovely, Peachstock (love the packaging so much even though I can get this at the PRO store later!!), and the Shell Pearl Beauty Powder. I was only limiting myself to 3 things until Easter!! But hey, I did some returns last week. That should cover it although I feel a bit guilty. Loving the Liberty of London packaging.

I also hauled from the Give Me Liberty collection: *Ever Hip, Blooming Lovely, Petals & Peacocks l/s (already had Peachstock) *English Accents, Perennial High Style l/g *Shell Pearl Beauty Powder *Bough Grey e/s Also got two lip liners from the Too Fabulous collection: In Synch & Naked Liner. Oh! And I also got an Illamasqua cream blush in Rude. Such a gorgeous blush! I love it. :) So far, loving it all! I got several compliments on my eye makeup today -- I used Bough Grey + Black Tied in the crease and outer V -- great combo!

So happy you're lovin' it, Jessica :D

I purchased: MAKE UP FOREVER HD concealer in 355. I like it. Not in love. But it does look good in pictures. Still love my NARS stick concealer. MAC: Birds and Berries Eyeshadow Frankly Fresh and Perennial High Lipgloss Ever Hip Lipstick Trace Gold Blush CVS: Milani Blush in Mai Tai & Sunset Beach Milani Lipgloss in Starshine, Glow Girl, Designer Label & All About Me Milani Liquif Eye in Silver Revlon Cream Blush in Rosy Glow & Berry Flirtaous HIP Color Chrome eyeliner in purple & black

I like MUFE HD a lot for photos, but it never rocks my world in person, lol!

I had a greatttt friday afternoon and picked up some goodies I've been wanting for a while... creme de nude l/s Fresh Salmon l/s nymphette l/g Pink swoon blush Trace gold blush Strobe cream (which I absolutely love when applied before my foundation!!! Gives the skin such a pretty glow!) Chanel Kaska Beige Quad (LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!) NARS Sheer Glow Foundation (I found my HG foundation!!! Perfect amount of coverage for me and it's buildable and sheer and ughhh...it's perfect! I wear Ceylan!!!) MUFE HD Finishing powder and buffer brush... Pheww...It was a good day...it'll be a while before I purchase anything else...( : But i'm a happy camper!

Very nice haul, Brooke!! I will have to check out the Sheer Glow one of these days!

I had such a satisfying haul this week! I got the Summer Rose Beauty Powder and Petals & Peacocks lipstick from MAC's Liberty collection, Stars n Rockets e/s pan (which completed my first palette!!!) and Ample Pink Plushglass, which is the lipgloss I have been wanting my whole life!! :)

Woo! Sounds like an awesome haul, Katrina -- so happy to hear you've found your HG gloss!

Its easier to say what I didn't buy lol... I didn't get the nailpolishes from the liberty collection.... most exciting thing I got my tattoo on my side finished... the first session was 5 1/2 hours second session 3 hours. So glad its finallly finished.

LOL! Congrats on your tattoo!

Have not purchased yet but I am looking for a brownish color lipgloss...haven't had much luck :-( Not looking for one with tons of shimmer. Hopefully I will find one on saturday. greatest thing that happened me to this week...hmmm, Thursday night I got locked out of my place and of course didn't have an extra set of keys. Tried to use a latter to get in through my balcony (2nd floor) - that was a bad idea. Called locksmith and $175 dollars later I was back in place :|

Aww! Did you find it when you went hunting, Nicci? Sorry to hear about the lockout :( Those suck!

no, nothing :-( Tried a few on but some either were too dark or barely there. Do you have any recommendations Christine? When I was at Nordstrom I did not stop by the MAC counter even though I have before...kind of intimidated! but I would think they should have at least one that I'm looking for?

I think you could! Chai keeps coming to mind to me...

this week I only bought Bobbi Brown cream eyeshadow in Starry Night. im trying to be very good and not buy any make up until I go on holiday to Ontario in July when I will be visiting my sister in law. Although tomorrow it is Mothers Day here in the UK, so I might drop hints (very heavy hints) to my husband about buying me something from Mac for a gift (the kids are too young to get me something themselves) lol. I wish we had a Sephora here in the UK. My credit card was on fire when I went to Sephora last year whilst in Canada, it was love at first sight lol. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Jaqueline x

How do you like Starry Night, Jacqueline? Have you worn it yet?

Oh Hi Just seen your reply. its great, I wore it on the lid over Benefit strut cream eyeshadow. Jaqueline

ever hip l/s, bough grey e/s, lady gaga lipstick and boy bait cremesheen!! :)

ahhh I love reading these! Call me nosy, but I love knowing what other people are buying! Estee Lauder aqua flash, all lipstick from liberty of london MAC collection, Korres age reversing face primer, pharmagel enzyme ex-cell facial scrub, and that's it! Christine, what are your thoughts on the MAC #130 brush? I find it to be a little pricey, almost $40!

Haha ;) I like it so far! I have only used it once though!

i bought almost all from liberty of london- all e/s except dame desire, i got free to be in pan form (cheaper) both blushes, both beauty powders, blue india nailpolish, ever hip and blooming l/s , and the matching lipglosses. and also a 4 quad palette to put my new 4 e/s in. from too fabulous- i bought all 5 of the new lipliners, and all the blushes except the 2 goldish ones. i still wanna get those 2 though since i love minerlaized blushes. from spring colour forcast- i got both e/s quads, bronzilla l/s and gold dust l/g, radichio l/s and lavender wind l/g, abalone shell nail polish. i cant wait for the to the beach collection cuz i love special LE packging. i hope they do the same thing the tthe pret a paupier collection based on the promo pic it looks gorgous- off white cases with button stitching on it! *fingers crossed*

Whew!! Very nice haul ;) Enjoy it!

Ever hip & Blooming Lovely lipsticks, shell pearl beauty powder and english accents lipglass from the Liberty of London collection, I've been WAITING for this collection to come out and am loving it! Prob gonna go back tomorrow for the summer rose beauty powder, petals & peacocks lipstick and a backup of English accents!

Aww, so glad you are lovin' Liberty of London, Marissa!

I bought: MAC Spring Forecast collection - I know its late! I was too lazy to get it online. It just launched in Singapore. I got the colour 4 palette (fell in love after your raves on it) and the ripe peach blush ombre! hooray! Too Fabulous - I got Sun n Moon, Two Rhapsody, and Bi Tone - all looks great!! (: and Partial to Pink and Richer, Lusher Cremesheen lipgloss! And some lipliners - Naked, In Synch, Trimmed in Pink. They look FABULOUS and are sooo usable. I'm planning to skip Liberty of London and everything else until the beach collection launches :D Yay!

I just voted for Mellan! What a cutie pie =)

Surprise! I didn't get anything from the Liberty of London collection. All the eyeshadows were passable to me. The lipsticks, as LOVELY as they were - Ever Hip was too sheer for me (went on pinkish), Blooming Lovely and P&P were too out there (Up the Amp and Girl about Town are on my wishlist instead). So I went over to get an eyeshadow I've eyeing for a long while but got distracted by LE, MAC Juxt eyeshadow. Personally I'm relieved I didn't get anything for the collection because there's no rush and lets me check out the permanent line!

I got my first epilator because of the sale they had on hautelook. My friend loves hers but I'm sort of scared. ;D

Okay, I just voted for Mellan! What a gorgeous dog! I wanted to thank you Christine because earlier today I mentioned that I was depressed and you told me to play with my new stuff cuz it would make me feel better and you were right!! I tried on all my new make up - and at first I was bummed because alot of my new eyeshadows are shimmery - which I love, but at my age (I'm sure I'm old enough to be your mom lol) the shimmer just settles in every little imperfection and it looks TERRIBLE. I have to wear mattes above the lid - period. Anyway, I use Estee Lauder Eyeshadow in Linen as a concealer - I know that sounds weird but I hate blending concealer and this gives me much better coverage. Linen is a matte. So after I put my new shadows on, I got frustrated because the shimmer looked awful so I picked up my 226 and started spreading EL Linen over the parts that looked bad and to my amazement, it matted out the shimmer without changing the color - make my eyelids look smooth - it was AMAZING! I did a green smokey eye with Humid all in my crease and it looked GREAT!!! So I learned a new make up trick today and I'm so excited! Oh the possibilities now that I can wear shimmers and metallics!!!! so a big thank you to you and I'm off to EL's site to buy like 6 Linen eyeshadows! :) :)

Thanks :D I will tell him he is less of a loser now, LOL! I am so happy to hear that you're feeling better! Makeup always makes me feel better, so it's great that trick worked for you, too! That's an awesome tip - thank you for sharing and YAY!! for discovering it so now you can rock all those pretty shimmers/metallics. WOO!! I will have to check it out myself!

so i'm visiting with my parents in florida and i went to a freestanding MAC near them, only to discover that it carried a bunch of PRO stuff! (full PRO store? i'm not sure, but it was the greatest surprise EVER.) since i am still recovering from spring colour forecast, i practiced INCREDIBLE restraint and only walked away with a few things: birds & berries e/s liberty of london m.u. bag, medium abalone shell n/l FIX + mixing medium vanilla pigment riveting l/s (for my sister, who loves mine and needed her own!) anything else PRO that i absolutely should not miss while i am close enough to snap it up easily? i am eager for others' suggestions ^^ i also ordered a traincase from sephora this week but i am still waiting for it to arrive in the post. hopefully tomorrow~ the best part of being on vacation is buying presents for yourself! hope everyone else is having a great week~

From PRO, definitely all of the PRO pan blushes (though you can buy them online now), PRO pigments, and the PRO shades of eyeshadow (Sour Lemon, Bio Green, etc.!).

thank you, christine ^^ even if more of the PRO stuff is available online now, i like buying make up in store because it is more fun! i will definitely head back there to swatch the pan blushes and more of the pigments and eyeshadows.

Mellan is adorable! I would vote for him but it won't let me sign up. I'm really sorry to hear that he's not healthy, I hope he gets better.

I got some stuff from the MAC Liberty of London Collection and I got... Dame's Desire Eyeshadow Birds & Berries Eyeshadow Frankly Fresh Lipglass Shell Pearl Beauty Powder Blush. I was tempted to get Prim and Proper Blush and Blue India Nail Lacquer but I controlled myself lol. I'm getting my letter from these high schools I applied to and see if I get accepted in. Cross my fingers! :)

Nice haul, Mia :) Good luck!!

today I got Knight Divine, Currant lip liner, and Odyssey lipstick (B2M) and Rapturous mattene came in the mail from ebay! Not sure I like it on me though.

Rapturous is a tough color to pull off!