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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #071

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!

Haul:  Philosophy Shower Gels, Jack Black Lip Balm

Weekend plans:  Trying to wrap up a group paper and kissing b-school goodbye!

Beauty product you love but rarely use:  Chanel Dragon — I do wear it, but I feel like it’s something I wear for a special occasion; as a student, special occasions aren’t exactly frequent!

Keep adding your pet photos to the Temptalia Pets flickr group! 🙂

This week’s Mellan photo…


First day of work!

See one more fun photo…


I’m Mr. Labrasnore!


Are you serious?!


I knew they didn’t really pay in bones…

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Nicole Avatar

Haul: nothing

Weekend plans: I plan to answer some mails, watch eat pray love on DVD and I have to cure my cold, because I suffer from this since 4 weeks with interruption. It just sucks.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Smoke & Diamnond, because frist it is limited edition and I feel I need lots of product to get the effect I want and second it’s not in my palette.

ChristineD Avatar

haul- show pony shadow box…some lorac goodies, 2 new HD blushes by MUFE, they are my new fave product!
plans- SSDD…homework, and more homework, then the circus on sunday even though the vegetarian in me cringes at the thought of the poor animals 🙁
product i love but rarely use- my dior foundation, i dont use foundation everyday…next would be red lipstick

Adria Avatar

Latest beauty haul: Korres Delight Your Lips Mango Butter lipstick set. They are awesome, and smell good, too!

Weekend plans: Get my nails fixed because they have sustained major damage this week, plant some strawberry and tomato plants in our Topsy Turvy planters, hang with the Hubinator, and work on my assignment for my History of Brazil class. Whew!

Beauty product I love but rarely use: J. Lo’s Love and Glamour perfume. I heart it so much, but it is only for special occasions with me and hubby. When I wear it, he can’t stop smelling me…

And Mellan’s photo? Cute overload. I have a weakness for dogs.

Rebekah Avatar

Haul:

1. Walgreens – Essie “Coat Azure” nail polish
2. Head2ToeBeauty.com – China Glaze: Candlelight, Light as Air, Atlantis, Dorothy Who, GR8, Pelican Gray, Snow, Cowgirl Up, First Mate, Sea Spray, Encouragement, Grape Pop, Medallion, Sexy Lady, Sky High Top, Bahamian Escape, Lasso My Heart, Designer Satin, Sydney Sand, Liquid Leather, Midnight Mission, Gelato; Color Club: Ulterior Motive, Gossip Column, Revvolution.
3. Ebay: China Glaze OMG and 2NITE
4. Amazon: Konad Stamp/Scraper/M57 image plate

(I’ve lately started getting into minimal makeup but bright fun nails. it’s a little more wallet friendly lol!)

WEEKEND PLANS: Judging a high school forensics (speech and drama) competition

Beauty Product You Love But Rarely Use: DiorSkin Nude Foundation. Because it was so stinkin’ expensive, I rarely use it. Down side, if I don’t use it, it’ll get all watery and icky. IDK what to dooooo! lol!!!

Laurina Avatar

Haul: Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! Mascara and Benefit “Stay Put” Set

Weekend plans: Homework and chilling is in my future 🙂

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Mineralize Blush in Love Rock. It’s such a pretty color but it’s way shimmery so I feel like its not a good daytime blush. I wear it when I go out in the evenings but that’s not often.

Amanda Dubs Avatar

Haul: UD 24/7 Liner 15th Anniversary Set, two OPI polishes from the Texas collection, and a Pink Clarisonic from Sephora! Not very many products, but they are quite significant 😀
Weekend Plans: Today I’m getting new glasses, I literally lost mine yesterday, ugg, Im working and then packing, and then tomorrow Im heading home to Texas for Spring Break!
Products that I love but Barely Use: Probably my illamasqua liquid eyeliner. I love the finish it has but I’ve been sooo into liner pencils lately.

SatelliteDreamer Avatar

I haven’t done one of these in a while, because I was trying to be on a No Buy, which I failed at this week.

Haul –

NARS Angelika Blush (LOVE)
NARS Smudgeproof eyeshadow base (Can’t wait to try, because UDPP stopped working for me)
Smashbox Pout Lipgloss
Urban Decay Barracuda Eyeshadow pencil
Make Up Forever Rouge Artist #14

Weekend plans – Basically spring cleaning and shopping, and getting ready because my hubby will get home from his deployment in the next few days!!!!

Product I love, but barely use – Make Up Forever Rouge Artist #21. This is the best red ever, but I don’t have many occasions for red lips.

I love Mellan’s tie! So cute!

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in Japan, Hawaii, and the West Coast of U.S., Canada, and South America.

Lauren Avatar

Haul: Nars Madly blush, Nars Ashes to Ashes e/s and BareMinerals Nude Beach e/s. I got a free Coralista blush with bad gal lash for turning in 500 pts. Worth it. Decent haul for only 80 CAD!

Weekend plans: Working out, hanging out with my boyfriend and hair cut Saturday! first pro one in a year!

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Shell Beauty Powder. It’s absolutely my favourite. It gives me the perfect colour/glow ratio

Catherine Avatar

Haul: Givenchy candide tangerine lipstick, Nars copacabana illuminator, EL sea star bronzing blush, EL peach nuance blush, EL doublewear light fondation (I love this one so far!!)

Weekend plans: Study, study, study… but maybe going to the spa saturday night.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Quite a few in fact: My Giorgio armani platinum palette, my Chanel ombre perlees palette, My Givenchy Fleur de Frangipanier bronzer… I try to finish the things that I don’t love first.

Amber Avatar

lol! the Mellan pics always make me smile!

This weeks haul – It was my birthday and we just got a bonus at work, so I went a little nuts:

Sephora:
MUFE Mat Velvet+ in Alabaster
Laura Mercier mineral foundation primer
Hello Kitty compact mirror
Philosophy Sugar Chick shower gel
Clarins one-step exfoliating cleanser
and a few samples

Cherry Culture:
BeautyBlender double duo kit
NYX Natural lipgloss
NYX Smokey Look lipgloss
NYX round lipstick in Pumpkin Pie

Amazon – an order of Nufountain Fresh Vitamin C serum for sensitive skin
This is a serum for in the morning – I hope it works.

Zoya – International Womans Day promo – I am so excited for this – I have been lemming several of the shades from this collection!

And I have a Birchbox order coming soon – this is my first one so I can’t wait to see what I get!

Amber Avatar

Ooops! I forgot to add the product that I love but rarely use:

It would have to be my Guerlain Rouge G in Gems – I truly love the color, but it was an LE item and since I only have one, I just don’t use it.

Weekend plans – WORK!

Mai Linh Avatar

Haul: Rouge Coco Shine in Boy and Monte-Carlo, Mascara Sublime Chanel
Mellan is sooooo cute 😉
Will see my new little cousin this sunday. She’s only 2 weeks!
Happy weekend!

Ani_BEE Avatar

Haul: Urban Decay X eyeshdaow, Jack Black Lip Balm

Weekend plans: Make a coat.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: My blushes. Love blush but I can only wear it when I do a full coverage foundation.

Lidalgirl Avatar

Haul: Illamasqua Rude Cream Blusher, Hussy Powder Blusher, Abyss Precision Ink Eyeliner

Weekend plans: hm, maybe a birthday party/photographers meeting/trash night all in one

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Sleek palette in Original. It’s in a separate container from other beauty products, and the morning is always quick-speed for me, so i tend to use the products which I can grab more easily…

coco72 Avatar

Haul: MAC Wonder Woman Lipstick in Russian Red and Jeanius lipstick in Riveting Rose
weekend plans: Stay in bed or sofa reading Cell -I love Stephen King-
Beauty product I love but rarely use: Bobbi Brown shimmerbrick in rose shimmer and MAC eyeshadow in Smoke and diamonds

Ashley Tatton Avatar

Ahahahahaha, I couldn’t love the second up from the bottom picture more. You do hilarious and adorable things to your dog.

Haul: No haul this week, living on the cheap. 🙁

Weekend plans: Recovery sleep, parents are coming to visit and take me to lunch and following Japan updates.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Redhead MSF I love it love it love it but use it so little because it was limited and hasn’t been brought back out.

katie Avatar

Adorable pup! I haven’t hauled yet I’m ordering today. Hey Christine – quick question – I want to buy some MUFE Aqua Creams for my eyes. Which are your favs? I was looking at Taupe!

Kayla Avatar

Haul: I got my first Inglot palette! I got the 10 and it only cost me $50 + shipping! So excited!
Plans: Shamrock Stumble pub crawl on Saturday, otherwise lots of studying.
Beauty product you love but rarely use: All of my bright lipsticks! I love my reds, fuchsias, and purples, but I feel like they’re too OTT for work.

Marcy Avatar

haul: Tokidoki Polpettina eyeshadow palette and Pink Martini lip balm/stain. such freakin’ cute packaging!!!
plans: visit my boyfriend in orlando. dinner, biking, IKEA
love but rarely use: MAC Rebel and MAC Violetta lipsticks. so beautiful and intensely pigmented but i only wear them for a night out or else i’d feel like a clown.

Caroline Avatar

Haul: MAC lipstick Viva Glam II (not Gaga) & lipglass in Viva Glam V, Bare Minerals eyeshadow in Flaunt, Benefit blush in Dandelion, Sephora lip gloss in Perfect Nude, & Revlon lipstick Soft Nude.

Plans For Weekend: Reviewing ACLS for recertification.

Beauty Product I love but rarely use: scented body lotion & my flat Iron.

Gisele Avatar

I always knew Mellan was an Irish dog! So sweet he is and handsome!

I bought Chanel Rouge Allure Imagination and plan on ordering that Bobbi Brown gel face/eye cream. Special dinner planned on Sunday (chili with brownies for dessert) for visitors. Spring cleaning on Saturday. Watching the San Jose Sharks every chance I can, which is every time they play!

Beauty product I love but rarely use? I try to use everything or else I give the item to someone who will!

Joanne Avatar

Haul:
MAC Brush Cleaner
Fix +
Bulk Wipes
Sheen Supreme l/s in Bare Again
Espresso e/s
Naked Lunch e/s
Stila Kajal in Topaz
Philosophy Hope in a Jar (Oil Free) SPF 30 Moisturizer

Plans:
Spend much needed family time!

Beauty product you love but rarely use:
UD Book of Shadows 3 — I LOVE the colors and the pigmentation but most are not work appropriate 🙁

Nat Avatar

Haul: Estee Lauder Double Wear foundations in Sand & Tawny (liking it better than Pro Longwear now)
Weekend Plans: taking our little one to a toddler birthday party
Product I love and rarely use: Chanel Dragon for me as well

Mariella Avatar

Haul: UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Rehab and Sin (blame Christine); TheBalm shadow in All About Alex (blame Christine AGAIN); Caudalie shower gel in Fleur de Vigne (can’t blame her for this one!)
Weekend plans: taking son to airport tomorrow for his school trip to Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Berlin (lucky kid); going over the border on Sunday for some shopping (the Canadian dollar is doing very well so it’s a good time).
Beauty Product I love but rarely use: Clarins’s Instant Smooth primer – I do really like it and just forget to use it…I’m usually in such a rush that I forget primer entirely or grab for MAC Matte because it’s in a tube and faster to use!

Victoria Avatar

Haul: Philosophy Hope in a Tinted Moisturizer
Benefit Minis set of Benetint, Posie Tint, and High Beam
NARS Pure Matte Lipstick in Terre De Feu

Weekend plans: Gearing up to head back to work after my 4 week paid sabbatical – ugh. My husband and I are using our Christmas gift certificate for a free stay in a suite at the Grand America hotel. I love in-town vacations 🙂

Product I love but rarely use: If I love it, it gets used all the time! But I seem to have quite the collection of bright lipsticks that get reserved for nighttime – mostly reds.

Joanna Avatar

Haul: More Guerlain! Eyeshadow in L’Instant Fleuri (161) and Kiss Kiss Gloss in Fizzy Mango (849)

Weekend plans: Going for a final fitting on my wedding dress!

Beauty product: MAC Spring Color Forecast Crush Metal Pigments Stacked 1. I love the colours, but they are just too messy to work with. I can’t be bothered most days!

Rita Avatar

Haul: Wonder Woman FINALLY came here and I got Marquise d’ and Spitfire l/s, Mighty Aphrodite blush, and both of the MSFs.
Last week I also got a new mascara from Japan, Kiss Me Heroine Make Impact Frame & Curl Mascara.
I don’t have enough time to wear most of my makeup!

Lizzi Avatar

Haul: UD 24/7 Shadow pencils in morphine and delinquent, MAC Wonder Women pieces in Pink Powder, Marquise D’, Emancipation (very unexpected that I wanted this one), and Mighty Aphrodite. I also got Pink Cult and a new black Fluidline, don’t really count that one though. I had just used up the one I had. And today I’m going back to MAC because, believe it or not, my MAC store still has a bunch of the VENOMOUS VILLAINS pieces still. I’m going to go get the 3 Cruella eyeshadows today!
Weekend Plans: Yoga on Saturday, get my place clean, and after that I’m free to just lounging around! 😀
Beauty product I love but rarely use: Easy! Illamasque 4 color creme eyeshadow palette in #02. Gorgeous colors but, I never have the time to put together a decent look with it in the morning.

Liz Mc Avatar

Haul: I was SO bad this week, went on a real bender. I tend to shop under stress and it was a bad week. I ended up with the green promo set and the intimates promo set from Zoya, 2 Smashbox lipsticks from ebay, 4 of the PF Happy Boosters products from discount beauty, Essie Kisses and Bises, and 2 China Glaze polishes.

Weekend plans: working, sleeping, cleaning

Product I love but don’t use much: MAC “Naked Paris” lipstick. It’s too dark for most of the places I wear lipstick to.

Chris25 Avatar

Haul: China Glaze Virtual Violet & Electra Magenta (Tronica Collection), FingerPaints Heavenly Hydrangeas, SallyGirl Mini e/s in Mauve, Brick, and Cinnamon, MAC pro pan in Satellite Dreams & the 15-well palette, MAC Blot Powder in Medium Dark.

Weekend Plans: It’s my 26th birthday on Saturday (eek, getting old!) and I’m arranging a get together with my friends. Home cooked food and wine.

Beauty product you rarely use: I always forget to use my Stars Makeup Haven eyeshadows. I keep them in a MAC palette, and it’s buried under a lot of makeup. There are also black liners in my makeup cart that I bought months ago and haven’t touched. I’m a e/liner junkie, so I always buy the newest liner that comes out.

EvilPinkRobot Avatar

Haul: Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette – Metal Orchestra

Weekend plans: Whatever the hubby and I feel like doing.

Beauty product you love, but rarely use: Nothing, if I love something then I’ll use it.

Leslie Avatar

Haul: Huuuge Inglot haul. I ordered the YSM foundation, AMC cream concealer, an AMC eyeliner gel in dark brown, a purply cream lipstick, a purply slim gel lipstick, a 5-pan brow palette with two waxes and 3 powders, and a single 10-pan palette filled entirely with matte neutrals (from white to black), which is something I’ve wanted for a while but couldn’t afford all at once at MAC.

I also received my Rock & Republic order from Hautelook. I’d ordered 8 eyeshadows, a pressed powder, and 2 lipglosses but realized I ordered 1 extra lipgloss. OOPS. All of it is lovely.

Weekend plans: Shooting pictures for my portfolio. Hopefully eating sushi.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Violetta. It’s such a gorgeous color that I don’t have the guts to wear out on a regular day. That needs to change.

Nadia Avatar

Haul: A new Shu Uemura eyelash curler, a pump for my Nars Sheer Glow foundation, two Revlon lipglosses, and two Cover Girl lipsticks, a Tory Burch makeup bag on the cutest butterfly print, and some Harold Feinstein makeup bags that are super cute and were very affordable (They are Mother’s Day gifts for my mom, sister, mother-in-law, and godmother

Weekend plans: Go to a barbecue tomorrow and spend time with family on Sunday

Beauty product that I love, but rarely use: The Tarte 2009 Holiday Treasure Chest and the Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette

Rengirl Avatar

Haul: I binged on a bunch of China Glaze and Costco-worthy quantities of my favorite base and top coat (Orly Bonder and Won’t Chip) earlier this week.

Weekend plans: probably go see a movie with the fam. Nothing major.

Love but rarely use: maybe my NYX jumbo pencils. I love them but I don’t need my color to pop that much on a day to day basis.

Pixie Avatar

Haul: Illamasqua Panic blush
Nars Cactus Flower
Nars Pro-Prime Primer
Tarte Tipsy clay blush
SK Sunset blush

Weekend plans: Mega movie watching!

Courtney Avatar

Haul: The purple, blue and white Wet-N-Wild eyeshadow trio and Sally Henson nail wraps in the black lace.

Weekend plans: Got a lot of writing to do, plus some gaming…maybe a party, but we’ll see.

Beauty products I rarely use: Unusually colored lipsticks. I think they’re very fun, but I can’t use them for daily use. I try to use them for costuming when I can.

Maya C Avatar

Haul: Josie Maran Cream Blush in Sunset, Benefit YouRebel and a pretty generous sample of BITE’s Lip Rouge.

Weekend plans: finishing up a transfer application, visiting a friend in NYC, and moving my blog from WordPress to a new host!

Beauty product I love but never use: Hmmm… this is a toughie. Probably the NARS eyeshadow palette I got in the NARS Addict box that Sephora put out a while ago. I used to use it all the time, but I’ve since gotten new palettes and eyeshadows and I use those a lot more.

CeeBee Avatar

Haul: A bunch of Pupa makeup off strawberrynet – Luminys Baked Blush in 06, which is a gorgeous shimmmering raspberry, a multi-toned blush/powder/highlighter compact, Divas Rouge lipstick 22 (rose mauve cream) and a Multiplay eye pencil in 05 (purple).
Plus I picked up a Clinique Cream Eye Shaper in Starry Plum for my friend, she saw mine and was lemming it completely, so I got her one as a surprise.

Weekend plans: Nothing much – try and find out if all my colleagues in Japan are OK (fingers crossed!)

Beauty product I love but rarely use: My Dior Skin Shimmer compacts – I have all 4 of them but they’re stacked in a bottom drawer in my vanity so I tend to forget about them – I’m gonna go get ’em out right now!

PS. Mellan is so adorably hilaious in those photos!

Inge Avatar

Haul: Revlon Lilac pastellle lipgloss (suprisingly beautiful), UD summer of love palette because I have been after Chopper and Maui Wowie, UD Dangerous palette…because Virgin is one of my fave eyeshadows and I wanted more of it without buying another naked palette, plus there i dont have the other colors in the palette. UD 24/7 liner in Ransom

Weekend plans: Work

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Show Orchid.

Heather Avatar

Haul: 3 Concrete Minerals mineral e/s in Wicked, Temptress, and Croma (LOVE this co!)

Weekend plans: Watch an IMAX movie on airplanes w/ the boyfriend (who’s a pilot), tons of cleaning, painting my nails, “game night” with my mom and stepdad, homework, visiting friends

Beauty product you love but rarely use: NARS Sheer Glow foundation. Beautiful but so expensive that I’m rationing it lol

Svetlana Avatar

Haul:
Ole Henriksen- Truth Serum Collagen Booster
Biotherm- Biocils eye makeup removal care (it’s supposed to limits lash loss due to make-up removal)
Biotherm- Aquasource non-stop oligo thermal cream for dry skin
MAC- Brush cleanser
MAC- Eyeshadow Wedge
Mac Eyeshadow- Brule
Maybelline- Volume Epress Falsies Mascara
Maybelline- Khol Express eyeliner
The Body Shop- Cocoa Body Butter
The Body Shop- Pepermint Smoothing Pumice Foot Scrub
The Body Shop- Peppermint Intensive Foot Rescue cocoa butter

Weekend plans: Studying and meeting with a friend tomorrow

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait De Gloss in Exces

elfa Avatar

this week I went crazy for Butter London lacquers. I got Aston, yummy Mummy, lady muck, muggins, no more waity katie, tea with the queen,cheeky chops, artful dodger, scoundrel, and primrose hill picnic.
OMG. Before this week I only owned two polishes, haha.

rosa Avatar

Haul: Chanel Ombre Essentielle in 90 Fauve (love it!) eye shadow, Lancome Hypnose Mascara in black and the new Ombre Magnetique (pressed pigment) in silver, Lancome Primordiale moisturiser and the new Dior Addict lipstick formula in 253 Basic (next time I will go for a little less subtle colour as it almost looks like a sheer gloss… tiny bit disappointing).

Weekend plans: Too many! I am so exhausted from a busy week already.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Chanel – Golden Eyes – Eye Shadow Quad. I LOVE this quad, but it is out of production and I don’t want to hit the pan on this one.

Jaa Avatar

Haul: Lancome/TEINT IDOLE FRESH WEAR
NARS Blush-Sex Appeal
A silk pillowcase and a silk shirt to sleep in to keep the wrinkles away…

Weekend plans: Remodel..booo

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Any lipstick but a nudey color. I have gorg lipsticks but rarely wear them…:(

Kendall Avatar

Haul: Fabulous this week. Tons of nail polish, favorites being the new Essie spring collection and three new Lippmann collection ones. Also Wet n’ Wild longwear lipsticks and a MUFE glitter.

Weekend Plans: dinner tonight, then all weekend studying for finals.

Beauty product I love and rarely use: There are many, but the MUFE aqua cream in light purple comes to mind, as does morange and violet lipmix (try mixing it with morange if you haven’t – it’s the most stunning pinky color)

Noga Avatar

Christine, I keep showing my bf pictures of Mellan – he’s so adorable! I’m hoping he’ll break and agree to get a dog 😀

Haul: All Mac this time – Pink Power MSF and Marquise d’ lipstick (collections get here about a month after their US release), Face and Body foundation (finally something my freckles show through!), and Cream in your Coffee lipstick (B2M). Oh, and Nymphette, Russian Red and Oyster Girl lipglasses from ebay. I guess that’s what happenes when I’m sick and home alone 🙂
Weekend plans: been sick for the past week, so I have tons of homework to get through.
Beauty product I love but rarely use: Garnier Eye Roll-on – love the way it feels, but I got the tinted one – big mistake!

Sharon M Avatar

I’m on a very limited buy at the moment — the only beauty-related thing I’ve gotten has been four of the China Glaze Tronica collection (Hyper Haute, Hologram, Virtual Violet, and High Def), and that only because I’ve been waiting for it for months.

Your photos of Mellan really make me want a dog, although right now it would be a very impractical idea for me… 🙂

Laura N. Avatar

I did CCO damage.

Tempting quad
Tone:Grey quad
Birds and berries e/s
bough grey e/s
mulled cider e/s
humid e/s
carbon e/s
Melon pigment
coral crepe paintpot
gold rebel l/g
splashing l/g

Whew!!

Lacey J. Avatar

Haul: Just ordered my first inglot palette.
Weekend Plans: Clean and make my first youtube video.
Product I love but rarely use: That has to be Mac Vegas volt and any of my really bright mac lippies. I’m just not confident enough to go there…

Miros Avatar

Haul: Mostly Wonder Woman things: Marqise d’, Mighty Aprhodite, Lady Justice, Emancipation, Wonder Woman.

Weekend plans: Stay with my family

Beauty product you love but rarely use: NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencils

KayDi-Kat Avatar

I’m not buying any makeup or polish until after Easter, so here’s my FAT haul from to last me through the next 40 days: MAC High Tea l/s & Exxxhibitionist Kissable Lipcolor, Essie Sexy Divide & Lapis of Luxury, OPI My Private Jet & What’s w/ the Cattitude, Zoya Gemma, 4 Kleancolor glitters, 4 Lippmans: Glitter in the Air, Razzle Dazzle, Bad Romance, Call Me Irresponsible AND Clarins 230

This weekend is a roadtip to SoCal *waves at Christine* for a triple bday celebration at a rented house at Huntington Beach. So excited!

I’m finding that I’m not reaching for my Naked Palette nearly as much as I was before buying those WnW Color Icon palettes. Go figure!

Lisa G Avatar

Haul: (drugstore) Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush in Rose
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri nail polish in Expresso
Sephora: Bobbi Brown shimmer brick in Nectar, Smashbox eyeshadow Trio, UD eyeliner in Lucky.
Weekend plans: Rest, rest and rest. I’ve got some 2nd trimester fatigue kicking in.
Beauty product rarely used: MUFE lipstick in #21-I only wear reds on special occasions.

Laia Avatar

Awwwwww, I’d instantly hire Mellan for sure! I hope he’s good with imagination… maybe he could help me with advertising stuff :p

Haul: MAC Wonder Woman Marquise D’ lipstick… looooooove it, my first MAC purchase in Belgium 🙂
Weekend plans: Staying with my friend’s family in Antwerp, going back to Gent on sunday evening.
Beauty product you love but rarely use: Fred Farrugia coral/orange blush… I cannot really wear this now since it’s intended for wearing when I’m tanned, and lately I’m as white as I can be LOL so I have to wait for summer to come…

🙂

Tiffany Avatar

Haul: buzz lipglass, lure lip liner, Ming Blue nail polish, & molasses pearlglide liner all from a COO

Weekend plans: laundry, run errands, add songs to my ipod, go to the beauty salon

Beauty product I love but rarely use: shadesticks from MAC, they tug at my eyelid and never really come out looking nice and its a shame because I have about six of them.

Megan Avatar

Love Mellan’s pics!
Haul: Presitge e/l’s in Fierce Blue, Strong Slate, and Daring Green
Plans: Hanging with the bf and some friends
Colors I love but rarely use: umm I guess my colored e/s’s

☆Lola A♏ ★ Avatar

Haul: MAC:(Spring Bean lipglass & Wrong Spell from VV), Zoya Intimate collection, Orly and Finger Paints spring collection
Last haul for awhile. Gave up cosmetic purchases for Lent :)\

Weekend: party, party, party

Beauty product: hmm…maybe if I tried some of my unopened items, I’d have something to put here.

Jamie Avatar

Haul: Mac Studio Fix (“replenishment”), Laura Mercier Sheer Lipcolor in Baby Lips & Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Nostalgia (I’m a lipstick junkie more than anything)

Weekend Plans: pay my phone bill :/

Beauty Product I Love But Rarely Use: Mac Lipstick in Ruby Woo (I love love love it! but rarely find the occasion to wear it)

Elle Avatar

I always look forward to the Mellan pics 🙂

Haul – nothing much – got some OPI polishes and the Lady Gaga 2 lipstick/gloss. They’re a little hard to work with but I figured that a nice lipliner underneath (I tried both MAC’s Whirl and Spice) helps it not look so concealer-y on me. At any rate I’m not returning them since it’s for a good cause and I always buy the VG lipsticks every year.

Weekend plans: Sadly, I’ll be logged in and working for a good portion of the weekend.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: My Chanel Dragon, b/c it is the most expensive lip product I own (I think!) and I hate that I can’t tell how much (or how little) I have left. It is really my all-time favorite red, hands down.

Tiffany S. Avatar

Haul: So I caved in and picked up MAC Biker Blue polish and Indigo Pink lip glass, also ordered the Intimate collection from ZOYA along with 3 green polishes from zoya.

Weekend plans: My fiance is taking me on a surpride trip for my birthday this weekend.

Beauty products I love but rarely use: my MAC pigments, I know I should be using them for so much more applications but I’m straight up lazy!

Jenn Avatar

Just Dior Addict Lip Glow and a Dior Addict Lipstick for me!

Christine, I was wondering, how long does it take you to get through a tube of Jack Black lip balm? I’m just about done with mine in Natural Mint and am looking to try out more flavors– any of which you recommend? Thanks!

Sarah Avatar

Haul:i was so excited to find their selling elf products in stores. I picked up the bronzing blush duo,powder brush,eyebrow compact.Two need wet n wild palettes in I got good jeans and feeling retro love them. oh and my birchbox

Weekend plans:Celebrating my bf’s birthday

Beauty product you love but rarely use: My nxy eyeshadows. I dont know why I dont use them.

Jamie Avatar

Haul:
Lancome ($35 GWP–Thanks for the heads-up :])
Artliner in Noir
Le Crayon Khol in Black Lapis

CVS
Maybelline One-By-One mascara
L’oreal Voluminous in Carbon Black but I have to return it cause I got the waterproof one by accident 🙁

Cherry Culture
About to checkout with a huge haul!

Weekend plans: Work, some shopping with the bf, and spring cleaning!

Beauty product you love but rarely use: MAC Angel. I love this color but I’m always grabbing for my nude lippies!!

Rosanna Avatar

Haul: I just B2MAC’ed for Dubonnet Lipstick – although………I was looking for a dark and sophisticated lipstick colour, Dubonnet just captured my heart when I tried it. I wanted Dark Side and Rebel lipstick as well. Might go back for either one of those.

Beauty product you love but rarely use: My colourful lipsticks! I haven’t been wearing them because 1) I’ve been sick, and 2) They’re spring/summer colours. Those two reasons are going to fly out the window in a week or two though!

shuz4ever Avatar

Christine now i have a serious Mellan-crush…he’s just so adorable…love his expressions and that tie looks sharp on him. How do u ever get any work done with him around…he looks so huggable 24×7!

Haul: Nothing yet
Weekend plans: Chilling with the husband
Beauty product i love but hardly use: MAC Stereo Rose MSF…as it causes me to breakout, yup i think i maybe allergic to mac mineral makeup.

Julie Avatar

Haul: Ooooh, I went bananas this past week.
– Essie French Affair Mini Collection + full size Kisses and Bisses
– OPI Pink of Hearts 2010 + OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous
– Seché Vite Top Coat
– Sigma Premium Travel Kit in the colour ‘Sweet in Pink’ and the SigMax F82 Round Top Kabuki!
– MAC Wonder Woman lipstick in Marquise d’, and the Wonder Woman blush called Mighty Aphrodite
Phew!

Weekend plans: I’ll be working most of the weekend, but tonight I’m going to the movies with my sister, mother and boyfriend!

Beauty product you love but rarely use: Hmm, that is probably the MAC eyeshadow, Nocturnelle. I love this purple colour! But I usually go with neutral colours for work and go bright and bold for special occasions only!

Lisa Avatar

haul: all drugstore: a couple of eyeshadow palettes from wet n wild, a shimmer powder from physician’s formula, a cream blush from sally
hansen natural collection.

weekend plans: relaxing and cleaning up after several weeks of neglect, the house is trashed.

product i love but rarely use: MAC lip pencil in cherry and MAC dazzleglass creme in Totally Fab (discontinued. I love red lips but really have no place to wear them, plus I also love smoky eyes, and can’t do both at the same time!

Sandy Avatar

Haul:
First Bobbi Brown purchase!
-Medium Bronzing Powder
-Heather Cream Eyeshadow
-Heather Mauve Shimmer Eyeshadow
Urban Decay 24/7 Eye pencil in 1999
Weekend Plans, a little shopping and lots of rest!
Product I love but rarely use: MAC’s MSF in By Candlelight
I have to be in a shimmery mood to wear it but I love the smell!

Miss Kitty Avatar

haul: i have the illamasqua toxic nature collection on the way…
plans: the weekend just ended, but i spent it at the adelaide fringe with my boy seeing shows and street performers. awesome!
beauty: i’m part of the Dragon club! i adore the colour and i adore the rough allure laque formula but i cant wear it because i have pink hair and it looks stupid together! 🙁 bought it when it was just brown/black… sigh

Leticia Avatar

Latest haul: MAC WW Lipstick in Marquise D’ and Lipglass in Emancipation
Weekend plans: A movie and time with family
Beauty product I love but rarely use: Red lipstick; I like the look, but I don’t feel comfortable in it everyday!

Mellan melts my heart – he’s super cute!! You are such a lucky girl!!

Helen Avatar

Haul: 2 Guerlain Strass lipsticks: Rouge Taffetas, Rouge Broderie. Traffic Stopper Copper nail polish from OPI for Sephora. Rita Hazen root cover (to cover gray roots). Some Nars stuff: Nana lipgloss, Purple Rain and Desperado nail polish, hot wired lip laquer, Cruising lipstick. An unusually big haul for me.

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