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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #150

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul:  My Haus of Gloi order arrived on Tuesday!
  • Weekend plans:  Try to get through my mountain of email!
  • Favorite bad-for-you food?: Pizza or fettuccine alfredo

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This week’s Mellan photo…


Mellan vs. Hedgehog

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Barbie Avatar

Haul; nothing i’m waiting for my sleek makeup order to come and for my 3 indie orders to ship. but i bought a tablet for college and I’m dying to get it i’m so excited.

Weekend plans; homework and sleep

Favorite Bad food – chicken fingers or a cheesesteak yummy

Mellan has a lot of toys! my dog only has 3 and she barely plays with them lol he’s a cutie your videos of him make my day.

Andrea Avatar

why is he a lil bit nutty? or he likes attention?
mine takes the ball and leave it a tennis ball > i guess he is specting me to run after him. I just walk after him.

Abbey Avatar

Haul: I’m waiting to receive a couple of BB creams from Korea (my first foray into Asian BB creams) and a Real Techniques brush. I also bought two Beauty Blenders and (surprisingly enough) I love them!
Weekend plans: I’m going to try out a couple of cupcake recipes. My friend’s baby shower is next weekend and I’m baking her cake and cupcakes.
Favorite bad-for-you food?: Thin Mints, cajun chicken pasta, and Baked Lays.

Emi at Project Swatch Avatar

Bought: Some nail polishes from various LE drugstore collections (NYC Python Green is amazing!)

Weekend plans: Look at wedding venues! We’ve been procrastinating on it forever, but we finally hired a wedding planner so things are moving forward.

Food: I subscribe to the philosophy that everything is okay in moderation 🙂 But I have a hard time keeping my diet soda consumption to a “moderation” type level (it’s all I drink, pretty much).

Kiss & Make-up Avatar

– Haul: 12 new refills for my MAC pro palette, woohoo! And MAC’s pro longwear concealer, and an extra 217 brush.
– Weekend plans: Work, work, work, morning to evening, both Saturday and Sunday.
– Favorite bad-for-you food?: Anything chocolatey!

Yellowlantern Avatar

Haul: Nothing

Weekend Plans: Be a couch potato then jog to remove my couch potato guilt. 🙂

Favorite Bad for you Food: This is a dangerous question! I have a feeling the answers to this are not going to be good for my health LOL. For me it’s French pastries that are made with like a thousand pounds of butter. What’s worse is that they taste so light instead of heavy so I “feel” like I haven’t indulged as much as I have when I eat them and therefore feel like I can eat more of them.

I’m not sure if this is allowed, but can anyone here recommend a sheer, bright red lipstick (or maybe balm)? This fall I’m totally feeling the lots of black mascara and sheer red lip look. I’ve just been wearing my Dr. Pepper Lipsmacker lately, but I’d like something slightly more pigmented.

I checked the swatch gallery and I did find MAC Cockney and UD Gravity which may be contenders. Still, there must be others out there so I’m open to suggestions.

xamyx Avatar

Maybe Tarte Lipsurgenge in Fiery? Or, if you have a red already that you *really* like, you can slick on a thick layer of balm (or gloss), and with a brush, lightly apply the red lipstick.

Yellowlantern Avatar

I do have and like Russian Red, but it’s sorta a pain to put on on rushed work mornings since I have to be so, so careful about application. And there have been a few times I’ve messed it up and had red lipstick outside my lip line. RR stains pretty much the moment it touches my skin. I’m hoping a sheer red lippie will be easier to put on when I’m walking out the door.

However I’m going to look in to Fiery! Thanks for your suggestion. 😀

Miss J Avatar

Have you tried the Revlon Lip Butters for a more sheer red? My favorite is the Candy Apple (I think that’s the name), which is a warm red. I’ll definitely look through my stash for others, but that one is my go to for a pop of red that is sheer, but still distinctly a red lip.

YellowLantern Avatar

So Candy Apple is a sheer color? I have Strawberry Shortcake and it’s actually close to opaque on me, that’s why I never thought to look at the red Lipbutter shades. But now I will probably pick one up eventually. Thanks for your suggestion! 🙂

Miss J Avatar

Candy Apple can be opaque or sheered out to a tint, which is why I love it. If I keep layering, boom, opaque, but if I dab on or do a light swipe then it’s more of a hint of warm red, not so opaque. 🙂 It’s a quick, easy red for me. I’m about NC20 in MAC for reference.

Kafka Avatar

They’re lovely, Christina! Your black furry child is stunning and what a great photo too! I loved Mim’s paws up in the air & the sweet one of Olive wearing “piddle pants.” Do you mind me asking why she needed the little diapers?

Dinitchka Avatar

Mellan is super cute. I have had in the past a hedgehog that looked like that, or it may be the same one. I picked it up at PetsMart (which is having a sale) a couple years ago. My Black Lab mix destroyed it in about 2 days. LOL! No bueno!!

■Haul: Butter London polishes, Target … polishes and some spinach salad (LOL!), Ulta … polishes, HuateLook … polishes. My sickness in polishes is over taking my life.

Christine … RE: My Haus of Gloi order arrived on Tuesday! What’s you fav(s)? I have yet to try them and am eager to!

■Weekend plans: Crush pop cans for recycling, replace the plugin fragrances all over the house, spend time with my bestie and perhaps go to the casino AND as per usual, SLEEP!

■Favorite bad-for-you food?: Pop, fried chicken, onion rings and anything Asian/Chinese that is greasy and deep fried … Like an egg roll or sweet and sour chicken without the sweet and sour (sweet or sour meat is just wrong IMO). Really I could go on but I’d take up this entire webpage. I’d say my weakness I have to reallllly work on and be aware of is pop and fried foods.

Polly Avatar

My very first ‘Free For Haul!’. Exctement!

Haul; MAC Smoulder Kohl, MAC Penultimate, Cargo Reverse Liner – BIG fan of this. Good job Mielke.
Plans for Weekend: Steal Mellan.
Faveroite bad for you Food: Riesen’s chocolate – Impossible to find in England 🙁

Have a great weekend Christine, great work this week you legend!!
Polly
x

Nicoco Chanel Avatar

Have you tried asking germandeli.co.uk? I couldn’t see Riesen on the site, but I think the Wunschzettel option would allow you to request them!

/terrible person. >>

Elle-Jaye Avatar

■Haul: BH cosmetics smokey eye palette combo set, Black Soap with shea butter for my face, Ruby Kisses 24/7 eye primer, and Black Opal foundation in Beautiful Bronze ( A great drugstore dupe for MAC NC50)

■Weekend plans: Organize my closet and jewelry for the season.

■Favorite bad-for-you food?
Mac and cheese or French Fries with gravy (southern girl)

Ani_BEE Avatar

Haul: So much!
Lancome
001 Moonlight Rose BLUSH HIGHLIGHTER

Illamasqua
Gleam in Aurora
Skin Base Foundation in 03 (fair yellow)
Skin Base Foundation in 01 (white)
Cream Pigment in Emerge

Annabelle smoothie eyeshadow pencils.
I forgot the shade names (and the site is down) but got the brown taupe, brown, and dark blue as they where on sale.

Hard Candy Eye Def – Molten Metallic Cream Eyeshadow in Jagged Jade, Golden Earth, & Electric.

Weekend plans: Going to the St. Jacobs farmers market (didn’t go once during the summer for-shame!). Wash the duvets for winter.

Favorite bad-for-you food?:
Kraft(Krap) Dinner mac and cheese although I like the high fiber and 1/2 made with cauliflower ones more.

MIRIAN Avatar

Haul: Went to ebay to buy MAC Force of Love. Then I went to head2toe beauty and bought 13 china glaze colors! Harvest Moon, I Herd That, Sea Spray, White Cap, Twinkle Lights, Cowardly Lyin’, Poinsettia, Tinsel Town, Material Girl, 108 Degrees, Ruby Pumps, Trophy Wife, and Ahoy!

Weekend plans: 5k with boyfriend and my mom and time to start early xmas shopping.

Favorite bad for you food: BACON. God. Damn. Bacon.

xamyx Avatar

Haul: Nothing, yet again (I’m trying so hard to be good…).

Plans: Baking cupcakes; the temps have been a bit more tolerable this week, so I’m going to take advantage of it before they spike back up. We had a nice, mild Summer in the beginning of the season, so we’re likely to have a longer stretch of heat.

Bad food: All of them; I really, really try to eat healthier foods, though. “Bad” food just tastes better! As someone else stated, moderation is key.

Nicoco Chanel Avatar

– Haul: Boots Botanics cleansers, nail polish remover, and a new moisturiser.
– Plans: Hopefully taking Martin’s dogs to the beach if the weather’s nice. The youngest one is so confused by the ocean and I need to watch this. And actually doing… anything productive. Job applications, masters course applications, anything!
– Favourite Bad-For-You Food: Um. Everything… >_> Haha, probably share bags of chocolate – especially Magic Stars. I can move the bag like half an hour later and just find air.

Wwendalynne Avatar

Hello Mellan! My dogs love your hedgehog! My gang have a squirrel that makes 4 or 5 different ‘squirrel’ noises when you squish its body. I don’t have the heart to actually give it to the dogs because it will be destroyed in a matter of seconds. If you saw my gang with chipmunks, mice, red squirrels, and baby turkeys..Oi! They are definitely farm dogs! Anyhow, I run around the house squishing the fake squirrel and the dogs go apesh*t 🙂

Haul: Long story about my Illamasqua Raindrops which I spent a small fortune obtaining on eBay. Suffice it to say, it’s also dead!!! My puppy Bernice jumped my studio barrier and got into my big box of nail enamels and she just so happened to choose the Raindrops box!!! What are the odds?? She chewed up the box and chewed off the plastic top *cry* I managed to save a bit in another bottle. Luckily? I found another bottle up for auction this week from the same seller and I got this one cheaper! Small victory.. *sigh*

Weekend Plans: try to get some sleep

Favourite Bad Food: Anything super spicy and east Indian with creamy fat filled sauces. It is also easy to get vegetarian dishes and although I am no longer vegetarian, I rarely eat meat…’cept maybe bacon LoL and that would be favourite bad food #2.

Leticia Avatar

I’m so sorry about Raindrops too….. do dogs understand which are the products we struggled the most to get and that we love?? It’s incredible Bernice CHOSE to chew off that one!! Glad you were able to replace Raindrops, yay!!

Wwendalynne Avatar

Awww thanks ladies! I almost had a heart attack and yes, I absolutely couldn’t believe it because the box is large and there were dozens for her to choose from. I can only guess it was the last one I touched and so she zeroed in on it. Bernice also sneaks and grabs things out of my bathroom in the garbage can like facial wipes, makeup remover pads, etc.. I caught her yesterday with one of Harald’s socks. She’s almost 6 months old and going through that stage. I’m so fortunate another Raindrops was on eBay.. In fact there were 2, but the first went for almost $100 and I couldn’t justify participating at that level. The second, which I picked up, went for $55.. still pretty steep, but not over the top fortunately!
Have a good weekend 🙂

Kafka Avatar

You poor thing! I know how much you wanted that Raindrops and how much you loved it. I’m glad you could get another one. As for Bernice’s choice of chew toys, the honing/tracking ability is pure GSD. (I blame the naughtiness on the Bernese Mountain Dog side. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it. ;P lol)

Wwendalynne Avatar

LoL hun! Her body is looking more GSD every day and mentally, I think she is a GSD through and through. She still talks non-stop. Oooh, and I meant to ask you about pawing at things. She has very expressive front paws. She’s just an expressive dog in general really.. we love her so much.. even despite the debacle with the Raindrops 🙂 Hugs to you and your hairy German!!

Kafka Avatar

The pawing thing sounds German too! All of mine have always done that, whereas the other breeds I’ve had (all 15 other types, lol) never did. (Well, except for a Shih Tzu but he was just plain starkers in general.) BTW, you may find that Bernice just gets more…. er… expressive, intense and opinionated about things as she gets older. The personality of Hairy Germans seem to intensify and magnify with time. I think they’re just too smart for their own good. And, usually, for yours too! 😉

Nicole Avatar

Haul: Nothing. I want to save some money for my next apartment.
Weekend plans: Some paperwork, sports, reading and enjoy my holidays.
Favorite bad-for-you food?: Pasta, chicken with peanutssauce, burger and fries, chocolate cake, muffins and cupcakes.

Leticia Avatar

Haul: MAC Shroom! (I believe it’s the third one I get)
Weekend plans: Not sure yet, but I have to do something away from home because the local St. Matthew’s Church is in celebrations, so it´s going to be noisy with firecrackers. My poor pup is stressed with the noise! I’m thinking about taking her to a park farther away so she can walk freely, not frightened.
Favorite bad for you food? Oh, too many things, I’m afraid…but I guess I love pastries and full fat ice-cream the most!

I loved this week´s video! Mellan´s look with the hedgehog in his mouth is sooooo adorable..!! Want to hug him!!

Chris25 Avatar

Haul: Revlon No Shrinking Violet and LA Colors Eyeshadow Trio in Iris. I also got an American Painter brush with a fine tip. I plan on using it for eyeliner app.

Weekend plans: A friend is coming in from out of town, and we’re hanging out for a few hours. I am taking a break from the never ending sociology reading I have to do. On Sunday I’m doing the makeup for a friend’s photo shoot.

Fave bad-for-you food?: I love so many things! It’s kind of a curse that I am a great cook/baker, because I can make many sinfully delicious things. I guess the worst bad food I like would be Checkers fries, french fries in general, salsa con queso on tortilla chips (warmed up), and Little Debbie snack cakes.

I try to eat healthier when I post on my food blog:

http://thecatladycook.blogspot.com/

Lulle Avatar

Haul: drugstore products: NYC lipstick in Retro Red, L’Oreal nail polish in the Temptress’ Power and Infaillible Color Shadow in Golden Emerald, plus a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin shaped nail polish from an unknown brand 🙂

Weekend plans: need to get some kitty food at Petco, and I’d like to go to the beach!

Favorite bad-for-you food?: ice-cream, plus anything greasy and salty. My bad cholesterol is high… but the good one is high too, so I’m still ok 😀

Kafka Avatar

I love the hedgehog! The Now-Quasi-Hairy German has a long, stuffed mallard that he loves to take around with him and just hold in his mouth like a pacifier. But when he’s happy, he shakes it madly just like Mellan in this video!

Haul: Versace “Crystal Noir” Eau de Toilette; Dior “Pure Poison” Eau de Parfum; Bobbi Brown High Shimmer lip gloss in “Black Ruby”; Bobbi Brown lipstick in “Beige #2”; UD’s Fun & Feminine palettes; and a bottle of Seche Vite to see if it’s as good as the hype.

Weekend Plans: Spend time researching & narrowing down the Serge Lutens decants I want to try, based on Fragrantica and other sites’ reviews/notes. (I’ll be trying out The Perfumed Court that you often suggest!) Maybe try out a new Thai place that opened near me.

Favorite bad-for-you food: Pizza!! (It’s the bread junkie in me). Also, Popeye’s fried chicken, frozen cookie dough & cheeseburgers.

Wwendalynne Avatar

I did a weird thing on eBay this week and bought 1 ml samples of some perfumes from a woman’s own collection in Europe. There is a Serge Lutens in the mix, Bois Vanille, and a number of other niche perfumes I have wanted to try such as Hiver by M. Micallef, etc.. I hope they arrive safely! I am quite excited about this. What are some of your personal favourites? What categories do you prefer?

Kafka Avatar

I don’t think that’s weird at all. I found some woman on eBay who apparently began that trend, is some sort of chemist by background, has listings that are as long as encyclopedias with the details of how she transfers things, and a massive, MASSIVE collection of niche perfume brands, including some not supposedly available in the US. She’s in the US, so probably not your woman.

I’m looking into getting a few from her in 5 ML sizes of diff. Serge Lutens scents, though 5 ML seems awfully small. Then again, I keep reading on Fragrantica.com that a lot of the Lutens scents are very weak and have poor sillage, so maybe 5 ML is best after all. The ones I want to try are the famous Orangier one, his Datura Noir, maybe Chengui and possibly the Tubereuse Criminelle. I’m also looking into a few of the more niche Guerlain scents.

But my main plan in the upcoming weeks is to buy proper bottles of Roberto Cavalli’s new Eau de Parfum (that’s the whole name- lol), Michael Kors by Michael Kors in EDP, and Dolce & Gabbana’s The One (EDP). Maybe Amarige by Givenchy too. As you can see, I’ve returned to my perfume passion with gusto. LOL. Are you going to get some decants of the Tom Ford ones you were interested in trying? And have you looked at The Perfume Court that Christine often recommends?

Wwendalynne Avatar

I will have to look for the US woman! I love this trend 🙂 I have commitment issues.. 5 ML seems perfect for me unless I end up completely in love. I’m difficult with perfumes because a lot just genuinely overpower me and give me a headache. Harald is the same..we are both very scent sensitive.

I generally can wear anything Guerlain too 🙂

I still do not have my TF decants from the US. They typically take at least 2 to 3 weeks to get here via regular post. I really would love a gorgeous glamorous darker rose scent as I’m getting nostalgia in my older age and it reminds me of my grandmother: one of the sweetest most genuine woman I have ever known. She loved roses and always smelled of them.

No, I haven’t visited the perfume court..will def check that out.!!!

Hope you are having a lovely weekend. We are out tonight to dinner with some new friends super cool neighbours 🙂 They have falcons/hawks/owls. Charles works with the birds to eradicate vermin from food factories, etc. He releases them to do their work. How freaking cool is that? We get to meet the birds tonight.. I’m soooo excited

Chelsea Avatar

Haul:
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle perfume
Lancome Moonlight Rose highlighter
Estee Lauder polishes Molten Lava/Smashed
Random Zoya polishes I’ve been craving..

Weekend plans:
Work all weekend!

Favourite bad-for-you food?
Anything breadcrumbed and deep fried
Cheesecake
(mmm)

Laura Avatar

Haul: Urban Decay Naked lipgloss, Illamasqua Sophie blush and nail polish in Creator and Charisma.

Weekend plans:  Visiting the local nature centre with my parents and my little cousins.

Favorite bad-for-you food?: Ooh, anything with carbs! Especially pizza – I’ve got one on the way right now 😀

Lee Avatar

Haul: No make-up but my iphone5 just arrived!

Weekend plans: I’m doing a leg of a marathon on Sunday.

Favorite bad-for-you food?: Queso and tortilla chips. And candy corn which is everywhere right now.

fireinthehead - Bunny Avatar

Haul: MAC MSFN Light- also got a sample of F&B in N1 which I think looks too red, can’t do C1 either, was too orange… no luck there! LOL China Glaze Immortal and Make a Spectacle, Zoya Zuza, Calypso & Suri(shouldn’t have got suri-too similar to other polishes I have.)Color Club perfect Mol-Ten.

Weekend Plans: Cleaning, sorting…

Fave Bad-for-you food: All of them esp. the salty ones! Everything fried, poutine, pizza, bacon, takoyaki, fried rice, those donuts that pizza place made with pizza dough and then roll in granulated sugar! Man, I’m hungry LOL

Jessica Avatar

Haul: a new makeup Traincase, a good bronzer and a couple Mac Pro paint sticks. All for the gig I have next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Plans: editing and uploading videos.
Fave bad food: Mac n cheese(specifically the 3 minute microwave ones >.<) and chips!

Tennyoceres Avatar

Haul: In summary my credit card hates me.
1. Coastal Scents eyeshadow palettes (88 first and third edition, 120, shimmer). I need to figure out what kind of eyeshadow look I want for my wedding.
2. E.L.F. Disney Villains Collection makeup set in Maleficent (Mini review: Best $10 I’ve spent on makeup and I didn’t even swatch them yet!)
3. Real Techniques brushes. Ulta has an insane buy one, get one 50% off sale on them. Fiance looked at me like I was crazy when I came home from my binge.

Weekend plans:
Breaking in a friend’s new grill and football

Favorite bad-for-you food?:
Obvious chocolate bias aside I love dessert mochi. The Americanized ones with the ice cream in the middle are okay. I love going to the mom-and-pop Japanese stores to find the fun flavors like cherry blossoms and pudding (custard)

Mariella Avatar

Haul: nothing (how liberating!)
Weekend plans: yoga and a philharmonic concert on Saturday night (my SIL is the guest harpist)
Favourite bad for you food: home made coffee cake (especially my own sourdough sour cream coffee cake)

Jennifer Avatar

Haul: Eylure lashes, Essie Mint Candy Apple, Zoya Elisa, Paul and Joe Alice in Wonderland collectors set of blotting paper and lip treatment
Weekend Plans: homework and church
Favorite bad for me food: french fries

Hannah Avatar

Christine, will you be reviewing any more Haus of Gloi products? I hope that you do! I’ve tried quite a few of their catalog products, but have almost never purchased anything seasonal.

Veronica Avatar

Haul: Wet ‘n’ Wild’s Comfort Zone palette – a gift for a friend. 🙂

Weekend Plans: Try not to have a melt down over the fact that the PCAT is t-5 days dkjfk;sdjldjfOMGIAMGOINGTOFAILklsadjkl;fjkl;fdasklfsdl;jfklas

Favorite bad-for-you food: Is it a carb? I love my carbs. Details are unnecessary.

Laurence Avatar

Haul : MAC Something Special cremeblend blush,MAC Lovecloud blush,MAC Shy Beauty beauty powder,MAC Light Flush msf,MUFE 5 HD blush,Orly Bon Bon,SOPI Absinthe makes the heart,Color Club Soft As Cashmere,China Glaze Holly-Day,China Glaze Poinsettia,Essie Playa Del platinum.

Weekend : I’m working tomorrow,then a couple of colleagues and I are going out !

Favorite bad for me food : Pizza

Joan Avatar

Haul: My iPhone 5 arrived yesterday (1st new phone in just over six years), Essie nail polish in Don’t Sweater It, Merino Cool & Miss Fancy Pants, a backup MAC Coffee Walnut Pro Sculpting Cream.

Weekend plans: Welcoming autumn, and hatching an elaborate recon mission to steal Mellan (just kidding of course), family Sunday dinner, trying out fall makeup looks.

Favorite bad-for-you food?: Pizza and french fries together…soooo bad but that’s my favorite meal

Kristabelle Avatar

Haul: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Lovesick, Darling, Crush, Smitten, and Precious (I’m a little obsessed). Sinful Colors nail polish in Mint Apple and a sheer glittery pink. Going to try to find the limited edition color tattoos tomorrow- nowhere around me seems to have them! Also got a replacement Skin79 vip super gold plus bb cream.
Weekend plans: Work and a party today, errands and dying my hair tomorrow.
Favorite bad-for-you food?: Anything sugary. Right now I’m a little obsessed with Nutella.

Lisa J Avatar

Haul: UD Vice palette (couldn’t resist) and Ocho Loco eyeliners set. Tom Ford Lipstick in Pink Dusk.<333

Weekend: Absolutely nothing. No plans, projects, work, or anything. My boyfriend and I can't wait!!! May throw in a little iPhone 5 research…should I trade in my "ancient" (bf's word) but perfectly fine 3GS? Yes or no?? Hmmm….

Fav Food: Stuffed crust pep/mushroom/jalapeno pizza w/extra cheese, dipped in ranch dressing. So bad, but soooooooo good!!! Of course, my plans next week have to include working all those calories off. 😛

Beck Avatar

Christine will you be reviewing the Haus of Gloi products you mentioned here? Are they the Halloween scents? I’d love to hear your reviews! I’m a huge fan of Gloi. Though recently their customer service was very,horribly slow and I all most decided against ordering. I had problems with their website for some reason I could’nt order.

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