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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #305

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul: Anastasia highlighters
  • Weekend plans: Hang out with my family!
  • Last TV show you binge-watched: “Binge” watching for me is making it through two episodes of the same show, but it is/was Good Eats!

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This week’s Mellan photo…

Mellan's Cuddle Clone arrived!! It really does resemble him! ??

A photo posted by Christine M. (@temptalia) on

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monica Avatar

SO cute!

Haul: UD eye shadow singles; Fireball, Sideline, Ether, Divebar, 2x Anastasia clear brow gels
Weekend plans: More art museums, naukeag, and dim sum
Last TV show you binge-watched: I only binge watch CSI Miami on Sundays while I’m doing chores

Tammy B Avatar

Haul: Bite Beauty 009 (so pretty)

Weekend plans: RPM class and taking my husband shopping for a new pair of jeans at the Buckle.

Latest binge watch: Rectify season two. This show is so good I want to pay people to just try it, just watch the first three episodes and see what you think. It is a hidden gem and not to be missed.

Wednesday Avatar

Separated at birth? 😀

Haul: ColourPop fall collection picks
Weekend plans: harvest corn and barley for the goaters
Last TV show you binge-watched: I like foreign series and I’m a total Scandinavian noir junkie. I recently binge watched the second season of The Bridge and caught the French series Witnesses. TV is for late night only so I usually can make it through 2 episodes before crash and burn.

Enjoy your weekend!~

Wednesday Avatar

LOL.. thanks for this, Christine. I’ve had a long long day and certainly do not feel or look any part of glamorous this evening, (I’m lying on my infrared heating pad in my jammies after duking it out all day with farm machinery… long tedious story) and this made me belly laugh. I’m the antithesis of everything Tom Ford, but he sure makes amazing makeup products.

Wednesday Avatar

Hi Genevieve: Thanks for the recommendation 🙂 . Yes, I actually have season 1 of Borgen on DVD which I haven’t gotten around to watching quite yet. Between my stack of DVD’s and my Netflix wishlist, I think I’m set for this coming winter (when things slow down and I actually get some time to enjoy).

Alix Avatar

Haul: Nothing this week
Weekend plans: New Hampshire and Newport
Last TV show you binge-watched: I’ve been known to watch many episodes of Law & Order in a single sitting!

Michele @Binxcat4ever Avatar

I have to say, I love this. It’s like my weekly beauty-binge-shame-confession. LOL!

Haul: 2 $60 Sephora gift cards (for $50 each) from Paypal digital gifts; Trish McEvoy Weekly Peel with Trish McEvoy 3 pc GWP, Laura Mercier GWP (Beauty Cue), and Tote with samples from Neiman Marcus; Sephora blush (Tranquil), solida brush cleaner, Bite Beauty Trio (Mimosa – pt perk), Too Faced Born This Way (Nude), and Korres Wild Rose Scrub from Sephora. May be ordered a few more items from Neiman Marcus over the weekend if I like the free tote. I got the tote in grey (I have a ton of black totes) and may want it in wine.

Weekend plans: Weekly mani/pedi. I think I need to pick Fall shades to use this time and maybe the weather will finally cool off! Thinking about picking up some Fall decor at the farm market.

Last TV show you binge-watched: Usually don’t binge watch anything. I work from home and dvr things that either conflict with a program I want to watch or ones that come on after I am in bed. I use my lunchtime to watch what I have recorded.

WARPAINTandUnicorns Avatar

Haul: More Sephora! Both in store and online because the city/area I’m going to school for has a small Sephora store.
VELOUR SILK LASHES Two Easy Lash Applicator
SEPHORA COLLECTION Cream Lip Stain in 02 Peach Tart, 05 Infinite Rose, and 13 Marvelous Mauve
TARTE Tartelette Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette (I wanted to swap for this when I came out months ago, but I decided to finally just buy it. No regrets )
TOO FACED Most Loved Set
Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadow in Thunderstruck (everyone needs this shade!)
Guerlain KissKiss Creamy Satin Finish Lipstick Rouge Kiss 325 mini (100 point) I order 1 but I got 2 *_*
MAKE UP FOR EVER Step 1 Skin Equalizer deluxe sample in Mattifying Primer
Bite Beauty: Lip Lab Trio in Mimosa (250 point)

Weekend plans: It’s my parent Anniversery! I start school/training on Monday.

Last TV show you binge-watched: Penny Dreadful and Charlotte

Probably the last time I’ll be able to respond to this post in the morning. lol

WARPAINTandUnicorns Avatar

Yes, it looks soo plain online but I’m going to use it all over my face as well. The shadow over all are great but I’m going to wait still the Mi Vida Loca remix eyeshadow palette some out to see if I need more of the singles shade wise. (But they are goodly formulated like Makeup geek foiled eyeshadow for pigmentation *_* )

The at Von D holiday 2015: Studded Obsession Studded Kiss Lipstick set of 20 full-sized shades set look amasing but probably in $400 range. lol

But if the new minis are the reformulated lipstick formula the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix Studded Kiss Lipstick kit is calling me even if I have Nobel. lol

xamyx Avatar

I swatched it over the weekend, and I think I really need to buy it! Not only is it absolutely gorgeous, the wear-time is likely to be incredibly long. I only swatched it on my hand, but it lasted for hours, with full intensity.

Lily Kelley Avatar

No purchases this week.
Spend time with the boys and the hubby.
True Detective.

I always look forward to Fridays Mellan picture. The cuddle clone looks just like him! xoxo for Mellan from me and the boys. Have a great weekend Christine.

Kat Avatar

Haul: Since I’ve been on a no-buy for a few weeks (and will be for a few more), I’ve been “shopping” my stash and forcing myself to use things I’ve been neglecting. So, I’ve been loving the Naked 1 and 3 palettes this week! I don’t know why I never used them a whole lot (I only used Naked 1 a few times, and I used to love Naked 3 but stopped using it), the quality of the shadows is just tops!

Weekend plans: Some friends of mine who live far away (Memphis and Toronto!) and I have made a standing Saturday night date to watch TV together on rabb.it. It’s a website where one person pulls up Netflix or Youtube, and you can all see it on your screen, while having little videochat boxes along the bottom of the screen. It’s like watching TV in your living room all together.

Last TV show I binge-watched: The same friends I mentioned above and I have been binge-watching old seasons of Criminal Minds to prepare for the season premiere on September 30th!

sara f Avatar

Haul -2 Essie nail polishes – For the twill of it and It’s Genius

weekend plans- my daughter’s 1st birthday party, getting a new bed (wahoo)

TV show binged- it’s been a long time since I’ve watched anything more than an hour on TV- maybe Orange is the new black.

Kuávsui Avatar

Haul: MAC blushes: Springsheen and Warm Soul. Warm Soul especially is so pretty, I’m in love!
Weekend plans: Organize my things and work on a few projects but mostly just taking it easy! I ran a 10k race last week and need to recharge after my first two weeks in a new job 🙂
Last TV show you binge-watched: Dexter season 8, 2-3 episodes at a time while working on a craft project. I’m done now, with both 😀

Estefania Avatar

Haul: TooFaced La Creme lipsticks in Sweet Maple and Taffy, Essence lipstick in Cool Nude, Lorac Alter Ego lipstick in Secret Agent, two RealTechniques complexion sponges, Anastasia Clear Brow Gel, Essence Lash Volumizing Powder. MAC Veluxe Pearlfusion trio in Claretluxe, Cremesheen Glass in Richly Revered, Studio Waterweight Foundation in NC25, #133 brush, Amorous, Persistence, and Viva Glam Miley 2 lipsticks, VG Miley2 lipglass. Oh, and my overly generous friend is gifting me two Morphe palettes (353P and 35N), and a Louboutin lipstick in Rococotte. *freaking out*

Weekend plans: Work my butt off and recover from a cold D:

Last TV show binge watched: Revenge. I swear that show can sense when I’m going to bed, because the sh*t always hits the fan right before!!

xamyx Avatar

Haul: A ton of MAC shadows that are nearly impossible to find in-store (Deep Damson, Soot, Indian Ink, Ground Brown, Grain, Era) or I seem to forget about (Charcoal Brown, Concrete, Mylar, Print-which are all shades that I always assumed I already bought). I really wanted to grab Vapour & Soba, but I forgot, LOL!

Plans: Hit Walmart & ULTA.

Binge Watch: Nothing lately, but I plan to catch Wayward Pines & Devious Maids. Actually, I do typically have reruns of Reba on when I’m cleaning on weekends…

Katherine T. Avatar

Awww, how cute, but not as cute as Mellan! Does he like it?
**Haul – Chikuhodo Sakura Brush Set from Beautylish has arrived! They are so beautiful and soft, I don’t even want to use them! They are smaller than I expected, but that’s ok because I have a petite face, so will fit perfectly. Colour Pop Poison lippie and shadows in Plaid, Dare, Deck, Feather, Krinkle. MAC Vamplify gloss in Tuned In. Wet N Wild lippies in Photobomb & Nightcap. Milani LE blushes in Awakening Rose & Blossoming Rose. So many things to play with, and a lot of 1990 browns in this haul. Oh, and after 2 weeks of experimenting, I FINALLY got Tisse Automne to work on my oily lids, using BM 5-in-1 Cream Shadow and Laura Mercier Caviar Stick, so I will keep, just love the gorgeous autumn colors.
**Weekend– relax (no work, yaaay!), get haircut, go shopping
**TV show binge-watched — Dateline

Alice Avatar

Haul: OCC Cosplay lip tar and an empty lipgloss tube for it.

Weekend Plans: My cousin’s baby shower.

Last tv show you binge-watched: I’m currently binge-watching Person of Interest trying to catch up before the final season starts! Before that is was The Unit and next will be Falling Skies. (I only teach part time and I almost always have netflix on when I’m in the studio, so I watch a lot of tv/movies haha)

fuji Avatar

Haul: Hourglass Ambient lighting Edit Palette for Holiday! (great chance to get so much shades – that’s the way I justified $80 spent on one product lol) . MUF HD foundation stick in #505, great as contour shade for my NC 15-20 complexion (I swatched it in-person before placing my online order.) Several Formula X nail polish.

Weekend plans: A friend visiting me from NYC!

Last TV show you binge-watched: Wayward Pines, Rick and Morty (cartoon! don’t judge haha) ; Mr. Robot.

Jennifer Moreno Avatar

Haul: Too Faced La Creme lipstick in Spice, Spice Baby (it was the first time I’ve tried these and I absolutely love it!), Karuna Clarifying+ face mask (it’s my second time trying one of these and I enjoyed it as well, my breakouts diminished the very next day)
Weekend plans: still up in the air, I can’t believe it’s already Friday! But most likely just spend time with my family and there’s a church event tomorrow night
Last TV Show I binge watched: Gilmore Girls, I’m not much of a binge-watcher either but every now and then I’ll watch 2 or 3 episodes of GG in a row

Nicole Avatar

Haha, that is adorable!
Haul: Too Faced Stardust palette which I can’t decide if it’s really a good fit for me or not. It’s really a well-done palette. I’m just not sure if I will get much use out of it. I wish there was a protocol to follow because I am awful at deciding these things and often I will just buy things because it drives me nuts thinking about it! So, if anyone has suggestions, I’m all ears ( or eyes in this case. I returned the Nars mascara (does not layer well at all!) and for $6 more bought Nars Leslie. Loccitane foot cream, Beauty Blender cleanser. My ColourPop throws it back order arrived and I received a mini Bite Mimosa lipstick and gloss in a Sephora order. I love it! I may have to go full size after the Holiday madness on that one. I ordered UD’s Fireball, Mildew, and the Cosmic liner gift from Ulta on Sun. and still waiting for that to arrive. I had to buy some skin care stuff fro both me and my daughter and now that she is starting puberty, I can feel the double blow to my wallet already! lol..just kidding. She’s worth it.
Weekend plans: early soccer games on Sat. ,grocery store, laundry, my house is a mess so I guess I have to clean it! I really want to get to the mall to try the new Mac foundation.
Tv binge watching: I rarely watch tv. I really don’t have time and when it’s on, my daughter has it on Disney or something like that. So, maybe it was a Disney show. But, I don’t even know the names. I’d rather read beauty blogs. 🙂
Happy Weekend!

Nicole Avatar

Christine,thats a good way to look at it and I guess it was stressing me more. I did manage some really pretty Looks. But, I felt like I could do similar with shadows I already owned and with the Holiday whirlwind already, I decided to return it. I feel bad retuning so much. I returned that and the mufe Hd foundation yesterday. But, I figure I’m purchasing way more than I’m damaging out.

Rachel R. Avatar

The Cuddle Clone is almost as cute as the real thing. Now it just needs a little bow tie.

Haul: Sleek i-Divine Snapshots and Ultra Mattes Vol. 1 palettes. E.l.f. Beautifully Bare Blending Brush and Studio Ultimate Blending Brush.

Weekend plans: Snagging Vice 4 tomorrow, hopefully. Cleaning house and grocery shopping.

Last TV show you binge-watched: “Who’s Line Is It Anyway?”

Claire L Avatar

Haul: From Boots today:
Bourjois Rouge Edition Aqua Laque 04 Viens si tu roses
Bourjois 123 Perfect CC cream in Ivory
Bourjois 123 Perfect CC eye cream in Ivory
Bourjois blush in Rose d’Or (got free with purchases)
Max Factor waterproof Masterpiece mascara in Black
From Holland & Barrett: 2 x Dr Organic Snail Gel moisture mask (partly for the novelty factor!)
Ordered a Birch box UK Selfridges limited edition box, can’t wait!
Am awaiting lipsticks from Kiko from the Rebel Romantic line

Weekend plans: going to the zoo with my fiancé, 1 year old daughter and my fiancé’s mum

Last TV show binge was Daredevil series 1 on Netflix, it got better and better as it went on.

Love both Mellon and his clone, both very cute! x

MissJae1908 Avatar

Haul: Lorac Alter Ego Lipsticks. They’re on sale at Ulta for $8!
Weekend plans: Listen to my podcast line up on Sound Cloud (The Read, Friend Zone, Brilliant Idiots, and Another Round), Binge watch Narcos on Netflix and clean my apartment.
Last TV show you binge-watched: Outlander. Awesome show!

Nikki Avatar

Haul: My first ColourPop order! A bunch of Lippie Stix and Ultra Matte Lips, Wisp highlighter and an eyeshadow. Loving all of it so far!
Weekend plans: Hang out with my husband and puppies. Get some cleaning and organizing done.
Last TV show you binge-watched: Game of Thrones! It’s one of those shows that I was really sad to get to the end of what’s been released. Can’t wait for the next season of it!

Linnea Avatar

Haul: Kat Von D liquid lipsticks in Outlaw, Lovesick and Lolita; Stila Stay all Day liquid lipsticks in Bellissima and Rosa.

Weekend plans: House hunting and shopping in between looking at open houses (not the fun kind of shopping, though)

Last show I binge-watched: 30 Rock and Sons of Anarchy

Tova J Avatar

Haul: Isadora Eye Color Bar in Autumn Leaves! It was actually a gift from my boyfriend.
Weekend plans: Harry Potter movie night with the girl gang
Last TV show you binge-watched: Hmm, Orange is the New Black I think?

Bonnie Avatar

Omg Mellan is such a handsome boy!!! LOVE him and his cuddle clone is perfect!
Latest hauls (although not all this week, cuz we moved this last week from Portland back to Las Vegas!): Colourpop fall collection, OFRA liquid lipsticks, Charlotte Tilbury matte revolution lipsticks and flawless face powder, MJB the siren palette (which arrived with the clasp broken two weeks ago and their CS STILL hasn’t called me back), more INGLOT shadows from the store here in Vegas, and a ton of drugstore stuff that’s been on my wishlist for a while 😉
weekend plans: getting settled after moving! And catching up on the temptalia posts I’ve missed! lol
Last binge watch: OITNB season 3, though that was months ago.

Bronwyn Avatar

Haul:
Milani matte lipstick in naked. Milani cream lipstick in violet volt, milani lip liner in spice, milani lip gloss in a purple shade, 3 mufe Aqua shadow sticks from winners, a Kat Von d shade shifter shadow in devotion from winners, a liquid Kat Von d foiled lipstick in adora from winners,a Kat Von d foiled lipstick in valentine from winners, Kat Von d eyeshadow trio from winners, maybelline gel pencil liner in charcoal, shiseido lip gloss from winners in a lilac shade

Weekend Plans: day trip to Van and organizing

Last TV show you binge watched: person of interest

Mariella Avatar

Haul: not much – Bourjois pressed powder and something else but, for the life of me, I can’t remember what!
Weekend plans: our local street festival is tomorrow and even though it’s calling for rain, I hope it holds off so we can go; the gym tomorrow (I got changed at lunch today so I would go after school and then wimped out and came home – I am just too tired at the end of the day)
Last tv show I binge-watched: BORGEN, a Danish political drama series. It is SO good and so chock full of intelligent conversation, scheming, deal making, etc. that now I’m watching it a 2nd time with my husband and still finding all new stuff (reading the subtitles takes a fair bit of energy, because Danish is SUCH an unfamiliar language to me).

Nancy T Avatar

How adorable!!! Mellan has a plushy doppelganger!!!

Haul: MAC Bamboo, Rule, Red Brick and Deep Damson in one of the Elf empty quads I hauled a ways back. I wore them the way Phyrra had done in her tutorial using the Too Faced Stardust in a smokey grunge look, and it turned out AMAZING!!! Also nabbed a Too Faced La Creme in Pink Chocolate the other day for $11 at Ulta. I love how it looks and feels on my lips! Oh, 3 plaid tops, too, LoL!

Weekend plans: I’m supposed to go visit my son tomorrow, hopefully my sore throat will disappear by tomorrow morning. It feels raw. Doing hair & nail routine today instead.

Last TV show you binge-watched: Last Thursday, 3 episodes of something on the Weather Channel??? I had 2 Benadryls and was hooked up to an IV of Remicade at the infusion ctr, so I am racking my brain trying to remember what I mindlessly watched for a couple of hours!

Adelina Avatar

Haul: Bobbi Brown pink glow highlight powder and Burberry summer glow bronzer
Weekend plans: Nothing at all ! YES!
Last TV show you binge-watched: Gilmore Girls on Netflix and Shark Week on Hulu!

Lacey J. Avatar

Haul: Nyx Fireball eyeshadow, nyx white eye primer in the pot, nyx citrine lipliner, nyx jumbo pencil in rust.

Weekend Plans: My weekend is technically today so I went to Ulta, my sis drove down to visit. we went to Ulta and ate at q’doba…

Binge Watched; Once Upon a Time

Meghan Avatar

Haul: Nada this week! 🙂
Weekend plans: Relax, hang out with family, maybe see a photography exhibit with friends, go for a run, start my homework for my master’s program that just started this week! Ahh!
Last TV show you binge-watched: Sherlock – SO good! Can’t wait for more episodes in 2016!

Genevieve Avatar

A darling doggie!
Haul: Natio Sunkissed blush – a cruelty free Australian brand that makes the best bath and body products under the sun. Their cosmetic range is improving all the time. This blush palette is gorgeous.
Weekend plans: Taking my darling grand daughter Olivia on a miniature steam train ride through bushland. She loves trains.
TV Show: I am starting to watch the True Detectives series that I have just purchased – Season 1.

Cat Avatar

Haul: Anastasia: Contour Cream Kit in Fair
Estee Lauder: Pure Color Envy eyeshadows in Fearless Petal and Impulsive Blonde; Rubelite lipstick; and some other GWP items.

Weekend plans: Taking my son out for driving lessons. If you never hear from me again, that means he failed! LOL

Last TV show you binge-watched: I haven’t watched television for over two years… so I’m not sure. I’m guessing it was either one of the shows I’d recorded off the Science Channel or one of the cooking shows.

Cat Avatar

Well… his spatial awareness is amazing! He could pull into a parking space (no other cars around!) without a problem. However, his anxiety had him hitting the brake a little hard and he had difficulty making sharp turns at a moderate speed (as expected because he hasn’t gotten the feel for it yet). Once he gets a little more comfortable, I’m sure he’ll be great.

My first few times driving were great. Why? Because my parents didn’t know I had backed the car out of the driveway and driven it up the street and back! LOL However, my first time driving with my father… that’s documentary material! Ha!

Helene Avatar

Does Mellan like his clone? It’s very cute, but not as cute as dear Mellan!
Haul, I really thought I’d be able to say nothing, but temtation got to me this week. Must run faster next week to get away from it.
I got three MAC Vamplify that I ordered last week, How Chic is This, Tease, Don’t Touch and Flash Drive. Also from MAC Viva Glam Miley Cyrus 2 lipgloss, MEn Love Mystery and Mehr lipsticks.
From Georgio Armani, two Eye &Brow Maestro, 03 Acajou and 09 Gold also two eye tints 4 and 15. emerald and blackened purple.
From Chanel Perfection Lumiére Velvet foundation and Jazzy Blue mascara. I also bought sunscreen and a serum.
From Clinique, Beyond Perfection Foundation and concealer.
I also bought Trio Lash from Kiss.
A normal week I don’t buy two foundations to add to the small mountain I have, but I did a really stupid thing, trying to wax some of that fine fur I have just on the edge of my face. Shouldn’t have done that, I got really strange looking stripes on my face, looking like a chemical peel gon really bad, and I got pimples, or pimple looking spots. I felt the need of a very, very full cover foundation. Therefore the Clinique one. Not enought cover to hide my weird stripes, guess I should have gone for theatrical makeup.
Weekend, Saturday, spent buing makeup, tomorrow, I have to do a bit of cleaning, and if I have time I’ll groom the dog.
Last TV show I binge-watched, Suits, I’m on season 3 now.

FacesByCarmilla Avatar

Haul: SmashBox art love color master class, bite beauty mimosa, elderberry and juniper and too faced star dust and new holiday palette
Weekend plans: put my makeup studio together
Last show I binged on was Sons of Anarchy… Just finished the series today…. 🙁

FacesByCarmilla Avatar

I turned a spare room in the house into a studio so I have a place to do my makeup and my clients that wish to come to me!!! I am so excited It’s coming along great, and I get to put all my cosmetics in one place!!!

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