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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #233

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul: Nothing again!
  • Weekend plans: Clean the house, do laundry, Sunday brunch!
  • Do you like gardening?:  I like the idea of gardening, but I can’t say that I’ve enjoyed it the few times I’ve tried! I like the planning, though.

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This week’s Mellan photo/video…


A few years old but still terribly cute!

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Sunny Avatar

Haha Mellan seems to be A OK with whatever you want to put on his head 😉

Haul: Bobbi Brown Pitch Black Perfectly Defined Gel Eyeliner, one of the new Giorgio Armani eyeshadows (9 Tadzio! A great taupe), Diorshow Iconic Overcurl waterproof, a couple of Phyto hair products, and the new Caudalie Vinosource Recovery Oil! I got a couple of fancy candles for my birthday, too!

Weekend plans: I’m spending time with my bestie this weekend because she’s having her first baby! Can’t wait to meet the little lady, but for the moment she’s still taking her sweet time 😉

Do you like gardening?: Do potted plants count? I don’t really have a garden! I’m pretty good at keeping fern and succulent plants alive though :p

tzwiggy Avatar

Haul: I’ve been so bad this week!

Kat Von D Chrysalis Eyeshadow Palette
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Dim Infusion
MUFE HD Blush 225
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush Natural Beauty
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush True Love
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush Fearless
Guerlain Terracotta Sun Celebration Bronzing Powder & Blush
NARS Blush in Seduction
NARS Blush in Final Cut
NARS Blush in Love
Sunday Riley Blush in Rush
Sunday Riley Blush in Blushing
Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Leprechaun
Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Olive Branch
Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Fool’s Gold
Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Solstice
Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Burnt Eggplant
Bobbi Brown Blush in Nectar
Bobbi Brown Blush in Berry
Chanel Le Blush Creme de Chanel 62 Presage
Chanel Le Blush Creme de Chanel 63 Revelation
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 89 Satisfaction
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 90 Mutine
Dior Addict Lipstick in 530 Bobo
Dior Addict Lipstick in 586 L.A.
Dior Addict Lipstick in 611 Cruise
Dior Nail Polish in 750 Captain
Dior Nail Polish in 700 Sailor
Le Metier de Beaute Eyeshadow in Corinthian
Le Metier de Beaute Eyeshadow in Water Sapphire
Le Metier de Beaute Eyeshadow in Alexandrite

Looking back I might have overdone it with blushes this week! ._.

Weekend plans: I still have back pain from my surgery so I have to take it easy. Probably just watch some TV and take a few short walks outside.

Do you like gardening?: NO! I hate it more than doing laundry.

Lily Avatar

Mellan is so cute and ready for Spring. A big hug for him.
The only thing I purchased this week is Dior Addict Fluid Stick in 219 Whisper Beige.
Roudy is being fixed this am. No other plans. If he feels good Sunday, maybe see a movie with hubby.

Anne Avatar

Haul: Didn’t buy anything, but a friend of mine is an internship in Chanel (marketing), and she got free leftovers (unopened and unused!) from a shoot. So she gave me a glossimer (Amour), an Illusion d’Ombre (Abstraction) and a cream blush (Inspiration). Talk about luck! 🙂

Weekend plans: Work!

Do you like gardening?: I never tried, so I wouldn’t know!

A. Mar Avatar

Haul: Nothing!

Weekend plans: To the market and perhaps a little experimenting with food. Otherwise, a lot of tea and a lot of writing.

Do you like gardening?: Love! My grandmother on my father’s side would spend every day in her garden. I spent the summer with them every other year and just loved it. This huge section of their backyard just felt like an overflowing garden. I’d help water, pull out weeds. I just came to associate gardening and the smell of roses (there were many) with her.

I live in an apartment so I only have a patio and the inside to work with but I’ll take it. My parents live in my grandparent’s old home now so I have an internal happiness in just knowing that garden is still there.

Rikki Avatar

Happy Friday, Christine!!!
Haul: Not much this week- but I’m hoping to change that over the weekend!! Sephora Brush #56, LORAC spray tan- was soo cheap!!! It applied so nicely, I really enjoy it!
Weekend plans: Hoping the mall.. I got a pair of shoes that don’t fit my feet so well, so I’m hoping to exchange them. Also having my brother-in-laws girlfriends (mouthful!!) birthday party in Atlantic City on Saturday, so that should be fun!
Gardening: I LOVE the idea of it. I have always wanted to plant a garden in my backyard. But I get so squeamish with the bugs!!!

Monica Avatar

He looks so cute, so spring like! 🙂

Haul: Tempted to get from Revlon (40% off at Rite Aid), Sak (25% off), Pixi (20%), MUG (10% off) Pur Minerals is having some kind of flash sale today…I can’t resist a sale as you can see haha
Weekend plans: Maybe hiking if I get all the work I need to get done finished in time and the weather hold ups
Do you like gardening?: I would like to have a garden, but I don’t have the time to maintain. I have 3 plants at work that are still alive, so that a good sign.

Larissa Avatar

Haul: IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Matte Luxe Palette, Vol 1.
Weekend plans: Recover from my beastly sinus infection…. 🙁 If I’m not too sick, I want to visit my oldest friend and her newborn baby, but I don’t know if she’ll be comfortable with a sick person near her young child!
Do you like gardening?: I have a love/hate relationship with gardening. I love how pretty gardens are, and I love to harvest herbs and fruit and veggies from my garden! But I really loathe how my gardens quickly turn into jungles if I don’t weed constantly. We are attempting to beat back the weeds and re-seed the lawn, but it’s a challenge. The woes of owning an ancient house with equally ancient gardens and weeds that choose to run amok…

Louise Avatar

Haul: Far too much to list here but a bit of everything 🙂
Weekend plans: Shopping on Saturday and then back to uni on Sunday 🙁
Do you like gardening? Never attempted it and can’t say it looks like the most appealing of tasks to do :’)

Kiss & Make-up Avatar

Soooo terribly cute! 😀 He doesn’t look too happy about his head gear though, haha.

Haul: Actually, nothing! Unless you count the LIERAC products that I ordered. I have yet to go pick them up though, so in theory it’s been a haul-free week.

Weekend plans: Run a few errands, and then maybe go out to dinner with my man.

Do you like gardening?: Eek no. I love beautiful gardens but to actually do the work for it is not my thing.

Amber C. Avatar

This weeks haul – Chanel Tisse Venitien e/s quad – ordered from the wonderful Selfridges in the UK. I love it SO MUCH – the formula is smooth, soft and blendable with no fallout and vibrant color. Most importantly, it reminds me of Dior Bonne Etoile, which i wasnt able to purchase and have lemmed for so long. =)))
I also ordered Too Faced Melted lip color in Fuschia, MUFE HD pressed powder, 3 Salux cloths, 2 Baby Foot peels, Bite Beauty lip color in Satsuma and Maybelline Hibiscus Haven l/g to go on top. Anastasia Brow Power set with a brush, Taupe brow powder and clear brow gel and the Blonde Brow Wiz pencil to go with it. I got a TON of free samples
Weekend plans – Volunteering on Saturday, brunch on Sunday with my BFF, Monday i am off and want to see Oculus!

Do I liek gerdening – no, the dirt isnt for me and my allergies, but i do admire others work.

Hima Avatar

Mellan looks adorable! xD

Haul: Nothing from the store but my Too Faced chocolate bar palette came in the mail this week. I just can’t get over how delicious it smells.

Weekend Plans: My temple is having a holi festival tomorrow so my friend and I are going. And then sunday I’m taking my friend’s graduation pictures for her. 🙂

Do you like gardening: My family and I loveeeeee gardening. We do it every year. We have two vegetable patches in our back yard and we usually plant tomatoes, peppers, beans, and a bunch of other stuff. We also plant tons of flowers and plants. It’s a thing we love to do together. 🙂 And we all just got lucky with super green thumbs, haha.

WendyM Avatar

hahahaha.. always look forward to Friday photos of Smellan.. this is definitely one of my favs. Died laughing.

Haul: nadda. Rather, I have been forcing myself to use my Naked2 palette all week. Why, because I’ve been eyeballing Naked3 for some reason after dismissing it because I never use N2. If I use N2, I can somehow justify buying N3..LOL
Weekend plans: field prep for crops if we don’t end up with too much rain
Gardening: reluctant flower gardener.. our gardens are massive and require far too much work and maintenance. I do eventually want to add a greenhouse structure to my house though. I am super particular about the food I eat, mostly vegetarian, but occasionally eat fish and some dairy, and would prefer to grow my own food. We have a huge vegetable garden every year, but our growing season is fairly short and limited. I am more interested and motivated by gardens that produce food, but admire and enjoy planning flower gardens.

Aida Avatar

Haul: Dior Lady Blush 003 Coral, Dior Nude Shimmer 001 Rose, MAC patentpolish Pleasant

Weekend plans: celebrating my husband’s birthday 🙂

Do you like gardening?: I love gardens and plants, I would love nothing more than one day have the most beautiful garden. But do I know anything about gardening? The answer is no lol

Rikki Avatar

My dad gave me a $25 Nordstrom gift card so my MAC 217 should be arriving today.

As far as plans go, I’m booked for three days next week to do makeup, so I need to prepare for that. May actually be double booked on Saturday for prom so that’s gonna be something. Other than that, I want to finish editing this video.

Jaclyn Avatar

Haul: I was bad this week! I got several Lime Crime lipsticks and eyeliners, Nars Dolce Vita blush, KVD Trooper eyeliner, YSL Forbidden Burgundy lipstick and got some of those NYX Macaroon lippies! If I can just find somewhere in LA that has dipbrow in stock that would make my week right now.

Weekend plans: I’m going camping out by Palm Springs this weekend! and lucky the weather just so happens to be perfect this weekend.

Do you like gardening: Oh I wish I had the room to garden! I just in such a tiny apartment but I’d love to grow by own herbs for cooking.

Melinda Avatar

Haul- Urban Decay Electric palette, Urban Decay Naked 3, Lancôme Amethyst Glam & Taupe Craze 5 eyeshadow palettes, MAC Sumptuous Olive, Mulch, and Sketch eyeshadow, MAC Hip n Happy, Plum, Brick, and Beet lip liners, Nars Luxembourg, Bite Kumquat, Dior Lip Glow balm, YSL Rouge Volupte Fetish Pink, Stila Convertible Color in Lillium, Bobbi Brown High Shimmer lip gloss in Bellini, Buxom lip gloss in Dominique.

Weekend Plans- take a trip to the mall on Saturday, a movie with friends on Sunday.

Do you like gardening- I don’t mind it.

LU Avatar

Haul: Dolce & Gabbana Passion Eyes Mascara, Buxom Full-Bodied Lipstick, and Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, I figure since I’ve used De-Slick for years, I might as well try this one.
Weekend plans: Homework again, so many projects to do since the semester is over in a month.
Do you like gardening?: I used to, but now I’m too busy to maintain a garden.

Lotus Avatar

YAY! Now THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! I’m so HAPPY! LOVE!!! Mellan, kisses and hugs! You go show those cosmetic companies what summer inspiration is! 10/10 A+++!!! Unique, cannot be duped, has soul and spirit, offers uns conditional love, everlasting gorgeous color and texture, comes with flowers, and is so cute that I’d never EVER pass on such preciousness! Christine, will he be the symbol for your cosmetic line? 😀

-Haul: I hauled back. (Returns)
– Weekend plans: Ex coming to take Five & Turtle for the week while I handle a stomach flu and migraines at my mom’s! 😀 (must be from the great makeup that came out lately. I’m mainly looking at you, Mac, though all are related somehow.) 😉
– Do I like gardening? YES! But I’ve severe PTSD from bug & other insect encounters, so I just dream while friends update me about their gardens. 🙂 My mom lives where anything planted gets eaten by various creatures, so she gave up on planting anything but loves it. Inside her house she has such beautiful orchids and numerous plants! Her green thumb is a gift I’ve been astounded by since just a sprout! I love her so much. I’m glad I get to go there for awhile! 🙂 <3 xo

xamyx Avatar

Haul: Nothing this week, but over the past few weeks I’ve actually completed my NARS eyeshadow “list”! Between eBay & the sale at Sephora, I managed to pick up everything at a great price, with the exception of the Summer shadows, & Bavaria, which I plan to order next week. Actually, I did manage to grab L’Oréal Infallibles in With a Twist & Strawberry Blonde, which came in last weekend!

Plans: Just the usual stuff around home… I’m trying to save money for our annual trek to Disneyland mid-May!

Gardening: I wish I had a plot of land to try my hand at it… I would love to plant my own herbs & vegetables!

xamyx Avatar

Part of me is absolutely elated, but the other part feels a bit lost, LOL! There are still a couple of DC’d shadows I’d love to find, though…

Kelsey Avatar

LOL Mellan looks so resigned. Just “Fine. Whatever. Take your picture and let’s move on.”

Haul: I had fun at Sephora this week. Philosophy Take a Deep Breath SPF 30 moisturizer, First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, OCC Anti-feathered lip liner, OCC lip tar in Hollywood, not to mention in store samples of Boscia Tsubaki beauty oil, Glamglow thirsty mud face mask, and Clinique All about eyes rich. I also got online samples of the FAB Ultra Repair Cream, Glamglow super mud mask, Tom Ford black orchid perfume, and I used the URBANEYE code online for the urban decay deluxe sample.

Weekend Plans: I’m going for a gas run Saturday, and I’m working OT on Sunday to help finance a roadtrip with my mom next month.

I can do planter boxes and stuff, but I have an irrational fear of anything that resembles a wasp (including honey bees) so large flowery gardens aren’t exactly an option for me. I like a 3 box set up, one for flowers to attract pollinators and 2 for fresh herbs.

Maddie Avatar

Awwwwwwwwww he’s ADORABLE! He is awfully patient with mom too, hehehe!

■Haul: Clarins Super Restorative Day Cream.
■Weekend plans: Do homework and pack. I’m moving. I hate moving. Sigh.
■Do you like gardening?: I like the idea of plants being alive, so I’ll leave the gardening to those with green thumbs! 😀

Chris25 Avatar

Haul: I replaced my used up Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede lipstick in Catwalk (awesome shade for tanned complexions), got Revlon Brilliant Strength nail polish in Enticing, a bath oil from Total Enchantments from Etsy, a pretty “red lips” necklace from Etsy, Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette from HSN (luckily I used the $20 off discount), Chanel Taboo and a back up of Bel Argus. I tried to talk myself out of getting a second bottle, but the color is so gorgeous, I couldn’t resist!

Weekend plans: I have to plow through a ton of research for a paper I’m writing. It’s about violence and sexual assault against Native women.

Do you like gardening?: I would love to garden, but NYC isn’t the best place for that! Lol. I have this fantasy of creating a community garden in my neighborhood.

Precious Avatar

Mellan’s so darn cute! 🙂

Haul:
– Chanel Eau de Toilette in Chance (150ml)
– Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Powder in N30
– Chanel Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow in Gri-Gri
– Chanel Rouge Allure in Conquise and Rayonnante
– Cure Natural Aqua Gel
– Guerlain Blanc de Perle Mattifying Hydrating Emulsion
– Guerlain Meteorites Perles Light Diffusing Primer Les Ors (x2)
– Guerlain Iridescent Eyeshadow in Bronze Ora
– Hakuhodo Gidayu Bake, S106 Powder Angled, S5557 Powder and Liquid Angled
– theBalm Cindy-Lou Manizer
– Tom Ford Eye Color Quad in Cocoa Mirage
– Tom Ford Lip Color in Forbidden Pink and Scarlet Rouge

Weekend plans: Rest, squeeze in a book, and go back to the mall for that pair of Pedro Garcia wedges I saw earlier.

Do you like gardening?: Yes. It’s therapeutic and I love being around flowers. 🙂

Wendy Avatar

Haul: Costco toilet paper. I know you’re all jealous! ;P

Plans: No idea! It’s suppose to rain, or just sprinkle seeing as rain is rare. We’ll see. Maybe another Ikea trip since it’s our favorite family outing. Plus, we love buying the cheap stuffed rats. My son loves them! He runs around with them in his mouth.

Gardening: I’m with you on this, Christine. My father is a retired gardener and his work was beautiful. You could tell just how much he loved it and how it calmed him. I’m still trying to get my hubby to work with my dad to plant flowers and trees in our yards. Everything is just dirt. It’s depressing.

Wendy Avatar

Sadly no. My parents moved to an apartment with no yards. I told my dad he could come over, and tend to our garden, but we still have nothing. My dad has gone so long without gardening, he’s out of shape, and would rather watch AMC all day. 🙁

Mariella Avatar

Haul: Kat Von D Monarch Palette (it’s all Christine’s fault, really it is!) and Alterna Caviar CC hair cream/leave in conditioner/magic and wonderful potion
Weekend plans: youngest son is home so we’re taking him out for a belated birthday celebration (he was in the middle of exams when his birthday occurred) and we’re driving to visit my daughter and son in law and take them out with us and also bring my mother in law, who wants to see daughter’s new home again and meet their lovely cat
Do you like gardening? I don’t like the really heavy, hard work of weeding (we have creeping Charlie and no matter how much we weed and mulch, it seems to be winning) and the heavy, hard digging but I do like planting and also I love the results…seeing things peeking up from the soil and blooming and growing and greening up is so rewarding.

Veronica Avatar

Haul: Very smal e.l.f. haul – liquid blush in Headliner, lipstick in Red Carpet. I originally just wanted to grab the lip exfoliator, but it turns out I can’t look at a display without walking away with at least three things. 9_9 Nearly grabbed the new Maybelline Color Tattoos until I realized the one was Seashore Frosts under a different name. Very undershanded, Maybelline!
Weekend plans: Clean house, get some jogging in, and get everything in order before we leave next Friday for Florida (SO MUCH PACKING). Also, I may go tanning. I was hoping with the sun we’ve been having I’d at least be an NW13 by now, but all the rain and cold this week has knocked me back into NW10 range. 🙁 I need to get a “base burn” in before I jump into Florida’s pummeling UV else I’m going to spend the entire week mascarading as a lobster!
Do you like gardening?: Pfft, half the time I only remember to feed my pets because they bother me if I don’t. I wouldn’t trust myself an inanimate plant.

Leticia Avatar

Haul: Finally, the Naked 3 Palette!! I also got a Sephora Eyeliner in Flirting Game and Jack Black Intense Therapy in Natural Mint & Shea Butter 🙂
Weekend plans: Give my dog a bath – we’ll see how that goes, she´s not a fan of baths! I hope to get my hair done, I’ve been postponing it too long!
Do you like gardening? Not really…..

Mellan is the cutest spring boy out there…..too adorable for words :D!!

Sylirael Avatar

Mellan! 😀 He’s so patient, LOL!

Weekend Plans: Thesis as always, Ballet as usual.

Haul: Hm, nothing recently I don’t think. I do have a wishfully full cart at Black Phoenix Alchemy though…

Gardening: I love it! Having a little vege patch is so satisfying 🙂 I miss the garden now that I’m in a tiny inner city apartment!

kjh Avatar

Oh, Fire + Ice! (Your poppy lippie) I think the original was in 1953 + one of my mother’s favorites. (She would be 103.) I think it’s also a biography for Charles Revson that I read long ago. The ad campaign for F + I was Avedon shot + also a real classic. The Hx of cosmetics is as fascinating as the products.

Denise Avatar

Haul: 2 Estee lauder colour envy sculpting lipsticks in defiant coral and (forget what its called and can’t be bothered to run upstairs to find out!) a bright pink. Love ’em both. Also got a couple of the Chanel cream eyeshadows too.
Weekend plans: Got friends we haven’t seen in a while coming for lunch and hubby is doing his famous eye fillet steak in pomegranate molasses and cranberries (trust me, its Delish!) with salad. Trying to think of something nice n easy for dessert but brain is constipated!
Do I like gardening?: Lets put it this way: i am known in these parts as ‘yellow fingers’ as I have a special knack for killing off any plants that come my way – my friends/family all know not to give me a plant of any description as it’ll be dead in a week. Dunno why…..perhaps its my overwatering or under watering skills….

_An_ Avatar

Haul: Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette & Bourjois Shine Edition Lipstick in 123 Soleil = Really happy with both purchases. The palette smells so good! *-* The lipstick shade is a great everyday coral color and comfortable to wear.

Weekend plans: Nothing.

Do you like gardening? I don’t think so….. I haven’t experienced it full-on yet, but my mom loves gardening. I like seeing her flowers.
I would like to plant my own flowers one day and I probably will, but I’m also grossed out about the different types of pests I’ll encounter.

_An_ Avatar

Nearly everything! LOL

She likes all kinds of flowers, but her big passion is for orchids. She learned how to take care of them years ago and now she’s a pro. ^^

Kat Avatar

Haul: Urban Decay Naked Finishing Powder, Too Faced Candlelight Glow (love this), the Benefit High Beam/Posietint set from Ulta
Plans for the weekend: Maybe go see my mom, try to work but most likely procrastinate, go to Ulta to exchange a few items and wait for Sehora to restock Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly
Do I like to garden: Not really. I like to grow flowers, but I can’t say I enjoy the work!

Nicole Avatar

Haul: Clinique Chubby Stick in Heaping Hazlenuz (recieved as an Easter present) and Rituals Yogi Flow Shower Foam
Weekend plans: Finish tax declaration today, some internet reseach for skincare, Zumba lesson on Sunday morning, Comedy theater on Sunday evening
Do you like gardening?: No.

CKG Avatar

HAUL: Dior 999 and Esquisse lipsticks from Sephora, NARS Rotunde, Laura Mercier’s Peach Shimmer Bloc and MAC Sunset Beach in error!

WEEKEND PLANS: Contacting MAC lol

GARDENING: Yes, I like it but I haven’t done it for a while

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