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i dont lift, im just curious. this blog is a roleplay.

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Do you wonder how people shoplift without getting caught? The Art of Shoplifting is written by a shoplifter and will educate you with the psychology of a shoplifter moreover, you will also be aware of the tactics used by shoplifters to succeed in their endeavors.

[stevialift]

I need advice on my strategy. I haven't done anything big in awhile, and when I did bigger stuff (mostly clothes) I was sloppy. I have recently only done really small stuff, by picking it up, walking around aloof, and casually dropping it in my purse. But I want to get a Naked palette, and other larger makeup, but I don't know how to do it.. Can't just have it huge in my hand and put it in my bag.. Also, what kind of bag is best for lifting? Thank you so much. I need to get back in the game. Xo

I think there are two ways you can go when looking for a lifting bag: something structured and posh, or slouchy and boho. Pick a bag that reflects your personal style, or dress to the bag. Lifting is all about blending in. With a boho bag like the one in Jaz’s post, the structure is very forgiving if you’re cramming a bunch of stuff in there (don’t cram stuff in there, be a responsible lifter), and may have extra pouches and pockets to slip little items in.

I prefer a sleek and structured bag. They usually don’t have large outside pockets, but the inside is a black hole. I can fit a lot in there, discreetly, because the thick material and structured square shape holds a good amount of stuff without bulging. Here’s a bag similar to mine:

It’s essentially just a tote bag, but it’s a FANCY tote bag.

Getting stuff like the naked palette is simple if you have a bag with short handles and an open top like the one pictured. At Ulta for example, I hang the bag in the crook of my arm (rather than on my shoulder), and take an Ulta shopping bag, and hold that on the same arm so it’s covering my purse. They should hang at about the same level. When I want an item, I make it look like I’m putting it into the Ulta shopping bag, but I’m actually slipping it into my purse. Make sure to actually put some items in the Ulta bag, in case SAs are looking around. You don’t want them seeing you picking out items and then noticing that you actually have an empty shopping bag.

So… does that help?

[illstealyourcat]

I so 100% agree with this post. I was just about to write a detailed ‘lifting purse’ post, but you beat me to it. I’ll still write one though with my two cents. I feel your purse can make or break your lifting career. It’s SOOOO important. I’m not kidding.

[bijoux-lifter]

All the info you will ever need

Being the OCD person I am, I organized all the tips by store & various topics. I made this as a page yesterday, but the links wouldn’t work, so here’s a post. 

As stated before, this is a role-play blog, & if you attempt any of these, you are doing so at your own risk. Shoplifting is illegal, especially if you’re over 18 (in the US. not sure about other countries) Thanks for playing along! :)

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Cautionary Tales

I got caught in zara (someone else’s story)

Stuff that will get you caught up 

Half Price Book Scare

Security Tag Removal Guide

Tips/Tricks Megapost

Tips/Tricks Masterpost (do NOT do #53 however)

Cellphone trick

Up your sleeves technique

Various store tag/LP/dressing room/methods info  (US store at the top. UK stores below them. Followed by methods.)

Stores:

Victoria’s Secret 1

VS 2

VS 3

VS 4 (tip for bras)

Ulta Masterpost

Walmart

WalMart/Target

Target/Ulta/Beginner tips

Forever 21 Masterpost

Michael’s & Hobby Lobby

American Eagle/Aerie

Urban Outfitters

Express

Sephora (You’re better off going to Ulta)

Wet Seal

Carsons

Books-a-Million/Kohls/Michaels/Hobby Lobby/Joann Fabrics

Lifting clothes when the attendant counts the items

Guide to lifting clothing

Solution to the empty hanger problem

Leaving the fitting room with less that you walked in with

Other:

Magnet video

Split credit card method for gator tags (not sure if this actually works)

Protecting privacy online

Lifting Masterpost

Identifying undercover security

Store LP (loss prevention) info

Your lifting bag/purse

Store policies

Haul Inspiration

People that use magnets have purchased them from AliExpress, Ebay, & Amazon. The most popular one is the N52 neodymium magnet.

Many stores have magnet detectors!!!

Checks for tags EVERYWHERE. Some are hidden in seams of clothing! Some are hidden underneath bar codes! 

Unless you’re a pro, avoid these stores: WalMart, K-Mart, Kohls, JC Penny, Target, Macy’s, Dillards, Belks, Neiman Marcus, & other department stores.

NEVER shoplift at church sales, thift stores (except Salvation Army lmao), & yard sales. NEVER rob people. 

Message me if any of these links are broken.

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A Lifting Guide

Pre-Hit

It’s usually a good idea to check out the store before you ever take anything. Go into the store with the intention of doing a recon mission and not actually taking anything. Try not to be too suspicious, but don’t try too hard to act casual. As long as you don’t take anything on this trip, you’ll be fine. If you get a bad feeling about something (always trust your fucking instict!) then leave and go to another store another day. What you’re doing is checking out the store, locating cameras and desirable liberation targets. You need to be aware of cameras. Yes, some camera domes are empty and are just there to scare you. Don’t ever assume that a camera dome is empty, always assume that every dome has a camera in it and that it’s watching you. It’s also a good idea to browse around the store, picking out a few cheap items that are scattered around the store and then purchasing them upon your exit, to make you appear to be a regular customer. Mirrors on the walls at corners usually have cameras in them. If you’re in a store with a low cieling, in the mall for example, look for the camera cieling tiles. These are shaded cieling tiles (shaded, like sunglasses and camera domes). There are actually cameras in these shaded cieling tiles. Cameras are less of a concern when you’re in the mall, because it’s unlikely that anyone is actually watching them, but it’s still a good idea to assume that someone is watching the camera. Once you have a good idea of the layout of the store and the layout of the merchandise, along with the general locations of a few blindspots then leave. Like I said, it’s a good idea to purchase a few inexpensive items on your way out.

Entry

It’s a good idea to have a getaway vehicle in the parking lot, with the motor running and the driver ready to get out of there. Have your driver drop you off at the front of the store (if you’re in the mall, then just casually walk into the store). Your friend should go park the CAR IN a pre-designated parking spot that isn’t too far from the exit and that is easy to get out of. You’re going to walk into the store. If you’re nervous, you need to relax. One of the reasons the door greeters are there is to greet you. This may seem innocent enough, but there’s psychology behind it. When that door greeter greets you, your sense of anonymity is removed. A skilled shoplifter will not be phased by the door greeter, and will in fact greet the door greeter. This is what you need to do. Don’t act too happy, but act like you’re in a good mood. Make eye contact and respond to the greeter. This will get you off to a good start. Avoiding eye contact and not saying anything is extremely suspicious, especially if you’re a teenager. Oh yeah, another thing, don’t ever shoplift with more than one other person if you’re a teen or young adult. Groups draw attention. A lone wolf isn’t nearly as suspicious as three or four teens wandering around the store. You should now be in the store. Your next step is very critical to your sucess. You must act like you know what you want/need, without going to it too fast. Browse for a few minutes, pick up a few cheaper items. It also looks good if you get a shopping cart and put a few small items in it.

The Hit

Casually make your way over to your target. It’s generally a good idea to limit yourself to one or two items per hit. The more you take, the greater the risk. You shouldn’t have anything in your pocket that could aid you in shoplifting. It’s hard to prove that stealing something was a spontaneous decision when you have a boxcutter in your pocket. You also need to have money in your wallet. In an ideal situation, you should have enough cash on you to pay for what you’re stealing. With no shoplifting tools and enough money to pay for the item, you’ll get in less trouble if you get caught because you can say that it was a spontaneous decision and that you regret it. Even though it’s unlikely that you’ll get caught, you can never be too safe. Once you have what you want (preferably in a shopping cart), casually make your way over to one of your blindspots. It’s crucial that you don’t seem like you’re in a hurry. The people watching the cameras know where the blindspots are. You need to remember that these people deal with shoplifters every day. They know how you operate. You need to deviate from the actions of the typical shoplifter. This is what makes you a pro. You need to act like a regular shopper. Make your way to the blindspot. If there’s no one around, very quickly take your item out of the package and pocket it (or just pocket the whole package). Once you have what you want, hide the package on the shelf (if you took the item out of the package) and take an item off the shelf from the area you’re in, so it looks like you went there to get something. Now you need to casually make your way to the front of the store. If you’re in Wal-Mart, don’t get nervous when someone on the intercom requests a security SCAN in a department, if you pay attention, they do this every 20 minutes or so to make shoplifters think that they are being watched. If they really needed a security scan, they’d say it over their two way radios instead of over the intercom. Browse through some items near the front of the store, and look to see if there is an unusual gathering of employees at the exit. If you get ANY bad feelings whatsoever, you need to abort. Go back to your blind spot and make sure no one can see you and hide everything you’ve taken on the shelf. You can now leave safely, even if they detain you they can’t do anything to you because you didn’t leave with the merchandise. Bad feelings are your friend. I’ve listened to all of my bad feelings, as should you. If you get a bad feeling, then it’s not your day and you need to come back another day. Bad feelings are very serious and are usually warnings of the future.

The Exit

So, everything looks safe and you have what you want. Hopefully you haven’t been in the store longer than around 15 minutes. You can leave without purchasing something, but it looks good to buy something small, this is why you’ve been collecting small items on your way around the store. Buy them and calmly walk towards the exit. Don’t go in the bathrooms, even if you really have to go. As you’re leaving, say “goodbye, have a nice evening/afternoon” to the door greeter. If the alarm goes off, this is important, so listen up, DON’T FUCKING PANIC AND DON’T FUCKING RUN. If you live in the United States then there is absolutely no law whatsoever that allows them to force you to stop and submit to a search because the alarm went off. You need to just keep on calmly walking. This has happened to me countless times, and it’s always the same. You might get scared, but if you keep your calm, ignore the door greeter who’s yelling at you to come back, and leave. Once you exit the store, you’ll be fine. No, they won’t call security. In the off-chance that they do call security, you need to remember that they aren’t cops and that you have rights. They can’t stop you because the alarm goes off. Just keep walking, if they touch you, then threaten legal action but don’t physically threaten them. Get in your vehicle and leave. If they threaten to call the cops, then throw your stuff out the WINDOW into the bushes on the side of the road or something. If you get pulled over and searched, you won’t have the merchandise on you and you can’t get in trouble. If everything goes smoothly and security doesn’t give you any trouble, then congratulations my friend.

Busted

If you walk out of the store, and the alarm doesn’t go off, but someone approaches you and identifies themselves as loss prevention, then you’re fucked. Pretend to cooperate and start to walk back in with them, and then run to your car. If they tackle you, don’t fight, they have the right to use reasonable force to detain you if they know that you took something. If you fight them, you could get charged with assault. If they actually saw you take something, then the law is on their side. Give them your full cooperation, and if you have money, like I told you you should have, then start crying and make up some story about how you were going to pay for it but thought it would be fun to steal it. You won’t get in too much trouble if you’ve followed my guide. If you manage to get to your car without them tackling you, you need to ditch your shit because this time they will call the cops.

Closing notes

This is a pretty good guide that I wrote using my personal experiences, but it won’t help you if you don’t have common sense. Also, use your common sense and don’t wear anything suspicious. Wear shorts if you can. If it’s cold outside then wear a jacket, but not a hoodie

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Came across this guide, thought I’d share it with you guys!

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sephora tips!

so I’ve had a couple requests for sephora tips, and I’ve decided to make a sort of guide, which I’ll add to over time.

- never ever just go in, lift, and leave, unless you’re grabbing something and leaving immediately. I mean just one thing. this is suuuuuper sus.

- look around and test out shades. if an SA approaches you, always have a question ready. “I’m looking for a more full coverage foundation, I want a very blue red lipstick, etc.” make that question about something you’ll be near while lifting, so if you hang around it isn’t as sus.

- test, test, test. look interested in makeup, and new to high end stuff. wide eyes are better than bored ones.

- carry a bag from somewhere else that’s deep enough to shut at the top. ex. forever 21 bags.

- I find it helps to carry a smaller purse, and have like, a hat or a pair of gloves or something (in the winter), that you can shuffle around in the bag, so if an SA spots you mid-conceal, or comes around a corner, etc, you can grab your gloves/hat/etc and put them on like you’re getting ready to leave the mall.

- listen to SA’s on their headsets. sometimes they will be staring at someone and saying something like “so and so needs a bag.” most of the time they’re just asking each other if they have specific items in stock.

- never lift from a JC penny Sephora. period.

- if you lift from sephora and feel weird after, go to a place people usually don’t go, like in a tailor shop or quilts etc. go some place mall security wouldn’t look for a young person, or a person like you, and then leave the mall. no, don’t go lifting more. leave. now. come back another week.

- it helps to be carrying something expensive with you, or wearing it. I have an Aldo bag that works, but I’ve also seen Chanel or D&G sunglasses work. look expensive. have expensive taste.

- if an SA asks you what you’re wearing for makeup now, to “help you find the answer to the question you asked them”, always say something expensive. “oh just Nars Sheer Glow and a little Bare Minerals powder.” fake expensive taste, and you’ll seem less sus.

- wear lipstick in a noticeable shade. I’m not kidding. wearing a bright bold lip will make it look like you know what you’re doing. if you don’t, go in on a day you won’t be lifting (from sephora), and ask for a tutorial on how to do a lip. colours I’ve had work best (to make SA’s leave me alone, are bold reds, dark reds, black, violet, and bold pink. I haven’t tried unnatural shades like Lilac or blue yet, but I assume they’ll get a similar response. this is actually my best tip, because brows and lips are so high up on what customers ask about, and their highest-sold items.

- don’t wear headphones. I dunno why, but every time I’ve been in while wearing headphones I’ve been customer serviced to death. might just be my area,but I’d recommend against them.

- don’t wear a beanie. you look slubbish. you want to give off the air you’re a bad bitch and they can go help other people.

- wear heels. you look classier, and you’ll be followed less cause SA’s will always feel like they know where you are (if not what you’re doing).

- don’t go in with a fucking shoebox in a bad. it just makes them watch you, because they so obviously can’t see in the box and it’s an obvious conceal container. use a bag with clothing, not jewelry or anything, but clothing in it. don’t lift using a shoebox at a small-size item store jfc.

- take pictures. if an SA shows you a product and won’t go away, take a picture of said item. you’ll look genuinely interested.

- if you’re about to leave but feel like someone is maybe onto you, stop and play with a foundation. ask for help finding your shade, and ask for a sample. the whole process takes so long that an LP usually gets less sus, if you act sincerely interested. talk about your current foundation (use an expensive one,) and say it breaks you out a bit, or dries you out. make it sound worse. have a conversation.

- when leaving, do not look around at other people. do not. ever. always go from looking at a product, checking your phone/the time, then leave. this works well. it also works to fake a phone call, saying “yeah, I’m just in sephora, I’m leaving in two seconds. where did you want to meet? okay! see you soon.” mentioning the store is actually pretty helpful.

- be fucking nice. always. not drippingly sweet, but nice.

if anyone has any tips, send them my way and I’ll add on to this list!!

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If I were to conceal a naked palette, what's the best method because it's too big to be put in my sleeve.

I use the scarf method! I go in with a scarf as an accent to my outfit, usually an infinity scarf. I walk around for a while, pick up what I want, then I pretend like I got hot and pull my scarf off. I swing it over my arm, then quickly wrap my palette or whatever in the scarf, then slide it in my purse casually (with no one around and in a blind spot, mind you). Hope this helps!

[liftinlolita]

^ for everyone that thinks the scarf method is something super complicated this is how it’s done..

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I know it's good to know stores before you lift, like where are the cameras, blindspots etc. I've seen alot of posts about it. But what I can't figure out (and haven't found any posts about) is how to look for cameras and such without looking super sus? Like I can't even spot the cameras. And how do you find a good blindspot? If you know where I can read about this or if you have any tips that would be fab! xoxo

Hello there! Yes its always great to know a little bit about a store before you hit it. I am relatively new to all the on-the-floor-concealing, blindspots and whatnot (I mostly stick to the fitting room method), but ill try to answer you the best I can! So here’s a little walkthrough on how I go about concealing on the floor (high end make up for instance).

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1. I like to visit the store in advance just to check it out, with no intention of lifting anything. I simply walk around a bit, pretending to check out items and compare prices, as I make my way through the store. I try to get to know most aisles and corners of the premises.

2. While scoping out the place, its important not to move your head all too much as you look for cameras! I rather try to catch a glimpse of all aisles from the corner of my eye. Subtle is the keyword here.

3. Keep your focus on cameras of all kinds. They can be pretty standard and easy to spot, but remember to discreetly search for domes as well. They can be trickier since you never know which way the camera inside the dome is pointing towards. And be sure not to stare right at them, because they usually have “double-glass” and you won’t be able to see the camera anyway.

4. For instance, I sometimes like to pretend to read the package of an item by slightly holding it up in the air “against a better light”, so to speak. This allows me to gently look upwards and quickly get a glimpse of the ceiling, and therefor any cameras and/or mirrors close by.

5. Once I feel like I pretty much know the store, I casually exist the premises (and sometimes I even buy a random cheap thing). Then I usually wait a day or so before going back for the actual lifting. (Keep in mind that I take all these steps because I’m very paranoid haha, but once I already know a store I won’t have to go through all these steps all over again.)

6. As I then later return for the actual lift, I like to take a nice looking structured purse with me. And from the moment I enter the store, I start browsing around like any regular shopper.

7. I usually like to pick up, carry around and put down various products ocasionally, just so that nobody will be able to keep track on what I’m actually carrying with me.

8. And for the actual concealing, I simply find an empty, camera-less aisle or corner, and slip the item in my purse. Always try to do this while you are on the move, and without looking down and being all sus about it. Don’t even stop to stand still unless you absolutely feel like you must.

9. After concealing the product(s) I want, I tend to sometimes fake a phonecall, and make it seem like I really need to hurry somewhere. This allows me to put back all the other products in an understandable matter. Just remember not to run out of the store or cause too much attention! Just speedwalk with confidence, if that makes sense haha.

10. And voilà, you just successfully lifted by concealing on the floor! 

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Sidenote: I know that some of this might come off as excessively paranoid, but I personally prefer to always be extremely careful. Oh and I’m sorry if this long ass chunk of an answer feels too heavy to read, I’m just a little tired and english isn’t my native language, obvisouly haha :D