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@lillifterx
As still a beginner at Lïfting I did something today kinda out of my comfort zone today.
I really needed a new blanket for my bed so I found this $40?!!! One at a store and basically walked around with it for a few mins trying to get off the tag and ribbon thing it had on it; I got it all off and basically wrapped it around my arm like it was a fleece jacket and walked out ....
Off topic but does any lífter here play Wôrłd of Wàrćräft?
$1,519
how tf did you get those instax imma- imma head out
this is an old haul, so i nabbed them at a toys r us. i have a large, structured handbag from h&m. two on the bottom, one on the top, and it was a go. none of them were tagged so i took as many as i could lol
a guide to lush
general tips apply (don’t dress bummy, scope before actually lifting, be nice to sa’s, etc.)
get a gauge on the products you want beforehand if you want actual help from their sa’s. their sa’s are knowledgeable about aesthetic issues, and can have good recommendations, so your mileage may vary on if you want to do this or not. i’m just saying if you do, that’s your first trip. wait at least three months before actually lifting there after talking with them about your actual problem areas tho
avoid the sa’s if possible, and try to get them off your back. they might back off if you say you’re just browsing (my personal fave is telling them something like “everything smells so good! i hope it’s okay to sniff around.” it indicates you’re interested in the products, but not that you’re here for something specific, and honestly? they know the good scents are a big draw for a first time customer lol. they also know once people see prices they might not be as inclined to shell out for them)
if you can’t avoid them, have a bullshit question in mind in case they ask. their sa’s are really into being helpful and hands on, so it’s always good to have a story set up. they’ll ask about your skin/hair, and a key thing is to tell them something DIFFERENT from what your actual problems are. the reason for this is if you’re trying to lift a product to help with dry skin for example, it’ll be sus when that product turns up missing. their immediate first suspect for who stole the argan oil based moisturizer wouldn’t be the the person who was asking for help with oily skin
it’s better to wear darker colors and have a black handbag/store bag. their locations are usually dim, and they often paint the walls black, so you’ll blend in more. their products are also predominantly packaged in black pots, so they’ll blend in with your outfit. did they really see you with something in your hand, or was that just your black sleeve?
avoid them seeing the products you want in your hands however. it’s one thing if you’re checking out a product, but once you move from the area it’s housed in it will look sus. grab and conceal as quickly as possible and try not to move out of the area. in my experience whether they have a shopping basket can vary, so the more products they see in your hands that vanish, the more sus. if i’m not actively concealing and checking out other products, what i want i will sit down on a display and turn the pot around so they can’t read the product name. i’ll pick it up only when it’s time to conceal
sniff everything. this is the kind of store that it’s not sus to take your time in and browse stuff. normally at other places you want in and out asap, and i’m not saying spend an hour in lush, but here it can be beneficial for an sa to see you at the same display for five minutes because to them it looks like you’ve been sniffing every bath bomb (when actually you’ve been waiting for the person next to you to walk away so you can conceal lmao)
their locations often have mirrors, and that’s where you want to conceal. the reason for this is you can watch what’s going on behind you, but conceal what you’re doing with your own body
if they have a middle island display near a wall, that’s a holy grail. my local locations have switched up their layouts (probably because of what i’m about to say lmao)… but maybe not all locations have switched layouts. a fantastic place to conceal is if they have an island at the back of the store where nobody can really get behind you to watch you, but where you can watch everyone else in the store. i used to just stand there a few minutes pretending i was checking out everything on the display and it was a buffet to drop everything in my bag in one go with confidence nobody saw me because i was watching them lol. the display itself made the blind spot for me to do this. god i miss it so if you have this miracle spot please utilize it in my honor. pour some body wash out for me and my lost holy grail spot ),:
try not to let them see what you actually have in your hands. try not to let them see ANYTHING in your hands at all if possible, but if not make sure the item you actually want is obscured so they can’t read the exact label. they might assume it was something you just picked off of the display you’re in front of right now, and if they don’t see it in your hand later that you just set it back down
grab things from the BACK of the display, not the front. they often set things in rows, so grab something from the back row to begin with, or if you’re being watched grab something from the front to “examine,” and when they’re not looking grab something from the back to set it down so it looks like you’re “putting back” the original thing you had
if a display is looking low on product, do something similar. let’s say a display has only two pots of a moisturizer you want, but 10 of a different moisturizer. it’ll be conspicuous if one of the low stock moisturizers goes missing and nobody bought it. grab one of the high stock, conceal the low stock you want, and put the high stock UNDER or BEHIND the other low stock. turn the label away so it’s not as obvious this is a different product mixed in. don’t be seen doing this or it’s hella sus tho
i often lift a smaller container of product since it’s easier to conceal and leaves more room in my bag and i don’t find i go through the product before the next time i go in anyway. another reason is i can bring a big pot to another display with me, and that’s the one sa’s will have their eye on… i’ll just leave the big pot obviously sitting in a different area and they figure i didn’t want the product
another thing is to grab the most expensive things, but not lift them (unless you want them, but if you’re aiming for, say, a $13 face scrub? they’re more likely to pay attention to the big pot of $40 body scrub that you conspicuously left sitting on the counter)
i only recommend one or two decoys like this however. there’s a fine line between normal customers in retail doing things like this, and doing it so much it annoys the employees. (they might get annoyed anyway, but i wouldn’t say more than usual since this is a common thing customers do. i’ve found at a lot of locations, especially on slow days, they can get bored and desperate for something to do as well, so putting a pot back is often not even a big deal to them)
DON’T STEAL CHARITY POTS. 100% of profit from those goes to, well. charity. if you’re the kind of lifter that always buys something to reduce suspicion, this is the item i recommend. the smaller charity pots are one of their cheaper products ($8), and you’re essentially making a donation instead of a purchase. this also gets you a bag to use in another store if your local lush is in a mall
another good decoy item is their cheaper face washes ($13.) they have a return policy of 90 days or half the product unused, so if you do this you have a reason to come back in sooner to “browse” for an alternative product, or if you want them to not see you as often you could wait to the last day lmao. (i’d ask them what their return policy is locally to make certain, though.) when you return it tell them you looked (and they should know, they probably saw you at the display) but you don’t think you want to exchange for an alt product and just want your cash back. don’t do this every time, wait three months in between, then you can get into a “cycle” of it. if possible it helps to alternate buying at one location and returning to another as well so they aren’t seeing you constantly returning things to the same location. so for example, buy at location 1 > you’re back in three months for a refund > buy at location 2 > you’re back in a month for that refund > wait three months > buy at location 1 > go back to location 2 in three months for a refund > wait three months > by now it’s been six months since they even saw you at location 1 > repeat the cycle. you can switch it up a little bit too but keep track of it. if you add trips where you don’t even buy or have returns (like a charity pot purchase) then it’ll be even more varied and whatnot, and less obvious you’re basically not spending money lmao
a concealment method is touching something and getting glitter on your hand, like a bath bomb. ask if you can wash your hands in one of their sinks, and dry your hands with paper towels. wrap what you want to conceal in paper towels and it looks like you’re tossing paper towels in your bag to throw away later, or you can use the paper towels to just conceal without actually putting them in your bag too
another decoy method you can use to return sooner is once you finish some products with a recycling symbol on them, you can bring empty pots back to get a free face mask. it explains why you’re there and why you might not buy, and all the sa’s will see you doing this specific thing and not find it sus if you don’t buy, especially because you often need to ask for them to get the fresh face mask out of their little fridge they store them in. it also won’t look sus to browse, because maybe you want to replace some of the products you just finished up. didn’t buy anything? you either no longer use the product, or you’d already restocked before. it might help to make a little story for these, and not do this often at the same location. it also helps to hold on to them for a long time, like way past their expiration date (so nobody questions why you don’t buy but return empty pots; “oh they’re super old products she got a year ago, no wonder i don’t remember her buying it”)
try to commit sa’s to memory. i know this seems strange and not something i’d always recommend for other places, but you don’t want a situation where they’re remembering you but you’re not remembering them. they might wonder why this person keeps on coming in, browsing, but NEVER buying. if you notice the same sa’s are there on days you go, go at different times/days. take notes even, if you have to. i’ve had a situation where the same manager would always be in, so i learned to avoid going in if she was there bc i’d talked with her before
depending, you’re just going to have to resign yourself to your bag getting dirty. it looks very sus to bag up a bath bomb and not buy it. sometimes their “naked” products have tins that are designed to house them, that are available for separate purchase. then you can get away with tucking stuff like a shampoo bar in a shampoo bar tin and concealing if nobody saw you do it. sometimes you CAN manage to bag up something like a bath bomb, but that’ll vary on how busy the store is, how attentive sa’s are, etc. use your head and don’t be obvious. when in doubt just conceal the naked product and clean your bag later lol
i’ve not personally encountered any lush location with cameras, but your mileage may vary. always scope and make sure before lifting. same goes for tags and lp
ask for samples. i know i said to avoid the sa’s, but that’s WHILE you’re lifting. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, ask for some samples. go up to the register so the person checking people out doesn’t get sus, and they’ll likely have the floor sa you were avoiding make the sample for you, so that means essentially all the floor employees see you with your excuse on why you didn’t buy anything: “you’re testing products to see what you want to buy next time.” this is if you’re not buying. if you are i wouldn’t bother and just save it for when you need an excuse not to buy
Small Haul 🤷🏼♀️
Sports Gîrls
- Lip Scrub $12.95
- iPhone case $12.95
Bîg W
- Oh my gloss x 2 $16.74
- Bonds Socks $14
- iPhone cable $9
- Hair Brush $10
= $$75.64$$
This is lifting pepe. Reblog and you shall have a good haul
holy fuckaroni i thought this might get 4 notes at most
anybody have any tips on how to control yourself from lifting often?
so it doesn’t become a dangerous habit :(
so this advice, in general, is for all newbies, especially since i see so many joining this community
first of all, i understand the “beginner” excitement.
it like suddenly you walk into a store & you think “i can have this. i like this and i CAN have this. right now. no saving up. no waiting for sales. no finding dupes. it can be mine right now“ it’s a feeling that someone who hasn’t grown with money (why would someone who has the money shoplift?) has NEVER felt before.
BUT you mentioned you have been lifting for ONE week & your total is already in a few hundreds. that’s what you should get to in your first YEAR, if you’re lucky.
why? it’s not that i dont want you to have nice things. it’s because you know NOTHING about lifting yet. you could have read every single post in this community top to bottom but it won’t actually make you a good lifter. at all.
imagine this: if you read books on painting scenery, can you suddenly make the most breathtaking lanscape? hell no. it’s gonna be horrible, even if you read/researched everything about it. with TIME & practice you get better at it. those books will guide you & make you have a better understanding of what/how to do so you can learn much faster, but they won’t teach you how to paint. they can’t.
when you begin, no matter how good you want it to turn out, or how much you know how it should turn out, you will make mistakes that will make you cringe in a year & wonder how the fuck you weren’t caught/arrested (IF YOU WEREN’T. IF)
what i am trying to say: slow down. slow down right now. you are new, you have literally just begun. you should still be doing pens & gum & chapstick. it’s a crime. think of the possible effects.
if even thinking about getting caught makes you scared, think about it actually happening.
think about losing your caregivers/parents trust for years.
thinking about paying 200€ for a 15€ necklace.
think about being in court because of it.
the mere fact that you have been lifting for a week & already begin to feel “addicted” is by itself the indication of a huge problem. think about this. stop & think on this implication.
please, for yourself, please i am begging you, slow down, go smaller, don’t even think of doing hauls yet
this is not the same advice i would give to someone who has been lifting for years on how to deal with this, but i feel like this is the advice that can help you.
also, i want to add, these posts you see here- the big hauls, most of these people are not minors. most have been doing it for years. most have been caught several times. some are even faking it.
take care, stay safe
holy SHIT this is important
this!!!
Anyone had any experience with JBHIFI?
‼️ATTENTION BABY ŁÎFTÉRŠ‼️
the first picture of this post is the first thing I ever lifted, a pin from špêñçérś.
the second picture is a picture of my first haul. this was taken the day I started śtèáłîñg, during setember of 2019.
the third and fourth pictures are photos of one of my most recent hauls.
as you can see, the last pictures have a lot more stuff in them. a lot of people who have just started łifting want to get hauls that look simular to that. the feeling of taking things from a store, the idea that anything you want can be yours for free, is overwhelming and it can cause you to get greedy. but it is also what will get you caught. these two haul photos were taken a year apart. it took me a year of practicing, of learning techniques, of making mistakes, of growing and learning, to łift the way I do now. I didn’t just wake up one day with the ability to leave a mall with $500 worth of stuff, without being noticed. I started off with lipgloss and pins. with putting stuff in my sleeves and pockets. with taking only one or two things at a time. it’s so important to start small and to not get greedy. when you’re looking at huge haul pictures, done by other lifters on tumblr, it’s so easy to forget that the person taking those pictures has probably been łifting for months, if not years. they know all about concealing quickly, avoiding cameras, and most importantly they know what to do if they are sussed or approached by loss prevention.
always remember that łifting is a skill that requires time and practice to develop. please don’t get frustrated if you can’t łift big items yet or that you can’t seem to get big hauls. baby hauls are just as amazing as big hauls. whether you’re łifting from the dollar tree or sephora, you’re still an awesome lifter. all that truly matters is that you’re being careful and safe, and that you don’t get caught.
Concealing on Floor
I only conceal on floor. I hardly ever use dressing rooms because im scared of SA’s counting my items and such. Plus I never have tape on me to tape tags under benches and such. Concealing on the floor is the easiest for me.
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hii! do you have any tips for lifting at malls?
I may have already made a post about this a while ago, but it must be hard to find so here's all the info I have!
It's just like regular lifting with a few exceptions.
Although you shouldn't be taking out what you got until you get home/into your car anyways, it's important to remember the mall has general security cameras everywhere, even in the parking garage at most places.
Use knowledge you normally would have for lifting anyways, like using structured bags that don't look too big, suspicious, or generally attract attention. Dress like you belong. If you're young, don't go with your friends. All the normal stuff.
If you have a car, you can dump there in between every 2-3 stores so that *if* you got caught somehow, you wouldn't be caught with like 11 stores worth of items on you.
If you don't have a car, keep your hauls small. you're gonna have to bring it all home somehow.
Don't get attached to your lifting bag and keep valuables and identifying info (wallet, phone, keys, ID, etc) on your person rather than in your bag. if LP grabs on to your bag, it's better that you just shed it and run and let them keep your bag and whatever was in it.
Remember malls have mall security, so if an sa sees you concealing you're no longer safe in the whole mall. you will get caught if you keep lifting because security will find you.
And of course, I cannot stress this enough, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!! please read up on your rights and think about how you can use them. Learn what civilians have rights to do because security counts as citizens!! learn what your rights are when the police are involved!! you can never know too much!
Be safe!!
Here's another tip I thought of tonight: if you are doing a walkout/reusable bag method at the same place/mall make sure that you are using different reusable bags. If you have the same 3 or however many bags every time it's going to be easier to spot. The more things that are different every time the better. If you wear glasses and have and old pair that you can see out of still... take advantage of that. If you are a feminine person and normally have a prominent chest try wearing a flattening sports bra or chest binder (do NOT use an ace bandage or duct tape.) If you are a masculine person, play up your feminine side. The more differences, the better. :)
Possible Walkout Method?
I have no idea if this is already thought of as I’m a newbie still 😂 but If you’re attempting a walk out try to be on your phone casually and if you have an iPhone (I’m sure this works with other brands of phones too) go to your ringtones and click one as you would if you would be changing the tone and it will play out loud and fake a phone call and make sure it’s turned up all the way so the door person and hopefully everyone else around you(if it’s loud enough) can clearly hear your phone ringing and walk out? 🤷🏼♀️
Me: practice sleight of hand girls ❤❤❤
Me actually lifting: *clumsily shoving items into my bag* what a perfect conceal I’m an illusionist, a magician,
Do you guys ALWAYS peel these off? No matter if you know they definitely don’t set off the alarms? I know people do it anyway not to risk it but with multiple items of them sometimes it takes ages just to peel off one 😩
Because today I lifted two sets of eyelashes a lipstick(with one of those barcodes on it) and a candle with a barcode on it too and while about to walk out people got beeped and this woman checked their bags quite throughly to be honest which scared the SHIT out of me worrying if I’d get checked as I was that scared of those sticker barcodes.
Do you guys just peel them off anyway? Or not worry too much about it?.
me: *literally committing a crime*
me: god why is everything tagged this is such an inconvenience to me
