So you want to get into the thousands digits? You want to have fifteen urban decay palettes stacked upon each other at the bottom of your purse? Cool. Just dont get it all from the same store. If you’re planning on having a heist, travel a bit. Go a place that has a lot of shops, like a high street or a shopping centre. Take a reasonable amount from each store and don’t get cocky.

Repeat; don’t get cocky. Grabbing ten of the same mascara will sure have the LP up your ass. Look like everyone else in the store, take similar amounts to other people in the store and when in a blind spot, conceal. Check prices, walk at the same pace as everyone else, wear similar clothes to everyone else, have bags from nearby stores to look like you’ve actually bought stuff, ect. Most importantly, be quick and unnoticeable. In the words of Belle from a secret diary from a call girl - be fabulous but forgettable.

Steal stuff from several stores, find a toilet and stuff them onto your body. Waist trainers, several pairs of underwear and thick clothes - whatever you do. You get the point. Then repeat. If you have a car, park far away from where you’re lifting. Unload into your car every few stores.

Don’t go to the same store more than twice, ideally only go once. Don’t spend longer than 10 minutes in a store if its smaller, 20 minutes if it’s bigger. Don’t let the LP or SA see you more than two or three times. Don’t let them remember you. Remember - be fabulous but forgettable. And don’t take too much from a single store as companies notice these things. Don’t be the one to change the cameras from basic domes to those new 360 Panasonic cameras, which are basically death traps.

Once you’ve gotten what you’re happy with - abort mission. Walk away, get a bus, drive away - however you want to get home, do it. Then once you’re safe and sound in your bedroom, smile at your new stuff.

Then get annoyed because you have to organise all of it. Sorry i had to add it :)

If it’s THICK ( ie: a huge ass cardigan ) and you have a small bag, roll it up as much as possible, stuff that baby in your bag, disregarding if it looks over stuffed, and then cover most of your bag with a coat draped over your arm.

If it’s SMALL ( ie: lipstick, eyeliner, pens ) stick them in your waist band to save room in your purse, or just stick them in your purse after you sleeve them.

Don’t get caught.

Don’t get greedy.

Don’t get stupid.

-My easiest store is G00dwll. I love vintage clothing and it’s the best place to get it, and they don’t seem to care at all about lfters, though of course you should stake out your location first. Mine has no tags, like one camera, counts nothing, and the dressing rooms always have hangers when you get in! A basically foolproof scheme for a babylfter is to come with something old of yours worn under your clothes, take what you want into the fitting room, plus a few decoys, and switch what you brought from home with whatever item you want, and then put back everything yourself. The risk on this is really low unless you take something super memorable. 

-Vlta coffee cup conceal, one lipstick in a cup full of tissues to prevent noise,  you cut an X in the bottom and shove it up inside the cup. Hold it close to the display, after you’ve staked out on a previous visit to see where the cameras are. As an extra step, you can take it to the bathroom, check the box for tags, if it came in a box, and stick it in your bra or panties for a great on-body concealment. 

-Look for an untagged bra in your size at VS! Bring in about three decoys to the fitting room as well, put the one you want in the middle. Sometimes it’s smart to make one of the decoys the same as the one you’re taking. As long as no one looks closely when you’re going in, you’re golden! Just put it on on top or underneath the bra you’re wearing and make sure no straps are sticking out. Protip- give a fake name for the fitting room! 

-Any mall store that is bad about tagging stuff and doesn’t count can be a great opportunity! Take stuff off of hangers or pick items without hangers. On body conceal in the fitting room. 

-First time with a partner? Plan everything out in advance so you don’t have to interact while inside the store! No one should know you’re working together at all. Discuss your favorite blind spots, and you can perhaps arrange for one of you to place items there for the other to conceal, while the other stays near the SAs to sense out if there’s any chance of being sussed.

ok so alottttt of you ask how I do my “scarf trick” and it’s so hard to explain unless I actually show you.. so here we are

straight forward af, first

tuck the scarf under your arm your holding your bag so it completely covers your bag

select two of the same item (not as obviously as I did in the video clearly)

put them both behind your phone, pass one to your hand sort of through your scarf and slide it in your bag

pretend to read the other item decide you “don’t want it” and put it back which is literally all that looks like on camera and they can’t see you conceal behind the scarf I think it’s pretty fool proof I don’t go lifting without wearing one!