To palette or not...that's my question

Laurahead108 · 09-20-2006, 10:30 PM #1 (**permalink**)

Hi,

I'm in the very early stages of aquiring Mac e/shadows, and am wondering if I should buy those empty palettes and fill them with pro pans, or buy them individually? If I do the palettes, which one, i.e. the four, the 15 etc.? FYI: I'm afraid to de-pot.

Thanks

lara · 09-20-2006, 10:45 PM #2 (**permalink**)

If you have more than a couple of quads, they can be a pain to store. Get yourself a 15 pan and fill that sucker up.

Depotting is easy if you have an easy method. I don't hold with the candle depotting method; too much carcinogenic funk and fumes. There's a link in my signature to a tutorial page that has a completely idiot-proof way of depotting eyeshadows with a basic clothes iron.

KaylaGrace · 09-20-2006, 10:59 PM #3 (**permalink**)

I just recently bought a Pro 15. I had 4 quads and they were so hard to store and they were smashing and clanging around. I put them in the 15 and I wouldn't have it any other way. I depotted 3 shadows with a flat iron and it was very easy.

Makeuplovingal · 09-20-2006, 11:30 PM #4 (**permalink**)

I just recently bought 2, 15 pan pro palettes and depotted them using the straight iron method (found on this site). I depotted 12 e/s in a half hour and didn't ruin a one. It was so easy. I say if you have a lot of e/s, the 15 pan are the way to go!

sugaxbayb · 09-20-2006, 11:39 PM #5 (**permalink**)

If you ever become a Pro, the eyeshadows come with magnets on them. I just found this out when I bought the student kit, wish I knew the magnet thing before cause I have a 4 palette that I want to change but I cant :[

♥MiCHiE♥ · 09-20-2006, 11:41 PM #6 (**permalink**)

I buy pro pans of colors that I know I will use often. I honestly want to have a lot of pots to place in my beaker when it arrives.

fash10nista · 09-20-2006, 11:50 PM #7 (**permalink**)

I was debating the same issue...But there's a tut on depotting using a flat/straight iron as mentioned by Makeuplovingal and now I'm sold on making my own palettes...(Of course, since I have a e/s obsession, the 15-pan palette makes more sense.

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Beauty Mark · 09-20-2006, 11:56 PM #8 (**permalink**)

If you're going to carry your makeup around with you in a person, I think you should go with a 4 palette. If you're hauling it around professionally or leaving it at home, go with a biggere palette.

♥MiCHiE♥ · 09-20-2006, 11:58 PM #9 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by fash10nista

I was debating the same issue...But there's a tut on depotting using a flat/straight iron as mentioned by Makeuplovingal and now I'm sold on making my own palettes...(Of course, since I have a e/s obsession, the 15-pan palette makes more sense.

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I love that tut. I can do 2 e/s at one time.

YvetteJeannine · 09-21-2006, 01:13 AM #10 (**permalink**)

IMO, you should DEFINETLY get the 15-pan palette...Much more storage-convenient

csuthetaphi · 09-21-2006, 07:18 AM #11 (**permalink**)

Get the 15 pan! Once you start getting e/s and depotting, its fun and addicting. You are going to want more and run out of room quick! I keep extra 4 pans around for travel, because the 15 pans are too big to take.

Laurahead108 · 09-21-2006, 07:52 AM #12 (**permalink**)

Thanks eveybody! You are really great. 15 it is, and I guess an iron.

lh

hyperRealGurl · 09-21-2006, 08:47 AM #13 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by lara

If you have more than a couple of quads, they can be a pain to store. Get yourself a 15 pan and fill that sucker up.

Depotting is easy if you have an easy method. I don't hold with the candle depotting method; too much carcinogenic funk and fumes. There's a link in my signature to a tutorial page that has a completely idiot-proof way of depotting eyeshadows with a basic clothes iron.

quick question Lara........... i dont have a pro store around where would i buy a 15 pan?..... and how much are they ? .... b/c i need to buy 5 of them....

AudreyNicole · 09-21-2006, 10:12 AM #14 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by hyperRealGurl

quick question Lara........... i dont have a pro store around where would i buy a 15 pan?..... and how much are they ? .... b/c i need to buy 5 of them....

I am not Lara, but... I am pretty sure you can order the 15 pans from the pro website or the pro 1-800 #. I believe they are $12.50 each.

And about the original post, I was TERRIFIED to depot also. But it was just getting to be too much of a pain to store all my pots. Looking for certain colors took me forever as I got more and more shadows. I started depotting when I had about 10 e/s and used a craft heat gun to depot. It is super simple, and I love the fact that you can get free lipsticks by recycling the packaging! My advice is when you do your first one, don't pick your favorite one, just in case... but I am halfway through my second palette with no casualties LOL!