Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.

[bellezzadolce]

I usually only purchase pans, when I first started working for the company I depotted my LEs now I don't.

 

[Trax]

Can you B2M your depotted pots?? I've heard yes and no. I went to a MAC store this weekend and forgot to ask... but I was talking to a MA that I only needed 1 or 2 more things to bring back and she gave me 3 finished (not depotted) eye shadows that someone had just dropped off and didn't want to wait and B2M so she gave them to me!!

 

[tinagrzela]

I was sooooo scared to depot them...I waited and waited and waited some more, until one day, my husband saw me doing my makeup and he started laughing at my balancing act. I had like 5 pots open in my hands, 3 brushes in the other, plus a few Q-tips. And, once I looked at myself, I realised that I was lucky I hadn't dropped any yet, considering I'm the biggest clutz there is!!

So, I read up on depotting, using a candle is my favorite! I prepared myself and booked a 3-hour block in my schedule to do it. So, I did it, with some supervising (ok, some help) from my husband, and it took about 25 minutes to depot about 25 e/s!! I couldn't believe how easy it was!! I thought it was gonna be harder than performing surgery, but it wasn't! And now, everytime I get one, I get home and depot immediately, and it takes about 30-45 seconds for one. I've never cracked, broken or dented one yet, knock on wood!! So, my advice is, go ahead, FREE YOURSELF from all these little slippery containers and depot your heart away!!

Hope this helps out anyone...oh, and by the way, I'm in no way a pro at all!! So if I can do it, trust me, ANYONE CAN!!

 

[anuy]

i buy pans if possible and depot everything else. i mean EVERYTHING, even the premade quads. i put them into 15 pans arrange them by color. i have a lot of makeup (6, 15 plaettes) that it would be a terrible inconvenience if they were in pots. i have a quad that i fill if i need to go to the gym or stay the night elsewhere (the thought of taking my collection with me anywhere so it can get stolen/broken scares me to death)


i love that mac rewards us for recycling. but i dont wear lipstick so i just give them away.

 

[x20Deepx]

I buy pans if I can and depot LE shadows. I use 4-pans because I like the clear top, and they're more convenient to carry around.

 

[Trax]

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Originally Posted by anuy i buy pans if possible and depot everything else. i mean EVERYTHING, even the premade quads. i put them into 15 pans arrange them by color. i have a lot of makeup (6, 15 plaettes) that it would be a terrible inconvenience if they were in pots. i have a quad that i fill if i need to go to the gym or stay the night elsewhere (the thought of taking my collection with me anywhere so it can get stolen/broken scares me to death) i love that mac rewards us for recycling. but i dont wear lipstick so i just give them away.

How do you depot, or depan I should say, the premade quads? I have Thunder and Laze quads from the Catherine Deneuve collection but I arrange my palettes by color too (I have 5, 15 palettes) and I've been wanting to do this for awhile know but didn't know how! Can you please help me? TIA!

 

[cyens]

I never depotted mac eye shadows. I dont like the fact of heating up the e/s, because heat can altered the ingredients inside of it.

Also I have a quad I bough with the refills made for them and I dont like it, the colors get mixed with each others, which I find dirty. When you have the lil' pots, the loose eyeshadow stays inside the pot and can still be collected after with your brush. While quads, other then getting colors mix with each other, the loose powder gets collected under the magnet....

I don't wear lipstick, so I dont realy care about the b2m. I actually buy the refill and stick em' in the empty pot.....

 

[serendipityii]

I depotted for the first time today and I loooooove depotting!! There's something about the process that's somewhat calming... =) I bought my first 15 pan pallette today, but am planning on getting quads as well.

 

[Gisselle]

i depot

I depoted all of my e/s and all of my blushes mostly with ease, and very few deaths of eyeshadow (my poor femme noir, i killed her

) I have about 15 or 16 lipsticks coming my way in the near future, so i say depot!! start with e/s that arent l/e and you will be fine.

 

[tiramisu]

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Originally Posted by serendipityii I depotted for the first time today and I loooooove depotting!! There's something about the process that's somewhat calming... =) I bought my first 15 pan pallette today, but am planning on getting quads as well.

I've never asked....Where can you get a 15 pan? do you have to call the pro store or can you get em at a counter? I can't believe I've never asked someone at the counter, but when I'm there I am all

over everything and forget!

 

[pumpkincat210]

I depot everything, LE, permanent, blushes... It was getting out of control with every annoying little pot..they are cute at first but then they begin to take up too much space..and I can get free lipsticks.
I love the 15 pans because I get more use out of things that way.

 

[serendipityii]

Tiramisu, you can get the 15 pan pallette at any MAC freestanding store or MAC Pro store... unfortunately, counters don't carry them. There's also a 4 pan pallette for eyeshadows and a 6 pan pallette for blush.

 

[tiff]

Thats so annoying because the only freestanding store that I know of in the UK is in London. What do you UK girls do?

 

[Julia Vanhorn]

I recently got 2 15-pan palettes and 1 6-pan blush. And let me tell you, it saves you a lot of space and time (not having to open every individual color that you use). And plus when I am depotting, it is very relaxing for me. The best thing about the palettes and depotting is that you can get free lippies, you just cannot beat that.
Current depot products:
21 e/s (5 of which are LE)
3 blushes

Free lippies from all of this:
FOUR-- I am so happy for B2M

 

[karen]

I tried both the candle and microwave method this past week... both successfully(minor stab wound to poor Velvet Moss, but she lived).

I depotted botanical with the microwave yesterday(made me nervous at first, but worked GREAT!). It actually was easier, required less force to remove, and depotted with much less incident than with the candle method. I think I'm going to be depotting all of mine with the microwave from now on.

btw, that means yes, I depotted my LE e/s colours, too. Thankfully, none were hurt in the process.

 

[Julia Vanhorn]

How does the microwave method work? I was always afraid of trying it since the pan is made out of metal and did not want to short out the microwave. I did that when I was younger with a mason jar lol.

 

[asraicat]

lets put it this way...i wish mac made 20 pan palettes cus 1 can easily overflow a 15 w/ one colour
i have an aqua, a green, a blue, a pinky pink, an orangey pink, etc etc etc

 

[karen]

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Originally Posted by Julia Vanhorn How does the microwave method work? I was always afraid of trying it since the pan is made out of metal and did not want to short out the microwave. I did that when I was younger with a mason jar lol.

I was afraid too.. I put it in for just a few seconds at first to be cautious.
Nothing happened, and it wasn't warm enough; so I put it back in for a minute.
Took it out of the microwave, and it popped right out of the casing with a martini olive pick.

Simple, and best of all... QUICK.

 

[mishy1053]

I didnt depot for the longest time because I love them in the pots....BUT once I got almost 100 pots sitting in my traincase with no room left, I decided it was time to depot them. Now I have them in quads. I only have a few in the pots. I'm anal about having them perfect and labeled and everything though so I was really particular about how I put them in the quads and I peeled off the label from the pot and put them on the bottom. They actually look quite nice now

 

[amethyst_twine]

I love them in the pots! I won't depot unless I really run out of space!