Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.

[MissMisah]

depotting: has this happened to anyone else?

so i depotted my eyeshadows and put them in a palette. ive noticed that theyre super sensitive tho. i acidentally knocked the palette over (it just fell from my nightstand to my carpeted floor) and my shroom e/s chipped off a big chunk...and my sable e/s shattered!!

wth?!


it makes me weary to depot my other eyeshadow cuz i dont want this to happen to all the other ones. ahhhh...


has this happened to anyone else?

 

[aznsmurfy]

Did you magnetize them?

I magnitized some of my Milani ones badly (put too little) and they tend to rattle around.

 

[Cool Kitten]

i depotted about 45 e/s now and haven't had any problems like that...

 

[asnbrb]

just dropped two 4 palettes on the ground today (sob!!) Silver Ring has a sizable chunk missing and shale has flaked a bit. All of mine has magnets on them, but a jolt onto tile will still knock them loose.

 

[allan_willb]

I can't believe you guys dropped your pallets!I don't know what I'd do.It's like watching your money go down the drain.Be careful ladies!

 

[MissMisah]

yea..i didnt really magnitize them very well either. maybe that's the solution....i hope so!!!

 

[allan_willb]

i also keep my pallets in the original box too

 

[brandi]

hmmm.... my friends dropped mines before on the hard solid ground!!! and when it fell the first time three broke and the second time only one broke and they were the 15 palette ones! and i would never ever drop mines i'm extra careful!!! lolz... paranoid about every little thing in my makeup case! i make sure even my bag doesnt get hit!

 

[Kat]

Clearly the solution is not to depot

Nah seriously, i envy those who depot successfully but I know i'm just not co-ordinated enough to have them all in a palette! I drop something during just about every makeup application LOL

 

[shriekingviolet]

I must have good luck, because I've knocked palettes off my nightstand more times than I can count and nothing has happened to them. The only times I've had e/s chip in palettes are when I've been travelling and I've packed them into my suitcase (which I do think is safer than sticking them in my carry on. At least in my suitcase I can cushion them with clothes). But even then it was chipping (sometimes minor, sometimes not) and not shattering.

 

[Koni]

Yes, it's happened to me, but with eyeshadows that I depotted using the hot screwdriver method. It seems to slightly crack them. Then I switched to the candle method, following the awesome tutorial here, and the shadows come out intact and haven't cracked or chipped.

 

[martygreene]

Also, if you remove the pan too early (if you really have to force it out) you can create stress fractures in the product. They may not be visible, but they weaken the product so that a jolt like being dropped can cause it to break.

 

[Cool Kitten]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissChievous The other thing is that if I go on vacation somewhere, I don't like to bring loads of make-up with me, so usually 1-2 eyeshadows is enough.

i'm the opposite, i bring all of my e/s with me! I'll be dragging my 3 full pallettes on a cruise with me next week, along with a ton of brushes and an assortment of bronzers and blushes. The only thing i'm leaving at home is my MSF because i'm deathly afraid of breaking it.
I pack more make-up than clothes

 

[FlaLadyB]

Ok..I'm gonna try my first depotting - microwave- how long in the wave for it to be hot enough to work?

 

[FlaLadyB]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlaLadyB Ok..I'm gonna try my first depotting - microwave- how long in the wave for it to be hot enough to work?

Nevemind...I SMELLED IT WORKING! ugh.. so I did one...came out ok. Tried 4 more....not so well. Some chunks came out too.

What'd I do wrong....

 

[flowerhead]

That sounds amazingly....artistic

 

[XoXo]

i depot too i use to hate pallettes but then i gave in and the first two eyeshadows i tried depotting broke but then after i learned it was easy

 

[kelliescellie]

I'd just like to kiss the ground that whoever thought of this walks on. I was hella scared of depotting but I really wanted 2 do it. This is by far the easiest cleanest funnest lol way 2 do it. I haven't tried any other way, and I never will. Thank u so very much!!!

 

[xSazx]

Depotting & Palettes?

Say you depotted your MAC shadows they do fit in the palettes right?

Cuz I went to MAC today to buy some palettes & the MA was like 'do you want an empty one?' & i said yeah, then she was asking if my eyeshadows were in pan or pot form so i was like 'well.. their all in pots at the moment but i'm gonna depot them & put them in' & she was all 'noo dont do that.. they still wont fit.. you need to buy them in pan form.'

so now I'm confused cuz i coulda swore after depotting they'd fit? & I dont wanna depot if their not gonna fit lol.

thanksss.

 

[kannan]

They absolutely fit into the palettes! Try the straightener iron depotting method I find it to be easiest!