Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.

[Juneplum]

there is an extensive depotting thread here:

http://specktra.net/forum/showthread...ight=depotting

please use the search function in the future to avoid duplicate posts.

 

[Pimptress]

DAMN I have been thinking about this ALL day about how I'd love to put together my own palette of colors that I really like from the recent holiday collection.

I am going to give them a good eye-over and see if there's ANY way at all to do it... I hate carrying around all 3 just to use 3 colors that I really like.

 

[Pimptress]

It can be done. quite easily, i might add. after i posted i got my least liked Delights palette (the cool one) and pulled out the plastic eyeshadow holder. I started with fuggly Grey Grape. Well, I pulverized that one (Oh well, I didn't like it anyway) by trying to melt the glue with the hair dryer method. Moved on to Sumtuous Olive (not that I don't like it, I just don't care at this point) and I used a lighter and ran it back and forth around the square of the eyeshadow on the bottom, and a tiny bit on top. Used a pairing knife to go around the eyeshadow and loosen it, and then pulled up putting a tiny bit of pressure on the edge. Out it came. No cracks, chips, not broken.

So folks, at least with the 2005 Holiday Delights palettes, it can be done. I'm going to mess around more and try to make my own custom palette out of the 12 shades. Wish me luck!

 

[JMKess]

Depotting Question

First of all - if I put this in the wrong place, I apologize - feel free to move it to the appropriate forum.

So, after counting 108 MAC eyeshadows last night in my bedroom, I've decided it's time to depot and upgrade to the 15-pans (i'll probably need to buy eight palettes).

Silly question - I know how to "depot", however are the palettes magnitized or is it necessary to buy magnetic tape to use the palette?

Thanks in advance

Jennifer

 

[canadiangirl_1117]

I use magents, but I like the added security of having them stuck in there.

 

[karen]

I got a bunch of free magnets from pizza places and insurance centres. I just cut those up into squares and use those. The palettes themselves are not magnetized.

 

[tiff]

Apparently you can buy magnetic paint too. I wish they had magnets already in like the Stila palettes.

 

[martygreene]

The palettes have a sheet of steel in them, to which a magnet will stick. Pan form shadows have a magnet attached to the pan, however if you depot you will need to affix a magnet to the pan prior to inserting it into your palette.

Check the depotting FAQ in the FAQ forum for more info.

 

[depecher]

I didn't use magnets when I first started depotting. I wish I had.

I am starting to look for magnets now for the newest palette.

 

[Eemaan]

i just depotted my summerwear and sweetie quads. the 8 eyeshadows look stunning in a 15 palette together, the heat embossing tool makes this so easy.

 

[OnaFyre]

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Question: Can I get empty quads at a freestanding store? Or pallets that are smaller than 15? I'm looking into ways to pack lighter for all of the work travel I do. I really don't think I need 15 shadows for my one night trips. Thanx!

 

[jennystalin]

Is it bad to depot the eyeshadows from DC collections?

the ones with the special pots. IE specifically belle azure with the copper-ish looking pot.....

can i just use this as a B2M the same as I usually do with depotted e/s??

 

[Escada_Lover]

I think you can use them too!

But I couldn't satisfy depotting them, they too cute!

 

[Isis]

You can definitely B2M those, I've done it several times. And that's exactly what will happen to my Lure pots tomorrow night

 

[Winthrop44]

You can B2M them. The only reasons not to depot them I can think of would be if you like the special pots, you might want to swap or sell (because someone else would probably want them in their original pots), or you shatter the e/s in the process and can't get another one because they're sold out!

Otherwise go for it! I depot all of my LE's.

 

[bluegrassbabe]

I depot everything, LE's included. There is no package special enough to keep me from a free lipstick

 

[bellaetoile]

i will de-pot because i hate the freaking clinique-ish packaging. that's just me though. generally, it really doesn't matter if you de-pot them or not, if, for some reason, you choose to sell it later, as long as its labeled and magnetized, people will still buy it..and yes, you can B2M them, even if theyre special packaging.

 

[asnbrb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluegrassbabe I depot everything, LE's included. There is no package special enough to keep me from a free lipstick

WORD.

I held out on Belle Azure for maaaaybe.... I'd say two weeks. After that, those bad boys got thrown in the B2M sack.

 

[pumpkincat210]

Oh yeah, I depot all of mine!

 

[kimmy]

i thought that you could B2M depotted shadows because don't they require the silver pan to be in the pot still?