Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.

[ccroney1]

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Originally Posted by xbrookecorex Did a live video on my Youtube of how I depot, hope it helps someone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwSOUWCNto Also I hit 1,000 subscribers on youtube yesterday, so THANKS to anyone from here who has supported me!

I used your video as a help and it worked great. Kept me from burning my fingers on the candle

Thank you

 

[koukla032487]

So I depotted my Lancome Color Design shadows because the size looked nearly identical to those of MAC/Urban Decay shadows! they are a *tiny* bit bigger but fit in the MAC pro palettes

just fyi

 

[kuuipo415]

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Originally Posted by coquetayloca I dont have the Heatherette pallettes, but I did depot the Hello Kitty pallets. If someone needs help with that let me know...

omg how did you do it? did you replace the palette with different eyeshadows? I want to depot my heatherette palette and replace it with my 3 fav eyeshadows....

 

[mizuki~]

I just depotted my Holiday 07 palette. Holy smokes the plastic was soo thick! Flat Iron method didn't work..had to use the lighter/candle method and it took quite a while.

 

[cocomia]

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Originally Posted by *lolly Hi all, sorry to hi-jack... but I just wanted to know whether or not the Hello Kitty Beauty Powder/Blushes are "depottable"??? I would like to make use of the adorable packaging

I believe the HK blushes are depottable!

I kind of wish I bought an HK blush as well, I want the container too!

 

[BestRx]

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Originally Posted by koukla032487 So I depotted my Lancome Color Design shadows because the size looked nearly identical to those of MAC/Urban Decay shadows! they are a *tiny* bit bigger but fit in the MAC pro palettes just fyi

How do you depot these? I have a couple I'd like to put into palettes.

 

[koukla032487]

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Originally Posted by BestRx How do you depot these? I have a couple I'd like to put into palettes.

I depot them the same way I do for my MAC and Urban Decay ones

I use my hair straightener...warm it up, and place wax paper over it (so it doesn't damage it). As for the Lancome shadows, you know how there's a plastic slide thingy that opens it?? Simply rip it off with your hand, lol. Then you are going to place the remaining part on the straightener for a good minute, but keep checking it because the plastic is so much thicker than the mac ones...it take a little longer to create that "hole" where you can just punch through with a knife to get the shadow pan out. I also heat up the stickers to place under the pan to keep the name.

They may look a little bigger but if you squeeze them good enough they WILL fit in your MAC palette. The only thing is they are harder to get out once you put them in, compared to getting your MAC/UD shadows out it's much easier since they are the correct size.

Lemme know if you have anymore questions!

 

[pff19291]

Kind of off subject, but do MAC freestanding stores sell blush pans and palettes?

 

[OfficerJenny]

^ Yes.

 

[michthr]

i know that they selll the palettes and i do believe that they sell the blush pans as well... i know for a fact that they sell the pan form of shadows though

 

[pff19291]

Mmhhh, now I can b2m them for one of the new dazzleglasses. Thanks

 

[cloudsweare]

I just depotted for the first time. Just did it with my bitter eyeshadow because I didn't care if I broke it and the packaging was loose. I broke a little off the side but isn't too bad. Used a cigarette lighter, a nail file and a pen. I decided to try another one because I had a quad palette with only three shadows in it. Did moon's reflection which was loose too (but it is one of my favs) It came out easier and quicker than bitter and wasn't broke and the pan was not bent either.

I'll probably try this again when I get another palette. Just to save space.

 

[redwhiteblue]

has anyone else noticed that some pans are magnetic and others are not?
I just bought go and bright future. I had to buy them in the full package because they werent available in just the pan. The go stuck in my magnetic palette perfectly but the Bright future needs a magnet. Have they started using a cheaper material or something?

 

[Mmmayumi]

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Originally Posted by *lolly Hi all, sorry to hi-jack... but I just wanted to know whether or not the Hello Kitty Beauty Powder/Blushes are "depottable"??? I would like to make use of the adorable packaging

I'm pretty sure you can depot these fully but i prefer just taking the inner plastic holder out which you can easily swap with other mac powders.
Unfortunately I'm yet to swap my powders into the mega cute hello kitty packaging 'cus i don't have any other mac powders to do so. But this is the tutorial and way i found out, so thank Aubrey
YouTube - How To Depot MSF and Beauty Powder
Hope this helped!
xo

 

[Winthrop44]

I just depotted blushes for the first time and it went great with the newer ones, but the older ones...well I found they were *very* prone to cracking at the stage where the plastic insert holding the pan pops out of the outer case. I actually lost my Smile blush from the Raquel Welch collection which was one of my favorites and I was told is not searchable by Gone But Not Forgotten due to licensing issues (it's now ground up in a little MAC container, so not a total loss). But anyway, I assume products get dried out over time and that was my problem. Has anyone else noticed this and figured out a way around it? It sounds funny but I'm wondering if there's a way to infuse back a little moisture before depotting?

 

[elementaire]

I lost by depotting-virginity today!! My first was my brow filler color : charcoal brown. Didn't wanna risk any LE color. I used the candle method for depotting and a lighter to remove the label off the pot. I really can't wait to depot the rest (I have another 17 to do) and b2m for some lipsticks!

 

[missboss82]

I have successfully depotted two of my eyeshadows, thank you.

 

[shontay07108]

I cannot go through the trouble of depotting mac shadows. It's really ridiculous. I'm not going to run the risk of ruining the shadow or burning myself. I will have to keep my shadows separate. They should've made it simple like makeup forever.

 

[theredwonder]

I recently depotted just about everything I own and WOW do I have a lot more room in my makeup box. It is amazing, the colors are easily accessible, and I have a ton of b2m containers. I dont know why I waited so long

 

[aic]

HELP! depotting disaster!!!
my blanc type eyeshadow shattered into what seems like 20 pieces, is it ok if i just use some alcholo and repress it using Enkore's method???
Even though its matte2, the finish won't be ruined rite?