Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.
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mac_obsession
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Heh I caught like 6 of em on fire thats when I decided it would be easier to use a soldering iron to depot...and no fires nor fatalities since...
thegirlgotsoul
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The only way I have wrecked e/s's while depotting, is when I pry them off the melted plastic they sometimes crack on me. It's happened 2 or 3 times.
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Star
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Thanks for the feedback. I feel somewhat relieved
I have cracked about 3 myself. I am klutzy.
Last night I depotted my four BA e/s and used a soldering iron. I found that method very easy and luckily didn't set anything on fire.
I found that it only took a matter of seconds before the soldering iron got all the way through the plastic and I was then able to push the shadow out, and it seemed that I wasn't "heating" my e/s as much this way.
I have cracked about 3 myself. I am klutzy.
Last night I depotted my four BA e/s and used a soldering iron. I found that method very easy and luckily didn't set anything on fire.
I found that it only took a matter of seconds before the soldering iron got all the way through the plastic and I was then able to push the shadow out, and it seemed that I wasn't "heating" my e/s as much this way.
Krystle
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Depotting from quads....
I remember a post about this awhile back but have searched and cant find anything. I want to take a color out of the Beau quad and replace it with something else, but I dont want to ruin all the shadows since they are glued. Isnt there an easy way to take the quad apart?
I remember a post about this awhile back but have searched and cant find anything. I want to take a color out of the Beau quad and replace it with something else, but I dont want to ruin all the shadows since they are glued. Isnt there an easy way to take the quad apart?
Hikaru-chan
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I agree, they depot the same as regular blushes.
Need Ideas for labeling inside of MAC Palettes
Does anyone have something they've come up with that works good rather then taping a piece of paper to the inside, writing down all of the names? I've been trying to figure out how to do it where I could print it out and have it look nice.... Thanks in advance, Dawn
Does anyone have something they've come up with that works good rather then taping a piece of paper to the inside, writing down all of the names? I've been trying to figure out how to do it where I could print it out and have it look nice.... Thanks in advance, Dawn
mac_obsession
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What I do is I created an excel sheet, with each palette named (Palette 1 Purples, 2 Pinks, 3 Oranges etc) and then I color code them (in a bright bold font) and print them out. Then I glue em to the inside of the palette, so I know exactly which color Im using. I have I think 15 palettes now so I keep reorganizing them. I also tape on the front a piece of paper with Pinks, Purples or whatever colors are in it written on it, and then a piece of tape over it.
Shawna
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I just bought some cheap removable labels and wrote the info down. If I move a colour, the labels peel right off and I just relocate it. I'm sure printing programs have labelmakers. You could probably do a really nice job if you found labels that worked in your printer.
bluegrassbabe
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I just peel the labels of the bottom of the eyeshadows are put them on the inner lid of the pallete. With pan refill shadows, I use a round lable (get them at staples or office depot).
Thanks for all the ideas! I keep moving them around and adding more palettes everytime I get new colors, so I think I need to learn how to use Excel! That sounds like the easiest way to keep track of them. I have 7 palettes and don't know all of the colors by sight. Dawn
