Empty Eyeshadow Palettes..Which one?

mtrimier

Well-known member
hey, i got some of the 28 empty palettes. not happy with them, but whatever. i'll find a way to make them work. I think they should be clearer about them not having a magnetic bottom and being solid plastic with a foam insert; just more descriptive item info would have saved me money. As it stands, I'll just stick with taking the inserts out of my MAC palettes. I can get 21 shadows in that way, and will just deal with having stacks of palettes. I do like the compactness of the palettes from Stars, though.

Like stated above, the palettes do not have a metal bottom, so magnets won't stick unless you stick a sheet of magnet on there. The whole palette is plastic with a foam insert. These do not really hold MAC shadows. They don't grab the pans and there is a small space around the pan so they shift. The dimensions I measured for the 28 palette are 8.5" x just shy of 5.5" (5 7/16" exactly if you need that). It is just under half an inch thick (another of those 7/16" measurements).

Here are some pictures I took. My camera was acting up, but it will give a general idea:

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and with a shadow and so you can see the foam:
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BettyMarie45

New member
I found some empty palettes at beautyonblast101.com. They are 6 x4 with magnetized bottom. I bought 3 for $ 29.96 and thats with shipping included. They are smaller palettes but I love them. I press my own eyeshadow and I love the smaller size.
 

coffee1

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I really love my Z-Palettes - they're sturdy and I love that they fit all different sizes & shapes of eyeshadow! I also like that they're clear so I can see what's inside. The big size is perfect for keeping at home, and the small size is perfect for travel.
 

Nicala

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I'm fond of my Unii palette for keeping in my bag for school. I put my make up on in the bus so it makes it a lot easier for me to do that rather than have a bunch of separate compacts.
 

DanceLovesMAC

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I recently got a couple of empty 28 pan "magnetized" eyeshadow palettes from Stars Makeup Haven because they advertise that they fit MAC e/s. I thought great more space for shadows and then I won't have so many 15 pan MAC palettes in my kit. Well I was wrong :-( It turns out that my MAC e/s in pan only form which include magnets don't stick to the palette. Turn it upside down and they all fall out. Sure the palette may work great with pans that are magnetized, but I don't understand why they advertise that it works well with MAC e/s if they don't even stick.
 

shellygrrl

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Staff member
For my eyeshadows, I just use MAC's 15-pan palette. If you want a freestyle one, there are some stunning homemade ones on Etsy. (I bought one recently for my MAC blushes. Works quite well, IMO.)
 

BadLeslie

Well-known member
TKB Trading just came out with some really awesome dupes of the Z-Palette at like 1/3 of the price. They get my vote for the best empty (freestyle) palettes.

I'm not a big fan of Stars Makeup Haven either. I've ordered from them twice. The first time, my order took 2 weeks to ship out. The second time, I ordered the 28 pan palette and waited a whole month to hear from them. After trying to get in touch with their customer service 3 times, I ended up filing a dispute with my credit card company. Never again! You can easily find the same palettes on eBay anyway. A company with terrible customer service like that just isn't worth anyone's time when there are so many great places out there looking to please their customers.
 

BadLeslie

Well-known member
I recently got a couple of empty 28 pan "magnetized" eyeshadow palettes from Stars Makeup Haven because they advertise that they fit MAC e/s. I thought great more space for shadows and then I won't have so many 15 pan MAC palettes in my kit. Well I was wrong :-( It turns out that my MAC e/s in pan only form which include magnets don't stick to the palette. Turn it upside down and they all fall out. Sure the palette may work great with pans that are magnetized, but I don't understand why they advertise that it works well with MAC e/s if they don't even stick.
I had a similar problem with the TKB palettes I mentioned one comment up. I think MAC palettes have some sort of steel in the bottom that magnets stick to. Conversely, I think the TKB palettes have a magnet in the bottom that steel pans stick to. Maybe the SMH palette you have has a magnet in the bottom? You could try finding something made out of stainless steel and see if it sticks to your palette. If it does, then you just need to glue some steel to the bottom of your pans. I know how totally annoying that is though if you're not looking to pry magnets off the bottoms of all your MAC pans.
 

shellygrrl

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Staff member
You may find this video helpful as well. (Video not by me.) [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPp80_Y3izU[/VIDEO]
 

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