Eyeshadows...Do you prefer to keep them single or put them in pallets?

[peek_a_b0o]

B2M e/s depotting doesnt make sense to me. You pay $10 for a e/s pan and $14 for a pot... x(6) = $24.00... You could purchase your own with the $$ you would pay the difference for the pot?? Yeah I B2M Lipsticks, Foundation sticks, bottles, Compacts etc..But why spend the money for a pot when you dont have to??? Just my opinion.. <3

 

[Jot]

i keep all mine in singles. I don't have a pro store near me so makes my choice easier. I nearly bought a pallet once but my husband didn't like the look of it - no idea why i listened to him!! I do find that if i want to travel its easier to take the singles if i just want to take a few colours i guess quads would be good but wouldn't want to take 15 pan pallets with me all the time.

 

[geeko]

i used to keep most of my eyeshadows in single pots...till i purchased a a couple of 15 pan palettes.. now 75 colors are in the 15 pan palettes whereas the rest of my 30 odd colors are in singles which i'm not goin to depot because they are in special packaging

 

[MAC_addiction<3]

should i depot?

ive got so many eyeshadows but i can't decide whether to depot them or not. I like them all being in their individual pots but it's just the storage. They would look so much neater depotted in to pallettes? What do you all think? If youve depotted your eyeshadows was it the right move?
TIA!!
x

 

[makeupgrl8]

Re: should i depot?

All I can say is B2M!! So glad I depotted, and they are so much more organized! Not to mention the 12 free items I got for doing so!

 

[MACATTAK]

Re: should i depot?

I depotted a few of mine, had trouble returning them for B2M (they wouldn't take them without the pan), so have never depotted since. Here is a thread about it: http://specktra.net/f165/eyeshadows-...pallets-92256/

 

[Amaranth]

Re: should i depot?

Yes, they no longer accept depotted MAC eyeshadows, they must still have the metal pan inside. I'm going to depot a bunch of mine again, it's definitely easier for storage purposes.

 

[erine1881]

Re: should i depot?

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Originally Posted by Amaranth Yes, they no longer accept depotted MAC eyeshadows, they must still have the metal pan inside. I'm going to depot a bunch of mine again, it's definitely easier for storage purposes.

were did you hear that they no longer accept them? we never got any info from corporate saying this, so we still take them. and since employees can't b2m, i send em down to my sister. the store she takes em to accepts em.

 

[peek_a_b0o]

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Originally Posted by Jot i keep all mine in singles. I don't have a pro store near me so makes my choice easier. I nearly bought a pallet once but my husband didn't like the look of it - no idea why i listened to him!! I do find that if i want to travel its easier to take the singles if i just want to take a few colours i guess quads would be good but wouldn't want to take 15 pan pallets with me all the time.

I dont have a Pro Store. I live in Hawaii..At least I dont think its a Pro Store.. but we have like 2 free standing stores on Oahu and thats it. I bought them at a regular store. I just purchased my pallets last week... I bought 8 >.<!!!! Still depotting all the shadows.. got extras cus Im crazy...

 

[Amaranth]

Re: should i depot?

I took them to the freestanding store in Ottawa. They called the company to see if it was okay, and they said they could no longer be accepted.

 

[mreichert]

It depends on how many you have? I've purchased quite a few over the last 4 months, and can't imagine digging around for singles.

But.... it was a big pain in the arse to depot them! Good thing I got rewarded with a free lippie for every 6 of them

 

[mreichert]

Re: should i depot?

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Originally Posted by Amaranth I took them to the freestanding store in Ottawa. They called the company to see if it was okay, and they said they could no longer be accepted.

 

[erine1881]

Re: should i depot?

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Originally Posted by Amaranth I took them to the freestanding store in Ottawa. They called the company to see if it was okay, and they said they could no longer be accepted.

hmmm.

well, until they send out a memo, we're still gonna take em. it's strange that they would say that and not inform all locations.

 

[Amaranth]

Re: should i depot?

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Originally Posted by erine1881 hmmm. well, until they send out a memo, we're still gonna take em. it's strange that they would say that and not inform all locations.

Yeah I know, people seem to be having mixed results when they try to bring them back. I did a MAC Live Chat just after I went last summer, and the woman said that they would no longer be accepting the eyeshadow pots without the pans for B2M. They still accepted them when I went though, but I sort of argued with them because at the time I was SURE they could still take them, hahaha. Whoops. I bet I looked like a huge jerk. Oh well, they still invite me to their release parties, so they can't hate me too much. But this was also at the time when MAC was apparently changing their policy. From what I've heard though, the majority of stores won't accept them. Worth a shot though, I guess.

 

[spectrolite]

Recently I've been considering depotting my shadows but I keep thinking about what would happen if me and my clumsy hands dropped a palette and ruined a whole pan full of shadows. Oh the humanity

!! So I don't think I'm going to do it or if I do I will just make a few quads of my most used colours.

*Okay ,well I changed my mind and I've started de-potting all of my shadows apart for ones in special packaging. I was running out of space and it's much easier to have them in the pallets arranged by colour. I can't wait to trade in my empties for free lippies. I have 24 empties already and still have quite a few shadows to go! Woot >_<*

 

[heartsarebound]

I used to keep all my shadows in their pots however it started to get a bit frustrating searching for the exact shadow I wanted. So i got a palette and now it's much easier with all the colors at your access right away! Although I really do need to go get a quad palette. I arrive at school like an hour early and sometimes do my make-up at my locker and bringing a 15-palette really isn't all that convenient heh.

 

[mizuki~]

Pans. Pots are cute but I like to see all my colors organized together in 15 palettes

 

[chocolategoddes]

I don't have enough shadows to get a pallette but once i hit a certain amount mark of products, I hink a pallette will be much more convinient... and it would feel so professional like, "ooh, look at me! I'm so pro cuz i have a pallette! yeah"

 

[elektra513]

Re: should i depot?

So I was in the Atlanta MAC store today exchanging a concealer (1st was too light) and asked if they took the empties from depotting, and she said no

, and that they had to have the pan along with.

I kinda want to depot, but haven't yet b/c I don't know think I'll be able to B2M them whenever the time comes (there's a different MA almost each time I go, so I doubt the girl I asked will be there anytime soon). Going back and forth on it, but right now it's not like I have so many shadows to sift through that I can't find anything, but I'm starting to notice it's taking longer to do my eyes lately because I have to pull some of the stash out to find a color. And I really want to depot my blushes soooo bad

 

[MACATTAK]

Re: should i depot?

^^ You could depot them, save the container and when you actually use the shadow up, put the tin back in the container.