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

[erine1881]

Re: should i depot?

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Originally Posted by elektra513 I finally depotted today. Yay! I filled up 2 e/s pans but will need to get another for my blush (and 1 more for e/s) soon. Erine, I'll let you know how it goes when I try to B2M @ Perimeter

please do. thanks!

 

[BunnyBunnyBunny]

I prefer to have palettes. I have a browns/neutrals palette, white/grey/black palette, pink/purple/maroon palette, and blue/teal/green palette, as well as like 15 quads (premade, and selfmade), and several summer and holiday palettes. Most of my colors I depotted myself, and it's just easier to have most of my colors together. It's easier to have to open a few palettes, than open a million small pots if I'm doing an extravagant look, and it's also better than having to dig through a billion pots. I do however, always keep at least one color in the pot if it is special packaging.

 

[georgiabarredo]

i find depotting so much fun... im weird.. but i prefer palettes...

 

[stacylynne]

I have a zillion eyeshadows. I keep them in the pot.
However, I do press my pigments & put htem in a pallette.

MAC has to take back the pots their B2M. I was @ a MAC store today & I told her I hear a lot of ppl are having trouble bringing back the pots w/o the pan. She said, they have to take them back, It's the program. If you're having a problem, I would def. speak to a manager.

 

[mimanchi]

I used to prefer palettes. THey look so pretty. But just yesterday I dropped one and broke my Vanilla and Romping

( Im keeping them in pots from now on

( Can someone please suggest way to press matte eyeshadow? Im sure there was a thread of this somewhere in this forum but I couldnt find it anywhere.

 

[Paramnesia]

I like palletes because they're easy but I accidentally dropped one of my 4 pan palletes and my poor crystal avalanche has a big chunk now missing. I find they survive drops if they're in pots lol.

Plus B2M means nothing to me, I'm allergic to lipsticks. I'd only depot my pots if I could trade them in for something else like an e/s (pot or pan) which is cheaper than a lipstick anyway.

 

[elektra513]

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Originally Posted by Paramnesia I like palletes because they're easy but I accidentally dropped one of my 4 pan palletes and my poor crystal avalanche has a big chunk now missing. I find they survive drops if they're in pots lol. Plus B2M means nothing to me, I'm allergic to lipsticks. I'd only depot my pots if I could trade them in for something else like an e/s (pot or pan) which is cheaper than a lipstick anyway.

If you B2M at a freestanding store (not a counter), you can get a lipstick, lipgloss or an eyeshadow.

 

[AndyLuvsMAC]

i get the ones already depoted they're in just the tin alone and its like $10.50 i think the other ones are like $15.50

 

[ohsewdizzy]

i have pots only, i counted them one day and have about 55, i am thinking about depotting.... the mac web site doesnt have any pallets for sale... where do you get them? i live where the nearest mac counter is 2 hrs away and i am no where near a pro store...

 

[Paramnesia]

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Originally Posted by elektra513 If you B2M at a freestanding store (not a counter), you can get a lipstick, lipgloss or an eyeshadow.

We only have counters and pro stores here and they only offer lipsticks, I asked... grr australia sucks when it comes to MU.

 

[LuvinMyMAC]

I do like the convenience and looks of pallets. But I must admit, I'm being a bit lazy and have quite a few to depot. Oh yeah, I'm scared to death of depotting my BLM shadows and having them crumble before my very eyes, so those will be a permanent single!!

 

[Sanayhs]

I'm in the palette boat. Just not enough space to store all the pots... I depotted when I hit enough to fill two of the 15 pan palettes. The only regular sized shadow I still have in the pot is Pagan from the McQueen collection. And, oh, oh, the Neo Sci Fi stuff this summer in the orange packaging? SO STAYING IN THE POT. I love orange!

I also have a couple of empty quads on hand if I want to grab a few shadows to go somewhere with me.

 

[lipstik]

I like keeping them as singles! Much more convenient for me because I only use two at any one time and I can just throw them into my makeup bag.

 

[missgiggly]

Oooh, I loved reading this thread, everyone's different routines with eyeshadows! For now, as I'm SO new to MAC, I won't depot, until I have a larger collection. Its not an issue with space for me, so I don't need to depot just to save storage space, but when I have enough to fill at least half a 15 palette, I'll go for it. Plus, I like the pots!

 

[Winnie]

I always depot mine, I prefer the palettes because it's easier to see the colours and I just like keeping them in one place!

Although I'm the opposite with my blushes, I prefer keeping those as singles! I guess it's a case of portablity, with eyeshadows I can carry them around in a Quad if I wanted, but can't really do the same with blushers!

 

[venacava]

Palettes. I depot everything except rare colors (i.e. parrot) or ones that comes in LE packaging. It's just so much easier to find stuff when everything's organised into color groups. Oh yeah, I leave Lusters in pots. Those little buggers are damn messy and flakes all over the place. Grr.

 

[elektra513]

Ok, since I last posted in this thread I have depotted all my e/s and filled up 3 palettes

I've made a promise to myself to calm down for a bit, and later this year I will get and fill my 4th (and final) e/s palette.

Erine, I was able to B2M all my empties

which was enough to fill up palette #3. I love the Perimeter store.


Onwards to working on my Nars collection now...

 

[oracle1]

I perfer palettes. I organize them by color or groups of color(wht, gray, black) I currently have 13 full palettes and have enought to fill a 14th, but all the colors are different. Plus palettes take up less space.

 

[theblackqueen]

I really wish that I could keep them all in their pots, but because of money and the fact that i live in a TEENY dorm room, i get the pro pans and tend to depot all of my eyeshadows (unless they come in snazzy containers). If i had all the room in the world i'd keep them in there! Oh yeah! And i just remembered... its a heck of a lot easier to carry around a palette to gigs than like, 6 different individual eyeshadows

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[sofabean]

when i first started collecting mac eyeshadows, i really liked having them all lined up in pot form, but now that i have so many to keep track of, i definitely do palettes. it's just way easier