MAC shadows: put in palette or leave in pots?

[BinkysBaby]

I just went to MAC a few days ago and used B2M with no pan.
I guess it is at their discretion.
I haven't had any problems what so ever.

 

[lara]

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Originally Posted by Twinkle_Twinkle I started depotting today, and it was going well until I sliced my thumb with the xacto knife and nearly ruined my Sushi Flower (it is just kind of chalked up, the majority if still there, but I am sad) so I am done for a little while. I think I will do a couple more just so I can have a multiple of 6 empties for B2M, but then I am done, and I am def NOT touching my C-Shock shadows. A question for you all who depot and buy pro pans (I buy pro pans when I can) - How do you organize your colors?

Nominally by colour, but I keep one pan seperate that contains my daily/regular use colours.

 

[badkittekitte]

from my experiences with depotting....using the candle versions worked better for me...bc i have a skinny flat iron and i ruined my big t and chipped my passionate...but used the candle for my going bananas and wondergrass and they were the easiest ever!

 

[badkittekitte]

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Originally Posted by BinkysBaby I just went to MAC a few days ago and used B2M with no pan. I guess it is at their discretion. I haven't had any problems what so ever.

i have 12 pots without the pan and the macys mac took them back without even batting any eye and helped me pick out two lipsticks (im a die-hard lipgloss girl) so my bestie and the ma helped me pick rebel and russian red..i love them soo much..wear flashmode lusterglass with rebel and need to get russian red..

 

[lipshock]

Palettes. Easier to travel with, takes up less space, and much better for organizational purposes.

I depot everything. LE/Special packaging and all. A different colour pot is still just a regular old pot to me. No need to "save" it. Also, I get more use out of my eyeshadows when I depot them and place into my palettes and quads.

 

[Randy Rose]

Twinkle -

I arrange my pans as closely as possible to the color spectrum, with neutrals and warms on one palette, and cools in another.

 

[chameleonmary]

i find looking at my makeup box full of pots more satisfying for some reason!!!

 

[Robin]

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Originally Posted by BinkysBaby I just went to MAC a few days ago and used B2M with no pan. I guess it is at their discretion. I haven't had any problems what so ever.

Before I started depotting, I called my local store to make sure that they would accept pots without pans. They said they would, as long as I didn't try to use those same pans for another B2M. Makes sense. I think it does depend on the store because I know from reading others' posts that some people were having trouble using pots without the pans.

I got my first 15 pan palette and my first free lipgloss yesterday. I was pretty excited.

I only have 12 MAC shadows right now, so I just arranged them by colors (pinks/reds, then blues/greens, then browns/neutrals). I really like seeing all of the shadows together in one place. Maybe I'll come up with some new color combinations seeing them all together like that.

 

[nagarpoe]

I'm going to try these techniques this weekend and hopefully I won't ruin any of the shadows.

 

[makeupxlover]

whats b2m?

 

[hardcore_harlot]

Im *relatively* new to mac so i love all the individual pots but just for the sake of saving space and for travel im thinking i should dept my shadows in a 15 palette. Since ive never done it before i want to do it with a 'crappy' eyeshadow but since none of them are crappy i dont know if im brave enough! I dunno..i find me C-Shock colours in their individual black pots quite pleasing

 

[MisaMayah]

I just depotted all of my eyeshadows the other day for the first time. They do look better in the pan but the pros to using the palettes are 1) Space-saving 2)Easier to look at (I follow the colour spectrum on their website) and 3) Back 2 MAC

However quite a few of my depotted eyeshadows are starting to crack =( I'm not sure if it's the way I depotted them, it's so annoying.