![]() ![]() ![]() Here is my tutorial on depotting around 5 months ago. ![]() ![]() Neat, huh? So I gathered all my MAC babies and started a depotting spree. MAC lovers like me go through such lengths to depot eyeshadows in order to avail of freebies from the Back2MAC program: for every 6 empty MAC plastic cases you return to MAC (whether it be an eyeshadow pot, a mascara tube, or an empty powder compact), you get either a lipstick, lipglass or an eyeshadow of your choice. My favorite products to de-pot are ones that are packaged in bulky, clunky packaging (MAC eyeshadows, Milani blushes) OR products that are packaged in ugly, cheap looking packaging (Wet N Wild Blushes).This is an old tutorial on depotting my MAC eyeshadows and placing them in their new MAC 15-pan palette homes. My second piece of advice is to choose your products wisely. If you are OK with that, then let’s move on. So, my first piece of advice is to be very careful and know that there is a slight chance that you will ruin your product. In my experience, some products have been incredibly easy to depot and some products have been RUINED by my de-potting (a couple of MAC eyeshadows, a MAC blush, etc). My husband’s art kit has a tool that looks very similar so that is what I have used. From my trial and error I can tell you – do NOT use tweezers (they will scrape your product) or toothpicks (they will break) If you are looking for a tool, Z Palette actually made a de-potting spatula. that you can purchase. You then take a small pointed tool and pry the pan of product out of it’s packaging. FYI, the method I use is the hair straightener method where you set the product on a hair straightener to melt the glue and loosen everything up. Also, the Z Palette website has an entire section on de-potting and it includes de-potting videos. Honestly, I think that the best way to learn how to de-pot is to go to YouTube and search “how to de-pot makeup products”. They weren’t aware that you can “de-pot” your makeup products and store them in Z Palettes! So, I immediately realized that I needed to write a blog post! I recently posted a photo of my new Z Palettes on Instagram and was surprised when a few people asked me what they were. ![]()
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