For the past few months I kept asking myself the question..
“To depot…or not to depot”
I have quite a few mac shadows now, my collection is forever growing, and when it comes to putting on my eye makeup, i have to admit, some days i just grab the nearest little black container and away we go.
I do miss the days when i had about 4 shadows, and could easily find the shade i wanted.
So, because of this, i decided to depot.
i have around 20 shadows all together
(do not add this up in your head..it will depress me) :)
Some are limited edition in pretty containers so i won’t be depotting those & some i just didnt like enough to go in my palette, am thinking of doing a blogsale to get rid ;)
(thoughts on that please)
To depot, i followed the gorgeous Vicky’s (Peachykeencheeks) video on youtube.
It was super helpful :) Ta Vic!
So without further a-do here is my finished palette…
Top row L-R : Retrospeck, Woodwinked, Sable, Romp, Corduroy
Middle row L-R: Shroom, All that glitters, Trax, Amber lights, Smut
Bottom row L-R: Style Snob, Satin Taupe, Star Violet, Texture, Carbon
As you can see, im extremely adventurous when it comes to colour…
It’s pretty satisfying & now i can open it up and actually pick the colour i wanted instead of routing around turning every pot over for the name.
I would advise any of you that havent depotted to give it a go.
and if you are thinking
“Mm, but what if i go away and want seperate colours?”
Then my lovely, just buy a 4 quad palette and place the colours you want to take with you.
Shimples. :)
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Cute, I think I wanna depot and get a palette .. Looks lovely xx
yay Zoe thats so exciting!! Isnt it nice to feel accomplished? :) Now I need to go buy some of those colors! hehe
you have really inspired me to finish my depotting, i bet its such a great feeling when you have finally finished doing it all! :)
xxx
its beautifuL! lol
Blog sale indeed!
Oh what a gorgeous collection of colours I love neautrals.
I'm contemplating doing the same thing!! How did you secure the eye shadows into the palette? I was thinking of magnets, but I can't seem to find them anywhere :(
I am scared that if I start buying palettes I won't use my palettes anymore! They will become a hassle for me! I own a costal scents palette and NEVER use it! I don't want that to happen to my MAC shadows as well! :P
Zo you have officially inspired me to depot my shadows :)
Do you know how many empties you have to have to back2mac?
Xxxx
love your collection…really pretty colours…xoxo…
Great post, Zoe.
I have yet to buy a MAC eyeshadow.
Can you believe it?!
I only own 1 MAC lipstick and 1 MAC blush xx
Great collection! Love the order you put them in!!!xx
oh thanks for the tip on the youtube vid i was doing it the hard way lol
I see you like purples..Your missing SKETCH..the best purple ever. It's matte and Shawdowy Lady..The texture is like butter. My favs. ;)
That looks like my ideal palette, only I'd sacrifice one of them for Blanc Type <3
I love the shades in your palette, actually that's very similar to what I currently have :) xxx
Lush :) I want to do this but it'll have to wait untill I have time and patience lol xox
I love this…i keep adding to my collection too and having a quad is very helpful for going away :) I wonder if i could depot my concealer since it comes in the same pots as the e/s???
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I wish i could do this, i only have 2 eyeshadows and ones discontinued :(
lovely palette though, pretty pretty everyday shades.
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xo
Nice palette :-) I am building my MAC Neutral palette as well. Great for everyday and office looks!
DO a blog sale! I am up for it! But please ship internationally =)
Yum. I'll take that palette please, just how it is – what a lovely selection! Would love you forever if you could be arsed to do a swatches of them all…..
xo
I keep wondering whether to depot or not as it would be so much easier to have everything to hand but I've just bought an underbed drawer with lots of makeup dividers which has been immensely helpful as I can now see everything at a glance. I still quite fancy depotting though ;) Was it quite simple to do? I saw Vicky's video too but thought she might be making it look easy lol! Knowing how clumsy I can be, I'd probably cock it right up!
Your shadows looks lovely btw, I really want Trax and All That Glitters xx
yay for depotted shadows! a blogsale sounds like a good idea :) i love buying the pan shadows, i find it more exciting than the pot ones. you were one of the bloggers that inspired me to make a blog of my own :)
Looks great! :D
You've inspired me to buy a palette! haha! xx
Great colours! I love you pallet, you and i have similar taste!
Thats a good looking palette. I am severely jealous, I would wear everything in that palette.
Gosh, I have watched videos on how to depot the eyeshadows and it is so comlicated! I am so glad that my MAC store has the eyeshadows in pan form so I don't have to depot. :) Good job though, lucky you didn't spoil the edges or anything. :)
xx
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I've been asking myself the same Q a lot lately too! I was afraid I'd regret it but you may have swayed me to the depotting side, I do always have to flip each one over to find the colour Im looking for! Hmmmm…..such big decisions us make-up lovers are faced with lol! :)
xoxo
Ooo lots of loverly neutrals = my dream palette :)
Ah how funny, i done a post on my MAC palette yesterday lol!
You got some great colours!.. Like All That Glitters and woodwinked!
Great post!
xx
Oh and YES do a blogsale!
@Courtney & Loulabelle & Tabitha Sheridan – Yes it was really satisying! :) xxx
@Susan Tinsley – Yes, definitely use magnets. Its the only way of them staying in place but also being able to take them out and shuffle them round/look at the sticker name. Magnets4u.com do some great magnets. Although i found them to be pretty expensive. xxx
@Ellagorgeous (hehe) – You need 6 empties for back 2 mac. :) I have 14 now. woop. Lipstick reccommendations please. xxx
@Lauren – Get yourself down to Mac and buy an eyeshadow this instant lady! haha xxx
@Lola – Go for it! I'd never thought of that before. :) xxx
@Ondine – I can do my lovely. :) xxx
what a cute palette! I need to build up my collection more! I, too love the neutrals, but I own mostly brights? When I finally start working at MAC [I need to call when I get home] I'll catch up to ya ;]
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@Lisa – Haha, well in all honesty…i did cock up the first one. But that was because weirdly the pan had a strange groove around the bottom, making it SO hard to get it off. Think its an old shadow. But really, it's quite theraputic once you've gotten started. :) Give it a go xxx
@Grace – Awee thankyou, that means alot :) xxx
@pinderica – Yes of course it will be international. :) xxx
@Rafa – RAFA..are you going to be working in Mac? That's so blummin cool. All the best lovely! :) xxx
Yep! I got hired in July :] but I haven't started yet! Soon! PS you are my biggest enabler =]
very pretty palette u put together :D
Nice palette!!! I was really hesitant to start de-potting, but once I did I went crazy and de-potted 4 eye palettes and 2 blush palettes worth! I am really glad I did, I also love to fill my empty quad for on the go!
i tried depotting once and some of my eyeshadow cracked.. U make it look easy:))
such a cute palette! i need to buy Romp and Smut asap :)
Blog sale please
and if you can plz make it international
aw lovley colours, are you going to start buying another palette and pan shadows, they save so much money,and you can back to mac when they are done,
That's an amazing palette, you have some gorgeous colours there! ;)
xoxo
I've given you a little shout on my blog sweetie, I adore your blog so much, you've helped me buy some wonderful products (: xxx
Think I'm going to do this! Just need to build my collection up a bit more!
you have the best Mac palette EVER!! jelous much? yess! xx
Lovely colours:) unfortunatly they dont do palettes where i live :( tear..
You should defo do a blogsale :)
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welcome hun!! Your palette looks gorgeous =) heh, I need to depot a bit more, love it!
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Love your color palette!
love it :) xxx
This is such a nice palette, I love neutral shades, I want to start up a mac palette, I like the idea of designing it myself x
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