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Hi All,
Today I will be explaining how to depot your eyeshadows easily without any risks. The usual videos we watch on youtube involve a Candle or a lighter or other articles which either are a bit dangerous or involve a lot of effort., For eg using a candle or a burner requires us to hold the pan above the fire for 5 or more minutes which isn’t too convenient. So here I will be showing you a super easy method involving stuff we have lying around our homes, kitchens or vanities.
What you will need:
- a hair straightener
- eyedhadow to be depotted (Duh!)
- a sheet of paper/ newspaper
- a piece of aluminium foil
- a toothpick/ needle/ pair of tweezers/ knife
- Earbud(optional)
- Rubbing alcohol (optional)
- Magnet
How to Depot the Eyeshadows/ Blush:
STEP 1: Cut a strip/ square of aluminium foil. The foil should be a bit larger than the pan size
STEP 2: The eyeshadow/ blush pan is usually placed in a pot which is then fixed to the primary packaging with the lid. As below, you can see the line where this is fixed. Take a knife or a pair of tweezers and slide the tip under the edge and twist. The eyeshadow pot will pop out. Ensure that you’re holding this properly so that the eyeshadow/blush doesn’t pop out and fall.
STEP 3: Place your hair straigthener on a flat surface. Now place the cut foil on the straightening plate (can me metallic or ceramic) and place eshadow/blush pan with its cradle on top.
STEP 4: Switch on the hair straightener, crank up the heat and leave it like this for about 5mins.
STEP 5: After 5mins, switch off the hair straightener and slide off the foil with the eyeshadow pan. Don’t worry, the foil will not burn you, but be careful while sliding it out to avoid contact with the heated plates.
STEP 6: Now turn the eyeshadow/ blush pan over on the sheet of paper/ newspaper and you’ll see that the bottom pan is quite soft and kinda melted. Be careful while handling the pan since the plastic will be very hot.
STEP 7: Now with your tweezers or a toothpick, press over the center of the base. You will see how the pan slides up a bit. You can either press some more so that the pan pops out or you can then take a knife or your tweezers and slide it between the pan and the plastic to pop it out.
Note: More often than not, while heating, the plastic melts and in the bargain, the eyeshadow pan automatically rises up. In this case you can do away with the pressing of the center and directly slide in your knife and pop out the pan completely.
STEP 8: You can now see that there is a goop of glue on the base of the pan. Use a earbud and alcohol to wipe it off. And then just stick on a magnet with some glue and pop it in your palette.
STEP 9: Or if you’re lazy like me and hate the long process of cleaning up the glue, there is another step which actually makes more sense and ends up being more convenient.
You must have noticed that the base of your initial packaging has the sticker bearing the brand name, shade name and finish. Now I don’t know about you, but I have a pathetic memory and can never remember the names of the shades. So I like it when I hav the name on the base of the pan like the refills do. Hence, I just heat the base of pan a tiny bit…you can use your hair straightner or a lighter if you find it more convenient. This makes the sticker peel off a bit. So just take your tweezers and peel it off completely and stick it to the base of the eyeshadow/blush pan. Since it already has the glue on its base, it sticks easily and no more yucky glue marks! And plus! You don’t have to try and remember the shade names anymore!!
STEP 10: And finally, just stick a magnet on the base as convenient and pop it into the empty palette. And you’re done!
I have done this to about 3-4 of my eyeshadows and find it more comvenient now since I don’t have to carry so much while travelling. I hope this has been a helpful How To post for you. Do let me know if you have any doubts or even if you know of a better way to depot 
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Great Tip Zee but Im such a klutz
…might actually go and damage the entire shadow!
Dolon recently posted..Look What The Mailman Delivered!!
me 2 dolon..i dont trust myself for such works
Arre nahi re… I am such a huge klutz…I’ve broken 2 palettes and so many blushes also?..hehe. But thisis really easy
hehe okies i will try dis out
yey! kudi phs gayi!
Dolon recently posted..Look What The Mailman Delivered!!
Hehe..lm one big accident waitin t happen….I may b walkin on a nice road n still trip n fall
Haha! Actually dol, this is pretty fool proof..d only way t damage is if it falls t d ground
Have to try it out then
Dolon recently posted..Look What The Mailman Delivered!!
Wow zee….very detailed and precisely explained
Ur pictures leave no room for confusion or doubts. Awesome post 
Aww..thanx naf…I hope I’ve made it easy t understand…I was worried that it wudnt b explained well..
wowwwwww dis such an awesome post zeeeeeeeee…luved d way u have explained each n every step…
Thanx tupsiii! Wot weekend plans?
eating sleeping n shopping
tumhare kya plans 
eating, sleeping n going to meet friendz
i was waiting so m
waiting so much for this wekend…m sleep deprived
same here..mera toh sirf 2nd saturday chuti
..m gonna sleeppppp 
ufff…u tell them ull tk every /sun chutti
tups ne bola to no1 cn do anythin.. 
such a nice post zee
,but iam sure….i jus mess up everythng if i try this 
Tank ooooh!!
Na na…I’m a huge klutz…dats y especially posted this..it’s super easy n really quite hard t mess up…when there’s ire involved that’s when u run a higher risk..
i dnt hv magnetic sheets here
n i soo badly want to depot a few e/s 
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no worries…jald hi wo bhi wish poori ho jayegi
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they take*
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some take and some dont…pune me out of 6 only 1-2 can be eyeshadow pots….in chennai they take…in hyd, one store takes, but another mac store doesnt… its all luck id say…
nicely explained Zara…….Good One!
thankies chris!
smart gal!!!!
but i’d break evry thing n make a mess out o it!!
hehe…m d same….lekin this is super duper…not many ways t mess it up
this is amazing and so simple.. can you suggest from where can I buy empty palettes (I don’t want to spend much on Inglot’s palettes)
unfortunately e dnt hav too many empty palettes in india….just inglot and mac…but u can make ur own with a magnetic sheet
have u checked out A’s post on that?
wonderful zee!
Parita recently posted..Spicy Potato Fry / Spicy Aloo Fry
thanx pari! i hope this is helpful
Arey waah this one sounds really easy….I always wondered how we do it…will try for sure
Parul recently posted..Maxfactor Lipfinity Frivolous 108: Review and Swatches
sure thing paro….its so easy and not inconvenient at all..no need to told the pan over a fire ad get sore arms
i have a few eye shadows which irritate me so i think its time I depot them. thanks!
Ansh@Vanity No Apologies recently posted..My Favourite and Disappointing Horror Movies Of All Time: Friday 13th special
Thanx! Glad it helps
God…I never knew so much about make up…
sakhi recently posted..A ceiling Fan’s Tale
Haha! Well, we r all here t help!
hey zee this is a really nice way to pop out shadows!!!
Kejal recently posted..Alternate Nails + Konad M83 Stamping Nail Art
Thanx kej… I find it super easy!
first of all i need to make a magnetic palette…when i got to delhi, i will buy those magnetic sheets for sure
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Hehe..oh yea! Ul def need that t make ur palette!! But y Delhi…where r u now?
u r talented Zee! thanks for sharing, will try this abhi to I have no shadows only to depot
whoa!!
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