How To Depot MAC Eyeshadows

This is quite abit different from my other posts, as its not actually a review or a haul, and for anyone who doesn’t own any MAC eyeshadows or doesn’t use MAC then this post may be abit irrelevant; however I have recently bought a load of mac eyeshadows in their original pots and not the refill pans and have been seeing loads of videos on how to depot them. As I myself wanted to know how to depot the shadows to transfer them to my palette, I thought I would share with everyone how to, as it may help some of you who need to know if starting your own palette and need to transfer the shadows to it. Also if you have 6 empty pots after this, you can take them ‘Back 2 MAC’ and get a free lipstick or eyeshadow. I have depotted my eyeshadows in a different way to how most people do because I find it much easier personally for me..doing it this way. Most people use their hair straighteners to heat the eyeshadow pot up but I used a candle. This method may be better for anyone who doesn’t have hair straighteners or who are scared of ruining them. I saw a really good video on youtube  of someone depotting their eyeshadows by using a candle to heat the pot up rather than hair straighteners and the link is here –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_IFh60rwqk

 

 I will be depotting three of my eyeshadows – Grain, All That Glitters and Satin Taupe.

So first you will need to gather a few things…

• Your eyeshadow pots
• A candle with some matches to light it
• A pair of tweezers
• Your palette
• A knife or sharp tool

Step 1: Separate the tray from the pot… Look for the gap…
Wedge the knife between the gap preferably in the corner as its easier to lift the tray up. You may have to wiggle the knife about and lift the tray up until it pops out of the pot.

Step 2: Melting the glue to pop the refill out of the tray…
Take the tweezers and grab the tray with them and place carefully over the lit candle and keep checking underneath the tray for a hole to appear and as soon as the hole is about as big as a pea then place onto a safe surface and take your tweezers or a thin sharp object and push the refill eyeshadow out of the tray and if it won’t come out strait away then take your tweezers to help pull it out.

Step 3: Place the refill eyeshadow in your PRO Palette while the glue is still hot and melted.

 

Step 4: Labelling
To save money and time you can place the empty pot with the label underneath over the candle for a few seconds until the sticker becomes easy to peel off without ripping and the you can place anywhere on your palette, I placed mine on the back in the order of the eyeshadows.

 

 

Step 5: Place the empty tray into the pot and close the lid and keep safe for if you want to take them ‘Back 2 MAC’ to get a free lipstick.

Hope this is helpful to all those MAC eyeshadow junkies, as so am I.. and am terrible for collecting eyeshadows.
Thank you for reading.. Emily, x.