I like things to be organized for many reasons; However one of the biggest reasons is so I will actually use what I have. About 6 months ago I found myself at the Container Store looking for storage solutions and I came across a Bisley 10 drawer organizer (which I will blog about in another post). I thought to myself .. "There is no way I will fill this up". Even my boyfriend who was with me staring at this storage unit for hours while I tried to make a decision stated that it would give me room for growth of my collection over the years. So, I bought it. And 6 months later .. its practically full. I constantly reorganize it but no matter what I do, I cannot seem to make any space.
While sifting through my stash, I began to see a lot of products that I love but rarely use. In trying to determine why that is, I came to the conclusion it was because even though it was organized .. It was hard to access. I also noticed a theme. The products that I rarely used, were from the drugstore.
If you are an avid makeup collector/obsessor like me you know that Maybelline has some of the nicest quality eyeshadow out there. I can say they have definitely stepped up their game in terms of quality and pigmentation. I know many of us out there have the Stylish Smokes quads among other trios/duos/and other single eye shadows. While these shadows in my opinion are fantastic, the packaging leaves much to be desired in terms of storage. They are bulky and hard to store and take up a TON of room.
I have wanted to come up with a solution for storing these shadows as I love them, and want to start using them again! I toyed around with the idea of depotting these, but never really knew of how I would store them. Or if they could even be de-potted. I know there are items like the Z-palette etc. out there but for $20.00 I felt it was too expensive for what I was looking for.
I can't say I came up with the original idea for this, but I thought that maybe storing these shadows in a CD case would be a cheaper option. Not only cheaper, but CD cases are reasonably sized so I thought it would be perfect for traveling, and storing a wide variety of colors.
So .. I decided to take the plunge and depot these babies. At first I was not sure how to do this, but since I have had experience depotting MAC shadows, I didn't think it would be that hard. I used a lighter, melted the bottom plastic and pushed the shadows out. Poof. super easy. I then took the shadows and stuck them into a CD case, I like that the glue was still warm and stuck to the bottom of the individual eyeshadow, because it killed two birds with one stone for me. I then peeled off the label and stuck it to the back. Voila! Really it could not have been more simple ... although I did burn my fingers a couple times, get glue stuck all over my fingers, and drop the shadows multiple times (I am a klutz lol!)
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| The Back. |
I am really happy with how this came out because it freed up some room, made my shadows easily more accessible and even easier to travel with. I am definitely going to try this with some other brands, and maybe will post on my YT channel about my depotting method.
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| The Final Palette with room to spare! |
I definitely think this is a great solution if you find these palettes accumulating in your collections! EVEN BETTER! Now I have space to buy more stuff! :)
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| Yay No More Bulky Palettes! |
Thanks for Reading!
Jenn
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