Monday 17 October 2011

De-potting Dior!

I feel like a weight has been lifted, in more ways than one.  I decided only last week to de-pot my very much loved Dior 5 Colour eye shadows compacts because, er, I haven't found them very compact in my work kit.
I have a number of favourite Dior and Guerlain compacts I regularly use on photoshoots, tv commercial and events that are packaged beautifully and always get a 'oooh', 'ahhh' response from clients but carrying my pretty eye colours have added a little too much weight and with my endless effort to downsize to a more efficient kit I had to bite the bullet and purchase a Scotty's Black Magnetic Palette from what is evidently becoming my second home, Guru Emporium!


A few nights ago, I watched a few tutorials particularly on removing Dior colours, chatted with Z Palette on Twitter and felt a lump in my throat at the thought of possibly destroying these beauty gems I'd grown so fond of.  My plan was to buy Z Palette, this seemed to be the most popular choice and I liked the clear cover, which I knew would be a time saver but during my visit to Guru I noticed only small versions that might only fit one compact.  I came across Scotty's Palette, this seemed much the same thing, although approximately £5 more than Z Palette but with empty metal pans.  Oh well, being slightly impatient about these things I bit that bullet and headed home with a Scotty's palette to remove the outer casing of each compact one by one.
I planned to do the hair straightener trick, this seemed simple enough on the first attempt.  I used a very small sharp knife to prize the metal pans, easy peasy!  I then tried this without heating the inner case, JOY, they came out quite easily, in fact, I did not destroy one eye colour, OVERJOYED!


I must admit the Guerlain compacts were certainly tricky and took more prizing and patience but all in all I am chuffed with the my new palette and now keen to muster up the patience to create a blush palette!


9 comments:

  1. Love this! Wish I had the guts (or ability!!!) to do this. xx

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  2. Oh wow, I've never seen anything other than MAC pans depotted, and after destroying many, I've steered clear of depots. Might try this one day...

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  3. Why has that put me anonymous?

    Sam - Makeupadviceforum.com! Xx

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  4. Ah Sam, its you! Yes, I agree, it is a taxing task and when you have the pressure of possibly destroying much loved compacts it isn't an easy decision to make. But I have to say it was far easier than I thought it would be. There are so many online tutorials! x

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  5. I wiped out £150 worth of depotted MAC shadows when I dropped a 16 pan on a client's quarry tiled floor... that puts me off having big palettes again!

    Sam (MAF)

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  6. Oh, think would be put anyone off. The MAC ones were never very secure. I found that they would fall apart quite quickly and smash easily even though I would put a layer of plastic over the top. I shall let you know how this palette goes. I'd be beyond mortified if it broke!!x

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  7. I'm such a depotting, z-palette addict! If only mine looked as pretty as yours!!! x

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  8. I'm sure they do! I am loving it, unfortunately kit is still heavy but more efficient! Thanks Rebecca! x

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