Depotting Shadows/Quads/Blushes/Blushcremes etc.

[Eye<3Colour]

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Originally Posted by pushhupsindrag do not do it!! i tried doing that and they are SO not made to be depotted, they are the hardest thing ever just trying to get it out and i ended up breaking them all.

ha glad im not the only one!!!! such a bummer tho!!

ive depotted every quad ive bought, they are def the easiest to depott i think!!

 

[angela]

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Originally Posted by Eye<3Colour ha glad im not the only one!!!! such a bummer tho!! ive depotted every quad ive bought, they are def the easiest to depott i think!!

how do you depot quads? candle technique? i want to depot my inventive quad..

 

[Eye<3Colour]

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Originally Posted by angela how do you depot quads? candle technique? i want to depot my inventive quad..

its super easy!! no heat required! slice the line that goes around the quad. stick the knife (a sharp pointed one btw) under it after you have cut around it. pop the thing that is holding the quads down, sorry brain fart on what it is. and once you have that popped off, just stick the knife under the eye shadow pan and pry it up.

thats what works for me. super easy!! i did my lingerie quad as soon as i got it!! as w/the other quads i got. i like my shadows all together! lol

 

[angela]

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Originally Posted by Eye<3Colour its super easy!! no heat required! slice the line that goes around the quad. stick the knife (a sharp pointed one btw) under it after you have cut around it. pop the thing that is holding the quads down, sorry brain fart on what it is. and once you have that popped off, just stick the knife under the eye shadow pan and pry it up. thats what works for me. super easy!! i did my lingerie quad as soon as i got it!! as w/the other quads i got. i like my shadows all together! lol

holy crap! i just tried that and it IS so ridiculously easy! thank you love!! you're the bestt!

 

[Eye<3Colour]

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Originally Posted by angela holy crap! i just tried that and it IS so ridiculously easy! thank you love!! you're the bestt!

your welcome!!!

 

[mima]

so, i was talking to my sister about depotting MAC e/s and blush

and mentioned that i had bought a 6 pan blush palette in Toronto, and she stopped the fork midway to her mouth, gasped, and said, you have six blushes?!!! i didn't have the heart to tell her that i probably have a hundred.

 

[user2]

Haha!
I know what you're talking about!

I started keeping my boxes some months ago and a friend (who roll her eyes about my addiction) finds this box and nearly starts to scream: "You have so much stuff!!??"
Well yes...but you should have seen the boxes that I threw away before!

 

[as_cute_as_pie]

hah yeah i can relate my friends roll their eyes and tut when i mentioned ive been to mac quoting about 'money' but hey if it makes me happy

haha

 

[user2]

But I keep telling me that other people drink and smoke (which I don't) and I spend my money for makeup! Plus: It's much healthier and I look pretty!

 

[DaisyDee]

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Originally Posted by VuittonVictim But I keep telling me that other people drink and smoke (which I don't) and I spend my money for makeup! Plus: It's much healthier and I look pretty!

Yeah!

I don't smoke or drink or gamble, etc... either. So I guess m/u is my addiction. The only time I feel really guilty is when I buy too much makeup knowing the money really needed to go towards something more meaningful...like finishing a project in our house or something.

 

[user2]

But hey when you buy a VG item you supported a good cause! Damn I'm a real addict! U have excuses for everything!

 

[Sushi_Flower]

I hide my addiction from my friends, they just wouldn't understand and i hide it from everyone around here in general as spending money like we do on makeup is unheard of here and people would just think i'm mad and wasting money!

 

[PrettyKitty]

Hahahaha I would probably have said 'What?? You think I ONLY have 6 blushes??'

 

[mima]

thanks girls. i didn't even tell her it was my SECOND 6-blush palette anyway. haha.

 

[bring_the_rukus]

4 months ago i quit my pack a day habit. as a reward to myself i started using my old cigarette money to feed my other addiction, makeup. since then, my collection has more then quadrupled and i no longer have that old lady cough. my boyfriend rolls his eyes whenever i make him stop by mac because i need to pic something (or 4-5 things lol) up and my friends think im insane for having 75 different eye shadows. but hey, at least im not spending money on somthing thats killing me =)

 

[2_pink]

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Originally Posted by VuittonVictim But I keep telling me that other people drink and smoke (which I don't) and I spend my money for makeup! Plus: It's much healthier and I look pretty!

Yeah!!!

*heheh*

 

[CaptainMac]

It's not an addiction--I prefer to think of it as a hobby. Other people's reactions are so funny...one lady that I work with who knows about my "hobby" asked me how many eyeshadows I have. "Oh, about a hundred or so" I said. She told me that she doesn't even own one! I canNOT imagine that.

 

[libra14]

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Originally Posted by bring_the_rukus 4 months ago i quit my pack a day habit. as a reward to myself i started using my old cigarette money to feed my other addiction, makeup. since then, my collection has more then quadrupled and i no longer have that old lady cough. my boyfriend rolls his eyes whenever i make him stop by mac because i need to pic something (or 4-5 things lol) up and my friends think im insane for having 75 different eye shadows. but hey, at least im not spending money on somthing thats killing me =)

me too! It started with one or 2 lippies a week...........I smell better now that I could justify the Chanel No. 5 purchase as well.

 

[brooke]

HAHA that story made me laugh!!! Thats exactly what my friends say!!! My mom sorta gets it, only because when we make the 2 hour jaunt to my local mac store I start singing/chanting "MAC ATTACK...MAC ATTACK" in the car a good 20 min before we get there.

My friends could care less about MAC, so I feel like I have to hide it from them. I wish had a friend who enjoyed Mac like I do, I want a shopping partner, someone to say hey thats neat, or no I like the other better. I wish I had a girlfriend like that!!! But I am so grateful I have you girls on this board!

 

[mima]

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Originally Posted by brooke HAHA that story made me laugh!!! Thats exactly what my friends say!!! My mom sorta gets it, only because when we make the 2 hour jaunt to my local mac store I start singing/chanting "MAC ATTACK...MAC ATTACK" in the car a good 20 min before we get there. My friends could care less about MAC, so I feel like I have to hide it from them. I wish had a friend who enjoyed Mac like I do, I want a shopping partner, someone to say hey thats neat, or no I like the other better. I wish I had a girlfriend like that!!! But I am so grateful I have you girls on this board!

i totally agree. sometimes i have the urge to meet with MUA or Specktra members who live in the same city as me, and several do, but then I feel awkward. I do really wish I had a MAC shopping buddy though.