On Temptalia's blog (temptalia.com), she demonstrated the EASE of depotting Make Up For Ever single shadows.
The current promotion from Sephora
(buy 3 single pan shadow/blush get an empty palette free) is very tempting indeed. Provided of course one can recover from the sticker shock of the shadow/blush.
Priced at $19 a piece & up, they are not for the tightwad.
People on the Temptalia message board complained about the work & risk involved with depotting MAC shadows/blushes. Apparently, MAC was listening!
MAC recently added a feature to their website where customers can drag & click products to create custom eyeshadow & blush palettes.
They range in price from
$47.50 (quad)
$177.00 (15 shadows)
$105.00 (blushes)
While this seems super convenient, I am sure there are some die hards who will be bent on continuing to depot their own products so they can back 2 mac the empties for free lippies or eyeshadows.
I recently went on a depotting FRENZY! Yes, I depotted all of my existing Milani eyeshadows. I also tested to see if my L'Oreal HiP duos would fit in my auraline palettes. They are a perfect fit with a little room left to pry the shadows loose without risking gouging my precious products. I also found out that Prestige eyeshadows fit in the auraline palettes as well!
The empty palettes are $5.25 each for both the 15 pan(36mm)/& 28 pan (28mm) size (check sale items). Their normal price is $7 Be forewarned that they are NOT plastic like many of the other palettes. They are constructed of a highgrade cardboard. They are magnetized as well. I found them super easy to clean. I also own the Coastal Scents empty 15 palette. The CS palette has foam which traps the minute particles of fall out, making for a very challenging cleanup for the palette.
AURALINE BEAUTY empty 15 palette
$5.25
I'm overjoyed. I'm ever eager to make an additional palette purchase so I can streamline my storage system.
Watch YouTube's "EnKore"
depot without heat!
www.Sephora.com
Check out MAC's new custom palettes @
www.maccosmetics.com
Check out the large pan palettes @
www.auralinebeauty.com
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for the info, the Auraline palettes are reasonable prices but they have a order amount limit!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. Yes, they do have a minimum required order of $50. If you can't fill up your basket w/ that much stuff, have you considered splitting it w/ a friend? I love the $3 shipping as well. IDK how many shadows you have. but ugh, i'm planning to depot my nyx squares next. that's a job in 1/2 b/c I have more than 40. the large spot in the palette is a great size. I really didn't want to spend $12 for a MAC 1.
ReplyDeleteThank you..Great info.For the great buys from Auraline Beauty.com Do you have to have a license to order the min $50. order?
ReplyDeleteNevaeh, thanks for following & commenting. You're welcome. No you do not need a license to order from Auralinebeauty. HTH (hope this helps)
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