How To Depot and Store L’Oreal HiP Duo Eyeshadows

21st August, 2010

I know everybody has one of these, but I wanted one for my blog so here goes. Here is my HOW TO DEPOT L’OREAL HIP DUO EYESHADOWS AND HOW TO STORE THEM IN AN EYESHADOW PAN PALETTE. This tutorial are for those who don’t like dealing with or storing single eyeshadow pots because 1. they take up a lot of stash space, 2. it’s hard to locate the colors you are looking for, 3. you forget about the colors you “lose” them for a time, etc.

*Materials needed for this project…your Japonesque 12 pan palette size large, your L’Oreal HiP duo pots, a heating tool, a sharp object (not a knife please) a napkin (to catch the eyeshadow pans), time and patience.

1. You have to get a palette and the one found that works well after researching is this Japonesque 12 pan eyeshadow palette in size large. I got my palette from Aveyou.com via Amazon.com and yes, this palette is great to store L’Oreal HiP Duo eyeshadows in. I paid $14.00 for the palette plus a $5.00 UPS flat shipping rate so my total came to $19.00 which is cool.

Side note re: A seller’s review. After I ordered the palette, my shipping notice came in as USPS. I quickly sent email to Aveyou.com letting them know that I paid for UPS shipping and that my place of employment (which is where I have my packages delivered to) does not accept USPS packages. They quickly fixed the mishap and a few hours later I had gotten an email containing my UPS tracking nuber. Great customer service!

This is the inside of the palette with the top flap open. The palette is made of cardboard, no magnets in the wells at all and it’s kind of heavy for a palette and maybe that comes from the compressed cardboard it’s made of, but I’m not sure. It’s durable and it seems to have a magnet in the top flap that helps keep the palette closed once you’re done with it. It’s also thin in width so it’s easy to store away. I wouldn’t travel with this palette because it’s too long, It wouldn’t create bulk, but I just prefer travelling with smaller palettes like my Naked palette and my MAC quads.

2. You will need heat to get the eyeshadow pans out of the pots so I used a grill torch. I didn’t use a lighter like some because it takes longer to melt the glue in the pot and the torch doesn’t burn my hand while I’m heating the pots up.

3. Open both sides of the eyeshadow pot and remove the applicator. Make sure your fingers/hand is not on the part where the eyeshadows are.

Hold it like this…

4. Torch the eyeshadows from under the pot to melt the plastic that the eyeshadow palettes are attached to. I placed the torch up for about 40 seconds moving it from left to right. The fire will melt the plastic and the pot will get extremely hot so be careful!

5. Take a metal nail file or something sharp to poke the eyeshadow pans out of the pot from under and gently start poking/lifting the eyeshadows upward from under the pot. The eyeshadow pans should just start peeling out. Make sure that you are holding the pot close enough to the table you are working on so that it when the pans fall out it will not fall far and break. I cracked one half of one of my duos because I was holding it up too high. Oh well…they fall out so easily.

6. Go ahead and install your pans. Since there is glue on the bottom of the pans already, when you got to install them into the palette, they will stick in it on its own and will not fall out. There is no reason to use any additional glue with this project. Peel the sticker on the bottom of the eyeshadow duo and place it on the inside of the top flap of the palette so you will be able to identify the names of your duos. The pans fit perfectly into this palette.