Step 4: Separating metal pan from plastic pan. If you have a steady flame, the hole is usually accurate. I usually do 20 seconds first, try to poke a hole through. You can control the degree of melt by varying the time you hold it above the flame. Step 3: Poking a hole through the melted plastic pan with spoilt pencil.īy holding the plastic pan to the candle flame, you are effectively melting the glue and once its melted enough, the metal pan will loosen from the plastic pan. Again, plastic smells yucky when burnt, so I really would advise a scented candle.

The Candlelight method is the quickest way to depotting MAC shadows since it is a direct heat source. Grip the plastic pan with the tweezers, and hold it directly above the flame for 20 seconds. Step 2: Melting a hole in the plastic pan.

However, for a clumsy person like myself to survive all seven depots unscathed, it really is quite easy to do. And try to use an eyeshadow that you are not so fond of, or has been used to the point that it wouldn’t matter if you accidentally gash it with your tweezers. To ensure that you are on the right track, this is what you will get after completing Step 1. The middle point is the weakest link and you will eventually get the hang of what I’m trying to say once you try to depot your own shadows. This advice comes after making numerous gashes in my first eyeshadow pot, trying to ram and wedge my tweezers in everywhere and trying (unsuccessfully) to ‘pop’ the cap. See the circle? You wedge one side of your tweezers into the gap (a ‘kiap’ sound will tell you if you are right) and apply pressure upwards (like pulling out a staplet) in a quick movement and the plastic pan will pop out immediately. You do that by holding your eyeshadow pot itself in your left hand, and with the tweezers in your right, position your hands in a pivotal position and ‘pop’ the pan out. Step 1: Pop the eyeshadow plastic pan out of the its pot. Nerves of steel and praying hard that you wouldn’t accidentally burn your fingers.A spoilt mechanical pencil with a metal tip.

Depotting mac eyeshadow