it does have some spark to it- but I've seen this on 50 year old kindergarden teachers- and if you work-it- it's wonderful.Ī note about clones: We clone products so you can have the colors that you love, but with much better ingredients. It's snappy but subtle- with just enough kick to keep it interesting.

If you're normally into neutrals but want to try a little something different this would be a good one to try. It's very complex-a combination of 12 different shades of mica, and some pigments too.

* Since the MAC 15-pan pro palettes are not transparent, feel free to add in some bling bling like I did below to decorate the cover and to help differentiate the different palettes.Idolize is a purple blue color with an intense layer of gold on top. I also used the same way to depot my eyeshadows. * To learn how to depot eyeshadows, Makeup Geek has a great tutorial on her page. You can buy all permanent colors in pan form to save yourself some extra money and the trouble of depotting. * I highly recommend depotting ONLY the limited edition colors for the Back2MAC program since they only come in the pot form. * Besides MAC, here are other brands of eyeshadows that would fit in the 4-pan and 15-pan pro palettes: * Be careful not to leave the eyeshadow in the heat for too long or you risk changing its texture. If you do the math, you only pay $177.50 for 15 pan shadows in a pro palette vs $217.50 for 15 pot shadows. A regular pot eyeshadow retails $14.50 and a pan retails $11. * Pan eyeshadows are cheaper in the long run. Please note MAC counters will only allow you to trade in 6 Back2MAC empties for a free lipstick. All you have to do is take 6 empty pots and plastic inserts back to a MAC freestanding store and you will receive a free lipstick, lipglass or eyeshadow of your choice. * The depotted pot is eligible for the Back2MAC recycling program.

* By depotting, you get to create your very own color combinations as supposed to a fixed set of colors that you get in a pre-customized palette. With the slim MAC 4-pan and 15-pan pro palettes, you can fit so many more eyeshadows into your bag. * Pan eyeshadows are more travel-friendly. It has been a common practice among makeup artists for years and is fairly simple and fun. Lately, I have once again become obsessed with depotting.ĭepotting is the process of getting eyeshadows out of their pot packaging/cases and placing the metal pans on a magnetic board/palette to create your very own customized palette.

Mac eyeshadow purples