Back in the day, I went through this phase where I gleefully purchased almost every L’Oréal HIP eye shadow in sight.  Of course now I regret having bought so many when I ended up only using a couple of the duos.   I’d been meaning to depot all my HIP shadows – partly because the packaging is inefficiently bulky, partly so I could have all the shadows in one place for convenient use.  I finally got around to it this weekend!

Before:

It was relatively simple to depot the eye shadows.  I looked up a few tutorials first, but in a nutshell:

1. Flip open the top lid and also the bottom compartment.  Hold the actual middle part holding the eye shadow pans over a candle flame for 60 seconds, making sure that the heat is evenly distributed underneath the pans to melt the glue.

2. Using a knife, insert it into the largest crevice or gap at the side of the pans, then gently lift up the pan.  Do the same for the other side of the duo.

3. Place the pans face down on a towel and let them cool.  Using a Q-tip, wipe the melted glue residue off the back of the pans with either rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover.

4. Labeling is optional, but you can use the back stickers from the packaging and either affix them to the lid of your palette or to the bottom of your duo pans (like I did).

5. Affix magnets to the pans and arrange them inside your palette.  If the magnets didn’t come with your palette, you can buy magnet strips at your local office supply store.

After:

I chose the red Z Palette for my HIP shadow duos.  I like it, but I don’t like that I paid $23.99 for what’s basically a thick cardboard box.  I feel like I could have made my own palette case – maybe a DIY project for next time?  I hear it’s fairly simple to do.  I added a couple blushes from my Cargo Plant Love palette that I don’t use anymore.  Now that all my HIP duos are in one place, I should be reaching for these shadows more often.

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