Depotting New MAC Quads - really quick and easy!

So if you're new to depotting, it's essentially just taking a product - eyeshadow, blusher, bronzer - out of its pakaging so you're left with it just in its pan and free to stick into other palettes to get all of you're things into one easy-to-reach place.

I've seen quite a few videos around about deppotting but most of them seem quite, harsh I suppose? And a lot of the time your products end up cracked or gouged or messed up in some way. I've been playing about with different methods and when I discovered this I just had to share. I haven't found this method being used online anywhere, although I'm sure I'm not the first person the work this out. Anyway, enough of the rambling and on with the show!

So for anyone that's wondering, this is the Temperature Rising quad from, you guessed it, the Temperature Rising collection from MAC. I might do a review on it soon, as I've seen quite a few negative reviews on it and I quite like it :)

Step 1; Slide a knife into the gap between the insert and the outside of the palette and gently prise the insert out.

Step two; If you turn over the insert it should look a little something like this, with about a third of each of the shadows pans showing through the plastic. Gently press of these with your thumb/finger and slowly work the shadows out.

Step Three; Voila! Your eyeshadow is free!

I like to write the names on a sticker to put on the back of the pan so I don't forget what they are, as well as sticking a little magnet to the back so that they are magnetised and will stay put in any other palette that you put them into afterwards. You can buy magnetic roll (like sellotape but a magnet) from places like Hobby Craft for next to nothing.

This works for the NEW quads. If you have an older one the back of the insert may not look like this and you'll have to use the regular depotting methods, sorry!

I hope this post was useful, have fun depotting!