OK my beauty loving friends! Let’s talk about de-potting eyeshadows!?♀️?♀️?♀️
I raise my hand to being somewhat of an organizational nerd. I have a couple of empty z-palettes I thought I could use to combine some of my drugstore/ beauty box /free gift with purchase eyeshadow. It would reduce clutter and allow me to have all the eyeshadow pots I liked in one place. WHY? WHY? WHY?
For the most part these were not costly or coveted palettes.There were maybe one or two colors in each of the palettes that I liked and/or rarely used. My plan was to take out the colors I liked and “might” use and put them into one palette. Again, there was nothing in any of these that rocked my world. Just a few basics that might be nice to pull together into one spot. Sounds reasonable, right?
I read instructions on how to de-pot and thought “Great, no problem. Sounds easy.” Take a look at the picture of my mess will you please? No really, look at it. Seriously?!!? I decided that it is not worth it to finish any of these. I’m going to throw most of them away and call this exercise a “learning opportunity”. So many of the eyeshadows have crumbled into a thousand pieces. I have also tried to re-press them with rubbing alcohol and that’s not happening either.
I now have a small handful of shadows in the z-palette. I’m not de-potting any more. Done. Lesson learned. I now have a HUGE powdery mess all over the bathroom to clean up. I also need to scrub the floor as “some” shadow may or may not have found its way to the floor. I also need to clean off the bottom of my shoes as the alleged eyeshadow on the floor is most likely on the bottom of my shoes. Oh yeah, and the most dominate color on everything is a mix of black sparkle and dull brown. Yea me!
So my final words are dedicated to those of you with de-potting skills. My hat is off to you for your talent. My talent is not in this area. Nor is my interest. I’m not looking forward to the unplanned cleanup that is now on my schedule. My talent, after cleanup, will be to neatly sterilize and pack up all remaining unused/under utilized palettes and give them to a local women’s shelter.
Bottom line – we all have limits. I’ve reached mine. Lesson learned. A small and insignificant one, but one that has been learned. Move on to the positive. As in, I’m positively sure I’ll never do this again. Ever.