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DIY Eyeshadow Palette

04/23/14 | Beauty, DIY, makeup, Sephora, Urban Decay

Do It Yourself Eyeshadow Palette

One of the items on my 101 in 1001 list is to go through all of the makeup  and throw out any items I do not use. As part of this process, which I plan to do before I move, I have decided to combine half a dozen eyeshadow palettes that I don not use for no other reason than I forget they are in my drawer.

I saw someone do this on Pinterest, of course, and researched a bunch of different options on how best to combine eyeshadow palettes. There are extreme budget ways you can do this with a DVD or CD case but that was a bit too DIY for me, so decided to take it the simply and more polished way bit fancier.

But first, there were only two colors I did not plan put into this palette, my two everyday favorites that I often take with me – YDK from Urban Decay and Kitten by Stila. To do this project I collected the shadows I wanted to combine and judged what size tray I would need. Based on the quantity I decided to purchase the a Large Black Z Palette and while I did not need nearly that many I had Amazon Prime send me 1/2 Round Disc Magnets with Adhesive Backing.  These were the only two things I needed to purchase for this DIY.  You can follow along with the simple steps below: 

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Tools Neccessary

To start you need to use the iron to heat up the back of each eyeshadow pan.  You can use a straightener but I thought an iron would be easier. (Plus I was more willing to get sticky stuff on my iron versus my straightener).  By applying the heat it warms up, and thus loosens the glue allowing the pan to separate from the container.

Contrary to the instructions I read, you need to hold the eyeshadow palette to the iron for way more than ten seconds – I was averaging about 60.  Also, if your eyeshadows have stickers on the back, which almost all of them do with the brand and color, make sure you take those off because the iron will melt them immediately.


DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Iron and Urban Decay Shadow
You will need the sharpest knife you own with a very pointy-point to make sure to get between the eyeshadow palette and the actual pan. If it is too difficult to lift the pan and you are afraid of cracking the eyeshadow place it back on the iron for another few seconds.

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Knife to Pry Tin Loose

One thing I do have to warn you – it starts to really smell like burning plastic.  With my Urban Decay single shadows in particular I would place it on for five seconds at a time to make sure it did not melt on to the iron.  When you are removing the pan  be careful that the knife does not slip and dig in to the pan. If it does, you will get a nice dent like the one below.

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Urban Decay Remove Pan

The easiest part actually consisted of breaking apart this Urban Decay Book of Shadows 4 that I have had for the past two years. Once I ripped apart all of the cardboard holding it together the pans popped out quite easily – thank goodness!

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Urban Decay Book of Shadows 4

Once all of the pans were successfully out of their cases I was able to begin applying the magnets.  For the small square shadows, I used one and for the larger pans I used three to give them some balance in the Z-Palette.

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Magnets on Back of Pans
Buying magnets that already had adhesive on the back was a great idea! As the Z-Palette already has a magnet bottom the pans connected smoothly and it was easy to move each shadow around to find the best fit in the pan. 
DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Magnets on Pans
And after all that, ta-da the end!

DIY Eyeshadow Palette - Finished Palette

Over all, a relatively simple DIY and a great start to my goal of cleaning up my makeup!

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Comments

  1. Maggie Frost says

    April 23, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    This is genius!

  2. Sarah C says

    April 23, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    What a great idea!

  3. Ellie says

    April 23, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    So smart! I bought a large compact from Mary Kay and it’s all magnetic, it helps me so much. I love how you were able to make one on your own!!

  4. Brittany conners says

    April 23, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    I did this a few years back with my MAC shadows. I found that placing wax paper on the iron ( I used my straightener) helped alot !

  5. ElleSees.blogspot.com says

    April 23, 2014 at 10:01 am

    yikes! that iron makes me nervous, but only because i’m clumsy. i use wax paper and so i won’t get any residue anywhere. i also use candles or a candle lighter. i love the z palettes and they made it so much easier!! i use an ELF $1 palette if i’m using round shadows for travel. i swear by that thing!

  6. Pam says

    April 23, 2014 at 7:42 am

    Great idea…how long did it take you to do this?

    • Kelly says

      April 23, 2014 at 8:45 am

      Thank you! It took about 45 minutes.

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