Depotting Sleek Make Up Eye Shadow Palettes into an Upcycled Pencil Tin

Ok, so I had 4 Sleek Make Up Eye Shadow Palettes and wanted all of the eye shadows in one container.

First of all I cleaned and spritzed this empty pencil tin with rubbing alcohol to sanitise it.  I have also seen people use the DVD or CD plastic cases with the black insert taken out and of course you could use any other suitable container with a lid you can think of.

Next, I took a piece of pretty glittery pink self adhesive film and on the reverse side, I drew around the shape of the pencil tin lid, adding a little "seam allowance" to cover the edges of the lid. Alternatively you could also use glue on pretty paper or fabric and could add trims, ribbons, embellishments, stickers etc 

This is the tin lid covered.  

The next bit is a little tricky and requires a lot of patience which I ran short of!  Take your palette and place it on a flat iron/hair straightener..or use a hair dryer...or a lighter with caution...just heat the bottom of the palette for about 30 seconds, this will help the glue on the eyeshadow pans to loosen.

You then want to use a safety pin and a pair of tweezers to gently tease the eyeshadow pan out of the palette case.

Here they are all done with a few accidents, if you dig into your eyeshadows add a couple of drops of rubbing alcohol to them and press them back down.

Next I took a piece of strong card and superglued all of the eyeshadow pans to the card and then stuck a little bluetack to the back of the card before popping it, along with the eyeshadows, into the tin.  

Some people stick their eyeshadows directly into the tin but I didn't want to do that as I want the tin to be reuseable.  Also I have seen other crafters use magnets or those little double sided spongy stickers and attach those to the back of each eyeshadow pan so that the tin can be reused once the eyeshadows are finished.

 Voila all done!  The most time consuming and fiddly bit was depotting the eyeshadows, I would advise putting old towels on your work surface AND the floor as you can end up with little bits all over the place & you can't see until you tread on them!!! not too hot with the black or darker eyeshadows!

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