How to Build a Custom Eyeshadow Palette — And Why You Should

July 13, 2018

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Eyeshadow is 1 of those makeup products you tin can't help but fall in love with. The flossy pigments, bright colors and irised shimmers are enough to make even the nearly blending-challenged beauty junkie buy a buzzy palette without a second thought. But with a new eyeshadow palette launching every week, information technology can be difficult to keep upward with them all (you practise only take one face up). And while collecting every new launch is tempting (we're all guilty of an impulse buy or 2), i of the all-time means to keep your budget on betoken and ensure you lot're getting the most out of your shadows is to build your own eyeshadow palette . There are a few ways of going about this — both of which will save you major coin and space in the long run that you tin put towards, yous know, more makeup. Keep reading (and watching) for our favorite DIY eyeshadow palette tutorial videos.

Option ane: Depot Shadows You lot Already Have

The most cost constructive way to build your ain palette is to add your current faves to a magnetic eyeshadow palette (retrieve Z-Palettes) that are designed to hold multiple pans. While some shadows (particularly singles) are fabricated to be mixed and matched, shadows that are attached to their individual pans can easily be depotted and turned into magnetic shadows too. This is the perfect way to fall in love with old shades and become dorsum to using shadows you haven't touched in a while.

Lookout Dulce Candy build her ain palette using a Z-Palette and NYX Single Shadows in the video, ahead:

Option 2: Buy a Palette Meant to exist Customized

Brands similar NYX Professional Makeup and Urban Decay also sell Pro Palettes that are meant to be customized with unmarried shadow refills when you purchase them in store and online. These are magnetic also, but sized to fit their corresponding shadows. This choice tends to be pricier, but information technology'south perfect if you have a few signature colors y'all wear everyday or want a combo you haven't seen still. These also make great gifts and can be the perfect way to show the beauty junkie in your life some extra honey.

Dazzler guru Monica Erlin walks through the procedure of creating a custom palette in her video, below:

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