Zebra Large Z-Palette

Ever heard of Z-Palette? It is customizable magnetic empty palette where you can put all make up that you depotted or to store your single eyeshadow or blush or bronzer or highlighter or everything. It basically for any pans that you have.

It comes in several size (you can look at them here). Mine is the size Large and quite big to store almost everything I need for travelling. The window is magnetic flip and transparent so you can easily look at what's inside. The window is also foldable completely at the bottom portion while using it. The material is sturdy and not so heavy so it is travel friendly.

There is magnetic board inside where you stick all pans that you want to store in the Z-palette. It works well with all metal pans. The magnet is not that strong until you can hardly move the pan after you stick them, but it is also not too weak, the pans stay in place until you want to move or remove by yourself. For non magnetic pan, the magnet stickers are already included. Stick to the back of your  non magnetic pan and you're alright.

Honestly I'm not the one who love depotting my make up. I'm also not the one who like to buy single pan make up (refill). At least I still don't have passion toward that direction, maybe I will in future, we don't know. But currently if I buy single pan make up, they will be inside their own case. I'm sucker for packaging, everybody know that. I adore their case and the embossing (if any). And the thought of depotting them and possibility of breaking and cracking just killing me.

I have one other Z-Palette in size Small. It have appeared on my past post about project pan (read here). I feel not really like to use it at that time. First is about how I don't like depotting and the packaging stuff. Second, I don't have many refill pans so I have nothing could be store there. Third, I rarely going on travelling, so I don't really need this palette. I was only depotting non-high end products because of some reason.

But now everything has changed since I'm going on long holiday in 6 days. You know that make up junkie like me would like to bring everything include my vanity table if only that's possible. And for 42 days trip, can you imagine how many I would like to bring? And of course I need trustworthy products for travelling. I don't care about high end or non high end as long as they are long lasting, minimum transfer and suit any occassion. That's why Z-Palette is crucial!

Let's find out what I have done so far:

I put almost all decorative inside my Z-Palette with exception of eyebrow cream, eyeliner, mascara and lipstick.. It means my Z-Palette is carrying my eyeshadows (some are double agent as highlighter/bronzer/blush/eyebrow powder), the real blusher and bronzer, correcting, highlighting, and contouring powder.

What are they? Where are they come from?

1. Naked Palette (12 pans)

I depotted all of them. Since my Naked Palette is all about neutral, I don't hesitate to bring them all. I will always find a way to maximize the use of it. As bonus, many of them act as double agent like I said above.

I love to combine (or use one of them, alone) Virgin and Sin as highlighter. I can use Buck as bronzer/contour powder. Buck and Creep are also good as eyebrow powder.

2. Shade Girly and Totally Fetch from Too Faced Everything Nice

For colorful and funky eye looks. I need few colorful eyeshadow too, in case neutral is too boring.. It's summer baby!!

3. Menard Jupier Trio

Another colorful set. I need to use this, really. This color combination is difficult for me, but with a limited choice while travelling, there's no other option than using it anyway. Maybe finally I fall in love with this. After all I still have space left and I don't want to depot anything else from my collection.

4. NARS Blush Orgasm

The thing that I'm afraid of was really happened! It was breaking in depotting process. My heart's sunk.

I need to repress it using alcohol. At least now I don't have a choice but to put it on Z-Palette and forgeting choosing another to depot. (Actually I made 2 other blushes cracking too while depotting, but when realizing the sign, I stop depotting them and leave them on the pan. This Orgasm is the worst of all, because I accidentally knocked the picking tools to the center of the powder and baaammmm, it just scattered all around. It was totally an accident)

5. Snow Bunny and Chocolate Soleil from Too Faced Beauty Wishes and Sweet Kisses

I loveeee Snow Bunny effect.. And Choco Soleil make a great bronzer and contour too..

6. Shade Tomato Make Up For Ever Artist Shadow from my trio Artist Palette

Another colorful eyeshadow. The pan is big enough for me to use it as blusher too. Multitasker! Just need to remember to blend well because it is super pigmented. And it is also very long lasting.

7. Shade Banana and Vanilla from Anastasia Contour Kit

I use them as correcting for undereyes. They works nice.


Look at how much space I have saved with Z-Palette. Only one palette contains almost everything I need for travelling. Without Z-Palette, I should bring : these!! Thanks Z-Palette for existing..

Well then, now I'm ready to travel 😊 Thank you for reading.

Sent from my Samsung device

My First Z Palette

This is the first time to do make up depotting. I have done it on March 11 but didn't have time to write on blog.

I'm sorry because of my unprofessionality I forget to capture my tools and the products before they were depotted..

I'm not the kind of person to move something from where it should be. I mean I actually don't like the idea of depotting my make up from the original palette. For me, it lost the beauty after we move it to another empty palette.

For this case, I picked some make up with packaging that I don't really love. (I definitely WOULD NOT depotting my Chanel or my Dior or Guerlain or any medium to high end products). I only depot cheap and low end products which are just a few left now.

So here they are :

THE PRODUCTS

1. Oriflame Pure Color Eyeshadow Neutral

One of my Project Pan Items. I hate that it doesn't fit into just one row. And eyeshadow number 8 have to be put under Menard Trio. I tried to put number 8 under no 1, not good. Then move under number 7, also not good. Tried to move number 7 and 8 in the second row, I don't like.

It is too messy for the rest of products from other brands. I love being well organized and my Z Palette is no exception. I see most people don't care about how they arrange their Z Palette and just put everything inside without organizing as long as they fit into the palette and it makes me frustrated. Some people will think that I do unnecessary thing. But I DO care! If I want to move something from their original place, it better be a better place. 😊

I choose this one because it should be gone by this year. I'm panning it slowly. So it is okay for me to move it from original case since the case is not so pretty too.

2. Etude House Peach Blush Powder

Another Project Pan thing. The original case is actually okay. Only you can see the ages from the scratch on the case. It is one of the oldest blush I have and I have brought it everywhere in the past. Hahaha

The original case got the pan itself and there is also place for fan brush under the pan, so it quite bulky. Now I never use the brush since it is not soft anymore. I hope to finish this soon. I guess she found a better home now.

3. Menard Trio Eyeshadow

I don't like the packaging. It reminds me of the elder make up from yearsss ago. Hahaha.. In reality, the quality of the eyeshadow is good. The color is nice too. The only complaint is the packaging. I'm happy to move this into my Small Z.

4. Etude Mono Eyeshadow

The original case was damaged when I accidentally dropped it and it can't be clicked again. To move it is a good idea. Plus it gives my Z a colorful look!

THE PROCESS

I never do depotting before and I'm to lazy to watch on youtube since my internet connection is not so friendly with me.
At first I only use my aromatheraphy candle and a tweezer to do this.

Unfortunately a tweezer didn't work well and it causes some damage to the powder. Show you in the picture. So I pick a Safety Pin and use it to pick out the pan. It works well. But it's too late, some damage already happened.

The big damage is on Oriflame pan number 7. I did the best that I can to save it. I repressed the powder that was out from it back to the pan. I lost some powder from this pan but I think it is no big deal. Nothing is perfect on the first try right?

Another damages are just small damage like only small scratch to the powder. And the good news is most of the products are perfectly moved without any damage. Now I'm a happy girl!

Thank you for reading and I will show you this palette on my project pan update. See you!!