EYESHADOW PALETTE DECLUTTER & COLLECTION |

[@JayceeElle]

Hey there! I'm a microbiologist and just wanted to give my humble thoughts on your mold issues. The climate contributes but it isn't the cause, nor is the formula of the palettes to a degree. I can speak from experience as a make-up hoarder in a hot and humid climate with no AC and never had mold on palettes even after 5+ years (and I use my fingers too, even on my Nomad palettes and I have the same ones). The mold has to be introduced from existing spores in the environment, so something you are doing is introducing the mold (from the air or on your hands, etc.) I recommend grtting rid of any palettes with mold and finding the source of the mold because if that isn't eliminate, it'll keep spreading and coming back. The alcohol treatment isn't going to do the trick to completely get rid of it unfortunately - that works better for maintenance and to prevent growth in clean palettes. Toss any palette thst ever had mold and don't save shades that look safe because they'll contaminate the rest of your collection. There may me mold in the floors or walls in your room. Please check your windowsills for moisture and the like. I worry for your health if your palettes are growing mold that frequently. It isn't your fault, don't worry, but you need to take extra steps if you want the issue to stop.

[@GabriellaFrances]

Thank you, I appreciate this ☺️ we did move into an older house, so it’s possible it’s not insulated well!

[@TracyD2]

I would toss that palette. I personally wouldn’t pop out the shades.

[@AndiDoesStuff1973]

I loved seeing your beautiful collection. The Glam Shop and Gloss Gods palettes are STUNNING!! I had to run onto their website (gloss gods) and a lot are sold out. I'll be looking out for a restock! That is so sad about the mold! I would be gutted!! I recently depotted all of my Colourpop 9, 12 and I had a 16 pan palette. I left my quads and mega palettes intact. I bout 2 huge z palettes and put the mattes in one and the shimmers in the other. There are definitely bso many nudes, browns, oranges and I think I have at least 5 wine shades that are all very similar. So I am thinking about frankening some of them with other "duped shades and see what I get. I use a dark brown shadow for my brows so I know that I will have brow shades for years!! 🤣

[@darezarecta]

That's so crazy about all that mold 😱😱😱

[@AlejandraLisette]

Great job and beautiful collection. I’ve never had mold in a shadow but like you mentioned before we do have air conditioners here and my room where I keep my makeup is temp controlled all year. Such a shame.

[@CaenaGrey]

Me, too! I tell my husband to put on a hoodie if he’s cold. 😂 It has to be room temperature or lower upstairs, which means it’s colder down here.

[@cherylb_88]

I only have the new mod palette from sigma and I love it. Honestly need to use it more. I have heard a lot of people say that their formula is kinda hit or miss a lot.

[@michellecaudill7936]

If they get more don’t spray them with Lysol, use a 90% rubbing alcohol, put it in a spray bottle and spray them with rubbing alcohol. You can also take a paper towel spray it with rubbing alcohol, put a rubber band over the bottom of the glass to hold the paper towel on it and rub your pallet with that and it’ll clean off your pallet, smooth and easy.

[@SleeplessBeauty_Alexandra]

It's up to you how you do it, but I would declutter the Colourpop shades a singles and then put them in palettes/ organise colour stories and/or put in an empty magnetic palette. I wouldn't want to put them in their original colour story before deciding.

[@GabriellaFrances]

Yup I'm going to do that! I'll end up getting rid of most of the duplicated shades I imagine

[@minakabess3586]

I have every single Nomad pallet and none of them have ever had mold. There must be something in your environment that is causing so many pallets to mold. It sucks about the shipping issues. They are such a great brand and amazing quality. But thank you for the Gloss Gods recommendation. I just placed my first order with them.

[@GabriellaFrances]

hope you like them! yes i definitely live in a humid climate

[@minakabess3586]

That makes a lot of sense. I saw one girl on Instagram that puts her pallets in clear containers with a thimble of salt in the corner of each container. She said it helps absorb moisture. @@GabriellaFrances

[@GabriellaFrances]

ive been thinking of putting them in clear bins so might do this if it continues! ❤

[@daisycate]

@@GabriellaFrances if you do do that, add a baggie of charcoal and that will help - an open baggie, of course.

[@catherineeichhorn-yw7kh]

If you live in an area that’s very humid I was wondering if that could be a reason for the mold…maybe keeping a de-humidifier where you store your makeup might help? 😊

[@GabriellaFrances]

Yes, I use a dehumidifier 🫣 I’m hoping to figure it out in the next few months so I can prevent other palettes going bad!

[@danielakristinova6255]

I just found your profile totally randomly and I have to say we have soo many same palettes in our collection

[@aaflesje]

I want to try Gloss gods! The green looks so amazing💚 I have 4 sigma palettes and the cor de rosa is the "worst", two of the metallics look like the have hard pan😓 it really puts me on using it.

[@GabriellaFrances]

yeah mine have hardpan and i've barely used them! good to know its the worst I guess 😅

[@TracyD2]

In reference to Odens eye you are not the only unsponsored person to say their formulas aren’t great.

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

Thank you for sharing your palette collection with us. I’m curious if the Makeup Revolution palettes in the UK are the same formula as the ones in the US. The formula is so hard to work with.

[@SleeplessBeauty_Alexandra]

No they're bad here too

[@GabriellaFrances]

I can't imagine the formula is different, quality is not great in general 😅

[@handsoaphandsoap]

MR doesn’t care about producing quality products, they only care about sales. I’d avoid them tbh, there are other brands out there in their price range that have far better products.

[@CarolynNichole89]

I really enjoyed seeing your palette collection! Gloss Gods is on my list of brands to try. Such a bummer about the mold 😞

[@cherylb_88]

If a palette has mold even in one pan the entire palette is contaminated and shouldn’t be used. It could be due to the environment since so many of your palettes are getting mold when they really shouldn’t be.

[@mandy22f]

I ordered the Whats Up palette bundle this week when they did a discount on the bundle. I'm really excited. I really need to do a low buy on palettes next year 🙈 Great collection. Love these types of videos ♥️

[@GabriellaFrances]

Yay! I couldn’t resist it 🤣

[@mandy22f]

@@GabriellaFrances Me neither! And they look so fun but wearable. Enough neutrals and colour in a palette for me 😊

[@AlrisG]

I wouldn’t keep the palettes that were contaminated with mould. Nothing - not even coloured dust- is worth your health!!

[@dubsbeautydiary]

Can’t wait to see what you end up depotting. I would just trash the shades that were moldy, but that’s just me.

[@dr.claire.perfume]

This is quite ruthless 😂

[@GabriellaFrances]

🤣

[@mandy22f]

I've never tried Gloss gods. How do the eyeshadows compare to Glamshop? Those palettes look stunning! 😊

[@GabriellaFrances]

I find them similar but smoother than glamshop shimmers ☺️

[@mandy22f]

@@GabriellaFrances Ah thanks! I'm definitely going on a low buy. But if there's a nice discount i do want to try Gloss Gods some time 😊

[@teacherlovesbeauty]

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[@bertiesark]

just started getting into makeup again after years away is beauty bay any good for a bit older skin?

[@GabriellaFrances]

they can crease a bit so i would suggest using eye base if you can! but they are very nice quality for affordable price 😊

[@_leonora__7776]

You totally miss matched the swatches in the odens eye jewels and gems 😂😂 you swatched the grey first and then the black shimmer and said „see I needed to dig in harder“ 😂 the brand just loves to do topper shades. I think they are cool for daytime looks

[@GabriellaFrances]

I know, I saw that when I edited it 🤣🤣🤣

[@_axyss]

You might've gotten a defective Oden's eye palette 😣. 26:40

[@CaenaGrey]

Seems like you could really benefit from a de-humidifier.

[@GabriellaFrances]

I have one!

[@HolliesHoard]

I would buy those BB Palettes from you ❤

[@GabriellaFrances]

let me know where you're based on IG! if its not hard, i'm happy to send them

[@HolliesHoard]

@@GabriellaFrances messaged thank you x

[@ceceklyd8929]

You scared me of mold so i looked through my palettes and i dont have any of them😮‍💨😄

[@GabriellaFrances]

haha good!

[@ceceking7445]

The killer purr is like subcultures older sister

[@eleniminas7742]

Can we buy Alter Ego somewhere in Europe? Im sick of brands that post only from U.S .Nooo wayyy im from Greece 🇬🇷 don't need all the hussle neither the extra cost 😅 love from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤🎉( and im PISSED we can't get colopop anywhere near i want the superchocks)😂) ( edit : some brands are sooo overhyped on social media, like patmagrath, i got a famous mothership with discount and i was like WTF is this? My horrible palette 🎨)

[@SleeplessBeauty_Alexandra]

Alter Ego is OK but not worth the price with the shipping. But don't worry, you're not missing much (re. Alter Ego). Now the others... Maybe you can try some European indie brands for somewhat more reasonable shipping... I feel your pain!

[@omegasobsessions]

Alter ego depends on the palette really. Some prefer the alter ego palette to the one being duped but it isn’t consistent.

[@SleeplessBeauty_Alexandra]

@omegasobsessions6003 I only have the Artemis palette and like the shimmers but the cream-to-powders suck

[@GabriellaFrances]

Yeah I would agree with the other comments - I wanted to try Alter Ego cause they were dupes, but they ended up costing quite a bit with shipping and customs, so probably not worth it, since quality isn't 'amazing'! but I do like the palettes I have. I'm not aware of anywhere you can buy it in EU. I have been trying to buy from EU brands instead this year since it makes more sense! I swatched pat magrath in stores and I was not impressed either 😅😅

[@SleeplessBeauty_Alexandra]

@GabriellaFrances Gabriella and Eleni, have you shopped from Monolith? I've heard about it from Mieke at Floating in Dreams and you get free shipping for over €150, otherwise it's €13 or £13 or something shipping. It's not exactly cheap, but this way you can buy say 3 palettes from 3 different American indie brands without having to pay for shipping 3 times. Haven't pulled the trigger yet myself, but very interesting if you are in the EU or UK.

[@michellecaudill7936]

I’m not a note inside fan either! I think they’re crap they’re made in the PRC they ship from the United States, but they say they’re a Swedish brand. What the hell is coming out of Sweden nothing I’m not putting down the collaborators the collaborated with them but then I’ve heard they have two different formulas. I was greatly disappointed, but there’s no returns. I reached out to the company and they said yes we’re made in the PRC And we ship from our warehouse in the United States, so why the hell do they charge so much for shipping here within the United States and why do they advertise if they’re a Swedish friend? I have pallets from Ccolor cosmetics. That way I’ll perform Oden’s. I am really pissed that you and Deb Brandon’s charge so much for shipping. When really it cost them a couple bucks to bulk ship like they do instead of raising the price of their pallets they throw it on the shipping and that’s BS.

[@LilithThe1st]

How does the mold look like? They are powders, no water no mold.. no life really.😨

[@GabriellaFrances]

Fuzzy white?

[@LilithThe1st]

@@GabriellaFrances without analysing it, it's hard to tell. I watched this documentary on TV, the white stuff on chocolate 🍫is actually 🍫 oil that cracked through when temperature went up and the white cocoa butter went solid when got colder. Same as "sweat" on 💄lipsticks 💄💄, having different ingredients means they'll separate. If something 2020 taught me, it's that micro organisms are like us, even make-up that have water, has ingredients that are harmful to such little things, like fragrance and alcohol, etc. So I don't worry much 🙂

[@GabriellaFrances]

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[@LilithThe1st]

@@GabriellaFrances 🙂