Pigment powder

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Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments from Jacquard is a very fine mica laced pigment which can be applied in thin layers to create smooth metallic coatings to most surfaces! The variety of finishes Pearl Ex can produce is nearly endless, from metallic sheens to pearlescent shimmers

ohhh use grey mica powder with floetrol and the other colours could be amazing

Hi Friends! Sometimes it is a mishap that becomes the springboard of a great idea! Such was the case when I knocked my bottles of powdered mica eye-shadow off the shelf for the umpteenth time, this…

I’ve been playing with Perfect Pearls again… this time with Perfect Pearls Powders, two dies from Sizzix (Tattered Flower Garland and Elegant Flourishes) and the Dot Matrix Texture... Read More

I have lots of the small pots of Cosmic Shimmers and I use them in lots of ways, but using them to watercolour with gives a lovely shimmery effect to your ca...

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Hello my lovely peeps!!! I am so excited about today's tutorial!!! I think that this is one of my MOST favorite new techniques in a very long time. I experimented with different ratios and I think the best is equal parts Pigment Powder/Gum Arabic/Water. In the photo below I have 1/8 teaspoon of each color of Pigment Po

Mica powder and pigment powder are not the same thing. They behave differently and when you're working with polymer clay or other crafts, it matters.

If you are into crafting and DIY projects or makeup and beauty, there’s a chance you’ve used mica powder or at least heard of mica powder. I’m going to explain what mica powder is and offer some suggestions for what you could use it for.

Premo sculpey polymer clay and supplies to use with it. Texturing tools, chalk, fake ice and powdered sugar or flour for miniature food. Perfect Pearls metallic mica powders similar to Pearl-Ex for adding a shiny finish to clay. Alphabet sets for embossing text into clay tiles and jewelry. Martha Stewart air dry clay molds resin polymer.

These backgrounds are very easy to make and look absolutely stunning! Their scans really don’t do them justice at all, because when you move them in the light they shimmer and sparkle in all …

Disclosure: Jacquard sent me a free sample of Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments to review for this post. I have shied away from using dry pigment powders since Gregory Wright's patterned effects demonstration at the International Encaustic conference. Gregory cautioned that some dry pigments may be poisonous and that repeated exposure can have serious effects on the

I wanted to do a series of sparkly resin pieces so first I needed to do a test to see how resin mixed with mica powders will layer over, or under, resin mixe...