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In today’s post I will be reviewing; Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Mica Flakes by Creative Expressions.
Cosmic Shimmer; Vintage Mica Flakes
Product Details
- Manufacturer/Brand; Creative Expressions: Cosmic Shimmer
- Item number: Tarnished Bronze; 055260 904440. Precious Gold; 055260 904457. Luna Silver 055260 904433.
- RRP at time of writing: £3.65 each. I bought mine as a set of three on Create & Craft.
Reason For Buying
Impulse! I am not a fan of glitter because it gets everywhere and I have a lot of static so this makes it worse. THIS on the other hand has much larger flakes. I saw these Mica Flakes demo’ed on Create and Craft by Sue Wilson and they seemed much heavier than glitter and gave a dazzling result. I want to use them with a series of different mediums and experiment, I could see a lot of possibilities with these. I also liked that they were more vintage colours rather than bright or candy colours which isn’t my style.
Pros/Cons
Pros
- 50 ml pot. Large enough to experiment with but not too big to store
- Good fitting screw top lid
- The flakes vary in size which adds a nice dimension to projects too.
- Nice stable pot, with a wide top for pouring the flakes back into. Although I’ll put mine into a bigger box, makes it easier to use and less to clear up ;)
- Lovely vintage colours, I can see more potential for my uses for these than with bright or candy colours that glitter often comes in. The gold is a nice soft old gold kind of colour, the silver is more like soft pearl and the bronze is a warm version of autumn leaves. Tricky to photograph, but they are totally lush!
Cosmic Shimmer; Vintage Mica flakes. Precious Gold, Luna Silver, Tarnished Bronze.
Cons
None, just a little outside my comfort zone ;)
Build Quality
Nice, I like the variation on flake size and the vintage colours. The pots have a nice wide opening making it easy to pour any unused flakes back in. The jars have well-fitting lids that hold well but aren’t difficult to open.
Value for Money
Fair. You get lots in the little pots, and a small amount goes a long way.
Would I buy it Again?
Ask me in a few months. I’m not a big one for glittery things, so I need some time to get used to the concept and how I’ll incorporate them into my style.
Summing up
This was a leap of faith for me, I wanted to add a more textural dimension to my projects and experiment with more colours.
When I’ve had more time to play and experiment, expect to see more projects and tutorials using this product. I can see a lot of potential for this and look forward to finding out what more I can do with it.
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Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie :)
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The tarnished bronze almost looks like pewter. They do look lush though and will be interested to see how you use them. Like you I am not a huge fan of glitter and rarely use it but seem to have a huge collection lol :)
Hugs
Lynn xx
The colours are lovely and vintage, so I thought they would go nicely with a grunge kind of style that I love so much.
I like the look of glitter, its just the fact that I have quite a lot of static and glitter won’t leave me alone! I loved it as a kid but the modern glitters that seem to be so finely ground seem to get everywhere. I have a little box of assorted colours that DH bought me one Christmas, it has not been opened. Perhaps one day. I will use Stickles as the glitter is trapped in the glue and adore the Zig glitter pens as you get the shimmery effect without the mess.
Tragic isn’t it DOH!
hugs
Billie :)