Cosmetic Mica Based Glitter - Rainbow

Technology and comparison to normal glitter

Technology has enabled the manufacture of larger synthetic mica flakes which can now be coated in such a way that they sparkle. The driving force behind the development of this technology is to eliminate the plastic that normal glitter is based on. 

A normal glitter powder is cut from coated plastic and all particles have the same size. This product is manufactured by coating synthetic mica flakes that range in size from 500 microns to 1000 microns (0.5 to 1mm) so the flakes naturally have a range of sizes. Previously it has not been possible to manufacture such large size mica particles but the driving force to reduce plastic consumption in Europe has lead to this development.

It does not  sparkle exactly like normal glitter and is really between an XXL Pearlescent Pigment and a Glitter Powder. It is more translucent than normal glitter. The dominant sparkle colour is silver but a wide range of subtle pastel colours are also visible. The translucent nature of the flakes gives the glitter its unique pastel colours. 

A significant difference to glitter is that when the particles are not viewed from an angle where they sparkle, they are basically invisible. Conventional glitter particles just look like coloured spots when they don't sparkle. 

Wonderful in resin art and clear cosmetics. It floats well in resin and is awesome simply sprinkled onto wet nail polish. A little goes a really long way.  

Note that glitter flakes are generally significantly larger than pearlescent pigment particles. When we refer to an XXL Pearlescent Pigment we refer to dimensions of 0.5 to 1mm. When we refer to XXL Glitter we refer to dimensions of 3mm and larger.

Cosmetic Applications of this Mica Based Glitter

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