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Julia M. Usher posted:
virago posted:

I've mixed pearl dust with vodka and sprayed it over the surface of cookies with a fine tip airbrush. the results were excellent; a brilliant sparkle that did NOT rub off.

I do not have the best camera, but you can kinda' see the results in this photo, especially on the snowflakes...

http://cookieconnection.juliau...ery-bulbs-and-flakes

Oh, yes, good point! Any number of luster sprays and pearl sheen airbrush colors work and don't rub off, provided they've dried long enough and you haven't overapplied them. (Sometimes when they get too thick, I see some rub or even shake off). Though sprays/airbrushing give a heavier look, in my opinion. I guess it all depends on the look you are trying to achieve with the sheen.

FYI and disclaimer...

I have not tried any pre-made/bottled sprays or mixes, so I can't speak on how they perform.

the vodka/pearl dust mix that I make myself is just barely thin enough to run through the airbrush tip. after spraying the royal icing covered cookies, the surface is dry to the touch within 1 minute.

I have not yet tried spraying a glaze covered cookie. 

the first time I tried my own vodka/pearl dust mix, I had doubts if it would work at all; the pearl dust flakes don't really dissolve in the vodka and they look to large to spray. but after realizing that it would indeed spray through the airbrush, I used broad strokes to apply the spray to the cookies. I completely neglected/ignored the over spray that I was generating, and after applying the sparkly stuff to a full batch of cookies, I realized only to late that half my kitchen was coated in a layer of sparkle! it looked as though the fairies and sprites had gone to war    

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