petal dust, shimmer dust,luster dust,sparkle dust and disco dust...........what the heck is the ACTUALL differance in all????????and are there differant effects 
I really don't work with them and the few occasion I tried luster dust I could not get it right what so ever 
the only dust I know well is in my house 
I'm with you there.
I have plenty, like to bottle it up and sell it, would be rich
I don't know about the other dust, I haven't used them yet either, but I would also like to know, so I'll give you a little (bump) to help out. 
Petal dust is flat in "shimmer". It has no sparkle.You use it when you are adding color to decorations like roses for example. Roses are not monochromatic. The center is deeper in color than the petals. Using a brush you darken centers or lighten edges.
Shimmer dust to me "looks" like fine ground sugar crystal. It gives a subtle shimmer. Enough for you to say "oh" and realize its not a flat color.
Luster dust gives the rainbow appearance. No matter what color the luster dust color (claret,avocado) the sparkle itself seems almost rainbow in color. Kinda looks like your shiny eyeshadow. Or at least that the effect as I see it.
Sparkle dust is a little larger in grain. The spaklies are more pronounced so you can easlily see the glitter-ness to it.
Pearl and super pearl dust looks just like it sounds. If you have ever seen real pearls and how they glimmer, thats how this will look. It has a nice translucency so you can use it over just about any color to give it a pearlized appearence.
Never used disco dust but I can only assume, and you know what they say about assumptions, that it is a larger grain of "glitter or sparkle". To actually give it the illusion of actual glitter.
Hope this helps you out a lttle bit. Keep trying. They are all beautiful.
Disco and pixie dusts look like real glitter that you buy for your kids crafts. They are super sparkly and are the best. Check out the pixie dusts at Cakes By Sam--Pixie Dusts. They are awesome. In my photos, my crown had been painted with clear gold pixie dust. On the disco cake, the BC disco ball was dusted with hologram gust. Super sparkly!
Is the pixie dust edible? Your cakes are amazing - I love the princess pillow cake !
I was wondering the same thing! Fantasy_Art, thanks for the Great descriptions!!!
What would be the best kind to use to give blue bc a 'wet' effect, to look like water (a pond)?
Hmmm.. good question. I'll tell you what I would try, maybe others will have some other suggestions. I would probably work with a couple of different shades of blue and green luster dusts. Since it is BC icing, it would be a little difficult to apply dry luster dust, so I would mix the dusts with vodka (my personal preference) and paint it on. Using the different shades and painting and swirling them on separately could give it a cool look with a hint of a wet look. Hmmm... Now I may have to try it... 
hi,
I really like the way your work looks when using luster dust, but I read that all the dusts are not edible.
So what happens if some luster or petal dust falls down right on the cake from one of the toppers?
Is the cake still safe to eat??
Can you put the topper, brushed with luster dust, right a way on the fondant, or WHAT????
I dont know about getting bc to look wet, but if its on the top of a level cake, I have made like a grass edging to my pond and poured the thinnest coating of tinted cornsyrup to make the pond water. Just a thought
What would be the best kind to use to give blue bc a 'wet' effect, to look like water (a pond)?
I've always had success with adding color to piping gel!
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