There's Good Old (Shiney) Luster Dust Now There's 'designer Luster Dust'
Decorating By -K8memphis Updated 20 Aug 2016 , 11:28pm by AAtKT
i've lost/tossed more cake stuff than a lot of people have ever bought, no even just at home -- 45 years worth almost -- i sold a bunch at one of the retirements -- i start digging and i'm surprised at the stuff i have seriously -- but i tossed a box of venuance pearls and isomalt and fondant (it was old) recently and some old patterns and stuff i'm already regretting/missing hahahaha-- but anyway
someone may have already posted about this but i wasn't paying attention --
i'm buying the same brand luster dust, ck's -- and it is not as shiney as the old stuff -- it's barely shinier than petal dust --
the 'designer' luster dust non-toxic is nearly sans shine! should not be called 'luster'!
k8t is not a happy camper but i can add pearl dust and probably survive --
anyone else have this stuff? maybe i just have an off jar or something?
y'know if it ain't broke they don't need to try & fix it right?
misspelled shiny -- shame on me -- don't know why 'designer" didn't automatically capitalize with the others 
i tried
spell check didn't pick up 'shiney' because it means a football trading card -- who knew
ok so I added gum arabic and surprising to me it did well with the 'designer luster' in the alcohol -- which I don't have any lemon extract or grain alcohol -- I'm using maker's mark -- oh man it smells so good! and sure is shiny -- not metallic but super shiny -- good enough
@-K8memphis I'm new to using any kind of dust, "shiney" or otherwise. I did have to buy a bottle of everclear grain alcohol to make my gold dust paint on better (hopefully). I'm with you on the work of throwing out tons of stuff. I had a bunch of stuff that I gave away or took to the dump myself. the only time I got fondant to shine was when I painted it with a mixture of corn syrup & vodka.
Good to know ypu are always helpful k9memphis. Don't worry about misspellings we still can tell what you meant, darn tablets and smartphones. Once on cc I thought I put wow but when I went back to admire the work it said lol I was embarrassed
When I took my first newbie Wilton class in 2010, I was in LOVE with disco dust. Then.... in 2011 I find out on CakeCentral that it's either plastic or brass. It was just so dang purty though! Couldn't bear to throw it out. Now, 5 years later I can use it on polymer clay.
About every year now, I go through my stuff and end up pitching about $100-$200 worth of stuff that has either expired or was a really dumb purchase. It's depressing when I realize that I've wasted that much money. Fortunately, I don't think luster dust expires in 5 years, so I've still got my supplies.
thank you, mb, get you some gum arabic -- shines like patent leather -- yeah you will like everclear for that but get a little maker's mark too -- i think it would make good perfume ahahahahahahahaha
little jewel -- you made me laugh -- thank you! some peeps' names on here come out real bad on those pesky yet sort of handy devices -- 
no i hate all this mess -- it's working with silver highlighter in some of the 'designer' luster dust --
woulda worked perfect with real luster dust but (duh-uh) ...anyway but i absolutely don't understand this non lustrous luster --
would be curious if anyone else has this issue
maybe i should get some disco dust -- i've never used it before --
at home i mean, never used it at home -- i've used it in shops where i've worked
I'm not familiar with that reference?
signed, clueless
the trailer won't play so I read up on it a little -- I think I had to be there kwim -- 
no it looks better with plain old pearl on top i guess
AAtKT, I got that reference! I now use the adjective "shiny" to describe any new and interesting thing, but it does garner me some strange looks at times :-)
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