https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/3b8d505c-7dc4-4e3b-ada9-27a219e31f88 There seems to be a current trend for fashionable beverages that have a fine glitter in them to make them swirl and shimmer when the bottle is shaken. When added to things like lemonade they impart their shimmer into the drink. I decided to try making some myself with cheap supermarket-brand clear adult potions and two types of gold glitter. One is sold by Poundland for adding to fizzy grape based beverages (Noting that they also do a cake glitter which may cloud the drink with rice flour). The other is an ultra-fine cosmetic grade glitter based on mica. If you think it's a bit dodgy drinking something with mica in it then check out the ingredients of edible glitters at your local bakery shop. Many of the food grade glitters do indeed contain mica, although they may use the chemical name potassium aluminium silicate or refer to it as E555. The coatings on the mica are usually a molecular layer of E171 (titanium dioxide) which adds a vivid white reflective coating on the mica, E172 (iron oxide) which adds a golden colour and sometimes other food colourings too. The mica dust is so fine that it has a texture like chalk or flour in the mouth on its own, and no gritty sensation at all. It's such a fine powder that it easily gets airborne and sparkles in the air. At the point of making this video I've misplaced the ingredients list for the Poundland glitter. I think it may actually be based on the standard mica version with a sugar carrier. As always with any edible project I'll leave it up to you to make the decision if you wish to experiment with it or not. The eBay mica is always going to be an unknown variable, even if it is advertised as a cosmetic suitable for the lips. As long as it's fine enough (and this stuff gets airborne at the slightest disturbance!) then it poses less risk than some toothpastes that use coarser stuff. Adding it to a strong carrier spirit will also act as a steriliser. Yes. The E555 reference was to celebrate 555K subscribers. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:44:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/3b8d505c-7dc4-4e3b-ada9-27a219e31f88 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.