As for most products for my hobby, I learned about this one from youtube videos – the final touch on the spectacular projects I was looking at were usually a few drops of milky-mother-of-pearl liquid from a transparent bottle with a convenient and thin dispenser-tip. Everything looked so easy and beautiful that I decided to buy liquid pearls too.
However, my first attempt to use them disappointed me a lot. I made two cards, and one, which was urgent and I needed for the next morning, I put to dry on the heating radiator, and the other – on a shelf where I would not get in the way. So, in the morning, the pearls on the card that was on the radiator had become voluminous, but their color was somehow cloudy and dark, having nothing to do with the clear and fresh color of the liquid in the bottle. In contrast, the drops of pearl liquid on the other card, which dried at room temperature without being exposed to extreme heat, were just perfect – with a well-shaped round relief and a gentle, milky-pearlescent sheen. So, does it make sense to say that since then each of my projects has been abundantly strewn with liquid pearls? Liquid pearls have a brilliant watercolor effect when applied directly to a drop of water and diluted with a paint brush, but if applied to a dry surface and left to dry, they become hard and dense. According to the manufacturer – and waterproof. The latter makes sense, but I haven’t tried it – I just haven’t used the liquid pearls on fabric that I need to wash 🙂 later. Otherwise, I tried on a satin ribbon and a leather band, but then I used both for cards, so I didn’t see the point in wetting them. On their label it is written that they are for decorating paper and textiles. However, I decided that since they have glue, I can test them on 
other surfaces, such as glass, plastic, wood and metal – I made one drop each and it really fits, but if when working with paper, the spread and shape of the pearl image can be easily corrected by tapping from the wrapped part of the sheet, then with denser surfaces this cannot happen. if, after all that has been said so far, you thought that thanks to their many applications, Tim Holtz’s liquid pearls will be able to replace all pebbles, pearls and crystals of different colors and shapes, bought impulsively from craft stores – I’m afraid you haven’t guessed. Despite their wide range of 33 rich and delicate milky colors, liquid pearls are pearls. And their soft mother-of-pearl shine is quite different from the transparent crystal effect of other types of pebbles, which also have great application in various craft projects.