MegaMix gel transformer!

Holy Moly!
I'd heard bits and bobs about this supposed "miracle gel" that turns things into gel polish. So - I read up about it.
The more I read, the more I was completely intrigued. It could turn normal polish into gel polish - this was impressive alone - but then it can also turn acrylic powders and Mica Powders etc into gel polish! 'Good going' I thought. But to turn your favourite eyeshadow into gel polish??? Woah! This is stuff of pure wizardry.
Needless to say I ordered the little pot of magic. 

Little pot of goodness

Now, you WILL be able to get it in a polish bottle, but there were issues with the white bottle not turning out to be UV proof (bet someone got in trouble for that little oversight, ha!) so for now it's just in pots until they get black bottles to protect it from setting inside.  Order yours from here.

It arrived this morning and I couldn't wait for a little play. In order of top to bottom below there is: Baby Pink - mica powder - from ileah on ebay  Pistachio Green - mica powder - from ileah  Cinnamon - mica powder - also from ileah O.P.I - normal polish - 'next stop the bikini zone' Colour Club - normal holographic polish - 'Beyond' Cuiccio - normal polish - 'Sicillian Summer'

Now I admit, I did think it was going to be a faff and palaver and to be honest - didn't think the mica powders would be very opaque or easy to brush on. I thought it would be powdery and 'bitty' if that makes sense? Total opposite.

I actually found the powders much more user friendly than the polish I transformed. I popped some powder into a dapper dish and then used a gel brush to pick some gel out of the pot. I improvised and used a dotting tool to scrape it off the brush into the pot, so I could get more gel out if needed. It was about half and half. Then I mixed the powder with the brush and... viola! 
I did use Irrisistible pigment powders and found you still need the white base coat to make the colours 'pop' but was chuffed to see it only took one coat. I took a photo of the pink but it was an awful image and didn't do it justice so sorry about that :/ 
I found with the powders two coats was perfect. 
The polish I wasn't so impressed with - but this is probably down to the washy washy colours.  I will try again with more opaque colours, as I found it took 3 or 4 layers to make opaque.  They also didn't seem as 'set' as the others, but again, I wouldn't necessarily say it was the product, as it was my first go, I may have needed more/less of either the polish or the gel. All in all this was really impressive.  I haven't got any eyeshadow I like that I'm willing to take chunks out of, so I'll try it with some horrid colour ;) that I won't miss and I'll upload that when I've done it.
I would definitely recommend this product. I thought it was going to be a fun novelty thing, but actually, I was really pleasantly surprised with the way the powders went to gel and were not in the slightest 'bitty' as I suspected they would be!
The only thing that would be a bonus - I think - would be to get little empty UV proof pots to make bigger batches of homemade colours with the mica powder etc. I can see now that some colours are going to fly with this product, so to save precious time to be able to mix larger quantities to keep would be fantastic. 

I may just have to see if I can get my hands on some empty pots from somewhere . . .