From: Alice (Eggcetera) http://www.rlk.net/eggcetera/

Whenever I want to apply ballentine, polyflakes, glitter, etc. I use gold leaf adhesive. It goes on white, which allows you to be sure the entire area has been coated with adhesive. Wait until the milky finish turns clear before applying polyflakes or whatever. The adhesive will stay tacky for approx. 1 hour, so that if you have missed a spot, you can reapply the glitter without having to add more glue, giving you a nice even cover.

From: Lyn Williams

Will put in my little bit of advice re glittering gleaned from 20+ years of egging. I have always used Gold Leaf Adhesive Size as my adhesive. You just paint it on straight out of the bottle with a paint brush. Wait for a few minutes and it will dry and become tacky. Pour on your glitter, roll the shell to cover all the areas painted and then tip out the excess. I guarantee that the coverage will be really good, no blobs, runs, clumps etc.

Once it has completely dried I seal it with a coat of Mod Podge. When you do this you lose a little of the sparkle that is evident before you seal it. So last time I mixed some glitter in with the Mod Podge before using it to seal. Worked really well as it gave some extra depth to the glitter. Hope this helps, I now never use any other method for glittering.

From: Barbara Perkins

This is how I use glitter. It works well with no mess. I put my glitter in jar then I use about one and half times the amount mod podge to glitter. Then I stir it well before I paint it on the egg. Ive had great success using this method and the students that I teach all find it relatively easy.

From: Victoria Lane http://www.eggbags.com

Insert a dowel inside the egg. The dowel should be about 12" long for a rhea, shorter for a goose egg. Have it sit upside down in an egg crate. Use Crafters Goop glue and squeeze the glue tube while at the same time you turn the dowel until the glue closes the opening around the dowel completely. Wait until the next day to continue with the next step.

The next day, hold your egg by the dowel, like a lollypop. Get yourself a good quality brush, such as a white sable brush and use the "Royal Coat" as glue. Apply a nice, thick, even coat of glue. Work fast but be careful. The sable brush is very soft and if you use gentle strokes, from top to bottom or from bottom to the top, you should have no grooves or lines that the brush can make. Once the whole egg is coated, sprinkle it with glitter. On a piece of paper, collect the glitter that falls down, put it back in it's container and sprinkle again. This step may have to be repeated three times.

If the glue is thick and heavy, you need to keep applying glitter until you have no shiny spots. When you are satisfied with the way the egg looks, stick the dowel into a floral foam and let it dry. If your egg is cut and you are applying glitter, you don't need the dowel or the floral foam.

From: Maureen Williams

You'll probably get lots of different opinions with this one - all have their favourite methods. My favourite adhesive for glitter is Gold Leaf Adhesive Size, used for (obviously) applying gold leaf. This adhesive is very thin (like water) and goes on milky and dries clear. After you apply the size leave it to dry off (it remains tacky when "dry") and then apply the glitter. Use a hair dryer or a separate brush to remove any excess glitter. This method with leave the glitter very sparkly.

If you want to stop the glitter "shedding" and getting over everything (you can always pick an egger, even in a hotel lift, by the glitter on the face!) mix a small amount of Mod Podge in a plastic film container with a teaspoon full of glitter. Cheap way to make your own glitter glue although it can take a bit of the sparkle away from the end result.

One other important tip for the newbies - when working with glitter keep separate brushes and water jars (mark them clearly GLITTER ONLY) otherwise you will find tiny bits of glitter in your paint work. Judges frown of this very heavily. Never use your good paint brush to apply the glue for glitter - the tiny bits get up in the ferrule (the metal bit around the bristles) and you can never get it out.