Review on 🎨 ACTIVA Lumina Transluscent Polymer Clay: Unleash Your Creativity with this Versatile and Durable Crafting Material! by Heather Shaw

This is my personal experience with this tone. Your mileage may vary depending on what you do and how you use it. Strengths: Very strong when pressed and shaped well. It can be torn, but its thickness requires little force. The flexibility is amazing. (when fully cured) I tested the strength of a homemade petal and flexed it over 200 times before showing severe cracks. Even then it didn't break. It only had white stress marks and small cracks. The dry texture resembles soft vinyl. Can be colored or mixed with paint, sprayed and treated with various coatings. (may make it less flexible because paint doesn't bend as well, but it still holds up.) - Makes very realistic looking plants if handled properly. - Depending on the project, it may not be easy to replace this clay. (Various homemade cold-porcelain type clays may correspond to some, but not all, of the properties of this clay.) Disadvantages (or disadvantages): - It is more difficult to work with than many other clays when modeling because of the following problems - you need a fresh batch. If you don't have a fresh one, you can place a damp towel or paper towel on the open side of the bag and seal it in the container for the day. The surface dries very quickly, so you only need to remove a certain amount at a time and store the rest in a damp container. - Tends to crack or split when dry when flexed or manipulated partially dry. - does not want to stick to itself, and the layers can separate. apart if not fully connected. (but can be made to do this with some effort, such as wetting or modifying the clay to make it look like a paste) - takes longer to set than fired polymer clay. Expect around 24+ hours depending on thickness. It appears to have set early enough to be removed from the molds, but not fully flexible until the next day. (This uses very thin layers. Thicker layers can take up to a week or two.) Neither good nor bad: - So far the packaging looks like a ziplock bag of clay tightly wrapped in cellophane. Not using it in this form can result in slow drying. (This also applies if you order direct from the company.) - Creamy and cloudy when dry. Light still comes through if thin enough. If you need a whiter color, you can mix it with other air-dried clays. (I've used things like heartiness and joy) - flexible, so if you need something solid and solid it's not that useful. - If left very damp or wet after full hardening, the clay will soften and may become brittle, but will then dry out and harden. Didn't notice any loss of detail. This may or may not ruin painted work that is not sealed. (Mine was unpainted.) This can allow for some reshaping, but not to the same extent as brand new uncured clay. Because of this, the clay is almost waterproof, but it would be more accurate to say it is waterproof. However, if used correctly, it can still be useful. - tends to lie flat when dry. This can be annoying, but you can work around it by propping up the area. In my projects I've found that it's better to work with this trend and make objects flat. Some things that helped me to use this tone: - Cooling between uses is helpful but not that important. This could be the case if you can use unused clay for more than a month. Paper towels seem to be more prone to mold than clay. On the other hand, I tend to use up clay within a month of opening it. If I don't use it anytime soon, I keep it at the bottom of the fridge where it won't freeze. Use water sparingly. Overuse will at best make the clay very sticky and difficult to use. At worst, you'll separate your hands like shavings from an eraser. Hand lotion also helps slow drying time or restore tone to some extent better than just using water. Ideally, the less you need to add, the better. Mixing it with fluffy clay makes it easier to work with something for sculpting. Fluffy Clay (I used Delight) seems to be more dominant so mix less with Lumina. Update: I've added pictures of things I've made with clay.