The New Black fall/winter 2013 - new collections!

Today I would like you to see the new fall/winter 2013 set from The New Black

MESH & LACE €26,95
Discover an authentic state of grace wrapped in a fantasy of mesh and lace.
Add warm pink flesh or cool pearl ice, and the world will surely stop and melt with you.

LACE THE PUNCH €26,95
Add some punch to your pointers with edgy metallic lace highlights over creamy colors. When opposites like this attract, the bond is powerful, intoxicating. We make it easy to nail this look. Get punch drunk on our laced punch…
When others drink you in, they won’t know what hit them!

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE €26,95

Create your own Russian revolution with a quirky, au courant twist on nesting dolls that looks anything but traditional when paired with juicy Beet and Cool Cucumber polish. 

BOTTLE ROCKET €15,95
Add some fireworks to your fingertips with this explosive trio of thrilling color. Layer it on to
generate drama and you'll burst forth like a skyrocket, your spirit of independence clearing
showing.
We Are Floating In Space, I Had A Dream & State Of Independence.

FOILED AGAIN €23,95
Turn over a shiny new leaf with sleek mixed metals that refract and reflect.
Choose a sheer coat or a full metal jacket. Any plan you may have had for lackluster nails is now officially foiled.

GYPSY ROSE €23,95
A new shade in the ombré family. Soft, muted hues for the perfect subdued manicure.

SHAPE SHIFTER €15,95
These shades make you a quick-change artist by taking your existing nailpolish colors and giving them a whole new lease on life. Worn alone, it’s a beautyfully, delicate opalescent glaze, with a hint of color; over any another color it transforms and shifts creating fantasy color blends.
No limit to your creativity once your start using them!
Set of three wizard-like colors: Violet Opal Transformer, Blue Opal Transformer and Golden Opal Transformer.

What do you think of these new sets?
Personally I like them a lot, and I would love to try Shape Shifter...

Ombre Haze with abstract flowers and doodling

The base colors in this abstract floral ombre is the set called Original Ombre in thecolors “Haze”  from The New Black - I showed the ombre alone right HERE.

When I received the ombre set in Haze for review, I also received the silver striper. I painted some random stripes with it, and with acrylic craft color, I painted some flowers. I topcoated with Seche Vite.

Grundfarverne i denne abstrakte blomster ombre er sættet, der hedder Original Ombre in thecolors “Haze” fra The New Black – og jeg viste ombren alene HER.

Da jeg modtog ombren til anmeldelse fik jeg også en sølv striper, se den HER. Jeg malede nogle tilfældige streger med den, og med akrylfarve malede jeg lidt blomster, før jeg lagde Seche Vite som toplak.

The New Black Ombre set in Haze

The New Black make it easy to do a well composed ombre - and today I'm going to show you the set called Haze, that was sent for me to review.
The application was easy and the dry time was good - 2 easy coats, and no top coat for these swatches...
I like the idea, especially for those that does not have a huge stash with several colors within a shade...

What do you think, do you like this easy and quick take on an ombre...?

Check in later today for another post at my "normal" posting time :)

Times Late Edition by The New Black - newspaper print - avistryk

The New Black is a company that sells you ideas and the right tools to follow them through, take for example this set of easy to do newspaper print set - that comes in 3 versions, check them out HERE!

The set that was sent to me for my honest review is the Times Late Edition, that comes with a grey base color, and as in the other sets: printed paper - and when you transfer the text it is readable unlike if you use newspaper, that's a cool detail, transfer solution and top coat.
And the easy step by step tutorial is found inside the set and as a video on the Nail Art Tutorials Page - click HERE - choose the video called Typography!

I followed the tutorial step by step, cut the paper, added my normal base coat, applied 2 coats of the grey polish, one coat could have been enough if my nails were without ridges, and I was pleased the the polish is easy to apply and dried quickly.
The I waited until the polish was completely dry and one nail at the time I added transfer solution to the nail, placed the piece of printed paper with the printed side down, added more transfer solution to the surface of the paper, and held it towards the nail for 30 seconds, gently rolling a finger in a gently pressing motion all the time.

 

 

I was very pleased to see how well the print transferred, the best I have tried yet.
I waited more than the suggested "few moments" (I waited a couple of minutes) to make sure the solution had dried away, but non the less, when I top coated with the included top coat, the lovely, crisp print was dragged and smudged, so I had to redo a nail!
So what you see is a slightly smudged thumb and pinkie with the original (glossy) top coat - and the 3 middle fingers are top coated with Essie Matte About You, because I find the matte finish perfect for newspaper print!
Those of you who know my blog might know that I not am fond of grey nail polish, but in this case I actually liked it!
Overall thoughts: The polish is easy to apply, dries quickly and the transfer paper and solution works like a charm - but I prefer to use a different top coat than the one included.
So I can most definitely recommend these sets!

You can find my first newspaper print mani in my DIY - Tips and tricks folder in the menu above.

Highlighter pen nail art - a whimsical idea

Recently I received this beautifully wrapped box with blogger samples from The New Black - isn't it just gorgeous?

- tomorrow I will show  you the "Times late edition" set, a complete set for doing newspaper print manicures...

Well, back to the highlighters....
The box included a promotional set of cool highlighters in polish shaped containers.

Of course they are for paper - NOT FOR NAIL ART - but colors and materials inspire me, so that  couldn't help it, I had to try them for nail art ;)

I looked at the tip, hmmm, not really small, but a nice challenge!
Highlighters are for marking text, so they are very translucent. And they do not work well on glossy surfaces (the liquid kind of slides of and gather in tiny drops).
Those were the two first challenges I had to face.
I knew that white would be to only real option as a base color, so I chose Seche Porcelain II - but it dries nice and glossy.
I tried buffing it with a fine grit buffer - but then it hit me: Essie Matte About You top coat gives a really matte and slightly paper like finish - and after a small test I went ahead...

 

 

If you want to try this whimsical idea of mine you remember this:
- highlighters are very translucent
- they mix and changes easily color if you touch one color with another
- do not work well on a glossy surface (the liquid gathers in tiny drops)
- the stronger colors work the best - yellow and orange are very translucent
- if you top coat the result becomes even more translucent and the colors change

I know it's a silly idea - and would love to hear what do you think?