Magicfly iridescent acrylic paint review

I bought the 24 pack of Magicfly's Iridescent Acrylic paint last year.  I had a special project in mind and I wanted to try this paint.

  

These were the shoes that I bought from ThredUp. (not sponsored)

They are a brand called Miz Mooz  

Here is my review and a picture of the final result.

How to reglue the loose rubber on your shoes

Painting Sneakers

This is the second in a three part series on painting shoes. The third will be distressing shoes.

How do we do really fast shoe changes?

We use bikini hooks!    If needed, they are painted with nail polish.  Yes, we use a lot of nail polish in wardrobe and not on nails. 

Going into the hook.

How it holds.

Adidas Sneakers

What does one do when a company no longer makes the sneaker colorway that you need for your show?  That was the question a few months ago over at Come From Away when De'Lon Grant needed new Adidas.  Now, this is not as exciting as some of the artistry that I'm seeing in the custom kicks community, but it is the sort of thing we need to do for theatre/film.

I ordered a pair of Adidas Samoa in all white.  De'lon really likes this sole.

Then I painted the stripes and the back.





















I managed to find Gold Logo Decals and Jim Hodun, one of the dressers, put them on the back.  Frankly, I was relieved that I didn't need to freehand the logo!

 The sneakers were also distressed using some brown and grey spray paint and a wipe down of acetone. Then a bit more spray.  The sneakers just need to look a bit lived in.

Patent Leather Shoes

When Rose Byrne left "You Can't Take It With You", Anna Chlumsky stepped in. When a new actor starts, we try to keep as close to the original look as we can.  Occasionally, some things have to change, whether it be that the original was purchased and doesn't exist anymore, or in the case of this shoe, the matte version was on backorder.

Now, how does one paint patent leather?  Well, as I learned on Motown from my good friend (and an excellent dresser) Mikey Goodmark, nail polish. Mac or gel-ogic is the shiniest.  Laurel Parrish, another great dresser who I was lucky enough to have as a swing, happened to have the perfect blue (OPI "right off the bat") at home (which, of course, I replaced.)







Coat One

Coat Two














Final Coat

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They looked great, but wound up being a little too shiny.  So I used my acrylic matte spray and gave it  2 quick coats.

Now, they were show ready!

More Motown Shoes

As the assistant wardrobe supervisor over at Motown, I did some shoe painting, along with scheduling and payroll.  I also dyed satin shoes.
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I have applied color to match the actress's dress.

Here they are, completely painted and glazed.













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I used a gold Metallic and a green jade, along with a glaze. I really wanted to pick up the green squares in Krisha Marcano's dress.  This was for "Dancing in The Streets"

Motown shoes

These are the original shoes. 

This is the original dress.  Adorable, right?

Knowing that, I did this.  I kept the snakeskin pattern intact.  I mixed the orange to match the orange of the dress.  And the black was a basic black, straight from the tube.

Birthday Shoe Painting

On my birthday, which was in August, Wicked made sure to give me a job I'd enjoy.  I painted shoes for a person coming in for a while.  These were black boots and I tweaked the design a little to have the same feeling as the boots the ensemble member would normally wear.

I taped out the design and marbleized, using a rose, bronze and a few other colors.  I made the tongue a different purple with some rose highlights and the body a dark purple, so it wouldn't be a lot of coats of paint.  That would crack and flake.

Evita shoes--distressed shoes

 Start by sanding just a little.  Better to have to go back.

Add some black polish to help age.

More polish to finish.

Close up of final look.

Evita shoes--Grey to Periwinkle

Original Shoe

 This is an acrylic blend, which I put in alcohol to make it a dye.  I then quickly scrubbed it on and brushed it with a suede brush.   I have a very extensive paint kit and an extremely good eye for color.  I am also a fantastic dyer of fabric.

Evita shoes--Gold to Silver

This is what the shoe started as.

Coat one.  It's a Pewter with a silver contrast.

Putting on another thin layer.  These will be polished w/ a neutral polish.  Notice that I use make-up brushes when I paint.

The inside gets cleaned up with a little rubbing alcohol.

Evita Shoes--Ricky Martin

This past spring, I worked on Evita as the preproduction shoe painter.  The job started out as just distressing some shoes, and I was then given further responsibility and wound up painting almost all the shoes.  (I would say all, but I'm sure there was a pair or two that I didn't touch.)

These are Ricky Martin's boots.  They were a flat ugly leather.   Christopher Oram, the costume designer, wanted them to look "real" and have that "sexy look that broken in leather gets" and add some warmth to it.  I added some reddish paint and rubbed it out, so it was a stain.  I then stippled in some black shoe polish and polished them.  I then polished them w/ a neutral polish.  Christopher was very pleased and I'm told that Mr Martin said "My shoes got love".

Ain't Misbehavin'

This Fall, I also was the assistant costume designer for "Ain't Misbehavin'" at Crossroads Theatre, in New Brunswick, NJ.  Andre DeShields, from the original Broadway production,  directed it.  Deborah Caney, a longtime friend, was the costume designer.  (Fun fact:  I introduced Deb to her husband.)

One of the things I did was paint and dye the shoes.  I mixed the colors to match the dresses and suggested the glitter for a detail. Shoes are a specialty of mine. 
Our wardrobe supervisor, Chadd McMillan, took this photo for me.

I did lots of alterations, refurbishing and fancying up.

Check out the review in the NY Times.
 "tiny, twirlable purse"?  Yeah, that's me.

 Here are some close ups that I took.