Make Old Shoes New - Central Minnesota Mom

To be honest, it has been quite a while since I have looked for shoes in colors other than the typical black or brown. I remember needing teal shoes for my high school prom dress a long time ago and needing to pay what seemed an arm and a leg at the time for shoes that had a fabric finish and then buying a dye to change the color or paying for a customized dye job. I think they were called Dyeables.

Actress Kristina Anapau (True Blood, Black Swan, Anger Management, etc.) has created Color It New™. This DIY coloring system is to allow transformation of your shoes, bags, belts, and more.

The Color It New™ kit comes with two cleaning towelettes, a pair of disposable gloves, mini roll of masking tape, 2′ x 3′ plastic sheet (tarp), bottle of coloring spray, and a step-by-step instruction guide.

There is a wide assortment of colors available with Color It New™. I selected Nude for this review and so I was sent The Exhibitionist Kit to try to re-purpose a pair of silver shoes I had.

To get started, you need to take the enclosed towelettes to provide a clean surface for Color It New™ to bind with.

The next step is to tape off areas you do NOT want colored. I thought it would be fine to spray the entire shoe so I saved a lot of time with no taping.

Okay, usually I am good at reading directions, but for some reason I thought it said to place the pink tarp in the box the kit came in, but it is to put over the tarp over the box. This will make the box into a make-shift stand.

If I would have read it correctly, I would have had better results, which I will show and explain later. The spray is very stinky so I would strongly recommend spraying in a garage or outside.

Put your gloves on and shake the spray can for at least one minute. Keep the spray nozzle 8-12″ from the surface of the shoe and spray with quick, sweeping, even motions. It says to do several light “mists” in succession rather than one heavy layer. I would recommend allowing time between each coat for drying.

Allow the shoes to dry before handling. Color It New™ dries within a few minutes. It is recommended to wait 1-2 hours before wearing your new color of shoes.

Okay. Now to my flub up. Since I put the tarp in the box and draped it over the sides, the shoes were drying inside it. The tarp stuck to the wet side of the shoe. Ugh!

Since the pair I used was a simple wedge, I would have preferred putting on light layers, drying them between coats, and allow the shoes to be out on the tarp the entire time and not even on top of the box for better results. The color from the kit is nice and neutral to go with almost anything.

Color It New™ has a suggested retail of $39.95, but is marked down currently to $19.95. To learn more about Color It New™, please check out the website at ColorItNew.com. One bottle will do a pair of average women’s shoes. Check out FAQ on the website for special instructions regarding to boots and men’s shoes.

You can connect with Color It New™ on social media –

Facebook (www.facebook.com/coloritnew)

Twitter (twitter.com/ColorItNew)

Disclosure: I received a Color It New kit for this review. No other compensation was received for this post. The thoughts and feelings expressed are my own.

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