StrangeBeautiful Nail Polish – Like A Josef Albers Painting
Just when you thought nothing else new could be done with nail polish, the StrangeBeautiful line of art worthy lacquers were introduced. The New York Times reported on this incredible new line of nail polish in the November 2, 2008 edition.
How did StrangeBeautiful come into creation? It all started with Jane Schub’s shiny red Ettore Sottsass Valentine typewriter.
Jane, who is an illustrator and beauty entrepreneur, realized one day while starring at her red typewriter that it would make a fantastic shade of nail polish. Indeed. She also saw a Warhol painting at the Dia:Beacon museum that had an amazing shade of pink, again a great inspiration for a new nail polish.
The Warhol painting that Jane spotted also had black in it. As she explained, the Warhol painting “was a little off”. Jane said “it (the Warhol painting) turned the corner from pink to something beautiful to look at.”
Besides the red and pink, Jane and her business partner Susan Strange started a collection of eight different StrangeBeautiful colors. Definitely a nail color line that’s very unique compared to the normal offerings.
What else makes StrangeBeautiful different? Free of any labels and elegantly packaged as an entire color story, StrangeBeautiful offers limited collections. One at a time.
As Jane explained it, just like one-of-a-kind artwork, when a StrangeBeautiful collection is sold out, it’s done and will never be re-created.
The first collection for StrangeBeautiful includes a rainbow of vibrantly beautiful colors including A Midcentury Modern Orange and An Art Nouveau Blue teal – inspired by the depths of a lake at night.
The collection, according to Jane “is like a Josef Albers painting”. Even better, this original collection is free of traditional chemical “nasties” such as Formaldehyde, Toluene, and DBP (dibutyl phthalate).
Each of the eight individual bottles are beautifully designed to fit in the palm of your hand and includes a lush 220 strand brush for artistic application.
The StrangeBeautiful line is sold exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman. For more information refer to strangebeautiful.biz.
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March 20th, 2009 at 3:25 am
Typewriter red , ha ha , very funny .Where can I find the photos of these nail designs?
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
After reading this article I always get little bit jealous why we can’t get this kind of paints for some of the jobs we do in people’s rooms and houses. It’s so neat to come up with vibrant deep and bold colors. This is sort of like faux finishing except even more deep. I have done something similar to this on trim work in some people’s houses. But you’re right in not putting all those toxic chemicals into your polish.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Very good article. I laughed a lot. I often read your post often, but this has made me thank you very much … will be because I am Polish. lol
February 16th, 2010 at 5:08 am
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April 21st, 2011 at 8:40 am
This turned into quite useful – in the beginning . I did not agree with this although the end it turned out incredible. .