21 Great Tips To Make Your Shoes More COMFORTABLE.
High heels, pumps, ballerinas or even simple sneakers ...
Each type of shoe can hurt your feet and cause pain. Help !
But that was before ! Because fortunately, there are secrets to stop having sore feet.
here is 21 great tips and tricks to avoid pain and make your shoes more comfortable. Look :
1. Slippery shoes? Use sandpaper to give them back adhesion
With a little bit of sandpaper on the worn soles, you're done slipping on the sidewalk. You can also rub your soles with white vinegar. Click here to find out how.
2. Sore feet in your pumps? Tape your 3 and 4 toes for pain relief
This trick might sound weird, but it really works. Use medical tape like this to tape your 3 and 4 toes together. This will reduce the strain on the nerve under the foot that is causing the pain.
3. Tired of squeaky shoes? Use talc
The noise made by shoes is caused by the sole rubbing against the inner lining. The solution: talc! Remove the insole and sprinkle the inside of your shoes with talcum powder. This reduces friction so your shoes no longer squeak with every step.
4. Use transparent deodorant to avoid blisters
Goodbye friction… and hello dance floor! Put clear gel deodorant where the shoes rub to prevent blisters. Note that this trick also works with petroleum jelly. Check out the trick here.
5. Loosen up your shoes too tight like the pros
To keep the shape of all your shoes, do like the shoemakers and use an authentic shoe tree. Admit: besides, it's a beautiful object!
6. Widen your boots with newspaper and 70 ° alcohol
It's also a great way to keep your boots straight in your closet. Check out the trick here.
7. Repair your heels easily with this non-slip rubber
To give a second life to too worn heels, use these non-slip heel plates. This is the quick and efficient little solution!
8. Tired of slipping in your heels? Use these non-slip soles
For best results, choose soles with a good non-slip coating, like these.
9. Eliminate bad shoe odors… with tea bags!
If so, promise-juror: it works really ! You can say goodbye to smelly shoes by using simple tea bags. The sachets will absorb bad smells. Click here to find out how.
10. Shorten your heels by 1 cm for more comfort.
High heels increase the risk of injury because the soles of the feet support the full weight of the body. Nothing better to break a bone! Fortunately, there is a trick to reducing the risk of injury. Just shorten the heels from 1 to 2 cm - and this without damaging the shoe. To do this, take your shoes to the shoemaker.
11. Are your shoes too small? Put them in the freezer!
Water + freezer bags + freezer = use science to widen your shoes! Yes yes, you read that right. This old grandmother's trick is super effective at loosening and enlarging a pair of shoes that are a little too small or sore.
Take 2 freezer bags, fill them with water and put them inside your shoes. Then, place the undersized shoes in the freezer for 3 to 4 hours. As they freeze, the water in the bags will swell and put pressure on the walls of the shoes, making them widen. Awesome, isn't it? Check out the trick here.
12. Shoes with straps that are too tight? Put moleskin inside the thongs
It's easy. Simply cut strips of adhesive moleskin from the inside of the straps to make them more comfortable. You can find adhesive moleskin in drugstores or here on the Internet.
13. Use pads to stop slipping in your shoes
Tired of the friction behind your heels? Put super soft adhesive pads in your shoes to make them more comfortable.
14. Use a hair dryer and socks to loosen undersized shoes.
Are your leather ballet flats too tight? Put on a thick pair of socks and run the hair dryer where it hurts. The heat of the hair dryer will soften the leather, which will then relax. Click here to find out the trick.
15. Use denim to mend torn linings
Over time, the fabric linings inside the shoes (known as the zippers) wear out and deteriorate. The easy trick to fixing them is to cover the area with a piece of denim. To secure the fabric, you can use textile glue or sew them by hand.
16. Hold your feet in place with silicone soles
Prevention is better than cure ! When you know you're going to be wearing your pumps all night long, you can easily avoid the pain.
Just use non-slip silicone soles that hold the foot in place. You can find it in pharmacies as well as on the Internet. It’s simply a magical invention.
17. Use this lacing technique to make your running shoes more comfortable
To properly tie your running shoes according to your body type, click here to discover the technique.
18. Use beeswax to waterproof your canvas shoes
Because there is nothing worse than walking in wet canvas shoes! Luckily, you can waterproof them with this cool beeswax grandma trick. The tutorial is here.
19. Buy your shoes at the end of the day to make sure they are the right size.
When you buy new shoes, rather try them at the end of the day. Why ? Know that your feet are the most swollen at the end of the day. Thus, your slightly swollen feet will be the best judge of the ideal size for a new pair of shoes. So logical, but you had to think about it :-)
What if you've already bought your shoes? So wear them home before big day. For example, while cooking, cleaning or vacuuming ... This way, the shoe will have time to relax and take the shape of your foot.
20. Blisters on the feet? Relieve them with a green tea foot bath
Do you have blisters on your feet? The solution: Soak them in a green tea foot bath. Thanks to its powerful anti-inflammatory properties, green tea will quickly soothe the pain of your blisters and relieve your poor tired feet.
21. Cover your flip flops with fabric to make them more comfortable
To avoid the unpleasant rubbing sensation of rubber flip-flops, wrap them with fabric. Bonus, you can customize them with a beautiful colorful fabric!
Your turn…
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