Tools and materials:
- Hair elastic
- Stain remover
- Borax
- Sandpaper
- Emery board
- Cardboard shoe insert
- Scissors
- Petroleum jelly
- Blowdryer
- Magic eraser sponge
- Tape
- Hairspray
- Green tea bags
by Kara S.
Ten Styling Hacks for Shoes
13 Materials
$5
5 Minutes
Easy
Everyone knows that shoes can make or break an outfit. Use these styling hacks to keep your shoes looking beautiful and your feet feeling comfortable. Easily look stylish and from head to toe by following these shoe tips and tricks.
Styling hacks
Bunched up jeans
Stop your jeans from bunching up in your boots
Use a hair elastic
Use a thick hair elastic.
Hacks to look stylish
Put the hair elastic around your ankle to hold the hems of your pants in place, while being hidden from view inside your boot.
Jeans will stay tightly in boots
Your jeans will stay smooth.
Dirty sneakers
Clean dirty white sneakers
Use stain remover
Spray the sneakers generously with stain remover.
Use a half cup of borax
Remove the laces, and throw them and the shoes into the washing machine together with a half cup of borax. Run the machine on a hot cycle.
Clean white shoes
Your shoes will come out good as new.
Stylish tips and tricks
Prevent slipping in your heels
Rub with sandpaper
Rub the bottoms of your shoes with sandpaper.
Rub with an emery board
Then rub it with an emery board. This helps to create friction between the shoes and the floor, and prevent slipping.
Keep sneakers smooth
Prevent creases in your sneakers
Use a cardboard insert
Remove the cardboard insert that came in your sneakers.
Cut the end
Cut off the toe portion of the insert.
Put the cardboard inside the shoe
Insert the cardboard into the toe of your sneaker.
The sneaker will hold its shape
This will help the sneakers keep their shape.
Stylish looks
Relieve chafing from too-tight heels
Use petroleum jelly
Get some petroleum jelly.
Apply the petroleum jelly to your foot
Rub the petroleum jelly on your foot in the areas where the shoe is tightest.
Make heels fit better
Make clear heels fit better
Use a blowdryer
Run a blowdryer on hot aimed at the clear plastic straps while the shoe is on your foot. The plastic will soften and mold to the shape of your foot.
Dirty shoes
Clean dirty shoes
Use a magic eraser sponge
Use a magic eraser sponge on the rubber parts of your shoe. All the stains and scuffs will come off.
How to look stylish every day
Prevent pain from uncomfortable shoes
Tape your toes together
Use a piece of tape to hold your third and fourth toes together to relieve the pain.
Foot slipping out of a shoe
Prevent your foot from slipping out of too-big shoes
Spray with hairspray
Spray the insides of the shoes with hairspray.
Hairspray holds the foot in place
The hairspray will help keep your feet in place.
Unpleasant odor from shoes
Prevent odor from smelly shoes
Use a green tea bag
Insert a sachet of green tea into your shoes to absorb unpleasant odors.
Let us know if you use any of these cool tips to look stylish and how they worked for you.
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Most runners can be washed in the washing machine. I have been doing that for years.
Of course one could wear stockings with heelsor Trouser Sox but better yet, buy shoes that fit right so that these fit problems are avoided.