A while back I found a report about wearing heels and not blistering your feet.

I love heels but, yep, I get blisters.

I can't find the original item but I have been trying the advice and it seems to work!

The idea is stop your skin sticking to the shoe and hence rubbing causing a blister. Sure you can wear stockings but I like my legs bare and suntanned.

So spray antiperspirant deodorant into your shoes, it stops your skin getting moist and then sticking to the inside of the shoe!

It seems to work for me.

Just thought I would share!

Let me know how you go.

Now to find a way for my legs not to feel tired after wearing 3 inch heels for an evening!

Here are a few more hints:
http://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/skincare/hands-feet/how-prevent-blisters

For a more comfortable feeling there are soles as inlays.
You might look for natural ones if you go barefoot.
Some give a feeling like walking on clouds.

For new shoes it might be a good idea to wear thin socks to break them in for a day or two.
And if there are sharp edges they can be found and evened out a bit.


*hugs*

Quote from: Cindy on March 19, 2016, 03:19:52 AM

A while back I found a report about wearing heels and not blistering your feet.

I love heels but, yep, I get blisters.

I can't find the original item but I have been trying the advice and it seems to work!

The idea is stop your skin sticking to the shoe and hence rubbing causing a blister. Sure you can wear stockings but I like my legs bare and suntanned.

So spray antiperspirant deodorant into your shoes, it stops your skin getting moist and then sticking to the inside of the shoe!

It seems to work for me.

Just thought I would share!

Let me know how you go.

Now to find a way for my legs not to feel tired after wearing 3 inch heels for an evening!

First off, find something that will not like hug your feet like skin tight latex (doubt they are latex, but it's a comparative coz latex is tight).

Second off you cant go wrong with some wedges, I have some. From Payless nonetheless, and they are super comfortable and have lasted such a long time- I've had them for at least 3 years.

And if you are talking like stiletto heels, or for lack of a better phrase or name for them F**k me pumps. Those will always be uncomfortable. I like block heels myself

Your legs, ankles and feet will likely ALWAYS hurt to SOME extend after wearing heels. You're forcing your legs, and feet into some odd position that they are not use to. And frankly I've worn heels for years, my body still hurts in those places.
Granted wearing wedges and blocks (even with boots) helps a LOT.

As far as the blisters, like I said look for some that are NOT super tight, have some sort of support in the back where the following materials are NOT against your feet; canvas (worst), leather, twill, and suede. If you MUST wear the "no-no materials, wear "hidden bandaids" (like hide them just below the rim of the shoe), where the fabrics hit.

The deodorant thing... well I am TOTALLY against the use of deodorant as it is so bad for the skin because it puts garbage in your skin that is SUPER pore clogging (no I don't smell bad even in the summer)

Could you use baby powder to stop your feet sticking? Also they make these weird gel pad things - i know cause i was given some for christmas. i still have some tall heels (i'm short + i also love glam rock so i used to like me some platforms), i could test them out and report back lol

Some shoes are so badly designed that they would give anyone sore feet/blisters.
For those I've had most success with filling a small freezer or sandwich bag with water and stuffing it in the offending area then freezing the shoe overnight. Use a solid freezable filler item if you're just stretching one part of the shoe to stop this stretching the whole area.
Water expands when frozen and the freezer is usually humid inside so the mixture of slow but powerful expansion and humidity stretches the tight part of the shoe usually just enough for it to fit perfectly.
For particularly bad shoes it may take more than one freeze.

Some materials make crack/break so be wary of that especially when repeating the process.

I wear horseshoes....horseshoes....horseshoes....well, it looks like autocorrect
isn't going to let me spell it the way I want to! 

I remember 20 years ago  I went out in heels and when I got back home I had twin gashes on the back of my ankles.

Nice topic, thanks.  I'm shopping for my first pair of (very low, 1.25") pumps.  I generally wear a size US11/EU44 men's dress shoe, which not all sites list as the proper conversion but such things vary a lot.  Anyway, I tried on a pair of US12W women's pumps (Soft Style Women's Angel II Dress Pump) the other day at Penney's, I was wearing a rather thick nylon stocking, they were quite tight, though not pinching - I know they'd be uncomfortable after not too long.  US 12.5 is about impossible to find at a reasonable price and I'm afraid a 13, which I would probably have to mail order, I haven't found any on the shelf yet, would be too loose, especially in hose (Edit: even though I know that many sites say the proper conversion from US men's to women's shoes is to add two sizes, a 13 is also usually shown as an EU45-46 and in a men's dress shoe I'd have blisters before I got out of the store in a 46 as they'd be slipping down with every step, even in a thicker men's dress sock)  Based on experience with men's shoes, loose is a blister waiting to happen and my wife warns me that without an ankle strap, even a low pump will come right off if it isn't snug.  In the shoe mentioned above a 12W is a 12C/D, I think a 12E or maybe a 12.5 is what I really need but I don't really want to spend a fortune on my first pair, which I plan to wear a lot (read "wear out quick") so I can get used to the heels, practice my walk, and consider something higher.

The 12C/Ds are very reasonable on Amazon (one color is available for under US$20), so I may just try a pair and see how it goes but any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hugs,
DeeDee

While wearing heels usually I just use medium cocktail waitress heels 3 inches as you see in my profile photo. I love them and they give me no issues for walking a reasonable distance.

If I have to walk a long long distance, I use black boots with heels. Also for cold weather I use these.

I find 5 inch stiletto tires my ankles out too fast like in about 15 minutes or less, so I rarely use 5 inch just comfortably wear 3 inch for hours and hours.

Ive been living in Morocco for about 2 weeks and I'll probably be here for at least 2 more months. In the part of Morocco where I live, it is totally unacceptable in public to wear 3 inch heels so I always stick to the black boots wit heels as many women here have and it works fine. xx