how to avoid smelly feet

If you drop by our New York apartment and happen to open the freezer, there is a slight chance you’ll faint. In our freezer you can currently find a pair of shoes with the most intense horrific smell that no human can tolerate. I won’t tell you who’s shoes they are (but her name starts with a J and ends with an et), however The Internet told us that smelly shoes will smell less if you leave ‘em in the freezer for a night.

Now I can inform you that even if we left them in their for an eternity – no way in hell would it extract the stench. The lady in question had just bought them and somehow thought it would be a good idea to wear them without a pair of socks. Hopeless. And because of this incident I spent hours on the Internet looking for a solution and came across a few things you should keep in mind during your next city trip to a warm country.

the freezer

Apparently this works but a it’s lost cause for the hopeless few. Dump your smelly shoes into a plastic bag, put these in the freezer and due to the cold temperature, all the bacteria will die and your shoes will come out fresh as a daisy.

Let it breathe

Pretty obvious, but something we sometimes forget. Instead of dumping them somewhere in the corner of your house, put them our in your garden or on your balcony and let nature do its work. If possible, take the soles out and make sure everything is completely dry.

switch it up

Don’t wear the same shoes every day, but switch it up a bit. I suck at this and I only brought one (!!) pair of flats with me to New York so I’m afraid my babies won’t be smelling like roses at the end of the trip.

Vanilla sugar

We have yet to try this out and if this one fails too, then I’m just going to chuck Jet’s shoes in the trash. Put three sachets of vanilla sugar in your shoes for about three days. Vanilla sugar is sweet so it should neutralize the stench.

Sudocrem

Avoiding is better than curing so be smart and try not to have your shoes smell. Smear sudocrem onto your feet for an entire week. Apparently this stuff makes sure your foul-smelling tootsies stop producing air.

Jet, have you been paying attention? K, thanks.