You can make your shoes last for months after you buy them by taking steps to help preserve them. It takes some time but it’s worth it. There are shoes with different materials that will need different ways of caring for them but they will look as if you had bought them the day before and will help you keep them for longer. There are a couple of household supplies that you can use and some products that you must buy. I’ve seen YouTube videos of people making potions, as I like to call them, when they mix a lot of ingredients to make the same solution that an item may already have in store. I don’t like this because it is time consuming and may not work as well as products offered on store shelves. I think white shoes are the hardest to keep clean, for obvious reasons, and there are times when the weather can be bad and you shouldn’t wear them, but there are also products that help keep them crisp and clean. There are also products that help prevent shoes from wrinkling where the foot naturally bends forward.

Let’s start with how you can help preserve even before wearing the shoe. You can buy shoe braids to help the shoe hold its shape and so they don’t lose their shape over time when you’re not wearing them. You can easily find them online for little money or go to a shoe store. I also found them at IKEA. I also like to keep the shoe box, but some people dispose of them and put them in clear plastic containers. This helps keep them clean and dust-free when in storage and you can easily see where the pair of shoes is, rather than in a box, if you can’t remember the name of the shoe. When buying a shoe, especially one with leather material, at the cash register or in the store they usually have ForceFields. ForceFields prevent wrinkles where your foot buckles in the front. These help tremendously because leather shoes tend to wrinkle much more easily over time than other materials. These take up quite a bit of space in the shoe, so I would suggest maybe half that so you don’t feel uncomfortable walking around with extra padding in the shoe. I know this from experience because I made the mistake of buying my usual shoe size and wearing the ForceFields and it was uncomfortable to even walk a couple of steps. I had to loosen the laces and that still wasn’t enough to make me comfortable.

In addition, you should also consider buying a soft brush and a hard brush, for different materials. Materials like PrimeKnit by Adidas NMD need a soft brush because the texture is extremely delicate and you can ruin it if you use a hard brush. Another problem you may encounter, if you have a sweaty foot, is that the shoe may start to smell a little funny. Therefore, it is important to buy shoes that help your foot breathe, but there are ways to help prevent the odor from getting into your shoes. You can start by removing the soles and putting a fragrance on them. You can also find a product like this in the shoe store. This is important because you don’t want to walk and your shoes smell like locker room. Also, one way to protect your shoes if you know you will be walking on dirt or in the rain is to buy Crep shoe cleaner. This will help any type of material to repel any liquid and will help prevent stains on your shoes because it is an invisible coat. Again, they usually have them in the store when you buy your shoes. They work very well with soft and delicate materials because they need the utmost care, as anything will make them dirty. Another product that can help keep your shoes clean is Jason Markk Shoe Cleaner. It is a liquid solution that you put in a bowl with water and stir it until it is mixed. You then dip the brush into the solution and once you start brushing the shoe, a white foam is created which helps to clean the shoe. This was the first cleaner I ever bought for my shoes and I have been buying it repeatedly because it has helped me save so many pairs of sneakers. In addition to storing them, you should keep your shoes out of sunlight and if you don’t want to leave them in their boxes or in plastic containers, make sure they have enough space for them to breathe. Not having enough space between your shoes will cause them to lose their shape as I mentioned, and you will have to spend more money in the future to help restore them, so why not start all over again. Also, after using your shoes you should clean them, do not wait until they get very dirty to clean them. A light cleaning before storage can also go a long way in increasing their shelf life. If you wait until they are completely dirty, there may be stains that have already settled deep into the material and will be difficult to remove or immovable.

All the products I have mentioned cost no more than $ 10 and will help you keep your shoes for much longer. On the other hand, you can also make these solutions at home, but be careful because they may not work as well. If you go this route, watch YouTube videos before how other people have used them, how they did it, and how their shoes came out. All of these steps will help you extend the life of your shoes and keep them looking in tip-top shape.