For Your Beauty... Your Shoes Too

The injuries to which the toes of a woman's feet are exposed, and what follows upon them — "corns," deformed nails and nails growing into the flesh, protruding bone, swollen ankle, chafing of the back of the upper foot, etc. — all result basically from wearing shoes that are tight, or freakish in make and fashion. Here is what you must do to be saved from these conditions and to keep two beautiful, sound feet.

The truth, sadly, is that the majority of women have ailing feet; sound, beautiful feet are very rare indeed.

1 — Never try to make your feet smaller by forcing them into a tight shoe!! That is the worst affliction of all!

2 — Do not wear the same shoe two days running... do not do it even if the shoe is very comfortable and well fitted. Change one shoe for another every day; even if you own no more than two pairs, wear them by turns. In this way you rid your feet of being forced to take a fixed shape within the shape of one particular shoe.

3 — If you feel the two side edges of your shoe touching your ankles, see at once to putting an insole inside the shoe. And if you are obliged to wear the shoe as it is, because you cannot obtain the insole, then make the temporary insole yourself, by tracing your foot on a piece of stiff board (cardboard); cut it out and slip it into the shoe.

4 — Do the same thing if you feel the back of your foot being rubbed by the back seam of the shoe.

5 — There is no harm in wearing the high-heeled shoe, even one extravagant in its height... in that case, try not to stand much or walk long. And whenever the chance offers, draw back, sit down, and stretch out your legs in complete ease, so as to relieve the pressure on the tips of the toes.

6 — Finally, make sure that the shoe suits the shape of your feet in width and in length, and beware of wearing a loose shoe, for it exposes your feet to deformity. And rest assured that if you keep to these conditions, alongside caring for your toenails with complete care, you will have secured comfort for yourself and gained two beautiful feet... and remember that beautiful, clean feet have an importance no less than the beauty of the hands!