madfuskills on How to Prevent Shoe Odor

being active or working out or even at a theme park for the day.


I wanted to make a real effort at non stinky feet so I was looking for some suggestions when I came across this lists of things to try. Even though I was already showered I took time out to give my feet a special washing before I got ready to leave my apartment. I used some Dr. Bronner's Pure Castille Lavender soap and I washed them up real good.


After drying my feet I was looking through my medicine cabinet. I thought that I had some powder that was special for foot odor but I could not find it. So, I decided to try using some of my Bath & Body Works anti bacterial gel on my feet. Since I read that bacteria is what causes the odor I thought that using the anti bacterial gel could only help.


When it came time to get dressed to leave I could not wear my breathable sandals because I was going to be doing a lot of walking and I needed comfy shoes. That meant sneakers for me. Instead of wearing my usual socks I chose a pair of plain white cotton socks to make sure that my feet could breathe well.


While I do not have any shoes that are mesh or anything like that, my Nike sneakers do have parts on them that look like they were made so that your feet could breathe. My other pair of sneakers do not so I chose to wear the Nike sneakers. And for good measure I sprinkled a little bit of baking soda into each shoe. I was thinking that you use baking soda to keep your fridge smelling nice and odor free so why not your feet too!


After doing all of that prep work I was ready to go and went out to the beach. I was planning on doing a lot of walking along the beach and after that I was planning on heading over to a local area park to do a little bit of hiking before the day ended. I could feel my feet sweating some throughout the day so I was anxious to see if I was successful in preventing stinky shoe odor.


When I got home I tried to take the insoles out of my Nike sneakers to let them dry out but I could not seem to get them out. I am not sure if they come out at all or if I was just not doing it right to get them out. I decided to just sit my shoes out and give them a smell test the following day since I could not air out the insoles.


And good news! They passed the smell test! Of course, I am not sure which thing I did gets the credit. It may be possible that all of the things I did need to be done in order to prevent the shoe odor. Either way, I am glad to see that I will no longer have stinky shoes smelling up my closet!