A woman’s £4 trick lets her dance in trendy cowboy boots without pain
THEY ARE one of the hottest shoe trends of the year.
But anyone who owns a pair of cowboy boots knows that they’re not always the most comfortable shoes to wear.
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But one fashionista has come up with a genius trick that allows her to dance in her dress all night long.
Dais took over TikTok to share a video explaining, as she demonstrated how she applied Tesco’s 5% Ibuprofen gel to her feet.
“Girls, wear ibuprofen gel on your feet first, then put on cowboy boots!” she wrote at the top of the clip.
She then showed off a stunning pair of jewel-adorned blue cowboy boots.
“Works great!” she added in the caption, along with hashtags that made it clear she was heading out for a busy night on the dance floor in Ibiza.
And people in the comments were quick to compliment her for sharing the trick.
“Oh my god, does this actually work?” someone wrote.
“Because I went to a day/night rave on Saturday and had to change my shoes after 5am so I could keep going for the next 5 hours!”
“Yes, I think so,” Dais replied.
“But you have to take it with you and put it on every few hours.”
“This is actually very clever,” wrote another.
“I wish I had done this the other day! My feet hurt so much now!” sighed a third.
As someone else said: “Why didn’t I know this before I went to Ibiza?!”
“I had blisters about 2 inches wide and couldn’t walk!”
“This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen on my fyp, I am going to buy it!!!” enthused another.
“Wait, you’re not wearing socks?” someone else asked.
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Disc belts
“The belt was a hit with celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Blake Lively, but in itself it didn’t do anything that a belt should do: it was purely a fashion statement, not a piece of jewelry to hang anything up.
“And it seems I’m not the only one who’s furious about its return. Many are voicing their opinions on TikTok, saying, ‘Oh no, not the disc belt! I don’t think I have the energy for that again’ – I get you.”
Jelly shoes
“After decades away from the shelves, they’re back and this time they’re not just for kids.
They come in all sorts of colourful patterns and can be found everywhere on the high street, in flat or heeled versions.
“Not only do you look very childish when you wear shoes like that, but people should also be aware that they are not exactly comfortable. Blister plasters come in handy.”
Pedal pushers
“The cropped, knee-length pant was all the rage in the ’90s and 2000s, but this time around the fashion world is really into them. Both Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski have worn them recently.
“The original IT girls, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot, made the pants – also known as capri pants – look effortlessly cool and glamorous.
“Somehow they don’t seem to have the same effect this time.”
Dais laughs: “I’ll wear them, girl. I just put some gel on them first!”
“I do this with all my heels! Lifesaver!” commented another.
Others shared their own methods for preventing sore feet in the comments.
“Silicone spray is the way forward,” one person wrote.
“It leaves a layer on your feet and keeps you dancing all night long!”
“Listen… flight socks. Like the compression socks grandmas get, the best,” added another.
“Ibuprofen gel and then ice cold spray and you’ll be fine,” said a third.
“Soft insoles custom cut from the pond shop. Rave and fezzy hack,” wrote someone else.
But not everyone was impressed by the hack, with some warning that it could cause damage if used too often.
“I live on a planet where people numb their feet because their shoes hurt, ‘but they look nice,’” one person wrote.
“Our planet is doomed!”
To which Dais shot back: “Haha, people do it worse, I’m just a girl trying to dance all night in shiny boots!”
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