 to my channel guys it's your girl Coco styles and on this channel we talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling you guys know I also run a blog called Coco styles NYC and on that blog it's a style blog more so than fashion blog I get style tips on how to create like things for your wardrobe like capsule wardrobe and places to find inspiration from so things like that anyway guys so today I am headed out but I was I had some things to do this week with some of my shoes and I have been doing this for years and the reason why I have wide feet and for me personally I do not like a lot of the shoes that they have for wide feet so I usually either size up just a size or it depends on the brand sometimes I have to go to a 12 and that's just like perfect but that when I have to go to a 12 I know that the brand runs small so I wanted to talk about how you can stretch your shoes at home by yourself guys so I'll say this there are a lot of videos out there where you can stretch your shoes and at home but they're using like water bags and stuff like that which will probably work I personally would just purchase a shoe stretcher okay when I was in New York I used to take shoes all the time shoes boots and sandals I've never taken sneakers or anything like that sneakers are fine because I usually buy men's sneakers and those fit me like fine but whatever reason women's sneakers look bigger on me and a size 10 I don't know they just say really big but when I get a men's size 8 they don't so I usually get men's sneakers and I wish I had an example of those women's things that look huge but today I'm gonna talk about how to stretch your shoes at home you could get boots stretch sandals stretch stretch sneakers I'm strapping sandals anything they stretch with they also stretch stretch they also stretch in length but they're not gonna stretch your shoe in length like a whole size they're not gonna do that what'll happen is the back of your shoe sometimes the leather is like really tough back there and you're like you know twisting your foot trying to get your foot in in that back heel piece so what they can do is they'll stretch it to make it softer for you to get your foot in right so you're not really getting like a full shoe size this is what they say that you can get a size but it's not that's not the case if you have boots that are super stiff leather wise they can also stretch that and get that leather softened I am going to do a separate video on a pair of boots that I just got stretched they are size 11 but when I tell you those boots were so it wasn't that they were they weren't too small once I got my foot in I was fine but the struggle to get them on in if you have a high end step I also have a high and step in wide feet so that's my other struggle trying to get my foot in something that may have some sort of stitching at the front so I've had these shoes for a very very long time okay and they fit fine the problem is my I don't really like how the top of my foot looks in the cleavage area I don't really like it so what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna stretch it just a little bit not the back I don't need the wide the wide I don't need the side stretch I just need right here just a little bit stretch so I'm only gonna leave it in for 24 hours you don't have to leave it any longer now these are patent leather so it may not give me the stretch that I really want and the reason why is because sometimes patent leather doesn't stretch like I would like if that is the case tomorrow I would put them back in for another day but I just need a little leeway not to the point where the shoes are super tight because like I said I had these for a long time I had this for a long time so that's just it's just irritating to me and my advice ladies is to buy two do not buy one because you're gonna have to wait so this is probably the best thing that I've ever purchased for my closet this is a closet to send you and honestly if you have wider feet and you just find yourself having trouble all the time with shoes and it just feels like a little bit snug just purchase a pair don't buy a cheap pair purchase a pair of these are by footfitters okay and I'm gonna link everything below and along with the footfitters you want to get you some shoe stretching spray otherwise it is not going to work now these sprays you can spray them on leather they do not mess up your shoes I have not sprayed white make sure no no because those are fine I have not sprayed anything that's white however if it is leather it should dry right up or you can just dab off any excess that is sitting on it so again the shoe stretchers are by foot fitter let me come closer so you guys can see and I'm just going to stretch out just the tip just a little bit and like I said I've been wearing them for years but I kind of feel like since I haven't been wearing heels like I used to my feet feel like they're spraying as if I had a baby so make sure you get the spray and you get the stretchers themselves now other ways people stretch their shoes is they'll put on socks and they'll walk around with like really thick socks in the shoe according to the shoe repair guy he says that it only takes a few hours for you to just have them on in the home in the home with something that is thicker now that may not be comfortable for you so that is one option the other option is getting Ziploc bags and adding in some water and sticking them in the freezer now I don't know about y'all well you could put it in a bag I guess but I'm not putting shoes in my refrigerator that's just not gonna happen I've seen videos with people do it I mean I guess you can put it in a bag and then put it in there so that's your second option and then your third option would be to buy actual shoe stretchers there is a machine that I think I'm going to get it's like $250 it's not expensive but you can slide your boots in its metal the reason why I like that machine because it looks man that machine looks so serious and he said it works within five hours which is perfect right you don't want to over stretch your leather because it'll start to wrinkle up and stretch to the point where it doesn't look good anymore so when you are doing any stretching with a stretcher maybe the water bag possibly don't overdo it just make sure that you're stretching enough to where you have a little bit of leeway again you're not stretching your shoes because they're extremely too small and you need to hold another size no that's not it this is just to give you a little bit of leeway for your toes to like you know be like this inside shoes so when it comes to like narrow shoes not narrow pointy shoes most of the time that front that front piece you're missing out on that because it's now this right they have round toe shoes that are coming out and that'll give you a lot more leeway but pay attention to the shoes when you're buying them if you are in the store ladies and you have been this is a tip this is a tip ladies if you are in the store and you've been shopping all day and now you want to go try on shoes listen your feet sometimes may feel it depends on the woman I know for me I feel like if I try on the shoe the shoe fits me perfect because my foot has been inside of a shoe all day not really swollen or anything like that if they feel tight then I'm not going to do it it's just not gonna happen what I'll do is I'll just size up and that's it they don't have my size I just want to get the shoe so make sure you grab these foot fitters I'm gonna link everything below for you guys make sure you're getting two of them I don't think they come in left and I don't think they come in left and right I don't think so no maybe they do they look exactly the same guys I'll be honest but I they could I'll put that down below if it's a left and a right make sure you get in the left and the right one for both if you want boots a boot stretcher they have those as well the back of the boot stretcher is longer and it hangs outside of the boot and then you can put it in and turn and then you can stretch your boots now they also have stretchers for boots the the top of your boot if you have larger calves now I don't know how much those cost but I'm gonna see if I can find them because you slide the boot in sideways right they may be they may be expensive but most boots now usually have like that extra elastic the boots that I purchased recently did not they fit my leg perfectly I don't mind that because I am gonna wear them with like skirts and stuff like that not so much jeans if I did I would do like shorts or something like that but they also have stretchers for your instep if you have a problem with getting your foot in the shoe because they have stitching on the boot you can get that stress as well so if you are interested in those learning more about stretching there are a lot of videos out there talk to your shoe repair guy I'm most people call them cobblers talk to them ask questions now the guy that I went to he was new and he said a couple of things that I just didn't like he basically was saying like sometimes you'll take your shoes to a stretcher and they don't really stretch your shoes I don't know about that because every time I went to a shoe repair in New York my shoes were fine after like they actually stress them now I don't know if they actually had those machines they probably did in the back but I would go they'll stretch my shoes I had no issues so I almost didn't trust him a bit but when I got back my boots they were so much better like and and like he said I don't think he stretched the shoe it was more so the leather being softened for me because of my instep so this is something that I think every woman should have in her closet if she struggles with shoes any little pain they have points inside of the stretchers if you have like hammer toes and if you have like bunions and stuff you can plop in little it's like little pressure points you can put them inside of here and then it'll stretch in that area for you so those are my ways well that's my favorite way on how I stretch shoes that I have every shoe that I get I do not have to stretch it just depends on the brand guys some brands are made for narrow feet if they're made for narrow feet I'm just not gonna do it I'll just take the L on that one because it's not it's never gonna fit me it's almost like wearing like stilt it's just I'm just not gonna do it it has to be a medium or a wide with shoe Stuart Wiseman carries wide Franco Stardo they shoes are pretty wide Sam Edelman is not wide but he does have a decent amount of width space who else Rebecca Minkoff don't sleep on her and even Kenneth Cole guys and Charles David Charles David is another one the Charles David not Charles by Charles David so that's my quick way on how you can stretch your shoes if you ladies are struggling so for ladies it doesn't matter what size your feet are women just have wide feet and multiple sizes right some people got the perfect size eight foot and then some of us wears out 11 and up so listen if you stay this long on the video make sure you subscribe to this channel and make sure you hit that notification bell so you can be notified when I post another video of course my phone my camera died um make sure you follow me on Instagram at Cocoa Styles NY and Cocoa Styles NYC and my blog Cocoa Styles NYC and my styling services Cocoa Styles NY guys the blog make sure like I said make sure you're checking that out there's a lot of stuff on there for you ladies there's even stuff about my vegan life on there I usually I usually don't post a lot but there is stuff there about that why because that is a part of my life lifestyle guys so I will catch you guys in the next one make sure you grab these foot footers to stretch your shoes guys alright bye guys