Oh, summer. Oh, summer and your delicious, delicious shoes.

This is the time of year when I long the most for new shoes. Summer shoes are bright and fun and eye-catching. And it’s warm enough that you don’t have to cover them up with pants, jeans, or other such nonsense.

But sometimes, friends…sometimes summer shoes betray us. Sometimes high heeled sandals bust our heels. Sometimes seemingly-perfect shoes cut up the backs of our feet. So while I can’t guarantee anything, I have combed the internet searching for shoes that at least look like they might not kill you.

Here, dear College Candies, are the shoes I am lusting after right now, that I imagine will leave me with chaste, unharmed tootsies. Read More »

This past Saturday night was just like any other: I got dolled up in cute jeans and sky high stilettos and made my way out to the bar with friends. We circled the bar drinks in hand, danced, sang, and collectively winced in pain as our super-sexy shoes grew more and more uncomfortable.

When the lights came on at the end of the night we waddled out as our feet wailed and kicked our shoes off as soon as our butts hit the frozen leather seats of my Volkswagen Jetta.

“Oh my God,” my friend cooed, stretching out her visibly red and blistered toes. “That feels amazing.” When I dropped her off at home, she walked from the car to her front door barefoot, despite the snow on the ground.

I did the same and spent the following morning – as I often spend Sunday mornings - nursing my ailing feet with a hot bath and lots of Band-Aids.

My mother called me mid-way through my foot therapy and commiserated with my pain. And then gave me the best advice I have ever received:

“Get some Cole Haan pumps.” Read More »

Have you ever been out in the sun so long that you get those annoying flip flop strap tan lines? Like while you’re spending Friday’s paycheck “wisely” on all those cute little outdoor stands in SoHo (For some reason that antique owl-shaped can opener suddenly seems like a vital investment.), or at an amusement park with your friends for the day whilst trying your best to hold down that (bad, bad decision) corndog? Well apparently someone really had a problem with those little tan lines, because some Aussies at Treds have just created, tadaaa, the strapless sandal. Read More »

Girls have been begging me for years to take the plunge.

My ex used to tell me, “I see guys in there all the time… it’s so not a big deal.” And my response has always been the same: “show me one guy that I know, or even one guy who’s even remotely like me that goes in there, and if they tell me it’s not a big deal, then I’ll do it.”

I’ve still never received that confirmation, and I still don’t know any other guy who’s ever done it, but I nevertheless decided yesterday that it was time to suck it up and get it over with.

And so…I got a pedicure.

Most of you reading this probably don’t think this is a big deal at all, but I assure you, it is. Think about it… outside of New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami, how many of you actually know a straight guy who is NOT a metrosexual and yet still gets pedicures? Not many of you. Maybe most guys just don’t know any better and still assume that the overall point to getting the pedi is getting your nails painted, but for whatever reason, the serious stigma continues to exist that getting a pedicure somehow shows a sign of homosexuality.

However, I’m here to let everyone know (and girls, you certainly have my permission to show this article to your nappy-footed boyfriends) that getting a pedicure really isn’t a big deal at all. Read More »

If you’re like me, you’re tight on cash, trying to be as active as possible (so you can eat all the fudgsicles you want this season. That shit is good), and enjoy being outside. You might also have this strange fear of bats flying in your window and then landing on your head at night…but we can talk later about that.

In any case, I do a lot of walking in the summer, and I suspect you do too. I also love cute shoes. I’m sure we’re alike in that way as well.

If these two things are true, perhaps your feet also look as though tiny elves have hacked and scraped away at what was once beautiful, pristine skin. Cute shoes don’t always mean comfortable shoes, and walking every day can turn a slightly uncomfortable chafe into deadly pain in less than twenty minutes. Read More »

Oh yes it’s Summertime. Time to clean up the ol’ piggies and break out those stappy shoes . In celebration of this joyous occassion, we thought we’d test your knowledge on how well you know your celebrity feet. Can you guess who???

(Click on the photo for the answer or jump over to see them all.)

The Feet

The Celebrities

(Fergie, Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz, Mischa Barton, Heidi Klum, Jessica Simpson, Claire Danes, Eva Longoria, Christina Aguilera)

The Answers: Read More »

I have walked enough miles in bloody shoes and hobbled down too many roads to realize that band-aids just don’t cut it for blisters. While interning in New York my senior year of college I tried every form of blister protection: special blister band-aids, moleskin, Dr. Scholl’s and at the end of the day I was still soaking my feet in Epsom salt baths and cringing with every step.

Luckily, I didn’t give up. I tried every product in or around the foot care section of Duane Reade before stumbling upon an ingenious blister blocker: surgical tape. It stays on for the entire day and is thin enough to not create any discomfort between your feet and your oh-so-fabulous shoes. It works great as a preventive blister measure; and in my case so many times, after the fact to keep those shoddy band-aids in place.

Even better, though, is the fact that it is clear; making it less obvious you’ve wrapped your feet up like a post-op patient.

While my surgical tape is always in my purse, there are a few new blister protectors out on the market gathering rave reviews. Read More »