Cali

Automatic

OPI and I loving the ILNP that I learn about here. Last pedi I had the holographic ILNP painted over OPI black. Oh what a color combination. What a pop.

http://www.ilnp.com/

Been doing Gelish on my fingernail, mostly Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Busy.

9 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

I can tell you from experience as a man, wearing shorts with your high heels is a big upstep in the attention factor, particularly if the heels are high stilettos, and the shorts are way above the knee. It's just a fact of life that I can't explain. Wearing wedges SOMEWHAT blunts the effect, but only so much.

I wear my shorts mostly with wedges. I'm walking too much during the day and cover too much area for stilettos. And pumps just don't fit.  I also work in an area with a large Asian population. My 5+ inch wedges make their statement, but I also want my wearing the heels to be a non-event, normal.

Hamster

Northern Lights

I understand what you are saying KH, you have been wearing your heels with long pants and you feel comfortable wearing them that way. Now you want to also wear your pumps with shorts and this is where you lack the confidence.

But even by your own admission (this thread) this is new territory for you and are looking for some thing to help you with that. The only thing that will help you is doing it, Start simple, at a friends house for a bar-be-cue...once you have gained some more confidence then get up your nerve and buy gas

I wear most boots/booties in the late fall/winter/early spring with long pants and high heel sandals with shorts in the summer. Pumps are just not my style. But sometimes I will be caution with what I wear.

Today was a perfect example.

I had a brunch date this morning with a woman I never meet before. I wore my New Balance running shoes (woman's because that's what fits). Part of the reason was I thought there was a high probability we might take a walk on the beach and my wedges sink. But it was also too soon to introduce my heels to her, it might be too overwhelming and if I never see her again, no need to talk about it. After brunch we walked along the coast (saw whales) holding hands and she asked me about my heels*. Then she before I could answer she asked if I was a cross dresser. I told her "I wear women's heels, so that already makes me a cross dresser." I brought up my hand and showed her my nail polish and acrylic nails and she said "yeah, I was going to asked you about your nail polish". We talked about our nails and how we both are high maintenance.  I told her why I wear heels while we walked and when we got back to our cars I showed her a pair of my Steve Madden Mules, 5 inch heels. We kissed and I plan to wear my heels next time we met.

The lesson here is that even some of us that wear our heels as normal footwear will be cautious and "chicken out" at times.

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* it's in my dating profile that I wear 4 inch heels. 

2 hours ago, Bubba136 said:

What the hell is that?

Popocatepetl is an active volcano in Mexico.

Vacation

Francisco

Bacon

Used Cars

Stop treating them as if you are doing something wrong. They're just shoes, albeit nice shoes, but just shoes. The people around you take their clue from you; if you act strange then they're going to think you are doing something strange.  How can the people around you feel comfortable if your not.

Stash

Oak

Do they come with sunglasses?

I remember seeing how they made shoes on "how's it made" TV  show, so I just Googled it and many did't video shoed up so at least you can get an idea what skills you will need.

https://www.google.com/#q=how+it's+made+shoes+video

Mt. Rainier

2 hours ago, nzfreestyler said:

The flipside of being used to going out wearing heels all  the time is that they become the normal. Once normal I feel very under-dressed without a heel, and furthermore there is an expectation (or I perceive one) that I should wear heels.

I could have said the same thing. Last month I came out of a pedi and could't wear shoes for a while, so I was barefooted. I ran into the office and our admin told me she couldn't remember the last time she saw me without heels.  The expectation is not only 4-6 inch heels but good looking heels

DC

Interesting you brought up poster mlroseplant. I am frequently told that I walk like a woman who knows how to walk in heels walk and I stand as a woman. These are mot planned, rather just natural. When I stand, many times I'm on one front with the heel slightly lifted on the other foot. My feet are closer together when in heels, but my calves touch when I put my feet too close together.

mlroseplant do you also have high arches?

Air Conditioning

A couple of you have mention your right baby toe. Let me tell you a precautionary tale.

Last May I was barefooted at night in my garage putting some stuff in my car when I "kicked" a very large piece of wood with my right foot. It damaged a joint in my number 4 toe and that pushed my baby toe up and out. I had to have surgery to remove the damaged joint and put my baby toe back in place. They put an eight inch pin down each toe and into the bottom of my foot for 12 days. Not fun. 

So be careful. If you toe doesn't fit right, don't force it, don't buy the shoes.

PS. My podiatrist loves my nail color.

Dew

Shockwave

Like nzfreestyler, I wear high heels to work everyday and I'm on my feet for 3-4 hours at a time, even more. Unlike nzfreestyler, I don't wear pumps, skirts, or dresses. I have gel pads that keep your foot from sliding down in every pair of heels. The sale associate at Aldos walks into the back room and grabs a pair of gel pads whenever she see's me walk into the store.

I agree fit is of up most importance and this is often of secondary or tertiary importance to women. That's why I don't wear pumps, never found one that fit. You need to understand your foot too. The triple threat of wide foot, thick foot pads, and high arches, gives me a large girth toe box. That's why I have many lace-ups and sandals, they fit better.

Genetic does play a role. My daughter has her mother's bunions, no wonder she complains when we go to dinner together that her dad has higher heels - and I usually wear one of my lower heels when I'm around her.

I think lbs is great for measuring weight compared to "stones"