How to keep your shoes smelling fresh

There is a simple solution to keep your family’s shoes smelling fresh and not stinky, you can make your own shoe powder; it’s easy, cheap and effective.

Ingredients:

1/2 a cup of cornflour
1/4 cup of baking powder
1/4 cup of baking soda
5 drops of essential oil (optional)

Method:

Add all the ingredients to a zip lock bag or container and mix to combine.
Sprinkle a pinch in each shoes every morning or every week as required to keep your shoes smelling super fresh.

If your shoes are already smelly, you may like to add extra and leave overnight and then shake off the excess in the morning.

Watch the YouTube video to see how easy it is to make:

This is perfect for the kids smelly school and sports sneakers to keep them fresh all year round, no more stinky shoes at your house!

I use this on the kids’ school and sports shoes and they do not smell at all!

Try it out and let me know how you go. Please add comment below.

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19 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 13 Sep 2021
    10:41 am
Thankfully I dont have this issue. Phew

- - nealsq said
  - 29 Oct 2016
    11:05 pm
my girl’s shoes stink!

- - ella12 said
  - 31 Aug 2016
    4:29 pm
What a great little shoe recipe lol.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 19 Jul 2016
    8:02 am
I have tried this before and it works well

- - mom153507 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    11:21 pm
Being an active family stinky shoes is something I have been trying to tackle for awhile now.
I have purchased expensive fix-its from the sports shop just to be greatly disappointed.
I will be trying this!
Thank you so much for sharing.

- - pakeko said
  - 24 Apr 2016
    8:19 pm
The boys in my house need this thank you for posting

- - Threelos said
  - 17 Apr 2016
    10:17 am
There are several people in my household who would benefit from this!!

- - Nas01 said
  - 01 Apr 2016
    2:30 pm
Definetly a great idea for kids school shoes.

- - serotonin said
  - 20 Mar 2016
    6:58 pm
Awesome! Will be trying this!

- - rovermum said
  - 16 Mar 2016
    12:34 pm
Thank you. I’ll definitely be sharing this with my hubby and teenage son.

- - mom134803 said
  - 16 Mar 2016
    9:37 am
Very clever ! I should make it for my hub’s stinky shoes

- - mom101628 said
  - 15 Mar 2016
    11:03 pm
What a great but simple idea. I’ll be trying this out soon.

- - mum4107 said
  - 14 Mar 2016
    6:03 am
That’s a fantastic idea. Thank you

- - mom90758 said
  - 11 Mar 2016
    1:44 pm
Lovely idea. And I gave a look to the channel of the girl in the video, and it’s really amazing!! She gives a lot of wonderful tips!!

- - curlytops said
  - 11 Mar 2016
    12:17 pm
Great idea to make your own. thanks

- - mom74640 said
  - 11 Mar 2016
    9:40 am
Lke je

- - mom112217 said
  - 11 Mar 2016
    9:36 am
A great idea for shoes and especially sneakers in the warm weather,thanks!

- - june11 said
  - 10 Mar 2016
    9:37 pm
They say you shouldn’t wear the same pair of shoes every day. Shoes absorb moisture from your feet and they don’t dry out if you wear them more than one day in a row. One old method is Tea Tree Oil spray to get rid of the odour. It is also antibacterial so will also stop moisture causing mould in your shoes.
- mom160421 replied
  
  11 Mar 2016 , 10:30 am
  I think your idea is better than the powder. Tea tree is a great product and the powder could get messy. And I agree that shoes need time to dry out.