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If you own lots of footwear, chances are you've had your heels slip out of shoes before. Most of us will look for affordable, great-looking shoes with excellent foot support when shoe shopping.
But sometimes, once you start wearing them, the shoes start slipping off the heels. This is annoying and can hurt your feet, even risking injury if you trip or fall.
If you've ever experienced heel slipping in shoes while walking, take solace in the fact that you’re not alone!
This is a common issue with shoes that are brand new, too large, or ill-fitting. Whatever the reason, it is frustrating when it happens too often.
If you're here to find quick hacks and easy-to-use products on how to keep heels from slipping out of shoes, you're in the right place. I will walk you through some tried and trusted ways to prevent this from happening.
But first, I’ll go through 4 reasons why this might be happening. If you’re not interested in reasons why your heels might slip out of your shoes, jump right to the top 11 shoes slipping off heel hacks !
These will come in handy anytime you encounter this pesky issue (I do so many times with heels and slip-on flats!).
Why does my heel slip out of my shoe? Although heel slippage is common, there is more than one reason why your heels might slip out of your shoes. More on that down below.
Heel slippage up to ½ inch is typical; if it gets over ¾, it means the slippage is excessive, and you need to fix it to stop it from happening. In brief: if it makes it uncomfortable for you to walk, it's not normal!
The #1 reason for heel slippage in shoes is poorly fitting shoes. Shoes can fit incorrectly in 3 ways: when the shoe is too big, too wide or too long.
If your shoe shape does not align with the shape of your foot, it won't make a difference which size shoe you purchase – just chalk it up to the wrong shoe for you and look for another.
Narrow heels of the foot, in particular, can slip out of shoes more often. How do you know whether you have narrow heels? You will see that your heels are a whole lot slimmer, from toe to heel, looking like a triangle shape from heel to toe.
If your foot's arch height is to blame – such as when having flatter feet – this can cause a gap at the top of the shoe that can contribute to heel slippage.
Finding shoes that fit snugly enough will usually prevent heels from slipping out of shoes. However, make sure the shoes you buy aren’t too small, as you can get blisters. Not to mention how shoes that fit incorrectly can also cause cramped toes and offer poor foot support.
Be sure to read my post about solutions for when your shoes are too tight ! Finding the right shoe for you, especially if you have an irregularly shaped heel or foot, might take some trial and error (more shoe shopping anyone!?).
Brand new shoes can be relatively stiff. Until your shoes are all worn-in and you might experience your heels popping out of the shoes.
However, many will only soften after repeated wear. And not to worry, I have a post on how to break in new shoes , so be sure to check that out!
This may seem insignificant, but not lacing up your shoes properly to fit snugly enough, can cause heel slippage issues.
Make sure to push your heel all the way into the back of the shoe before lacing. If your foot is loose within your shoes, you're bound to slip around in there!
If your feet tend to get all hot and sweaty in certain shoes, you can expect them to slide around and your heel to pop out of your shoe.
With open-toed shoes with a smooth insole, your toes may slide out, increasing the gap at the heel. And yes, that means more heel slippage!
Don't be put off if your heels keep popping out of your shoes. It happens to the best of us! Below you will get answers and easy-to-follow hacks on how to stop shoes slipping at the heel.
When your heels pop out of your shoes, it's an indication that they are too wide or too big or they don't fit properly.Before purchasing a new pair of shoes, flats, or heels, know your correct foot size.
Different brands come with different shoe sizes, so try out various brands to figure out which is the best fit for you (and your feet!).Also, people wear different sizes of flats vs heels, so keep that in mind when you go footwear shopping.
Your foot length and width matter when it comes to determining the shoe fit. If you find your heel slipping out of shoes, you can try sizing down a half size to see if that helps.
Keep in mind that feet tend to swell later on in the day, so don't go too tight. Thankfully there are ways to make shrink shoes by even a half size, which I've outlined in my dedicated post all about how to make shoes smaller .
As already discussed, sweat and moisture can lead to heel slippage. Wearing open toed shoes can allow some air to keep your feet dry, but it can be a lose-lose situation because wearing open-toe shoes – especially those that don't fit well – means your feet will slide forward.
As the day progresses, sweat, moisture, and gravity will cause the toes to stick out as there is nothing to hold them in. This will leave unwanted space around your heel.
I recommend close-toe shoes so that there will be no need to constantly adjust your feet to make sure they don't slide around and stay put.
Does your shoe slip off the back? Heel grips are an effective solution to prevent just that. These are crescent-shaped adhesive patches that stick onto the back of shoes, right above the heel area.
They fill any gap between shoe and feet while adding comfy cushioning.Heel grips are affordable, but don't last too long and need to be replaced every few wears.
However, they do the job well and are a worthwhile purchase for heel slippage issues. They work great in high heels too! Shop many types of heel lines from Walmart .
As an alternative to heel liner, you can add an insole or half insole, or ball-of-foot cushions into your shoes (like the ones from Dr. Scholl's holding above). Just like heel grips, these can prevent heels slips.
How? Well, they make the shoes just that much smaller, by adding cushioning to secure the foot and prevent any excessive movement such as sliding.
They can also help make shoes a bit smaller if the shoes fit a bit loose. Certain liners are also double – or triple! – duty to help absorb foot moisture and even decrease foot odor. Take a look at all the best insoles that are tested and true!
Celebrity stylists often use double-sided tape to help their shoes stick to the bottom of their feet. This technique is not only popular, but it works great too!
You can stick a 1 to 2-inch piece of double-sided tape on the heel of your foot before you put on your shoes.
The stickiness of the tape on both your foot and shoes allows for it to secure your heel bottoms to the shoes, adding grip.
One drawback is that the tape may scrunch up and fall off. Moreover, if you are prone to sweat a lot, the stickiness will wear off quickly. Check out my post about specifically designed double-sided shoe tape !
If you are looking for a more discreet hack, a hairspray will work great. Hairspray is naturally tacky. This will help the bottom of your heels and feet stick to the insole of your shoes, preventing your feet from moving forwards and slipping out.
Tackling shoe slippage with hairspray is easy and quick, but the stickiness will wear out after a couple of hours. So it's a good idea to take a small spray along with you, if you plan on going out longer than that.
If your shoes are too long and your feet are prone to slip into the extra toe space, try shoe fillers. These are cushioned pieces specially designed to fit into the toe box of your shoes.
Your foot will not slide forward or lift up with every step, when the front of the shoe is filled. Obviously you can’t use shoe fillers in open-toe pumps or sandals. Check out my posts about shoe fillers and my Sizers review .
Similar to heel liners, tongue pads are also adhesive patches, which you can secure under the tongue of your shoe. If you are unsure of what that is, it is a strip located right under the laces.
Tongue pads will help push your foot back into the cup of the heels. Especially helpful if you have flatter feet and there’s extra room at the top of the shoe.
Keep in mind that tongue pads will not work for shoes with super narrow heels, low front shoes or those that are unpadded. You can buy tongue pads from Walmart .
You can rely on detachable ankle straps to keep your heels in place. Some are built like a harness , some are buckled , while others are elasticized like the ones from Sassy Strapps , featured above.
Removable ankle straps not only prevent heels from slipping and help your feet stay put, but also make wearing shoes a lot comfier – even stylish!
During chillier weather, tights can keep feet warm and cozy. But I find that they do more than that. They can help to keep feet in place and prevent heel slippage.
Tights with sticky pads built-in will hold your heel bottoms firmly in place. No-show socks with or without grips can help your feet and heels in place.
These are a good option because they are discreet, and can also heal soak up excess sweat and moisture. All this means virtually no heel slippage!
This brings me to my final hack on how to keep heels from slipping out of shoes – keeping your feet dry. It all starts with making sure your feet are dry the moment they slip into the shoes.
Now that you’ve read over the reasons why heels slip out of shoes and how to prevent it from happening, I hope you’re able to wear shoes with more ease!
Shoes are lovely, but if they’re ill-fitting or are causing pain or difficulty walking, the allure quickly vanishes. As I always recommend in my shoe care posts , do make sure you’re wearing the right shoe size and that the style you’re wearing is a good fit for your foot shape!
I’d love to hear if you’ve tried any of the above shoe slipping off heels hacks. If you have any more ideas that I can add, please let me know in the comments below!
Disclaimer : Attempting any of the above methods to prevent heels from slipping out of shoes yourself may cause irreparable damage to your beloved heels & boots. ShoeTease and its partners are not liable for any damages to persons or property arising from any of the advice given in this post. Please follow advice at your own risk. For best results, take your precious footwear to a professional specializing in shoe alterations.
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We all have them: Adorable flats or heels that almost but don’t quite fit, causing them to uncomfortably slip off your heel with each step.
Sometimes too-big shoes are the result of shopping a bit late in the day (when feet are fractionally larger) but for me, I blame my tendency towards against-my-better-judgment impulse buying.
Regardless of how they found their way into your closet, chances are you have a few pairs of heels, flats, or other shoes that are just a bit too big.
These two solutions result from experiments done on my 5-year quest to find the perfect pair of heels and learn to walk confidently in them. My adventure took me through the surreal world of luxury-high-heel brands (where buying my way out of the problem failed), and even into the world of burlesque, where a male burlesque performer (from the delightfully niche world of “ boylesque “) taught classes for those of us woefully in need of professional guidance to master the art of high heel wearing.
Although you’d still be hard-pressed to pry my Blundstone Chelsea Boots from my cold dead fingers, I can boast that I finally learned to step, sashay, and strut in 5-inch heels- and I discovered two kickass anti-heel-slipping hacks during the journey.
There are countless reasons we end up with slippy-heel-shoes, including shoes that are simply too big or poorly designed. For me, the issue is width: my foot is wide (like, measured-for-double-wide-running-shoes wide). Because of my wide feet, shoe fitting is a challenge. When I wear just about any shoe that doesn’t have straps, laces, or a buckle, my wide foot begins to slip down into the toe, widening the toebox, pushing my whole foot forward, and changing the fit of the whole shoe. Result: heels slipping off my heel with a suctioned “flop” at each step.
What didn’t work for me: I’ve tried inserts, I’ve tried non-slip liners, cushions, Band-Aids, and even duct tape. Some remedies worked better than others, but I was never able to resolve the heel slipping issue enough to be comfortable popping around my neighborhood in downtown Seattle in cute, low, non-strappy shoes… until now.
Here’s the step by step for how I fixed my heel slipping permanently. Read on to read the step by step, or just check out the video version below!
In this 1 minute video, I show just how fast and easy it is to create a custom fit in your shoes using wool:
It’s always been a challenge to find shoes that comfortably fit my wide foot, but when it comes to finding heels, it’s nearly impossible. I’ve always resorted to ankle straps or various other designs to keep a shoe in place on my foot as I walk, but recently I came up with this idea for using foot-friendly wool for custom shoe fit.
A few years back, a friend and I decided to sign up for a course at Seattle’s Burlesque Studio. Brave enough only to dip a toe in the water, we decided the “How to Walk in High Heels” class would be a not-too-intimidating entry point. Part of the class included helpful tips on the biometrics of walking in high heels and how to care for feet before and after a night in heels.
Also part of the course was a myriad of “tips and tricks” on wearing heels from burlesque performers. Among the supports, guards, cushions, and insoles mentioned, one performer mentioned repeatedly stuffing the toes of their shoes with tissues in order to prevent heel slippage as feet slowly smashed their way down into the toebox (the section of the shoe that supports and frames the toes).
Even though the heels I wore to the class took considerable smashing to even get my foot in the shoe, after 15 minutes of class, the heel began slipping. Inspired to think more creatively and sustainably about this tissue-stuffing method, when I got home I set to work crafting my solution.
With basic supplies from my needle felting craft supplies, I quickly created a solution that worked great and still-3 years later- continues to work as a method to keep my shoes in place.
The next day, I eagerly placed my tiny buffers into the toe of an adorable pair of moccasin flats I’d purchased but never been able to wear due to heel slippage, and immediately discovered I was- finally – able to wear these flats without my heel slipping. Now they are one of my favorite pairs of shoes and I wear them all over with confidence that they’ll fit and not slip.
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Important Don’t use cotton or synthetic fiber for the fluffy filler- wool works, uniquely for two reasons: 1. Wool breathes, which prevents odor and helps keep feet dry, and 2. Body heat and friction will literally turn the wool fiber into what is, essentially, a felt orthotic that is custom fit to your shoe and your toes.
You can swap these bumpers from one pair of shoes to another, but for best results, DON’T.
Why? If given the opportunity to conform to your shoe and felt in place, these bumpers will sort of become part of the shoe. As body heat and friction turns the loose fiber into felt, those fibers will conform to- and in some cases interlock with- the toe of your shoe. This will allow you to put on, walk-in, and even kick off your heels without giving a second thought to the anti-heel-slip bumpers.
So make a few bumpers at a time and don’t swap them once they’re in a shoe. If you frequently swap them out, they’re less likely to stay in place in your shoe- which could be a tad awkward if you kick your heels off in public and your toe pillows pop out!
Once you have gathered supplies, tease the wool roving apart into two equal bundles, and bundle the fiber around itself so it’s a bit self-contained, as shown below:
Next, insert the wool into the tube of pantyhose, as shown below:
Then, treat the felt-pantyhose bundle like a tiny sausage and pinch the ends, give them a half-turn or so, and fold the edges inward.
What you’ll have at this point is a little bundle with one smooth side- that’s the side that will be oriented to face your toes- while the actual toe of the shoe will keep the edges securely in place.
Simply press the little wool bumper into the toe of your shoe, making sure the folded edges face the front of the shoe.
You might need to add fiber or remove a bit to get the perfect fit (it’s best to overestimate, because the fiber will compress a little) but this trick is a quick way to fix shoes that are otherwise impossible to wear due to heel slipping.
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