DIY: Christian Louboutin Inspired Red Sole Shoes (PART II)

Hello Everyone, 

How is your summer so far? Mine was a B-L-A-S-T, but I'm back to summer school now! *A moment of silent* School seems to be a "NEVER ENDING" cycle for me!!!!

ANYWAYS...

FOR NOW!!!! We have a tutorial to do (sorry for my ADD-ness). Few months ago, I did my first RED SOLE tutorial (picture below) or READ MORE HERE. For that tutorial, I used 3 nail polishes to paint the soles of my shoes. Today, I will show you a SECOND "technique" to achieve the same result! 

Let's start on the tutorial:

Materials: 

1. Cha Cha Cherry (or any color you want) Ducktape
2. Grip Knife
3. Scissors
4. Shoes
   

 Nude Pumps

Nude Pumps from Steve Madden

Steps To Transform Your Shoes:

Time: 30 mins
 (depends on your cutting and trimming skills)

Satisfaction: 7 / 10

 Step # 1: Clean the bottom/sole of your shoes with baby wipes or paper + water

 Step # 2: Choose what color tape you want! I chose Cha Cha Cherry (Red ) Ducktape for my sole

Step # 3: Tape it to the bottom of your shoes 

Step # 4: Smooth out the tape, so the surface is even

 Step # 5: Fold the tape along the edges, so you can easy identify the edges of the tape on the shoes

 Step # 6: Use the grip knife, and cut along the edges

Step # 7: After tracing with the grip knife, quickly rip the remaining tapes out

Step #  8: The edges might look uneven at first, you can go back and trim it again

 I know this might look ghetto and ugly, but this tape is not big enough to COVER the whole shoes!

 DON'T WORRY!!! This is the bottom of the shoes. NO ONE will notice this :]

DIY: Christian Louboutin Inspired Red Sole Shoes (Using Red Duck Tape)

Warnings: 
 I would RECOMMEND to do this tutorial as a ONE-TIME-USE red soles and PEEL IT OFF AFTERWARD :] (if you want to keep the tape on these shoes) put them in cold places (lower than room temperature, 25 Celsius) ! The TAPE'S sticky side tends to melt and stick to the shoes at HOT temperature!!!

There are advantages and disadvantages to this technique versus the"nail polish" technique. You can weight out the Pros and Cons! and Judge for yourself

• PROs
• Cheap materials
• Can peel off easily 
• Fast / Easy to make 
• No smelly nail polishes smell

• CONs
• Cutting/trimming skills are required 
• Might damage the shoes, if you cut into the shoes
• Doesn't look as good as the "nail polish" technique
• sticky tape can stick to shoes if the room temperature is HOT