Shoe Polish and Leather Care Blog

It can feel tragic when you break your beautiful mirror shine on your leather dress shoes. Especially after you spent so long building and perfecting it, all the way up from the base leather. However, there are some shortcuts to fixing it, that take much less time than the initial process that's required for the build-up. 

In this video, Andy demonstrates one of those techniques, using the fresh underlying layer of solvent on a tin of High Shine Paste/Wax Polish. 

Here are some of the top social media posts using Pure Polish Products from the week of June 15-21, 2020.

 

Shell Cordovan is an amazing material. It responds very differently to products than standard calfskin leather. In fact, we often just recommend a damp wipe-down, brushing, and some Neutral Cream Polish, to keep your shell in good shape, most of the time. This allows it to develop a natural patina or fade, and still stay protected.

However, every once in a while, we want to mirror shine our shoes, or add some additional protection. Today was one of those times.

Polishing grain leather is not an easy thing. Caring for the leather care be quite straight forward – keep it conditioned with Conditioner, protected with Cream, and add some scuff protection on the toes and heels with Paste/Wax Polish. But, getting that magic mirror shine or even a nice quality high shine, can sometimes be elusive.

Grain leather has more texture, it's grainy (by definition), and rubbing stiff waxes across grain can be challenging.

Read How...

For us, celebration and appreciation of Nature’s Beauty goes into everything we do. From the very small, to our worldwide efforts. On Earth Day today, we’d like to continue to recognize and celebrate Nature, the Earth, its beauty, and its strengths.

All of our products are made from all-natural, biodegradable ingredients. No animal fats, chemical dyes, or preservatives. Nothing but Pure Polish.

Read more about what goes into our polish. 

Live Beautifully. Shine Naturally. 

Below are some recent nature shots of Allen Edmonds Walnut Weybridge, polished to a mirror and given a warm glow. These are well-used shoes, not out of the box. They're just given proper care with our products.

We are lucky that each day our customers, friends, and fans tag us in social media posts, send us reviews, images, upload videos, and write blog posts about Pure Polish.

Here are a few of this week's community favorites.

There is a beautiful collection of high shines, mirror shines, and versatile "soft shines", using a collection of our products.

Before and After examples of some beautiful leather shoes, including Crockett & Jones Derbies, Navyboot Oxfords, Allen Edmonds Strands with a custom patina, and Vintage Florsheim Imperial Wingtips.

From High Shine to Mirror Shine, Before/After, Vintage Sears & Roebuck Catalog, Bespoke Shoes, restoring Allen Edmonds, and "The Ultimate Shine", we show our top Instagram posts from 2019, based on user engagement and likes.

Take a look...

This morning, before I stepped outside on this brisk and blustery Winter day here in Bend, I conditioned my Allen Edmonds Weybridge Walnut Calfskin Oxfords. Bend has a very dry desert climate, so it dries out leather super-quickly. This is why it's super important to keep it conditioned, so that it doesn't crack. 

The trick for getting the most from your Cleaner Conditioner is to apply it with your fingertips. Then you aren't leveraging the cleaning oils as much as the conditioning oils.

Today on Instagram, it appeared everyone was combining brown dress shoes with grey slacks. So, we had to follow-suit with this combination of Magnanni Colo derbies, Agave Denim Coco Mélange Grey slacks, and a Mirror Shine using our High Shine Paste/Wax and a touch of Light Brown Cream on the vamp.

I decided to pair my Allen Edmonds Margate Derbies with some Raleigh Denim Workshop Raw Denim jeans, and Nautica socks with a little orange highlight (it's Fall, after all).

Used: Walnut Cream Polish, High Shine Paste/Wax.

Here are our top Instagram posts from this week: Allen Edmonds Weybridge "On the Rocks" These are a personal pair of Andy's. They gleamed right up ...