How Kayla Itsines keeps her sneakers looking brand new and ‘perfectly white’ with a simple cleaning hack
Fitness star Kayla Itsines has revealed how she keeps her white sneakers looking new.
Fans of the workout queen with 16 million Instagram followers have always wondered how Kayla keeps her sneakers so sparkling white, so she shared her simple shoe cleaning method.
The 32-year-old keeps her shoes spotless by using four simple household items; stain remover, washing powder, a sponge and old towels.
Kayla scrubbed the shoes and then put them in the washing machine on a cold cycle, after which they looked like new.
“These shoes were so dirty. I just cleaned them and I'm going to show you how I did it because I get questions about this all the time,” she said on Instagram. video.
Fans of workout queen Kala Itsines have always wondered how she keeps her sneakers so sparkling white, so she shared her simple shoe cleaning method.
The 32-year-old keeps her shoes clean by using four simple household items; stain remover, detergent, a sponge and old towels
First she runs some warm water in the sink and uses the sponge to soak the shoes.
Once they are “very damp,” Kayla rubs the stain remover over the sneakers and scrubs them well with the sponge.
“You're just going to put them in the washing machine with a pile of old towels,” she explained.
'Add a scoop of washing powder, spin on high on cold.'
Putting towels in the washing machine prevents the sneakers from hitting the drum and bouncing around.
Once the cycle ends, Kayla reveals that her shoes are “perfectly” white again.
After scrubbing, Kayla puts the shoes in the washing machine on a cold, high spin setting with a pile of old towels to keep them from banging around the drum.
Viewers were impressed by the simple trick that saw a woman say: 'You're brilliant! My shoes came out brand new again, I'm actually in shock! Thank you.'
'OMG the best tip ever. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!” another agreed.
“I always wondered how you got your shoes so clean!” a third wrote.
Others were also quick to share their simple sneaker cleaning tips, including one who said she used bi-carb soda, a toothbrush and cold water to scrub her sneakers white again.
'Magic eraser works really well on sneakers!' a woman suggested.
'I'll guard mine as soon as I get them! And after every time they are washed. Helps enormously with discoloration!' replied a second.
“I just throw them in the washing machine with cold water and washing powder, and sometimes I add a little Napisan too,” someone added.