I am a young dancer. I have had my pointe shoes for about 3 or 4 years. I wear Capezio Arias size 6 and a half XXX and I have narrow feet with a high arch. I need to find the right shoes?

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Hi,

I would like to give some further advice. I spent years trying to find the right pointe shoe and I now have plenty of knowledge. It does depend on your foot, but generally, Capezios aren't well made. I wore the Arias for one class, and I immediately realized they were completely lopsided. In other words, the platform wasn't straight, but, instead, in a total diagonal. Very odd. I thought they were defective, but every pair I have had, there seems to be another problem. For your foot, I would recommend Russian Pointes based on the information you provided. They have many different styles to choose from for narrow feet. I would also recommend to get a flexible shank because they are great for high arches. They provide flexibility to show off your arches, but they won't break easily. I believe they provide flexible soft, flexible medium, and flexible hard. If you could message me at Tedroxie0222 to give me some more information so I could recommend further that would be great. I need to know how strong your foot is, the length of your toes, if your toes are tapered or straight, your street shoe size, and if you need a low, medium, or high crown. Russian Pointes have so many options and can fit many feet. I wear them and I must say they are a completely different feel from Capezios, Blochs, etc. At first, I hated them, but once you get used to them, you'll be in heaven. I encourage you to at least try, but please do message me, so I could give you advice on styles, vamps, crowns, shanks, and sizes. About the bruised toenail thing, I am wondering what pads you use or if you use any at all. Please let me know this information, as well. You also said that the bruised toenail recently happened. Have you recently changed your toe pad? It could also be that pointe is always changing your foot. One month the Arias could be the perfect shoe and another they could be totally wrong. It's possible that your foot changed and the crown is now too low. Or it could have been a problem all along, but it recently became noticeable. This could be a result of a low crown, too much padding, no padding, or too hard of a shank. Lots of info... I know. Pointe's like rocket science. Lol. But please message me at Tedroxie0222.

1. Juliet Pointe shoes are good size XX or XXX size 4 or 4.5.

2. Mirella academy pointe shoes size 4.5 X

3. Sansha "recital" Shoes size 8 Narrow

have you gone in for a shoe fitting? it's likely that your arch is making the shoe worse, which will make your toes hurt. could it be maybe that you broke them in wrong? because that's what happened to me, and i had to go buy a completely different pair. the second pair fit my foot better because i have a high arch and i needed a REALLY strong shank. so remember that just because it may be expensive doesn't mean that's its the best for your foot. after all, everyone's foot is different :) message me if you need any more help? :P yayadolll