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Does This Thing Work?

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Drawing by CL Stewart This is not an endorsement! Sketchers isn't really my brand...I'm a Nike fiend, however as much as I adore Kim K (The Kmile Run Is Over), I would never buy a product she or most any socialite endorses because they get everything for free. Why would they say anything bad against the product? How would you know if they even used the product? I once bought a pair of the Curves sandals from Avon and once I adjusted to the rocking motion (they were curved at the sole)I found my calves starting to hurt after walking in them a couple days. They became impractical to wear to work so I wore them mostly when running errands. They never gave me any muscle definition but I could feel them tightening along with a lot of cramps in my feet. I went to the gym for years and know as a woman it's more difficult and takes forever to shape and tone the lower body even using all the state of the art universal equipment. Unless you are going to w...

The K Mile Run is Over

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These Boots Were Made For Walking---- NOT !   What do you think about the brand Sketchers having to pay out millions of dollars in a class action suit to consumers who purchased their sneakers falsely believing the claims made by the company that walking in their special 'toning' and 'shaping' cross trainers would give your legs a workout equal to that of going to the gym? In fact, they were so good they made the never ending HOT Kim K. want to ditch her young, sexy, sweaty, toned, and (not so convincing) personal trainer in the commercial for a pair of sneakers to keep her legs looking fantastic for all her red carpet appearances in those OMG body hugging designer styles. Honestly, we know Kim K. doesn't need him or a pair of cute kicks to keep her legs looking great and let's face it, the commercial was more about trying to sell Kim K.'s HOT ness than it was about selling how well the product worked. For lack of some better words, would...