text: These shoes are adorable. The leather seems dried out though. It is very hard and scratchy against the tops of my toes. I was going to return them, but I had been dreaming of them for so long. So, I decided to drench the leather with olive oil. I read another customer recommendation about breaking in and maintaining good looking clogs by using olive oil. As a side note, I've read from leather workers that you should never use a vegetable oil to condition leather, as it is very different from animal oil. Neatsfoot oil, for example, would be much better to use. I have some, but its kind of gross to think of it against my skin while wearing them, not to mention it's funky odor. The issue with vegetable oil is that it penetrates a few layers of the leather, and then travels back to the surface, bringing up new oil stains with it. Since this was on the INSIDE of the shoe, I wasn't concerned about stains. The outside of the leather (the visible parts) are coated in some sort of leather paint, and I highly doubt oil would get through it. I haven't worn them a second time yet, I am just letting them sit with a nice layer of oil on them. Already, the leather is more malleable and feels like it won't annihilate my toes the next time I wear them. I will need to wipe the excess oil off somehow, but I will figure that out when I get there! For now, the leather feels supple again, and I am happy.