pointe shoe fitter reacts to TIK TOK 11 

Did ya know we have blog posts for every video? 👀 This week's may answer why there's no cups in this reaction... thepointeshop.com/blogs/get-to-the-pointe/pointe-shoe-fitter-reacts-to-ballet-tik-toks-part-11 Got stuff for Josephine to react to? Email jazley@thepointeshop.com to submit your idea!

As someone who sews, but knows nothing about pointe shoes, it might be worth getting a sailmaker's palm to help with sewing through that difficult material. It's a leather strap that fits over your wrist/thumb with a little metal disc held on the squishy part of your palm. It's like a much beefier version of a thimble, allowing you to push with more force than just a finger, since it was used to get through tough canvas and other heavy fabrics used to make sails. Used in combination with pliers, it makes getting a needle through difficult fabric much easier.

That male Kitri variation was hilarious but also shows just the huge difference between traditional male ballet and traditional female ballet

Wait we made it through with out cups. Why its she not rejoicing? This is what Josephine wanted right? I can relate to the pirouette fail. I did that once with a pique pirouette. Band new slippers and for some reason I didn't step in the rosen box. I went up and came down crashing hard. Learned my lesson the hard way. Quick tip for sewing anything, by hand. I thimble is your friend. Save your fingers from bleeding.

I've never actually taken a dance class before, but I love watching your videos! they're funny and I learn a lot from them. kinda making me want to take dance 👀

Oh man - for darning pointe shoes I recommend curved upholstery needles (you can find them at most craft stores), and a pair of needle nose plyers. :D Or if you use an awl, pre-punch tiny holes or use a seam ripper to try and wiggle a hole between the threads/weave. It's what I used to do with mine and now as someone who does sewing it helps with PITA fabrics that would otherwise make me cry.

When I got my Pointe shoes, I had to sew on the ribbon and the elastic band around the ankle. But after about three practices, my laces came loose and I had re-sew every one of them so they wouldn’t come loose in a performance. But you know what happened? They came loose, I tripped, and fell off the stage. IM FINE NOW! THAT WAS LAST YEAR

I used to use those jelly squares (they’re burn pads) when I was a runner for lost toenails and blisters too. Once I ran in shoes too small and had a huge blood blister on my heel and I was able to run a race with one of those on. Magic.

Lol, I relate to the hip-hop one. I did ballet as a child/teen and switched to belly dance as an adult (been doing it almost 20 years now). My first workshop with a professional performer in belly dance, she immediately recognized my ballet background from the way I held my spine/shoulders/neck 😂. It took a lot of work to be able to make my spine adapt to more serpentine movement.

Honestly I just wanted to keep on watching this. Maybe one day she can do a longer reaction video but do it live?

2:19 in ballet class, whenever we fell, the whole class would clap. That was an actual rule 😊 3:49 this is universal for all dancers across the globe 🤣

Loved this one queens! So funny to see myself on here again 🤣❤️

That Kitri was en pointe! 😂 Sorry, not sorry; I couldn’t resist the pun! What a great selection! So much fun as always Josephine!

Omg there’s another one please keep going Josephine I will never get tired of them!

When I got my first pair of pointe shoes (from you, Miss Josephine!!), I used a curved leather needle for everything, including sewing the ribbons. And a leatherman for pushing it in and pulling it through, because Capezios are made of steel and ambition. The sailmaker's thimble is probably up for my next pair, once I get back to dancing. Seeing pointe shoes is a labour of love and determination, and terrifying the first time, too!

Hi Miss Josephine! I love your videos especially your TikTok reactions. My cousin came over one day and introduced me to them, we binge watched together. She also tried on my pointe shoes.....that may not have been a good idea

OMFG the guy doing the "how to get the ballet dancer look" is so true! I am a male dancer and litterally i do most of this just by habit, especially true is the hair thing, im not the only one!

My father is a shoemaker and seeing you react to ponte makers is the best!

4:49 when sewing hard fabrics use a thimble. It’s a piece of metal that goes over your finger so you don’t hurt yourself while pushing a needle through. Like a finger helmet. It’s a life saver.

I love the Tik Tok reactions…I don’t even have Tik Tok and have never used it…but the stuff they have that you show is hilarious…even better is the looks of horror on your face, lol! Love your channel, never taken a dance class in my life, but always wanted to take ballet growing up…mainly for the pretty costumes and cool pointe shoes…but I love watching ballet (and dance in general) and it’s really cool to see you fit pointe shoes, and just what a total difference the correct shoe for each individual is. I was a figure skater, and when I was skating, the really good boots (i.e. crazy expensive, Mom loved paying for those) were individually made for you, and they sent off plaster casts that the skate store made of your foot up through your mid calf, so it fit the ankle correctly and didn’t “cut into” the back of your calf. It was cool, and they were awesome…made a huge difference in how well I could skate (land jumps, control spins and edges, and do school figures…yes, it was a long time ago, school figures were still a thing in figure skating then.

Oh man, ballet dancers need to get them some sashiko thimbles! They go on like a ring, and have a pebbled surface. You can push through damn near anything with them, but I'd highly recommend getting the sachiko needles and thread. I've broken US needles with that thimble, and you need a sturdy thread to work with that gauge eye.

I will never get tired of these reaction videos.

Pro tip from my grandma who was a professional seamstress... your own saliva will take out your own blood from fabric. I know it sounds strange, but it DOES work... she taught this to me as I was learning to sew and I don't know WHY it works, but it does... lol! Saved me several serious mess ups on costumes in my early sewing years. 😉 ❤

Tip if you don’t have a thimble. I use a band-aid and a coin. I stick the coin to my thumb or index finger with the band-aid. Works great for leather and other hard to sew materials.

Josephine, I’ve watched your videos for like 3 years and tomorrow I’m getting pointe shoes for the first time! I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you so much❤️

Omg im early!! I absolutely love your videos Josephine!! Please do part 12 🤩

I have fallen doing an attitude turn the exact same way. My foot just kind of slipped out from under me; it was so funny and, oddly enough, didn't hurt that much or at all

YAAAAS FINALLY!! Part 12 pls :D

Glad I am not the only one who is nerdy enough to watch pointe shoes being made! Freed to a few of those vids actually but my favourite is the one where they partner with a company called Ballet Black...for those dancers who won't be given a chance in big famous companies, because they don't have the body type or skin. The brown satin they use is exquisite!

Just watched some of your videos. I took ballet lessons when I was quite young a hundred years ago. I remember using lambs wool in my “toe shoes”.

I made stitch kits for all of my students, I just bought a bunch of boxes of floss and stuck a couple of needles in each one. The floss comes with a razor to cut it inside, so it's nice to have scissors but you don't even really need those. And if you buy mint floss your finger smell nice!

You should react to Carissa Campbell! She has a really funny video about what dancers think about during class :)

Dental floss seems to be very popular for darning ballet shoes, but it seems a bit expensive? Reach is 1.87 for 55 yards and Glide is 18.29 for 262 yards (a six pack on amazon), while a spool of hand quilting thread is 4.99 for 220 yards? And if anyone knows JoAnn's, they know there are always sales and coupons. I wonder if anyone has done a darning and functional use comparison?

YESSSS THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO, JOSEPHINEEE!! Also, I don’t know if anyone cares, but I got my first pair of pointe shoes on Monday! I have my first pointe class Thursday!! I’m really exited because it’s been a lifelong dream of mine to be on pointe.. anyways, love your videos! Have a wonderful rest of your day/ night!

Leaving dance class in strange attire.... I did that once... the gas station attendant thought I was homeless. 🤣🤣🤣

i need pt 12 NOW (imagine that in demon voice)

4:20 for sewing around the box, i'm not surprised regular sewing needles don't cut the mustard - there are special curved needles for tapestry or quilting that're strong enough to go through leather, and the curve would be easier to maneuver around the box. my local craft shop sells them under the name mattress needles, they're $5!

"Just do what feels right" "Nothing feels right" This is how I feel whenever I'm learning a new routine for a musical. I really need to start taking Dance Classes.

I attended an arts school and we would have ballet dancers who couldn’t afford to buy new pointe shoes very often come down to the sewing room and steal our needles to sew their shoes

Hi! I just started watching your videos because I’m getting my pointe shoes in a few months! I’m only 11 years old so I’m just getting them! You’re videos have been great! ❤️

We will never be sick of this

the Queen of Hearts dance in "Alice in Wonderland" is the FUNNIEST choreography I've ever seen. I wish the entire show was on PBS.

I feel like pointe shoe makers should get to go to performances for free. Like yeah maybe you cant always show up to the opening night but maybe they can have them attend dress rehersals or something. it seems unfair that they dont get to see the product of their hard work and im sure their ballerinas would love to meet the man or woman behind their shoe. the thing they literally wear everyday that allows them to be so amazing.

I was very bored but i literally jumped of my couch when i saw a new video. She never makes me bored.♥️🤘

I quit ballet a few years back and your videos make me wanna get back into it

Josephine, I loved watching your reaction to the clip of pointe shoes being made! 💗 You are clearly passionate about your work and it is contagious. 💞

My friend got fitted by u and when I get my pointe shoes I would be so happy to be fitted by you

This was so good! Keep up the good work Josephine!

god when I used to dance my jazz teacher set aside an entire hour lesson to teach us how to do hip hop for our first ever hip hop exercise because none of us could make it look good, glad to know that's a universal ballet dancer problem

If I remember correctly, that guy at the end doing kitri is actually Ivan Vasiliev (it was some gala in Japan) , ex principal of Bolshoi, now I think he danced in Mikhailovsky... So yeah... Those jumps... Come naturally 🤣🤣🤣

I’m not a dancer I wish I was but watching the pointe shoes being made is one of my guilty pleasures

First video I watch every morning. Makes my day.

josephine ur GLOWING! love these reactions!

Please do keep making these TikTok reaction videos Josephine because they're brilliant (if sometimes a bit ouch and cringe). We need them. 🙂

Watching your videos make me want to see ballet

I don't dance or even undesrand ballet but I'm watching every video from this channel 😅

I have been watching these ALL day! I didn't need to do laundry/puck up around the house/work in the garden/etc. anyway...🤥 😁

Pro tip from a fashion graduate who's hand-sewn multiple layers of cardboard-like coutil: Use a thimble. And if you bleed on the thing, your own saliva will remove the stain from your own blood, so spit on it. Weird but it works. (Best on a fresh stain, but it will also work on an old one.)

I love your reaction videos I am not sure if they still make metal thimbles for darning these days? I learn so much from these thanks so much 💟💟💟

as a dancer, i always roll my sleeves up and i don't even notice until like an hour later

Content on tiktok is trash but ballet content on tiktok is gold! (Except for the cup/pointe ones)

Hahaha! Sooo can relate to the ballet dancers doing hip hop 😂😂😅

😍😍😍😍 You’re so pretty today, I love the hairrr!

I love watching your videos I am going to try out for the nutcracker and you make me so confident

You need curved upholster or leather needles for the thickness you’re going thru and a palm cover or metal thimble to push the needle.

i don't dance ballet, never did, not even once, i maybe went to watch 3-5 ballet performances in my almost 40 years of life... what am I doing here? anyway, this is funny AF XD Great videos!

Yesss! these tiktok reaction videos are my fav! I’ve been dancing since I was 3 and started going en point at 12 or 13 I think

I wear gaynors and I need a thimble to just sew my ribbon and elastics! I do not know how people manage to darn gaynors. Mad respect.

The company with the red flower really said: "The show must go on!"

The producer didn't traumatize Josephine this time. So wholesome!

I'm a weightlifter who wears barefoot shoes and can barely do the floss - why am i addicted to this videos?

So, as to the "are you sick of these yet?" I do not dance, nor does anyone I know, yet I am terribly entertained by your videos. Also, speaking of mind blowing, Sofie Dossi 10 min photoshoot on youtube, would love to see you react to that.

That last one was EPIC!!! Super hero arms!!! 🤣🤣🤣

I’m not a dancer, i am however addicted to your humor.

That guy at the end was actually so good!! He wasn't very straight, but he got the poses and jumps and was pretty quick!

6:36 As someone coming from the gymnastics world… dude’s got a better ring position than some Olympic gold medalists I’ve watched over the years. 😂

Love it! Did you get your hair cut recently? Looks fabulous dahling fabulous 🥰

Love these 😂 🌴☀️🌴

That guy at the end was fabulous! I’d love to know what company that was. Trocadero? The flower was killing me. 🤣🤣🤣

If you're having difficulty with sewing, use jeweller's pliers to pull through the needle so you don't even touch the needle and lose grip on it. Also with using rosin or beeswax to strengthen the stitching threads helps with longevity; in addition to the pliers, I fine doubling up the thread, running thru beeswax, then knotting the two ends together and threading a LEATHERWORKING needle (because of the shape of the needles used fornleatherworking are 3-side, it makes them ideal to pierce multiple fabrics, and you can even get bent ones to make ghings even easier. They are also much more hard-wearing than some random mattress or darning needle, and are not super expensive like the kits sold can be). I recommend getting a sets of two pliers (fine/needlenose, jeweller's pliers, due to size and because the hardier ones for electricians are far too clunky and sometimes come greased up) are going to be especially useful in guiding your needle thru hard material without much pressure or risk of pushing the needle into your hand like ghat poor girl if you aren't familiar with sewing and or don't have a thimble. Source: I am a historical reinactor and have made about 15 sets of leather turnshoes, which started when I was 15 and couldn't afford the ghillies I kept running thru for irish dance, so I was determined and found cheap but high-quality leather offcuts, and because I have tiny feet (size 5 USA) it was more than enough and only took me 3 tries before I developed a usable pattern and method that worked. I only used this for my practice ones as they have soft-suede-soles, but the performance ones are more akin to jazz shoes, ballet shoes and that iron age shoe found in europe had a baby and added like 10 extra seams and laces for no apparent reason haha (just look up irish dance ghillie or highland/Scotland dancing pump to see similar)

It's kinda sad about the point shoe makers never having seen a performance. I also wonder if they'd change anything about how they make them if they had

Oh my gosh I have seen the Kitri variation (last tik tok) recently and I don't know why, but I wanted somehow recreate that solo (not en pointe since I am just a modern dancer and I never wore them) but that's hilarious lmao

there were literally 10 or 11 tiktoks, and to me it only felt like 3 or 4 tiktoks- time flies when you're having fun?

I've been binging these and I love them! My main knowledge of ballet comes from having a crush on a classmate who was a ballerina in highschool and going to all her performances. Even with that little knowledge, I really get a kick out of Josephine's reactions.

I know this series has been long but please more reaction videos💗💗

by the way, if you ever need to get a small amount of blood out of fabric (like in that one tt), your own saliva has enzymes which will break it down, hydrogen peroxide also works, but it can bleach the fabric a bit

OMG I am legit so concerned about the girl who tried to sew her GM shoes. I wear GM shoes and I have the same problem with the seam breaking apart, otherwise the shoe totally still works. So I glued a suede tip on and darned across. You definitely need PROPER tools for darning GM shoes, these are no joke! I had a thick awl that they use for sewing leather, which is literally how durable and thick these GM fabrics are anyways!

Yoo I almost went to a dance school to become a professional dancer, but they required you to also do hiphop and musical dancing and I had only trained in classical ballet, so I had to do a year long prep course for hiphop and musical. And that TikTok is so real 😭 they would be like 'just relax' and I would be like 'I don't know what that means 😭'. 'Stand with your legs shoulder width apart', me: second position, them: no, just stand like a normal person, me: *confused*.

PART 12 PLEASE AND THANK U I NEED AT LEAST 1 POINTE SHOE FITTER TIKTOK REACTION EVERY 2 WEEKS

So I do WERQ (it's a dance workout, like Zumba but better) and we dance to Todrick Hall Nicki Minaj Cardi B etc. Well one of the dances we do jumps to the side and with me being a ballet dancer I can't help not to make it ballet with hands and all. Also when the guy was doing the "ballet look" that is so relatable because every time I have class I try to look as tacky as possible because when I stop at the store I love the looks I get from people.

I do ballet and hip hop and personally i find both easy and fun

Definitely not sick of it yet 😂

The face mask hack is so clever!

"Ballet is so up and hip-hop is so down" Grand plie: 👁👄👁

I love you so much you are so incredible and always so positive ❤☺

Josephine you should react to save by the Bell doing a ballet dance LOL 😂😂

I miss pointe so much and I realize now I was never wearing shoes that fit properly! I sunk in them so badly and broke them in two days in class. I wish you could fit me! I have wide flat feet and my second toe is longest. Maybe some day!

I was waiting for this!!

this is so good!! i have watched all your other ones and love each of them!!

6:17 *the man is legit better at dancing than me and i have been dancing since i was 3*