***HELP PLEASE - have I ruined my shoes?

[Miserable]

My shoes turn a lot darker than usual after I did these to them...

I used hair dyer to blow over my shoes with heating (kept only 2-3 inches away from the shoes), as I heard from someone that it would help to remove the old wax on the shoes. After that, I used Saphir renovateur to remove the old wax and I repeated these 2 steps for a several times. Finally, they turned into the condition as the picture shown. At the beginning I thought they would lighten back up over some time as they just looked like getting wet, but after 2 days they're the same. I read some articles online and Most of them said Mink-Oil would darken the leather, so I guess I used too much renovateur while the renovateur is mink-oil based, but I don't know for sure.

WHAT SHOULD I DO TO SAVE MY SHOES PLEASE? OR ANY POSSIBLE WAYS TO FIX THEM PLEASE? Thanks a lot!

What they look right now:

What they looked before:

 

[MyOtherLife]

Welcome to Styleforum.

Using a blow dryer only helped the leather to absorb whatever you put on the shoes, even deeper into the leather fibres.
There is an old saying which states, 'it isn't a party until something is broken'.
You can either live with it, or take them to your local friendly cobbler (shoe repair) to have them look at them,
or if you are willing to risk completely destroying them, get some rubber gloves, some rags, and take them outside and use some acetone on them. The acetone will remove everything though, including the original dyes. This is something I would not recommend doing on your own without experience.
Were it me, I would just rock those shoes casual and move on; learning from the mistake.

A blow dryer should never be used on leather, imo, for any reason.

 

[Miserable]

Welcome to Styleforum.

Using a blow dryer only helped the leather to absorb whatever you put on the shoes, even deeper into the leather fibres.
There is an old saying which states, 'it isn't a party until something is broken'.
You can either live with it, or take them to your local friendly cobbler (shoe repair) to have them look at them,
or if you are willing to risk completely destroying them, get some rubber gloves, some rags, and take them outside and use some acetone on them. The acetone will remove everything though, including the original dyes. This is something I would not recommend doing on your own without experience.
Were it me, I would just rock those shoes casual and move on; learning from the mistake.

A blow dryer should never be used on leather, imo, for any reason.

Thanks for your advise man. Think I will just leave with it as the acetone is just too risky for me. Anyway, lesson learnt.