Couple of questions about my pointe shoes.?

So my shoes got wet. (part of the box and the shank.) they were so wet that the box was all squishy but since it wasn't lot it still has its shape. I let it dry and now I'm wondering if I can still dance on them. They're still in decent condition and such and I'm getting new ones once I start dance again, but I was going to use them for my solo. FOR MY SOLO: I wanted to make my shoes either red or black. I was just going to use the wet ones, but can you just use a marker(like sharpy) or do you have to use some special thing to dye them? I also want to switch from pointe to toe paws in the middle of my dance. does anyone think this will be cool? I wanted to do fouettes with a sorta barefoot look and jumps to. (I'd have my paws on during the pointe section and then tie my pointe shoes a certain way so that when I want to take them off, they'd be easy to remove. Then once the laces were untied, just kick them off with a hitch kick or a kinda cutesy kinda kick to the side.) ALSO: what are your views on using gels vs. using lambs wool. my friends dance teacher won't allow them to wear the gels, thus my friend comes home with toe bleeds and hurting toes. Does using lambs wool instead of gels strengthen your pointe? Or does it just not matter?