Christmas Opening :)

Just time to get a week of wigs in before I'm back at work!

Sadly I've not had the chance to refresh my stock yet, but I do have plenty of mohair wigs in that you can style how you like (don't forget you can also dye the mohair wigs whatever colour you'd like with hair dye or fabric dye).

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Chloe.

Wig News July

Wig News July, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Hello everyone!

Yes, I am now officially two dozen old :D I'ts a while since I updated, so here's what's going on...

1) I'm moving house and buying furniture and all that jazz! This will be my first ever proper home alone and I'm dead excited :D I will be closing the shop from July 21st-ish until August 7th-ish in order to move smoothly without worrying about shipping, so please place orders before then.

2) The last half of the mohair order is incoming: I am hoping to get them all shipped out before I move depending on customs and all the rest :) Can't wait!

3) I started my new teaching job this month, yey! I was only in for four days but I know I'm going to love it: the last day was MENTAL and the Sixth Form girls had put a paddling pool in the formal entrance hall complete with sandy beach. Final assembly was lightened up by one of them running in shrieking "TROLL! In the dungeons! Thought you ought to know" *collapse* plus helium hymn voices XD

Pink mohair wigs are being added to the site right now... Oh yeah, once all the wigs are out I will be hosting a mohair photography competition, with free wigs to give away :) More in August!

Chloe xxx

Mohair wigs

Mohair wigs, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

The mohair wigs have arrived! Please check www.rapunzel-wigs.webs.com for more photos: so far they all look fab :)

I will be hopsting a mohair only wig contest in the next month or so, with great prizes to be won!

Chloe x

Mohair Incoming

Mohair Incoming, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Some of the mohair wigs are on their way! The styles and colours are listed above: the rest have to be mass produced so that company is holding them back and will ship them later.

I am off on Half Term next week, so hopefully I can ship very quickly. I have limited stock available and will add photos as soon as they arrive. Hopefully I will be able to custom dye some Jasmine wigs too.

Hurrah!

(PS I have some Yo-SD samples coming too ;) )

Order Sheet

Order Sheet, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Hi all!

If you've been following me on Flickr you may have spotted the arrival of my first Lati mohair wig samples.

As expected, a few corrections need to be made to check that they will definitely suit the smaller Lati Yellow heads. The pic above shows the changes I want to make, although I may also switch the ginger wig to a middle parting no fringe so there's a bit of variety.

I'd love to hear opinions so I know I'm ordering the right colours and quantity. I think that these wigs will ordinarily cost $25. Because this is the first time I will be ordering samples and can't promise perfection, for a limited time only the preorders will be listed at just $15. Please order if you do think you fancy a wig as they won't be this cheap again! The only way I can justify that price this time is because the company is letting me do a small order first time only.

Big pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gantaeno/6966226232/sizes/l/in/photostream

Any questions or comments? Please let me know :)


PREORDER RUNS UNTIL 10TH MAY!

Chloe xx

Delay Explanation

Delay, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Sorry for the delay on shipping everyone: we found out on Monday that my school was being inspected by the government on Wednesday and Thursday :( Que mad teacher panic! I'm aiming to get another 20 or so packages out tomorrow after school, and the rest Friday and Saturday. I always ship in order order (lol) so if you paid your preorder around Feb 5th you'll be next to ship.

Thanks for understanding x

Wigs in Stock and Future News

Pixie PinkWhi DT, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Hello everyone :)

Well, my latest wig order arrived and it wonderful as ever: I've begun shipping and hope tyo have them all shipped out before the end of next week (I will have to ship after work to get it done but that's ok!). With the amount of work I have set for the future I think that unfortunately this will be my last wig order from this company for a while, maybe until June or even July. I have to concentrate on my studies and interviewing for teaching jobs now so I hope you understand.

In addition, the Post Office in the UK has announced its intention to raise parcel prices significantly next month. It is likely that the cost of shipping within the UK will double and there will be raises in price for the rest of the world too... I will wait and see how much this change will affect me and keep my fingers crossed I can limit the cost but I may need to step down to second class delivery to keep costs low. You can read about this here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17700013

Finally, I will have a photo contest running soon! Please make sure you're a member of my mailing list as they get information first :)

Cheers all!

Chloe xx

Wigs Shipped

Wigs Shipped, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

I just recieved word that out order shipped! This is tremendulous news as I am on holiday next week so if they get here in time I can ship them out quick and easy.

I will be increasing the price to the "in-stock" level shortly, so please take advantage of any discounts now!

Can't wait to get photographing :)

Chloe x

Styles and Colours

Styles and Colours, originally uploaded by Gantaeno.

Hi everyone!

Ok, so if you've followed me on Flickr you may have seen that I've got a second wig company lined up for orders... the reason for this is A) They make mohair wigs, and B) I want to start offering something different to my main company as they keep twisting prices and making it harder for me to match what they offer.

Anyway, I will be ordering about... 50 mohair wigs to start? They'll be about arm length on the lati's so there's plenty of styling oppurtunities: I'll be dying them colours myself to expect to see some pinks and blues as well as the natural shades :)

On top of that I want to get some synthetic samples made but I don't want to waste time and money on unpopular combinations: the minimum order here is going to be between 20 and 50 of each wig style/size/colour :S.

Please pick your favourite style from the list on the right! If you'd like to let me know of any colours in the chart you particularly like, I'd love to know :) From top left clockwise the styles are Skinny Plaits, Tracy, Tinker, Gretel, Short Alice, Cassidy, Pixie and Prima.

Thanks,

Chloe.

Wigs Are Here!

Wig Preview, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is teaching like mad :).

Sadly I have no nice photos because my sister, who was supposed to be listening for the postman, decided a shower was more important. Where does that girl get her priorities?!? Anyway, so I rushed down to the Post Office and was luckily able to carry the box home and get a few wigs out and on my girls. Hope you like them? On the left is the Long Alice style, middle is Miss Muffet (LOVE IT) and last is the teal and green Short Alice that was missing from the last box.

Shop is open. Please bear in mind that wigs most likely won't be shipped until after the 9th of January!

I'll add new pictures to my Flickr tomorrow, light permitting.

Next order is likely to be a small one because next term I'll be teaching 3/4 of a teachers normal day: doesn't sound like much but at my new school it'll mean planning and teaching 25 lessons a week :P I am hoping to order more Miss Muffet wigs, and probably Long Alices.... any suggestions? Let me know via e-mail or Flickr!

Have a great New Year,

Chloe x

Closing

Closing, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is teaching like mad :).

Heya,

just a quick one to let peopel know my site will be down from 20th December to january... 5th or 6th probably. This is because, whilst I'm expecting the new wigs to arrive in early January, the older ones will still be at my University address.

As a result, if you're interested in any of the preo rder styles, now's your last chance before the New Year, sorry!

Chloe xxx

Don't Forget!

Don't Forget!, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is teaching like mad :).

We're still on track for a late December, early January delivery from my wig people. Exciting wigs are coming:

Long Alices which will be like the limited vampire Lumi wig.

Miss Muffet: a new curly bunches style (weirdly, it's similar to the new Nutcracker Lumi's hair style! Strange, eh?)

As always, things will change ones they arrive :) please peek at my profile for more info...

Coming soon

Coming soon, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is excited for the Lati Gaga contest :D.

... to a wig place near you ;)

Thanks everyone for your colour selecting help! I'm very limited this time because I want this order to arrive before Christmas hopefully, by the beginning of January at the very latest.

I will add these to my site very soon, please watch this space: won't be preview photos though sadly! Long Alice and Bunches are news styles, based on Lati ones.

Chloe xxx

Alice

Alice, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is excited for the Lati Gaga contest :D.

Please make suggestions for long Alice colours! The style will be similar to the Mystic Lumi vampire limited wig. I will take any colours that have more than two people suggesting them, but I have literally a weekend to decide!

Please share via Flickr :)

Posted Everything!

Posted, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is excited for the Lati Gaga contest :D.

Phew! I know I can't control how long it takes for my orders to be made, but when I promise a deadline at my end I'm going to meet it if it kills me! *Nurses paper cut hands*

Today I have posted all outstanding orders. There's only one wig style missing from the box which I will contact the company about: I have emailed those it involves. The prizes for the competition have also been posted, hurrah!

Thanks for being so patient, everyone :)

In other news, to continue my massively dedicated day (yey!) I will be going through and counting stock tonight and hopefully taking all my wigs to University with me tomorrow. This means that I can open my shop in a matter of days rather than weeks, yey!

On top of that, I will be doing a very small, very quick order soon... keep an eye on me for details.

Thanks again!

Chloe xxx

Wigs are Here!

Here, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is excited for the Lati Gaga contest :D.

They're at my house!

Ok, so tomorrow I will go home after my tutorials, and pack in a manic way. I will then spend almost all of Thursday posting wigs out and hopefully get them all done in one day... fingers crossed! As a result, I will CLOSE tomorrow morning (26th) to give me a chance to package, please don't wait as I'm not sure when I'll reopen due to epic teacher training! Prices will be up to $28 after reopening as the wigs will be 'in stock'.

Thanks a lot,

Chloe xx

info

info, originally uploaded by Gantaeno is excited for the Lati Gaga contest :D.

Hi All,

I'm moving back to University in less than a week, hurrah! Here's a few pieces of info I think you may want to know...

1) Please don't forget to enter the Gaga contest! it ends this week and so far if you're entered you're guaranteed to win :P

2) My new accomodation apparently won't accept parcel for me :S DISASTER.... I'm hoping to chat up the security guards, but until I can do that this will have two effects.

- I have to get the latest order sent home, so forwarding them from my address may take a few weekends... sorry, but there's nothing I can do :(

- If I can't talk the accomodation types 'round, then this may be the last order this year. It's going to be too hard to organise orders once I'm doing classes AND teaching placements, if I have to travel home just to post wigs! We'll see though :)

3) As I'm moving I will CLOSE the shop from this Thursday. I will reopen as soon as I hear from the company that my order is on its way... make sense? So, last chance for preorder discounts :)

Thank you everyone!

Closing

Closing, originally uploaded by Gantaeno's epic journey has begun!.

Hi All,

It's nearly time for orders to close! I hope you've found the wigs you like, so far there are quite a few wig colours and styles that are very popular, and only a few that have one or two buyers... I think we can manage all the wigs ordered :)

I will let you all know when I have a better idea of a shipping date.

Thanks!

Chloe.

OPEN

OPEN, originally uploaded by Gantaeno's epic journey has begun!.

I'm Open for business!

Hi All! I've decided to open slightly earlier so I have time to close orders whilst within easy reach of a computer. I know it will clash with the purchase of lovely new Lati dolls (I LOVE these new tans! Such a tough decision...) so I'm expecting later orders. I may keep the shop open a little longer but please don't rely on that happening... you can see more comparison pics in my Flickr account just in case you need them.
Here's what I'm ordering...


Pixie Wigs for Lati Yellow
Tinker wigs for Lati Yellow
Short Alice wigs for Puki and Lati Yellow
Smooth Cassidy wigs for Lati Yellow

Wow, I got talked into a few more styles! If you'd like Yo-SD wigs in these styles please contact me as I haven't added them yet!

I will only order colours that have three or more orders as usual, because I have to fill a minimum order.

This time I want to do things a little differently to reward those people who place orders early with me which makes my life so much easier. If you order a wig at the preorder stage before I announce final colours (ie in the first two or three weeks) I will be charging just $26 per wig, which puts the price down to what it was before VAT went up :) If you order after that but before they arrive, I will probably make them $27, but as soon as it's announced that they're on their way the price will be set at $28 as usual. Early orders make my life easier, and it should make it better for you guys too, so you don't have to ask 'why didn't you order X wig in X colour' when they arrive :P I hope you like my idea and I hope it will save you some money in future.

Thank you!

Chloe.

Preorder Explaination

Wigs: Added more colours, originally uploaded by Gantaeno's epic journey has begun!.

Here's some FAQ answers :) Please read the next post down as well as it contains information specific to this order.

1) Can I get Colour X in style X?

Ok, so for each order I try to keep to a few core styles, with maybe a few extras thrown in... this time we've ended up with much more interest in the Short Alice wig which was in fact preordered last time... normally I would prefer to not order duplicates, but I don't mind adding some popular colours...

For each wig my company says I must order at least 5 or 6 of each colour within a style, so if someone wants to add a colour that's not offered, I have to know that other people will buy: preferably at least three should be sold within the pre-order period as the rest comes out of my own money.

For Puki wigs you are restricted anyway: Only black bordered (non heat resisting) colours can be ordered because of the weft thickness.

2) Can I add a wig in a style that's not being offered?

It is hard for me to run orders that become over complicated: I do this completely in my spare time as a hobby so please bare with me when I forget stuff or say no: it's because I can only see myself continuing with this as long as it remains a fun thing to do on top of my job and studies... I can usually tell you when I'm likely to order your preferred style again though?

3) I recognise some of those styles from Lati!

Yup, you've guessed it: I use the same company as Lati themselves do. It started when I contacted a wig manufacturer about a year ago, asking if they would consider adding Lati sized wigs to their range. They worked on a new wig cap size and then a wig design that I'd drawn up based on the Cat Coco wig: that's the Tracy wig that started all of this!

Since then I am proud to say that Lati have used some of my designs alongside their own and those of the original company. I hope I can come up with more unique styles for everyone in the not so distant future.

4) I noticed the web site is down for maintenance/ I can't get into your shop!

I am currently on holiday XD

I will reopen for pre-orders sometime next week, and I will be open for two weeks only: at this time the shop will be working. During this time wigs will be reduced to $26. After pre-order closes the price will increase to $27, and then to $28: this is to encourage and reward those people who order early as it costs me less and makes the purchase less complicated!

Currently the shop is closed because the wigs I have in stock are in England and I won't be back until August: if anything were to sell to people who didn't realise I was away they'd be waiting for a long time ;)

5) How do I contact you away from Flickr?

Email me! You can sign up to the mailing list using the form on the right here --->

My address is rapunzel-rapunzel AT hotmail .co.uk.

6) How do I find out when the preorder opens?

Many, many random ways: the best is via the mailing list as mentioned above, but if you watch my Flickr stream I usually announce things fairly obviously on there. There's also a Flickr group, I use Den of Angels fairly regularly and I change my signature on there to reflect upcoming orders.

NEW 7) How long will the order take to arrive?

Usually it's about 6 weeks after my order opens, but this time it may be longer because they've warned me next month will by busy for them... I hope before September ends... I will keep everyone up to date :)

NEW 8) Can I get a discount if I order more?

Yes, I'm pleased to say that people who order 15 or more wigs are entitled to a group order discount: please contact me for more information!

*****

Ok, I hope that helps? Please message me somewhere if there's anything else you need to know, but be aware that I'm on holiday and won't reply instantly :)

Thanks a lot,

Chloe x