Sale Now On :)

Hi All,

I got bored of waiting to run the discount, sorry! As such wigs are now discounted this whole week, from $28 down to $23 and $25 depending on style. I figured people would want their in stock orders now, instead of ordering with preorder wigs and having to wait.

Speaking of preorder wigs, I'll be ordering again from February 14th :) Lots of information here but you can also e-mail me at rapunzel-rapunzel AT hotmail.co.uk for information. I've got sketches for this preorder mostly, because a lot of the wigs will be new styles or colours.



More on the preorder later though, don't forget sale ends this Sunday!

Thanks,

Chloe.

Thinking Ahead...

Hi everyone, just wanted to add a quick update of the last and next orders, so you all know where I am!

The last order was I think, a far greater success than the one before it, mainly because I don't think I've made a mistake yet! (*knock on wood*) I'm sure you'll agree making the switch to a shop based order system is a lot safer and has been far more successful. In addition, with only a few hiccups where to shop decided I could have -1 quantities of a few wigs (!) it keeps me a lot more organised in terms of stock totals. Most popular this time were the new colour mix pink/white Prima, the pure white Tinker and the classic pure white Tracy.

Although I'd originally planned to host another order in January, my new job and other complications will push this back until February: any opinions? What I hope to do is start an order for Prima, Pixie and Tinker styles swith possibly a few random others thrown in, and simultaneously have a special discount event on the site. The discount will run for one day only, February 14th. If a mix of preorder wigs and instock wigs are ordered, they will be posted together once the preorders arrive, so if you need the wigs as soon as possible, please place seperate orders!

Another reason for the delay is so I have time to continue work on the prototype for the Goldilocks wig style shown above. I think it's really cute but it definitely needs work, particularly on the bulk and the fringe. I hope to have a final design verified in time for the order after this one.

Finally, I know a lot of people have been asking for the wig style with the little plaits sticking out of the bottom that Hallowe'en Cat Lea has. I haven't yet taken orders for a design that isn't directly mine or one of my companies core styles, but I will be discussing the possibility of adding this wig to my repetoire. It may be that they require me to change a few details, but so many people have asked that I have to see what I can do. If I get the go ahead I will be preordering these in February too.

Thanks a lot everyone!

Chloe x

Open for Business :)

That's right, I'm open again! All orders placed by Monday night will ship out on Tuesday, promise :)

There's a few new styles but sadly I am devoid of photos as my camera charger died, grrr! I do have new drawings of each style to give you an idea and am frantically going through my photo library to find pics of the colours I do have already: fingers crossed my new charger will be here soon. Until then here's a quick reminder of the styles available...


Happy 2011 everyone!

About Tax and Prices and More...

Hi Everyone!

Ok, I'm going to start with the good news :) Our order is nearly done and will hopefully ship out soon, which means that (fingers crossed. knock on wood) some of our gangs may have their new hair before Christmas! On top of that I will have a new style to reveal very soon, once finishing touches are added to it: i hope you will all like it...

Secondly, I have checked with the company who make the wigs for me and they are all safe and sound, here's hoping the current conflicts in Korea can be resolved safely and with no more loss of life.

Here's the not so good news: there's going to have to be a price increase...

The first order was fine as I asked $26 plus paypal fees for each wig, and I was in America at the time so paid no import duty at all... since moving back to the UK I have not added paypal fees and on top of that I have not asked any more to cover the cost of import duty, which is generally 17.5%.

From January the import tax in the UK will increase from 17.5% to 20% (read about it here). On top of this, the company who make my wigs for me say that if I continue to pay with paypal they will have to charge me $2 more per wig: sounds like a little but with the import tax as well if means I'm getting into the relm of this costing me more than it's worth to run! I'm looking at bank transfers at the moment but even then I have to deal with both Paypal and my Banks crappy rate of exchange from dollars to pounds, and then to won. I will do my best to find the cheapest option.

Either way, it's likely to mean a price rise to $28 per wig. I can absorb the cost of either the import tax or the exchange rates, but not both! Please, please let me know how you feel about this as I do not want to alienate people or leave anyone feeling that this is too high a price. I will do my best to reduce it but it's looking like the only option will be this price increase. You're welcome to post on Flickr (please don't make it sound like a sale post though!), send me an e-mail or post on here, any comments are much appreciated.

Thanks a lot, sorry to have to do this!

Chloe xxx

PS the new girl in the pic is a revamped Pirate Lea, who was made over by the wonderful Andreja. Her name is 17 Cherry Tree Lane: I think she's fab!

Preorder closed.

Thanks for the orders everyone, the preorder is closed and the final list has been sent off to Korea with a promised delivery date in December some time (in time to miss UK import taxes increasing!). I have added the unclaimed wigs to the shop here and I have also added a page of face up supplies which will grow in number over the next few weeks.


If you have a Flickr account, please check my celebratory give away here as you could win a wig of your choice! It's a naming contest to celebrate 100 Flickr group members, something I am very proud of.

That's all for now, I'll update when I have a better shipping date idea!

Chloe.

Hi Everyone!

Ok,so it’s time for me to think about opening for new orders. I want to do things a little differently, as the last order proved to me that running this alongside my other jobs is no easy task. Too many mistakes appeared in the last order, caused by both myself and issues with communication with the company, and I want to work to minimise these issues in the future. I never really intended for this to become as big as it is (all I wanted was a wig like Cat Coco’s for my dolls!), but now that it I will do my best to make sure that things go as smoothly as possible and everyone is happy.

As a result there’s a few changes:

1) Each order will be colour and style limited. This means that each ordering period (probably… four per year?) I will offer maybe three wig styles in the most popular colours. This is to cut down on the number of random wigs ordered and also to make things a bit easier to I don’t have to chase people to ask if it’s ok for a grey wig to be switched to silver etc :P If you’re after another style it does mean waiting until the next ordering period, unless I already have it in stock which hopefully will happen someday J

2) I will run the preorder from my shop. This means that you will need to have paid within a three week period. After that period is up, I will only accept new orders through the same site for wigs I will have in stock. This hopefully will stop me making mistakes where I can’t work out who wants what where… if they were all bought from one place I will have a solid record of who has what, instead of trawling through excel spreadsheets and emails to check.

3) You will pay your shipping fees when you preorder the wigs, again so there’s less running around tracking payments etc. This means when they arrive I can start shipping straightaway to everyone, instead of having to work out who’s paid shipping fees.

4) Everyone in this order will sign up to a new mailing list. This is so I can keep the new order separate from the old, and should make mass communication a little easier.

I hope you’re all ok with these changes, and see why they have to be made. I’d love to say that I can keep all the styles and colours open, and chop and change orders but the sad fact is, I don’t have the time or the mental capabilities for hard business! Hopefully this is a good compromise J

The last crappy bit of news is that UK VAT (Value Added Tax) will increase in January of next year, so after this order I will have to increase the price of each wig from $26 to $27 to cover higher shipping fees and higher taxes. The October order should hopefully be here before then so the price for those wigs will remain set at $26.

Ok, essay over! Thanks a lot everyone,

Chloe x

Shop Opening!

Finally the shop is open! Please click the above link to see what's available :) Preorder coming soon!

Chloe xx