Layering Rainbow Honey Polishes

I wanted to show off a manicure I sported recently! 

First, I started off with one thin layer of Ephemeral on my nails, with black on my ring finger for an accent:

Next, I did one layer of Celestia over each nail:

Isn't the shimmer in Celestia astounding? 

Finally, I topped it off with a matte top coat! It really makes the shimmer and flakes more visible!

Unsatisfied with the range of light and color in the above photo, I did the only sensible thing and made an HDR composite picture of my nails. How's that for color?

I don't think I like my fingers with so much dynamic range, but it was a fun idea! With Chrono Cross coming back soon, there are going to be so many more layering opportunities, so stay tuned!

Rainbow Honey @ BronyCon

For those of you that have recently discovered Rainbow Honey, we attended BronyCon (a convention for My Little Pony fans of all ages!) back in June and had a GREAT time! While a lot of time was spent painting nails, it was also great to chat with customers and see people experience Rainbow Honey firsthand. You can click on any of the pictures below to make them larger.

Mei Hoshi (cosplay artist and model) helped out at our booth and painted nails all weekend!

Meeting MLP:FiM cosplayers was so much fun! Stay tuned to see what we have planned with some of them!

Recognize the trifolds on the table? I was so happy with our new printed materials! 

You could see the top of our 20% Cooler banner in Erin Burnett's Numbers segment on CNN!

The best part of the weekend for me? Meeting Nicole Oliver and getting her approval on our Celestia polish! She was an absolute sweetheart - can't wait to get our polishes on the rest of the cast :)

Yours truly with Nicole Oliver (L) and Mei Hoshi (R) 

We are eagerly awaiting information on the next BronyCon - tentatively sometime during the winter months. We'll definitely be there again - come see us! I'll be sure to pass on information for the next event when it's released; you can buy MLP goodies, meet voice actors, and have a great time mingling with other MLP fans!

Updates, updates, and news!

Hi everyone! Can you believe it's already been more than a month since the new website opened? It has literally been non-stop work on our end! Between maintaining stock and production and answering emails and questions ... time has just been slipping by!

But the blog needs some dire attention! Here's a preview of what's coming up on the blog this week:

BronyCon! Pictures, recap, and looking forward to the next event!

The Sakura Matsuri Collection! 

We are working on the final touches to bring the Sakura Matsuri collection to the website - the official online launch is August 18th!

Application tips and tricks! 

I set up a Facebook album last month running through my favorite way of applying and removing Rainbow Honey polishes - take a look!

With the Sakura Matsuri Collection almost done, I'll finally have time to focus on the Chrono Cross Collection and maybe even some other things... I hope everyone's summer has been going well - what have YOU been up to?

An End + A Beginning

What's coming to an end, you ask? The Equestria Collection pre-orders! Rounds 4 and 5 are slowly making their way out the door, along with some earlier orders that just recently paid. On that note, I want to remind everyone that if you have not contacted me in advance, reminders for open invoices will be sent today and tomorrow and on 6/26/12  all open invoices will be canceled. If you have special circumstances preventing you from paying by tomorrow, please get in touch and let us know.

And now for the beginning of something new:

If you have visited rainbowhoney.com recently, you may have noticed it no longer redirects to the blog! It may not look very exciting right now - but June 30 is around the corner and I can't wait to show you all our new website! (Please note, there is NO password available and this is the only means of keeping the store closed.) This does mean we are moving off Etsy for the time being, but I think this will be a step in the right direction for Rainbow Honey. No cart-jacking, no hold times, no constant refreshing - except maybe nearing midnight on June 29 - how many of you will be lined up to watch the opening? :)

I will have more information on the website, and a few sneak peeks later this week. In the meanwhile, I want to invite all of you who have tried polishes from The Equestria Collection to chime in with swatches and pictures of your manicures! Please email any pictures you would feel comfortable sharing on the website with the subject "TEC Swatch" and let me know how many coats and if you used a base color. We will provide credit, of course, and link back to your blog if you have one. I can't promise we will use every single picture, but there will be plenty of ways to share pictures and discuss the polishes on the website once it launches! 

Finally, we are less than 1 week away from BronyCon at the Meadowlands Expo Center! 

I hope you are as excited about this show as I am, we have spent a long time preparing for this and there are definitely a few surprises in store this week... 

Shipping Updates and Nearing the Finish Line

Our adorable 7ml bottles waiting to be filled!

Hi everyone! I'm so glad to say 95% of Round 3 is out the door. Our glitter issue with Koi Pond and The God of Destiny was certainly a curveball but replacements have been going out and shipping resumed this past weekend! Just wanted to mention that I will be auditing all the invoices sent out thus far, and reminders for unpaid invoices will be sent out this week. All unpaid invoices will be canceled on 6/25 unless you have made prior arrangements - generally done by contacting me.

With that, we are also done invoicing and if you feel you were skipped over, please contact me immediately! There may have been a misspelling in your email address - or you may have forgotten to provide one entirely! (It happens!)

Round 1 Status: Shipped; if you paid on time and have not received your order, please contact me. KP and TGoD replacements have also shipped.

Round 2 Status: Shipped; if you paid on time and have not received your order, please contact me. 90% of KP and TGoD replacements have shipped, a few internationals will go out later this week.

Round 3 Status: 95% of paid invoices have shipped. If you need more time to pay or would like to cancel your order, please get in touch.

Round 4 Status: All invoices have gone out and shipping has started. If you have not received your invoice (they were sent last week) please contact me.

Round 5 has been included with Round 4  for invoicing and shipping and the same status applies.

All in all, it is a shipping marathon from now until the last package goes out. I'll try to keep things updated on Facebook, but definitely look out for a new blog post later this week full of announcements - some of which I am very excited about! Cliff hanger? Maybe. But the week is half over already, so you won't be left waiting for too long!