June 1, 2026

Hi everyone! Kate here.

I figured I would make use of the blog feature here to record updates to the shop and any general updates I might have to share. I really love that Shopify has the ability to add blog posts to the store, I know that not everyone uses social media so I hope to continue to use this feature to update people who don't want to feel forced into using Instagram or Facebook to get updates.

I've been tweaking the website quite a bit to add as much functionality as I can while also not trying to do too much. Some features that are available at launch here are going to be a rewards system, wish listing functionality, and the ability to write reviews for products.

The rewards feature is simple and something I am testing out, I am not married to this rewards system right now so I just want to say that while I hope to keep it around to reward customers that keep coming back, this is all very new to me, and I can only test it so much on my own before the website opens. My hope is that it is relatively bug-free and we can stick with it moving forward, but I absolutely want to know if anyone has any feedback or issues with it. For the most part, rewards will be focused on purchases. I plan to keep redeeming rewards simple - you earn points, you can redeem them back for X amount off of your order. I might add the option to redeem it for polishes or cuticle oils in the future, I'm not sure yet.

I have added a wish listing feature to the store as well - I am testing out different wishlisting apps, what I want is something that will allow me to track metrics in the background, function easily in the store, and allow for features like adding all polishes in the list to the cart at once. There are a few different ones I have tried out, once I actually have the site up and running with products feedback on this (and really everything on the site) is welcome.

I have also added a review option to each product. The reviews do not give any incentive to earn rewards, and I want to keep it that way so that people don't feel the need to write reviews just to get some points. If people really love, hate, or whatever else a polish I want them to feel comfortable writing their real opinions on the page to give others a sense of whether or not a polish is something they're going to enjoy or not. I might change my mind on whether reviews may count toward the rewards program in the future, we will see how it goes.

That's all for now, folks! I am still waiting on some shipments to come in so that I can settle on a release date. You'll be hearing from me soon!

Also - you can check back at the blog page for any additional updates I might have in the future. I intend to use this regularly for updates.

With love, Kate