» Listings for 2018

1. New live chat

   Posted on 12:00pm Tuesday 6th Nov 2018

   

    

   I'm trialing a live chat!  

   I've always wondered about them, but have never been able to find one that I could customise, but now I have at last.

   I run the business on my own, with some packaging help from my Mum and Dad now that they have retired, so I can't always be available to chat, but I will have it on as often as I can.  If I am doing a quick job that takes me away from my computer for up to 10 minutes, ,I will pop it on that I am 'away'. If I am doing something that takes a little longer, like getting orders ready or cataloging in a delivery, I shall pop it to invisible and you can just send me a message.  That way, you can decide if it is worth checking back for me if you have a quick question.  

   Hopefully it will be on plenty so that I can help many of you quicker than if you were waiting for an email.  

   Let's give it a try to see how we get on.  To chat to me, you just need to click the "Let's Chat" icon down on the bottom right.

   

    

   

2. November, November, it's SALE November!

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 1st Nov 2018

    

    

   This is typically my quieter time of year, after the busy Summer period, and just before the party season starts.  I use the time to do my account and the other things that have been pushed to the side during the busy time.  

   I also do one ALMIGHTLY stock check, and I like to put a little   on.  Sales of each style and colour go up and down due to lots of factors, but when I've done my big stock check and I know which I've got plenty of, I like to put them on sale for you. There is a mixture of breast enhancers, breast forms, tape and nipple covers in the sale. 

   Hopefully this gives you some brightness in these dark days!

   This time around, I've put them all in one sale category as well, so you can see exactly what is on sale.

   

   You may also notice that it is a strange amount to be on sale by, 11%.  This is because this year is my 11th running my lovely little shop full time. Yay!  What better way to both remember that and celebrate, than with an 11% sale. 

    

3. The Dating Show Live

   Posted on 12:00pm Tuesday 25th Sep 2018

   I'm a blogging machine at the moment!

   I just thought I'd let you know about my recent exchange with The Dating Show live, so you can learn more about my values and goals as a company,

   I received this email from them:

   Hello there,
   
   I am trying to reach out to see if our upcoming event is of interest to you? 
   
   Exclusively featuring First Dates who will be running a Cafe over the two days, 24th/25th November 2018, we are the largest and first of this size in the world when it comes to dating events, at an expected footfall of 10'000 singles hoping to meet and mingle over the two days at the Birmingham NEC. 
   
   We have the fantastic Hilton Hotels,Hasbro Games, Capital Radio, Love Hearts, Mr Tinder (the most right swiped guy in the UK!),Melinda Messenger, and a lot of unique businesses from a hemp company, to up and coming makeup brands etc on board, we are keen to ensure there is also not numerous stands exhibiting similar products or services to each other. 
   
   
   We also have a couple of big dating/relationship/fashion/lifestyle bloggers, authors also are involved, which is fantastic in terms of promotion through social media!
   
   Please do get back to me if you wished to have a chat about the event and it possibly being of a good fit for you and Jo Thornton?
   
   www.thedatingshowlive.com
   
   Best Wishes,

    

   It sounds like fun doesn't it, and great for people who want to get out there and meet new people.  I'm certainly very intrigued by Mr Tinder.  Does he just go on non-stop dates?! 

    

   Still, it's not the right fit for me and what I am trying to achieve for my little shop.  This was my reply:

   Hi

   Thank you very much for your email and your interest in my little store.

   I don't think that it's the best move for me and the women at your event, even though commercially it is I'm sure!  I just don't like to place my products somewhere that implies that women need them to achieve dates/be attractive.  I prefer to market them for women's own confidence in themselves independently, balancing uneven breasts, filling out clothes that no longer fit, for use with post breastfeeding and mastectomy needs etc.   Of course many women want to wear them for first dates, to improve their confidence, but I don't personally feel comfortable marketing them somewhere that implies that I feel all women should wear them for a first date.  

    

   Again, thank you for the email and I wish the show all the best :)

    

   I'm not sure if they will understand, but hopefully they will.  I'm sure they have plenty of other stores that are very excited to be invited and many others they can approach.   It's lovely as a very small store to be contacted about these things, but until it's a show that is exclusively about the various elements of women's confidence and life experiences, it will always be a "thank you so much but no thank you" from me.

    

   

    

   If you are single and ready to mingle though, head to Birmingham in November!

    

   

4. My Breast Enhancer Style Guide videos are ready!

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 24th Sep 2018

   They are the first draft and I hope to shoot some new video footage for them, but you can see all my new breast enhancer videos now on my You Tube channel.

   

    

   I'll also add them to their respective product pages in my shop.  

   I hope they help, but as always, if you have any questions just send me an email or message.

   xxx

5. Anne Hathaway

   Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 23rd Sep 2018

   I was so impressed by the emotion in this video that I thought I would share.  I love anyone who has the passion to speak up about what they feel, believe in and have experienced.

   Go Anne.

   

   

6. I'm making you some Breast Enhancer Style Guide Videos

   Posted on 12:00pm Tuesday 21st Aug 2018

   Following on from my last post, just a little update to let you know I am currently making some videos for the breast enhancer range.  These will be a little introduction to each style, with more photos and some movie footage, along with some key points about the style, set to music.

   I hope they are going to be helpful to you :)  I will no doubt keep tinkering with them and adding more content, but I hope the extra photos they show will help you to get a greater understanding of each of the styles.  You will also be able to view the videos for all the styles in one place on my You Tube channel.

    I shall let you know when they are live.  

   xxxx

7. Feminist Icon - Mary Shelley

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 26th Jul 2018

   

   There are not many stories that become as iconic as Frankenstein is there?  

   When we think about the fact that she started writing it when she was only 18, it makes it even more remarkable.  It's the anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, otherwise known as "The Modern Prometheus", which was published in 1918.

   Mary had an exciting life it seems, travelling around Europe with her lover Percey Shelley, who later became her husband.  She also experienced hardship, with health problems, the death of a child, depression, debt, and the societal reactions to her relationship with Percy, who was radical in his views, her Father's political friend and was already married.

   These experiences no doubt shaped her life and writing of Frankenstein and the novels she wrote after.  Percy died in 1822 and she spent the rest of her life promoting his works, along with her novel Frankenstein.   She did however continue to write and there are many other novels out there for you to discover.

   A feminist and a good friend, she was also not afraid to follow her beliefs and feelings.    Putting herself in jeopardy for her friend Isabel Robinson, she even helped Isabel and her lover Mary to embark on a life together in France as man and wife, by obtaining them false passports.  Shelley  was also not afraid to show her feminist feelings by offering aid to women whom society disapproved of. About the help she offered, Shelley wrote in her diary: "I do not make a boast-I do not say aloud-behold my generosity and greatness of mind-for in truth it is simple justice I perform-and so I am still reviled for being worldly".
   

   She was a remarkable lady, helped pave the way for other female writers and remains rightly iconic as the author of Frankenstein.  If you would like to read more about Mary Shelley, there is plenty of detail on Wikipedia for you :)

    

8. Thank you so much for your feedback - latest survey results.

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 19th Jul 2018

   When it comes to product design and the way I move my shop forward, I always listen to you.  I only personally have experience of my size breasts and their needs, so the feedback I receive from customers is invaluable to me.

   I decided to add a survey to my after sales email a while ago, and you guys have come up trumps with great answers and guidance for me to help me serve you better.

   I've just been taking a look at the latest batch, and I want to thank every one of you who took the time to fill it out.  If you haven't and would like to, you can at any time.:

   https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9QM9YLX

   It is of course fully confidential

   Let's take a look at a few results:

   In the latest responses, I see there is a real spread of sizes coming to me for help, so that's great!

   

    

   From this spread of sizes, I can see that the direction I've been taking the range, to help cater for wider band sizes that often find the enhancers too narrow, is still a good way to go. It is a myth that those with bigger breasts do not want enhancers.

   I can also see that you still have mixed needs, and that keeping a broad range, even if some are less commercially successful for me than others, is good for you.

    

   

    

   Some of the other questions are really helpful to me, in showing me how the enhancer that you bought worked for you and your bra size, so thank you so much for those.  It was also so good to so good to see a mixed view about what you linked in the range, so even though you are all looking for something different, you are able to find something that you like.

   

   The most important questions for me personally of course are how I can improve.  The age-old debate about firm and soft enhancers came up, and as usually the responses are divided. Those who want a softer natural look and feel were happy that there were plenty of styles to choose from and those wanting a real impact were happy that there were styles that could enable that by being firmer for push.  I will always make sure I have a mixture of firm and soft styles for that reason, keeping the firmer ones for those creating cleavage especially.

   There are certainly areas for me to improve on though, and my to-do list has just been reprinted with them on so that I can get going in making those changes for you.  These were the responses with advice for me:

   

   My goals going forward:

   • Softer and firmer silicone make an appearance, as I expected, but more are going towards softer so I shall continue my experiments to see if I can slightly soften some styles without losing impact.
   • Some of you felt they were too tall.  This can be an issue with smaller band sizes with smaller cup sizes, as the cup is very small and can be overwhelmed by the enhancer.  I shall go through these responses in details and see what styles you bought and see what I can do with those.
   • More pictures, and I can certainly do that! My website package only allows a certain number of images in the gallery, but I can get around it by putting some images in the description too. It's a big job for me as it's a lot more manual, but I can see here that it's what you most want, and therefore it shall be done.

   Thank you so much again for all your responses.  I shall sign off now and get started on these changes for you.  There is no time like the present.

   

   If you have any other advice for me, just send me an email using my contact form.

   xxxx

9. GDPR & Privacy

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 24th May 2018

   

    

   I'm sure you've heard so much about the new privacy laws and regulations that have come in.  I won't bore you again with it all, so just a quick outline as to what I've done:

    

     I have deleted all my customer mailing list from times gone by.  I personally was so overwhelmed by all the "do you want to stay on my customer list?" emails that I received, that I decided not to do it.  I just thought it would be best to start afresh.

   I hope that those who have bought from me in the past will remember me enough to come back, and can then choose to sign up to my newsletter.  That way there was no annoying email from me, and anyone that chooses to sign up from this point on, I know really does want to hear from me.  

     I took a look at all my security settings, all the rules for the GDPR and made sure I was fully compliant.  I am, so that's great. I have outlined my full privacy policy for you guys and you can see it here.  

   Employee-wise it was easy as it is only myself that has any access to your order, so I don't need to train lots of people or worry that they will not follow it.  I will keep all your data safe.

   I will start a new newsletter sign up soon and pop it on the site.  You can then elect to sign up without having to place an order where you can also opt in.  I will, as before, only send about 2 emails a year with offers and info about new products.

   I hope that all makes sense, but if you have any questions, do get it touch and I'd be happy to help.

   

   P.S. You can read my full Privacy and Cookies page info here

10. New Cleavage Boosting Style!

    Posted on 7:34pm Wednesday 17th Jan 2018

    I'm always trying to grow my range and welcome new styles,and today I'm bringing in a whooper! Welcome 7B in her new 560g size.

     

    Style 7 has always been one of your favoruites for her pushing your cleavage towards the heavens abilities, and having a smaller and bigger version has enabled me to give an option to more cup sizes.  With the introduction of their glamourous big sister, even more of you can now enjoy her skills.  She comes in as my biggest breast enhancer now, at a whopping 560g, and as she's a firm style, she really gives a good push.

    Have a look at my lovely new huge 7B!