Maelstrom Body Jewelry Blog

Good news!

Maelstrom — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:43:00 +0000

Good news for fans of our popular Striped Industrial Barbells. We've improved the anodizing/striping process and they now look even better, and are more consistant. Hopefully this week we'll be able to post an all new niobium color chart for you with even MORE color combinations!

Downtime, Tune up, New Stuff

Maelstrom — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:08:00 +0000

UGH. I HATE downtime, especially of the unannounced variety. Last night we were down from about 9pm to midnight EST. I'm VERY sorry if this inconvenienced anyone, it sure pissed me off, I was going to add more new jewelry but was reduced to sitting here clicking "reload" while saying "c'mon c'mon" a few hundred times.

The issue has been resolved with our host and everything should be running smoothly from here on out. Speaking of running smoothly, I took a few minutes to tweek a few things with the database backend of our new website and now its running a lot faster.

To see some of the new things we have up on the site, please either poke around, or view the exhaustive list on the Maelstrom Micromanager Blog.

Also, we're currently ironing out some supplier issues, so be on the look out for faster shipping times, new choices in shipping methods, and MORE JEWELRY!

A whole bunch of wood and stone plugs added

Maelstrom — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:18:00 +0000

Scroll down to the bottom of the page after clicking this big huge link thing. We'll be making more plugs in this style - with other wood/stone combinations - tiger's eye, white howlite, and more coming soon!

Cyber-Diva approved!

Maelstrom — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:39:00 +0000

We just received a very cool email from Ragdoll telling us how much she likes our 14g UV Acrylic Septum Spikes

available in 8 colors. She chose the classically cybertastic UV "Mt Dew" Yellow/Green that glows like crazy in blacklights. This has got to look insanely cool with a matching hairpiece... I might have to get one and find out!

Stone Plugs Move to New Website!

Maelstrom — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:36:00 +0000

Just a "heads up" we've moved all the stone plugs over to the new website, and since we can control inventory over there now, we've included plugs that we only have a few left. And we've restocked several sizes of Amethyst plugs as well. All our stone plugs are now located here:
http://www.maelstromstudiolab.com/cat--Natural-Stone-Plugs--stoneplugs.html

Back to School?? More like back to hiding it....

Maelstrom — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:37:00 +0000

Ah, the first day of school - sometimes its exciting, fun, and the chance to meet new friends and potential dates. Everybody's there in their new clothes and shiny new school supplies and NOTHING could go wrong. Then out comes the "Code of Conduct" and the "Dress Code" and all the sudden that tiny nostril, septum, or ear piercing you have is FORBIDDEN... and it doesn't seem to matter if you're a slacker or a straight A superpower.

We can help you with that though. We're PROUD to help you buck the system with our full line of piercing retainers and hide-its. Everyone knows that the school beaurocrats should be focusing on bigger, more important problems than your 18g nostril stud, hide it so they don't even know!

Now get back to studying!

New Items, new blog...

Maelstrom — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:14:00 +0000

Speaking of new things, we just started up a second blog, we're calling the "Micromanager". Basically whenever we add in a new single item, new option etc. it will be listed here:
http://www.maelstromstudiolab.com/blog/micromanager.html

Not to worry, the big updates that most people will be interested in will be right here on our main blog, but for those of you who are waiting for something specific, the Micromanager blog may be fun to watch. Heck, we just set up a little RSS feed for it that you can subscribe to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MaelstromMicromanager

Though if you want to just see the highlights, you can check out the RSS feed for the main blog as well:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MaelstromBodyJewelryBlog

In other news - here are some of the highlights of the new items added:

Standard style UV Acrylic Talons in Black 4g, 2g, 0g

Acrylic Tusks (Pinchers) in 8g, 6g, 4g, and 2g in a variety of colors

Clear Acrylic Eyelets 6g up to 1 1/4"!

I promise we'll be adding many non-acrylic items VERY soon!!! :)

New specials

Maelstrom — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:19:00 +0000

Scroll down on this page
for new closeout slave navel barbells - $6.99!

Outage last night

Maelstrom — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:22:00 +0000

Sorry about the downtime last night, we were unaware that our host would suddenly have network problems and be down for nearly four hours. Everything should be normal from here on out. Sorry for any inconvenience.
-A

New Flared Eyelets, Spirals, Labret Spikes, Black Horn Twists

Maelstrom — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:33:00 +0000

Just added to the new website:
"Whiteheat" double flared acrylic eyelets from Wildcat - from $4.99/ea

"Whiteheat" Acrylic Spirals from Wildcat - $5.49/ea

Super aggressive 3/4 Inch long Labret "Spire" spikes in steel or titanium $13.99 - $17.99

Black Buffalo Horn Twists in 8g and 2g $7.99- $10.49

Also - if you've signed up for our Affiliate program, did you know that you can USE YOUR OWN AFFILIATE LINK to earn website credit from your own purchases? It also helps US by making sure that your link is working properly. If you haven't signed up for the affiliate program, you can do so by clicking right here.

PUT DOWN THE PEACH SCHAPPS....

Maelstrom — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:41:00 +0000

That wasn't what I meant by "fuzzy navel"

Thanks to Moonwolf's photographer friend Toivo, there are now example pix of a couple less-well-known navel jewelry options.

Niobium Oblong "Crushed" captive bead rings - and yes, they come in black.

Industrial Empire Double Slave Navel Barbell with Genuine Onyx Stones

Even MORE new stuff!

Maelstrom — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:17:00 +0000

We're still making progress on the new website - thanks for
bearing with us! Some new items that you might want to
check out are below:

14g UV Acrylic Spike Labrets - choose labret length, spike
length and color!

New Unique Items/Closeouts: be sure to scroll all the way
down the page and click "next" to view over 40 great deals

Growing Selection of Replacement Parts (more items and
pictures coming this week):

The Big Sale Continues: Stone Plugs, Acrylic Plugs, Acrylic
Talons, Retainers and more

Cool new 14g and 12g Curved and Straight Septum Spikes -
ONLY $12.99
Straight

Curved

Is our Best Sellers page missing your favorite? Let us
know!

Last of the Clear Pyrex Tube Plugs in Stock - $12.99/PAIR
Exceptional quality from Industrial Strength

New Colors/Sizes of Acrylic Segment Rings:

5/8 Inch Black Buffalo Horn Spirals!

Thanks again for keeping us in business :) -Adrienne

Back and Back on Schedule

Maelstrom — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:28:00 +0000

Just a quick note to let you know that all orders are now up to speed - and things are back to normal. With the next newsletter we'll be introducing even more new products and let you have a peek at some items we picked up for you in Europe! We're also inching closer and closer to the official launch of the new website! Stay tuned!

Order Delays - Please make note!

Maelstrom — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:38:00 +0000

Orders placed after Sunday, May 21st will be delayed until Wednesday June 7th. All orders placed on or after June 7th will be processed regularly. Telephone support will also be down during that period. Email support will be open 24/7 like always - so if you need to get ahold of us, please email - maelstrom@maelstromstudiolab.com
Sorry for the inconvenience!!

DJ gig at Jacon Saturday Night - Dark Beats and Stuff

Maelstrom — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:53:00 +0000

Me and DJ Gearlock are throwin' down the phat beats Saturday nite at the "down tempo chillout room geared towards adults" at Jacon (a Japanese Animation Convention) this weekend. Basically he'll be playing a selection of dark trance, deep trance, and random stuff. I'll be bringing in my collection of slow dark danceable illbient, dark IDM, slower industrial you may not have heard yet, things off of AntZen/Hymen, and weird stuff from my CD hookup which I will only identify to you as "The Crazy Russian"

Show up and say hi, and I'll give you a really cool little 1" button commemorating the event (its black and red and cool and stuff). I'm easily identifiable as the small one in all black with dreads and probably wearing horns.