Sorry we haven’t updated for a while, we have been very busy here in the Sparkle Studio!

This month we are supporting Cupcake Camp in Bournemouth, a fab charity event where people donate thousands of cupcakes that are then sold and the money raised goes to Charity!

We created this gorgeous little crystal covered cupcake trinket box as a prize….

We are also very very excited about the new launch of the Swarovski® Elements spring colours… the have released Crystal Luminous Green and Rose peach… two GORGEOUS colours that we will be creating new designs with… so watch this space.

We will also be giving away some gorgeous goodies made with Swarovski® Elements when we reach 2500 fans… so make sure you like our facebook page to be in with a chance of winning!!!!

CrystalSkins are proud to reveal our new Fanatic Collection.

Crystal Gilded Musical Instruments and Recording Gear.

Collection to be launched on the website soon… watch this space.

Made With Swarovski® Elements.

So… we have finally launched an affordable yet uber glam crystal bezel for the iPhone4 and iPhone 4s.

This glittering crystal bezel uses Swarovski® Elements Chaton crystals that sparkle like diamonds.

The Element is applied directly to the phone leaving all the buttons and inlets free. A perfect functional yet stunning touch of glamour for your iPhone 4.

At superb price of £65.00 every iPhone order can experience the Swarovski® Elements experience for your iPhone without upsetting your bank manager!

So the media has been saturated with discussions over the crystal or bling poppy.

At CrystalSkins we have been inundated with requests for sparkly poppies, so we have responded with the CrystalSkins Poppy.

Poppies are £28.50 including postage and we will be donating proceedes to the Poppy Appeal.

We would like to add that we would like to encourage people to donate to the Poppy Appeals directly as well as showing their support by wearing sparkly poppies.

Email us on info@crystalskins.co.uk for more info.

We haven’t posted for a while as we have been SO busy here in the sparkle studio!!!

We recently did some work for an awards ceremony, but we cannot say which one as it is top secret, but we are sure you will see the sparkly pictures!!!

We have also been busy busy busy with all the X-Factor goodies, watch out for this years microphones, we have added to the range you will see, the finalists will look even more glam!

Keep your eyes peeled for lots of fabby X-factor Blackberries too…. we recently launched our ‘One Direction’ range to coincide with their single release.

Jessie J and Wretch 32 have also been seen sporting CrystalSkins Blackberries… click on the links for full stories…..

http://popcrush.com/jessie-j-purple-hair-blackberry-event/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/09/21/jessie-j-is-back-on-her-feet-after-ankle-break-to-perform-at-star-studded-celeb-bash-115875-23436690/

Jessie J with BOTH her CrystalSkins Blackberries

Wretch 32 with his CrystalSkins Blackberry

Jessie J with her Union Jack CrystalSkins Blackberry

The ‘Louis’ from our One Direction Blackberry range.

We have now launched a new design in our Atelier diffusion line: Crystal Cascade. Presented on a clear case so you can still see your iPhone underneath.

Hope you like!

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We have been working very hard over the last few week to be able to bring you CrystalSkins on your mobile.

As we all know, iPhones and some smart pones do not support flash and due to our twinkly interactive website, some of our customers may have been missing out.

So today we have launched CrystalSkins Mobile!

http://www.crystalskins.co.uk/mobile/mobilehomepage.php

We have a little competition on our facebook page to celebrate also.

We hope you love it!

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We have been working hard in the Sparkle Studio for the last month coming up with exciting new designs…..

‘Illustra’ is the first of 3 new designs we will be offering.

2 more designs to be revealed this month!

Watch this space!

We are very excited to announce today the launch of a very exciting new product.

We are often asked to embellish champagne bottles, and glasses and bridal lingerie, but we thought we would share the fun, and sell you the individual letters so you can “Crystal Kiss’ anything your heart desires!

Currently we are offering iron on and self adhesive products designed for clothing and other items, we will be introducing crystal transfers for the skin, so you can smother yourself in sparkles!

As always we use Swarovski Elements to make our products, so you will be getting the most luxurious bling in the world!!!

Our website will be launching soon and will feature an online store where you can shop 24 hours.

In the mean time if you wish to place an order, contact us through the CrystalSkins website contact page: www.crystalskins.co.uk/contact.html

So we get many messages from people asking how we create our embellishments…. so we thought we would share a bit of the magical recipe with you…. we cannot share the whole process as part of it is a secret ingredient that we have to keep to ourselves :)

So what goes into one of our designs?

RECIPE

Diamonds and Pearls in Pink & Lilac Theme

Phone:

Motorola Gleam

Ingredients:

46 different types of Swarovski Elements

Crystal cement

A great deal of patience

A sprinkle of love

Secret Ingredient

Time To Create

2 days

Time to Cook

24 Hours

METHOD

First we have to prepare the phone, this is to make sure the crystals don’t just peel off and we also have to make sure the colour underneath the crystals matches the crystals.

This involves the magic secret part, this process takes about 24 hours to complete and only then is the phone ready to be dressed in the finest crystals money can buy :)

We then go to our shiny cupboard and find all the crystals we need. In some cases we only need a couple of colours in 2 or 3 sizes, but for this particular recipe we used 46 different Swarovski Elements in various shapes, sizes and colours.

We then carefully lay out all the different Swarovski Elements and start to create!

We apply each crystal one at a time, fitting them together like a jigsaw puzzle, finding the right size and colour the fit the one next to it.

The crystals range in size from about 7mm right down to just over 1mm.

As you can imagine trying to pick up a 1mm crystal is hard enough in itself! We hand place over 1800 crystals, cementing each one securely as we go.

This process can take up to 2 days as the crystals need to be secure on one side of the phone before we can start on the other.

When the last crystal has been placed the item is left for 24 hours. For the first 4 hours we check the item every hour to make sure all the little sparkly elements are still where they should be, then we let it rest.

After 24 hours we check over the item to make sure every element has behaved and is secure. Then and only then do we place it in it’s velvet gift box hand tied with a satin ribbon, topped of with a single Swarovski crystal.

The item is now ready to go home, back to it’s anxious owner and is destined for a life of fame and adoration!

All boxed up and ready to go…..

Bye for now, more news and sparkly stuff next time!