Help support CRY charity with special nail art mix & craft kit

Award-winning Bournemouth tech, Lauren McBride, has teamed up with Crystal Parade to launch a special charity crystal nail art mix and craft kit.

Tiffany Andrews

The craft kit, which features over 300 Swarovski, Preciosa and Zodiac crystals, cabochons and pearls, is in honour of Tiffany Andrews, who lost her life aged 15 in April 2019 to sudden heart attack – despite having a healthy heart and no signs of illness.

Every penny from the sale of the kit will be donated to Cardiac Risk In The Young (CRY), a charity that raises awareness of sudden adult death syndrome.

“The colours in this craft kit have been chosen by Tiffany’s family and each colour has a meaning behind it,” Lauren reveals. “We wanted to make a unique mix of colours and shapes as Tiffany would often say ‘it’s ok to be unique’ and was never one to follow the crowd.”

The kit includes:

• The Zodiac Light Siam Hearts as Tiffany is in our hearts.
• Golden Honey – because Tiffany brought sunshine to everyone she knew.
• London colours. Red, black, smoky grey and silver, because London was one of Tiffany’s favourite cities and she has a large London canvas in these colours above her bed.
• The Preciosa black teardrops – representing the tears cried.
• Emerald Green – as Tiffany had beautiful green eyes.

The Tiffany Craft Kit also includes a 4oz tube of Gem Tac (donated by supplier, Mark Wilson), a pick up pencil, Crystal Ninja work mat and triangle sorting tray. There are 36 Tiffany Craft Kits available to buy. A 100-piece nail art mix is also available to purchase.

“We hope that you will use this kit to create something very special and to remember Tiffany, her family and all of the other young people who have lost their lives to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome,” Lauren adds.

For every Tiffany Craft Kit sold, Crystal Parade will donate £15 to Cardiac Risk In The Young. To make an additional donation to the cause, click here.

***MIXED MEDIA NAIL ART COMPETITION***

Lauren McBride is hosting a nail art competition in memory of Tiffany Andrews to help raise awareness and funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

Theme: The Greatest Showman (Tiffany’s favourite film)

Rules & Guidelines:

1. 

   Tiffany Nail Art Mix

   You must use a minimum of 3 mediums/techniques to show off your skills with no height restriction.

2. All work created on the nails must be applied by the registered competitor for the competition.
3. You must supply a set of 10 nails decorated to the above chosen theme.
4. There is NO height restriction.
5. Any size tips can be used, they can be various sizes or shapes, or all the same size.
6. Tips cannot be made from rubber moulds.
7. 3D elements CANNOT be made from rubber moulds.
8. Tips can be displayed in any way the curvature of the tips must be visible. Not turned into a flat surface.
9. The outside of the box/case CAN be decorated, although the tips must still be clearly visible.
10. Colour, clarity, difficulty, control of the mediums and the complexity of the design will win you points.
11. You may not use predesigned/pre-patterned tips.
12. The Tiffany Charity Mix from Crystal Parade must be used within the design, but does not have to be the main element.

Requirements: All entrants must make the minimum donation of £5 to the JustGiving page. In order for the judging process to be fair and judged blind, entrants are not permitted to share your showcase in any way shape or form on ANY social media platforms, until the end of the awards ceremony.

How to enter: Send all entry photos and videos to laurenmcbridecompetitions@gmail.com

Prizes:  1st – Engraved Trophy, 2nd – Certificate, 3rd – Certificate. Lauren & her husband will be matching the donations received from the entries up to £250.

www.crystalparade.co.uk