Following on from our previous Bead of the Week post, this week…
Meet the Aqua Faceted Glass Beads.
If you’re after a colour that just pops, this is it. Unlike AB or iridescent finishes that shift in the light, the opaque aquamarine finish is solid, vivid and confident — a clean blue-green that holds its colour at every angle. It’s the kind of bead that doesn’t need any help. It does the work for you.
(more…)Welcome to our very first Bead of the Week! Each week we’ll be spotlighting one bead from our range — sharing what makes it special, what you can make with it, and why we think it deserves a place in your bead box. This week, we’re kicking things off with a real showstopper.
Meet the AB White Faceted Glass Bead.
If you’ve never worked with an AB (Aurora Borealis) finish before, prepare to fall a little bit in love. The AB coating adds a rainbow iridescent shimmer to the surface of the bead — so what starts as a crisp, bright white catches the light and throws off flashes of pink, blue, green and gold depending on the angle. It’s subtle enough to be elegant, and showy enough to get noticed. Think of the effect as halfway between a diamond and a soap bubble — that kind of delicate, colour-shifting magic.
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