On my travels as a fashion beauty and entertainment editor for a magazine, I noticed a colleague with a crystal encrusted mobile phone and fell in love with it. I looked high and low for a company that could customize my phone for me and couldn't find anyone in the UK who offered the service, so... I decided to do it myself.

I was astounded by the amount of people who commented on my phone and wanted one themselves so I decided I would launch CrystalSkins... we have been overwhelmed with work ever since!

I run CrystalSkins to fund my work in animal behaviour and welfare and my voluntary work for animal charities. A percentage of of the profit from CrystalSkins goes to The Murry Foundation so not only are you getting a fabulous accessory you are also contributing to saving orphans, tigers, rhinos, seals, lions and other exploited species and habitats around the world.

All the staff at CrystalSkins are close friends and family and have a design based background. We are a small business intent on bringing a little delight into peoples lives and using any profits to helpsave our precious planet and its beautiful animals and wildlife.

Zoe