Ice, Ice, Baby, by Caprilicious

Hello, folks, how are you today? It will soon be Christmas - four days to go, now. My house is the only one in the street that isn't dripping with stalactites and migraine inducing lights - all we have is a Christmas wreath on the door. I am just too tired to bother with it this year. I did perk up for long enough to buy these beautiful blue quartz beads when they came up on my stockists website and when they arrived, they demanded to be used immediately.

Are those blue quartz nuggets not just the most beautiful beads? I'm always drawn to rough-cut nuggets, but the blue ones, in particular, are so lovely. I tend to always have a string of them in my stash and buy them as soon as their price drops on the website, as they are relatively expensive.

​Ice Ice Baby started life as an exercise in contrast, because frankly I get bored when everything behaves itself. I wanted something that felt cool and crisp, but not precious; bold, but still wearable without needing a personality transplant. Enter the chunky, rough-cut blue quartz nuggets. They’re unapologetic. Uneven, slightly wild, and very much doing their own thing. They look like they’ve been chipped straight out of a glacier, which is exactly the point.

Then come the pearls. Smooth, silky, quietly elegant — the calm to the quartz’s chaos. I love how they slide in between the nuggets, softening the edges and stopping the whole thing from feeling too aggressive. The seed pearls do a similar job, acting like tiny pauses in the conversation, giving your eye a moment to breathe before the next blue bead barges in. Add the matte, sandblasted blue quartz beads, and suddenly there’s another layer: velvety, muted, almost sea-glass-like. Cool on cool, but with very different textures playing off each other. The added plus is that the necklace is lighter because of the smaller beads.

​This necklace is all about those tensions — rough against smooth, matte against shine, chunky against refined. It shouldn’t work, but it really does. That’s usually a good sign.

Styling-wise, "Ice, Ice, Baby" is surprisingly versatile. It looks fantastic against a simple knit, especially in grey, navy or cream, where the blues really sing. It’s equally happy over a crisp white shirt, adding just enough drama to make it clear you didn’t just throw something on and hope for the best. And yes, it absolutely works with denim — consider it your not-so-basic upgrade.

In short, this is a necklace for anyone who likes their elegance with a bit of edge. Cool, confident, and quietly doing its own thing. Just like the best Caprilicious people, really.
That's me for this week, folks. Have a wonderful week and I'll catch you soon.
Until then,
​xx