The hull is very pretty, what we do not realize the pictures is that the patterns (butterflies, flowers) are silver, with a slight mirror effect. I was afraid it do a little bling bling but in the end it's going. The hull is fairly thin and rather strong in my opinion. The back of the hull actually scratch pretty quickly (even being careful enough) but to be honest, that's what is a shell (especially when you pay less than 10 euros).