Thanks for joining me for another installment of Swagger Jackin'! Who am I blatantly copying today? NailGurl NYC of course! The first time I stumbled upon her Instagram feed I had to follow her. Then, I went to her site. I. fell. in. love. Soon after I found this post; which brings us to another episode of Swagger Jackin'.

In recent days I haven't had a ton of spare time to paint my nails and I have to say I genuinely miss it! I've been working on some pretty damn awesome sketches, but until I get to those babies I've an ice cold metallic gradient for you!


Unfortunately it's still winter and I still have to wear multiple layers to avoid freezing during my two hour commute to work. Yes, you read that right, it takes me TWO HOURS to get to work every damn day; hence the reason why I have next to no time on my hands. =(
I started with two coats of Pure Ice's limited edition velour finish Ruffled Sheets as a base and dabbed on Pure Ice Get Low—to the windows! To the walls! To the sweat drop down my... Oh, this isn't the right time for a Ying Yang Twins reference? Not even a little one? *shrugs shoulders*—until I felt it was sufficient in opacity.

Ah, here I am writing another post at 2am. When will I learn? Probably never.

What do I have planned today? Some simple, but awesome nail art using stripping tape and some Dazzle Dry products.

I used Dazzle Dry Anticipation as a base color and then applied Dazzle Dry Top Coat. After roughly five minutes passed I added a few pieces of striping tape and painted what would have been actual triangles with A Night To Remember. Finally, I removed the tape and slapped on another coat of Dazzle Dry Top Coat. Tada!

You ready for today's post? No? Well you better get ready because I've got swatches of China Glaze Glitz Bitz 'n Pieces for you!

I'm actually excited about this collection for two reasons.
1. Its glitter.
2. China Glaze is finally making a step to represent all of the women who buy their products.

I sincerely hope to see more women of color as campaign models in the future for CG.

Yes, it's January February and I'm just now making a Xmas-y type mani. I swear this was an accident. Okay, so the manicure itself wasn't an accident, but the Xmas-like them was. Pinky promise.