Digit-al Dozen Does Childhood; Day 2

When I was 8 or 9, I took an interest in stamp collecting.  My dad had collected stamps and I remembered pouring over the book with him looking at all the different stamps from other countries.  Once I was old enough, he gave me his stamp collection book and I added to it as I came across interesting stamps from other countries.  So today's nails are based on my stamp collecting as a kid!

Started with a base of OPI My Vampire is Buff; two coats then topcoated (no pix).  Stamped using MoYou Tourist Collection-05 (thumb), MoYou Tourist Collection-09 (middle finger and date stamp on ring), DRK C (pinky and index), FUN 2 (letters on ring) and FUN 12 (mail on ring).  I purposely didn't use stamping polishes as I wanted a more muted look for the stamping to look vintage so used assortment of regular polishes; Essence Do You Speak Love? (red), Essence The Green and the Grunge (green), Zoya Dea (tan) and Leighton Denny Do Me a Favour (orange).  

I thought this was a pretty cool image from DRK C; too bad it would never fit fully on a nail!

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I thought matte look with look more vintage for these stamps so added coat of OPI matte.

I wanted to share a few pages of my stamp collection book to go along with this post as I still have it, but after hunting through boxes for a couple hours on the weekend, the hubs and I couldn't locate it (that's the problem with keeping things 37 years in a box someplace and moving 5+ times over the years!).  I know I have it someplace and am sure I will find it someday; obviously I don't collect now but it is interesting even now looking at all these old stamps!  In the meanwhile, we did come across the hubs stamp collection as he collected as a kid too so here's a few pix from his.

I was positive he had a stamp similar to the one on the thumb and I took a pix of it when we had his things out but I guess I was mistaken.  All is back away in storage so too late now lol!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 childhood nails!

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Shimmer Sarah

Here's a mani I did a few days ago using a gorgeous polish I received from Shimmer Polish for review, using one of the larger MoYou images.  As I mentioned in a prior post, there are some of the MoYou images that are too far too large for my nails...I think almost everyone's nails except one or two ladies that I'm familiar with from the blogesphere and/or FB or online groups! Here's what I did to make the image work!  

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Taylor Blue, no topcoat.  

For layering, chose Shimmer Sarah.  Here's a close up of this beauty!



This is one coat of Shimmer Sarah over OPI Taylor Blue. Shimmer Sarah has a mix of blue, green, and purple glitter (and looks like a little gold too!); application was easy and there was no having to dab here and there to get good coverage.  I really like how the super teal fine micro glitter and the contrast of the purple glitter pops on the base of OPI Taylor, even though it is a complimentary teal creme base. Absolutely stunning glitter polish!



This pix is with a layer of topcoat.





When I was looking for a stamping plate to use, the first thing I thought of when I seen this combination was water or some type of aquatic nails.  But when I was looking through my plates, the salamander image from MoYou Tourist 09 caught my eye and I decided to give it a try instead.  The problem was stamping the super size image on my tiny nails, which are pretty curvy when they are long too.  Stamped using Konad white special polish using MoYou Tourist 09 on all nails except pinky, which is MoYou Explorer 06.



A closer look at MoYou Tourist 9.







Decided to add a few random dots using Konad orange pearl special polish which I thought would be a great contrast to the teal base.  Once I added the dots, I also thought that a glitter with orange in it too would be a fantastic layering option on top of Shimmer Sarah another day!



Added topcoat to finish.



I love how the shimmer from Shimmer Sarah is evident underneath the stamping design.



This pix, the images are lined up a little better but the focus isn't as sharp for some reason.



Shimmer Polishes are available via the Shimmer etsy store here.  They retail for $12USD and international shipping is available.

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**polish provided for review.  Please refer to my disclosure policy for further information.

Edited to correct plate name!