Well. I found an ink I don’t like. Finally. I’m usually okay with most things, and can overlook clogging and weird dispension and other small issues. But Pelikan Aquamarine, it hurts. The base colour is gorgeous, I love the smoky pale blue with its green undertones, but three days after inking, it turns grey even with continuous use. Ouch. And I have the full bottle too. Because I wan an idiot who loved the shade, and there weren’t ink sample options that weren’t ludicrously expensive. I’m sorry, I’m not shelling out 700₩/mL for the sample. Just no.
I’m a bad person and almost wrote a post on Why name your inks after gems if they look fuller than stones — after I tried Lamy Crystal series. Ruby? Please. I get more sparkle from listening to Pink Pony Club.
Please write that post. Include all the ridiculously named inks and the boring ones. Edelstein Moonstone was a disappointment. So was Lamy Azurite. And Alexandrite, though I’m totally not biased since that was my character in my elementary school English academy play. An ink named after a colour shifting gem should at the very least have some sheen, or be chromoshading. From green to violet to red to blue.
Lukewarm take: the gemstone naming thing is overused. As is the flower naming thing. As if I absolutely don’t have nicknames that fit in each category. Nope. Not me.
Well. I found an ink I don’t like. Finally. I’m usually okay with most things, and can overlook clogging and weird dispension and other small issues. But Pelikan Aquamarine, it hurts. The base colour is gorgeous, I love the smoky pale blue with its green undertones, but three days after inking, it turns grey even with continuous use. Ouch. And I have the full bottle too. Because I wan an idiot who loved the shade, and there weren’t ink sample options that weren’t ludicrously expensive. I’m sorry, I’m not shelling out 700₩/mL for the sample. Just no.
I’m a bad person and almost wrote a post on Why name your inks after gems if they look fuller than stones — after I tried Lamy Crystal series. Ruby? Please. I get more sparkle from listening to Pink Pony Club.
Please write that post. Include all the ridiculously named inks and the boring ones. Edelstein Moonstone was a disappointment. So was Lamy Azurite. And Alexandrite, though I’m totally not biased since that was my character in my elementary school English academy play. An ink named after a colour shifting gem should at the very least have some sheen, or be chromoshading. From green to violet to red to blue.
Lukewarm take: the gemstone naming thing is overused. As is the flower naming thing. As if I absolutely don’t have nicknames that fit in each category. Nope. Not me.
You should see me write about a certain fruit being dipped into a certain nectar of gods
Would that mean the fruit is ambrosia? But it’s green!