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Do you remember the time when Christmas was cozy and peaceful? Neither do I! With the exception of the ironic (and frankly a bit provocative) name, Tranquility is a beautiful chameleon ink. The color is a medium dark reddish purple with silvery/green shimmer. A quite unusual combination! There is some shading and a dark halo that is easily visible in wet areas. The ink seems quite wet. Tranquility doesn’t really resemble any other red-purple inks I have. It is lighter…

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Into outer space! Finally, we get a black ink! Astral is a coal black chameleon ink with gold-blue-green shimmer and a bit of sheen in wet areas. The ink flow is good and it seems quite wet. It shares quite a few similarities with Solstice from Inkvent 2019, which is a black shimmer ink with sheen and blue-green shimmer. As we can see from the pictures below, Solstice has more sheen than Astral, but the shimmer in Astral is more…

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Are my pictures blurry, or does this ink actually feather that much? Behind door 19, is Cinnabun, the second scented ink. The color is a medium light honey brown – or cinnamon brown – with some nice shading. It has an artificial cinnamon scent – I quite like it, but I can imagine some may find it too intense. This ink is also very wet. As the pictures show, it feathers even on paper that usually handles wet inks quite…

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Isn’t this very similar to another ink in this year’s calendar? Blizzard is the third shimmer ink in a row, and has a dark ice blue color and silver shimmer. It exhibits some shading, and in wetter areas there is also a black halo. The ink seems slightly dry but works well in the wet Pelikan nib. This ink looks like a darker version of ink no. 11, Glacier. I find it a bit odd that they have two inks…

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I initially thought these inks resembled each other more! Behind door no. 17, we find another shimmer ink – Lavender Frost. The color is a dark and quite muted gray purple with silver shimmer. It has some subtle shading and appears moderately wet in the pen. Memory Lane from last year’s Inkvent, is also a dusky purple ink with silver shimmer. However, by comparison, it is much lighter and brighter than Lavender Frost. Frosted Orchid is also a purple Diamine…

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Today, I had to bake gingerbread cookies before posting! Behind door 16, we find Merry & Bright, a rich, apple green ink with silver shimmer. There is also some shading and a slightly darker halo in wet areas. The ink seems quite wet. It’s tempting to compare it to Diamine’s own Golden Oasis, which has gold shimmer instead of silver, and is slightly lighter than Merry & Bright. Liv Mogstad Strickert is a regular contributor to Pennen er mektigere and…

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After several days of color explosions, this ink came as a bit of a suprise. Walnut is a part of the standard line and is quite standard in every way. The color is a dark, slightly cool brown with minimal shading. In wet drops, it borders on black, and there’s also a hint of black sheen. The ink feels moderately wet. Looking at inks no. 11 to 15 together, there are substantial variations:Glacier has its silver shimmer overdose, Bah Humbug…

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It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Purple Edition Inkvent has many purple inks. Here is another one! The chameleon ink Rainbow’s End is a medium dark, violet blue without much shading. It features generous doses of pink or purple shimmer and a touch of coppery sheen. The ink feels a bit dry (or viscous?) in the pen. Fortunately, it seems the shimmer is quite evenly distributed. Liv Mogstad Strickert is a regular contributor to Pennen er mektigere…

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Is this the quirkiest ink in the entire calendar? Weeping Willow is labeled as a standard ink, but honestly it is more of a multishader. It sports a very light, greenish-brown hue with lage amounts of shading and highly visible pink undertones. The ink flows effortlessly, almost on the brink of watery or diluted. This ink truly needs a generous and broad nib to really shine. Weeping Willow reminded me of both Pilot Ina-ho and Robert Oster Avocado, but as…

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My pictures do not do justice to this ink. Similar to Nightfall (Inkvent no. 5), this ink is over the top: an intense, saturated color, unusual shimmer, and a very wet flow. The name also resonates well with me – because how are we supposed to enjoy every moment when there is so much to do and so little time? I can’t deal! Oh well, enough of that. Bah Humbug is a chameleon ink in a deep burgundy red color…

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