Ink Review #2548: Journalize Elphaba

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Journalize Elphaba is from the Whimsical collection. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Elphaba is a medium purple that shades toward blue.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has lots of green shimmer.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and green shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Elphaba is closest to Dream Inks Mermaid. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Lamy Safari Violet with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, the color is interesting and I actually like the purple and green shimmer combo, but the shimmer smears everywhere, so it’s not the ink for me.

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Journalize Whimsical

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Journalize is a new-to-me brand. Let’s take a look at four inks in the Whimsical collection. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Cosmic Glinda, Tinker bell, Evil Queen and Hecate.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All have low shading and shimmer. Glinda and Evil Queen have red shimmer. Tinkerbell has gold shimmer. Hecate has rose gold shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Glinda is more orangey than Colorverse a Scorpii.

Tinker bell is closest to Van Dieman’s Seashell.

Hecate and Evil Queen are closest to each other than these other purple shimmer inks.

Longer Writing:

The first two inks had dry flows, the second two had average flows. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, I had fun testing these inks out. Glinda and Tinker bell are too pale and dry for me. Evil Queen and Hecate are pretty similar to each other, you probably don’t need both.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Journalize Starry Night

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Journalize is a new-to-me brand. Let’s take a look at five inks in the Starry Night collection. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Cosmic City, Deepspace Aurora, Starburst Glaze, Starwave Meadow and Dark Matter.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 40-50 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All have low shading and shimmer. Deepspace Aurora and Dark Matter have green shimmer, Cosmic City has silver shimmer. Starburst Glaze has pink shimmer and Starwave Meadow has gold shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Cosmic City is closest to De Atramentis Velvet Black Silver.

Deepspace Aurora is closest to Diamine Arabian Nights.

Starburst Glaze is closest to Colorverse Mystic Mountain.

Starwave Meadow is similar to Dominant Industry Les Nuages.

Dark Matter is a little cooler toned than these other purple shimmer inks.

Longer Writing:

All of the inks had average flows. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, these are interesting inks! For shimmer inks they flow well, I didn’t have any clogging issues. Give these ones a try if you love shimmer inks!

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.