Diamine- Flamingo Pink- Review

It's here, my first ink review!

Today I'm discussing the Diamine shade Flamingo Pink

I ordered myself up a sample from the lovely folks over at Goulet Pens (not sponsored, just really love them). To do this ink test I used a special edition Field Notes, Starbuck's Roastery version.

The color in the bottle doesn't do the color that comes out on paper justice. It's a nice, summery pink with a bit of coral flavor to it.

I wrote with this ink on a few different papers, and only found it feathered slightly with printer paper.

Flamingo Pink goes down a little more on the dry side, though not so much so that I'd call it a dry ink. It dried incredibly quickly for me, being completely dry between 1 and 2 seconds. Though I must note that I was using an extra fine nib so it's entirely possible that the dry time was influenced by the amount of ink physically going down on the page.

I did notice there was some pretty clear ghosting (when the ink shows on the back of the page) when writing on this paper, but the only time it bled through to the next page behind was when it was applied fairly heavily by shading in a box

For the highlighter test, I allowed the ink to dry for about 5 minutes before highlighting, and there was no smear or bleed

This ink is definitely not waterproof, so if you were planning on using this ink in a notebook that you take whitewater rafting I would reconsider.

While this ink hasn't displayed any particularly unusual color properties on this paper, it layers well and this ability to layer can help you get a larger range of colors outside of the initial pink.

Overall, Diamine Flamingo Pink is a really nice shade of pink, something that's difficult to achieve. I've found that most pink inks are just a shade too far into the "hot pink" area of the spectrum, which is not my favored area. Overall I'd happily recommend this ink to someone looking for a fun, summery addition to their ink collection.

You can get this ink in 30 mL bottles (which are about $10) or 80 mL bottles (which are about $15-$20).

Thanks for reading, happy writing!