Modifying Your Inks: Kakimori Pearlescent Solution

If you’re like me, you have a LOT of inks. Like, so many inks that sometimes I think I need to declare a moratorium against acquiring more. So when I was browsing at JetPens several weeks ago and came upon Kakimori Pearlescent Solution ($33.50, 35mL), I couldn’t resist. The pearlescent solution is made to be added to other inks to give it a bit of a pearlescent look. That means you can take some of those plainer inks and zhuzh them up. I decided to try with a simple ink that didn’t have any shimmer, sheening or much shading: Monteverde Mandarin Orange. The key here is to mix in small ink vials or trays to experiment. First sample was Mandarin Orange only, just to gauge what I was doing. Then I carefully added 4 drops of the pearlescent solution using an eyedropper, closed and shook the vial to combine and tested. To be honest, I did’t notice much of a difference. I went ahead and added 6 more drops (10 total) until I could really see it in the vial and repeated the process. This time…