Day 5 is Triple Chocolate, a standard ink. Of the inks I swabbed, Macassar is the best color dupe, but it’s not an exact match. If you know of an exact match, please let me know so I can update this.
25 Days of Dupes – Day 5
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My ADHD brain in blog form.
Each year, I try to dupe the colors of the Diamine Inkvent calendar. You can find all of my 25 Days of Dupes posts here. But, if you’re looking for a specific year’s posts, you can visit its tag page: 2019 | 2021 | 2022
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Day 5 is Triple Chocolate, a standard ink. Of the inks I swabbed, Macassar is the best color dupe, but it’s not an exact match. If you know of an exact match, please let me know so I can update this.
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Day 4 is Polar Glow, a sheening ink. Nitrogen is the best match for the sheen, but Blue Water Ice is a slightly better match for the color.
The photo below is provided to showcase the sheen.
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Day 3 is Snow Storm, a shimmer ink. Of the inks I have access to, I could only find one similar ink. Thankfully, it’s an almost perfect match.
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Day 2 is Candy Cane, a standard ink. From the inks I swabbed, Valentine Red is the closest color dupe. It’s not identical, but it’s pretty close.
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Day 1 is Blue Peppermint, a shimmer ink. From the inks I swabbed, Soft Mint is the closest color dupe.
Don’t worry, I won’t be sharing spoilers today (or any day, technically).
When the Diamine Inkvent Calendar was first announced, I thought it was a cute idea, but didn’t plan to get it. As more and more photos and mentions of it appeared, I found myself experiencing FOMO to the highest degree. Eventually, coming across it in person at Bertram’s Inkwell, I decided to get one to satisfy my interest and curiosity.
I went home, and, initially, I planned to be good and open it in December like a proper advent calendar. But then I remembered that I won’t be available to open the inks during Christmas week. I considered opening it day-by-day in November instead, but ultimately decided to just open it up and swab them all one Saturday.