Crayola Iridescent Gel Pens, Office & School Supplies, 1.0Mm Medium Pt, 4Count

Beautiful pens, but they stop and start working when they want to. Clearly not out of ink, but perform like they are, not long after using one. Wish mine would ‘flow’ like the other reviews

2020 was strange times...The world closed down (but as an "essential worker", not much changed for me), I turned 40, threw out my back, bought my first home, took up gardening, and somehow reverted to my 13-year-old-girl-self who is OBSESSED with glitter. WTF. I suppose it's cheaper than crack. Anyways.Of my pile of glitter/metallic/iridescent writing implements, I keep coming back to these. The dual-toned sparkly ink is super satisfying to write, say, a "leave me alone" note on the top of a medical bill that's already been paid, or pen a "clean up your ROOM!" note to stick on my eldest child's door. I've already bought 3 sets so I can have them everywhere (work desk, home desk, purse) and I see more purchase in the future when these run dry...just wish there were more colors! Yes, they need to dry a moment after writing or the ink will smudge and trail glitter...oh well. I'm ok with this. It's a set of affordable glittery ink pens, not high art to hang in the MET.Simply glitter-tastic!

I have all four sets of the 'iridescent' pens I could find, on the market as of now. "Crayola Take Note", "Pentel Sparkle Pop", Pentel Krazy Pop", and "Pentel Hybrid Dual". The Crayola brand, the Sparkle Pop, and the Hybrid Dual all seem to have the *exact* same ink. They're all GORGEOUS!! Thick lines, super juicy, and sparkle like MAD! But that Krazy Pop is, well.... krazy. The other 3 have ink and sparkles that kind of compliment each other. But the Krazy Pops have opposite colors: Green ink/red sparkles, blue ink/yellow sparkles, pink ink/blue sparkles, and yellow ink/green sparkles. I have to say, the Krazys are my LEAST favorite, just because the combos are so weird! But someone else might like them best, because of that. The glitter is very hard to photograph, but I gave it a shot. :-) The Crayolas seem to be the best value for the money.

I used these glitter gel pens for bullet journaling and the inks are pretty lovely.The pink is bright but plenty dark enough for pale paper.The blue is deep and its sparkles have a greenish iridescent hue in light.the purple is rich and has bluish hues to its sparkle.The green is bright with less sparkle than the others, the green's glitter shows up well in light, though.The attached picture barely shows the sparkle or shine of the pink, blue, and purple ink. For example, both "Chorin'" and "School" are written in blue, but you can see that greenish hue of the glitter better in the word "Chorin'." There is minimal glitter transfer to the hands, but it seems to end there and not put glitter on everything one touches after.What I liked least about this product is how quickly they ran out of ink. I purchased them mid-June and now at mid-July, I have a few pages worth left of the green pen. However, I go HAM on my pens, writing with individual colors for pages and pages, and not for artistic accenting typical of bullet journaling.

Note: The yellow in the picture is from a different set. These pens are just want I want in a gel pen. The grip is nice, the cap is easy to remove yet doesn't fall off. It has a nice click when you attach the cap to the back of the pen. The ink flows smoothly and coverage is nice. But the colors and the iridescence it AMAZING. I stare at the picture moving it back and forth in the light each time I finish something.The only draw back is that the ink is easy to smear. Because it is more liquid you have to give it a little longer to dry while you are working on a piece.