This is the first Diamine shimmer ink I bought, I was disappointed with it as the blue was darker than expected and I didn’t think it shimmered enough.  Having said that I bought this colour because it was my first shimmer ink and it I didn't want something 'too out there'.  I ended up  hardly using it but then again I am not a big fan of blue inks.  Doing this review I have a new respect for it.

I like shimmer inks – some people think they are not practical, but I use them everywhere even at work though there I tend to keep to more muted shimmer inks such as dark blues with subtle shimmer.  This shimmer ink appealed because all the pictures I saw it just popped.  

An aurora is sometimes known as Polar lights, they are natural light displays best seen in high-latitude regions hence around the Arctic and Antarctic.  Aurora Borealis for which this ink is named are the Northern lights seen around the Arctic. The Aurora Borealis were named in 1619 by Galileo, from the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the north wind. The Southern lights are known as Aurora Australis. 

​I have already reviewed Monboddos hat one of the two Diamine inks  developed in collaboration with the Fountain Pens UK Facebook community on Facebook. Scribble purple is the other ink and it was selected as the top choice from the 10 prototypes.  This ink is named after Scribble Purple the nom de plume for the person behind the blog “Too Many Purples – the search for the perfect purple ink’.

This is one of two inks developed by Diamine in collaboration with the UK Fountain Pen Facebook group.  Ten prototypes were developed and this is one of two selected for production.

Diamine is an old name in British inks though it’s only been called Diamine for the last 54 years.  Established as T Webster and Co. in London in 1864 the company moved to Liverpool in 1925 and in 1964 changed its name to Diamine.  Diamine not only make their own inks but inks for other companies such as Yard-o-Led.