I was not compensated for this review and everything here is my own honest opinion. There are no affiliate links. It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American-owned and operated tattoo shop in Harlem, New York. Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and debuted on January 7, 2013. Please let me know which inks you'd like to review next via the comments, Twitter, Instagram, or contact me directly.įor blog updated you can follow Twitter, subscribe via email, or like my Facebook page. Host Nakia Monet, Carmen Cameron, Drew Jones, LMarie C discuss episode 8. I've listed all my inks and all my pens in their respective pages. I'll finish off, bellow, with some 4x4 closer photos of each of the swatches. Kingdom Note Dorcus hopei binodulosus is a sinner with it's green sheen and so is Kyo-no-oto Nureba-iro but they don't fit the 'black' black category at all. Herbin Pearl Noire did a much better job than I expected though maybe a prejudged them too harshly.

Montblanc Permanent Black, Lamy Black, and J. Noodler's Black and Eel Black were rather disappointing, and Dark Matter wasn't as Dark as I expected. It's also a fairly neutral grey colour with not much bias towards red, green or blue. VH1S BLACK INK CREW PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 AT 10PM ET/PT NETWORKS HIGHEST EVER RATED WEDNESDAY SERIES RETURNS WITH FRESH INK NEW YORK. This seems to be backed up by how the average colour of Polar Black is the only ink to drop into the 20s. If I was to pick a winner (of blackest black) from my eyes, for both papers, it would be, very surprisingly, Noodler's Polar Black.

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