Pilot KeseLamé Erasable Glitter Gel Pen – Starry Sky Limited
Pilot KeseLamé Erasable Glitter Gel Pen – Starry Sky Limited
The glitter pen you can erase
Glitter pens are usually a one-way street. Once the sparkle is on the page it stays there, so a wobbly letter or a stray stroke on a card means starting over. KeseLamé is Pilot's answer to that: a limited-edition glitter gel pen built on the same friction-heat erasing technology as the Frixion series, where the glitter lifts away instead of staying put.
How the erasing works
KeseLamé ink is a special water-based pigment gel loaded with pearl and glitter pigment. Two things happen at once when you rub the elastomer eraser at the tail of the pen over the line: friction heat turns the pigment colourless (Pilot puts full decolourisation at around 65°C), and the rubber physically lifts the glitter off the paper surface. That second part is the part ordinary erasable pens do not need, and the reason KeseLamé needed its own eraser formulation.
A starry sky on the barrel
The body colour runs through a gradient from the knock down to a deep navy barrel dusted with tiny specks, a design Pilot describes as drawn from the shimmer of the glitter itself: a night sky in miniature. Each colourway keeps the same navy barrel and changes only the gradient and the ink, so a set of six lines up as one family on a desk.
Six limited colours
- Glitter Gold – warm, the most metallic of the six
- Glitter Silver – cool and neutral, the easiest to mix with other colours
- Glitter Pink – soft rose glitter, the classic kawaii pick
- Glitter Green – a clear mint-leaning green
- Glitter Blue – bright sky blue with silver flecks
- Glitter Violet – deep purple, the darkest of the line
The six colours are also sold together in a clear case, which is how Pilot released them originally.
Where it fits
Planner spreads, study notes, birthday and Christmas cards, gift tags, and anything where you want to decorate first and fix mistakes second. Ink and glitter erase together, so a letter can be written, corrected and decorated in the same pass.
Details
- Mechanism: knock type (retractable), 0.7mm ball
- Ink: water-based pigment gel with pearl and glitter pigment
- Eraser: elastomer rubber at the tail
- Maximum diameter 11.1mm, overall length 146mm
- Limited edition release from 2020; Pilot lists six colours in this line
The glitter is what makes the line sparkle and what makes the erasing unusual, so expect erased areas on textured or coated paper to behave differently from plain writing paper. Pilot does not publish a separate water-resistance or lightfastness rating for this line, so we have not invented one.
More from the Pilot erasable family
KeseLamé, FriXion and ILMILY all use Pilot's friction-heat erasing; what changes is the ink, the body and how bold the line runs. Pilot pens, one shelf for every item in this series. Readers usually pick it up together with:
- FriXion Ball Slim Gel Pen – the slim everyday erasable pen
- FriXion Synergy Knock – erasable with a firmer, denser stroke
- ILMILY Color Two Color Erasable Pens – two-tone erasable pens for planners
- Pilot Juice Neon Color – bright gel ink for notes and margins
The same pieces also sit in our all gel pens, journaling supplies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What makes KeseLamé different from a normal glitter pen?
A: The ink erases. KeseLamé combines Frixion's friction-heat erasing with a pigment ink that carries pearl and glitter, so a line can be removed instead of painted over.
Q: How do you erase KeseLamé ink?
A: Rub the elastomer eraser at the end of the pen over the line. Friction heat takes the colour out and the rubber lifts the glitter, so paper comes back clean rather than ghosted.
Q: Does the glitter leave anything behind on the paper?
A: The design pairs colour erasing with physical removal of the glitter. On smooth paper the surface returns clean; on coated or textured stock, test a corner first.
Q: What tip size is it?
A: 0.7mm, the fine-line tip Pilot uses across this edition. It is a writing and doodling width rather than a hairline.
Q: Can I buy all six colours together?
A: Yes. Pick the six-colour set and the pens arrive in the clear case Pilot packaged them in.
Q: Can it write on dark paper?
A: Pilot's later nuance colours were pitched partly at dark stock because of their hiding power; this starry-sky edition is documented for ordinary writing and decorating use, so we list it that way.