Coloured Contact Lenses Guide
While a lot of people wear contact lenses to correct sight problems, this is not the only reason you can wear them. Special effects lenses were originally made popular in movies, but are now available to anyone all over the world.
Which lenses are most common? Let`s have a look.
Coloured Contacts
There is no doubt, the most common special effects lenses are also the simplest. These coloured contacts change the colour of your eyes and are tremendously popular among young people in particular who enjoy trying new eye colours.
Coloured contact lenses usually work best with light coloured eyes (blue, grey, green, etc.) but beautifeye also have colour lenses created specifically for darker eyes that need more colour in the manufacturing process. You can use common eye colours, like blue or green or you can try something a little creepier, perhaps red or yellow. A fun way to use coloured lenses is to wear just one at a time, leaving the other eye natural.
Petrifeye Crazy Contact Lenses
If you want something a little more exciting than just the eye colour change, look for lenses that change the shape of your pupil. This can be a fun way to give you the fear factor. These types of crazy contacts come with vertical slit pupils, like a cat eye. You can usually buy them in a variety of colours, with red and yellow being the most common.
UV Reactive Contact Lenses
If you hit the clubbing party scene on a regular basis, then black light UV reactive contact lenses are a must have. They glow in the black light and create a very interesting effect for parties and raves. These are still fairly new, but already extremely popular and in demand. You could even try some stargazer cosmetics uv reactive face paint to go with it.
Movie Effects
With movies like Twilight being so popular, vampire contacts and wolf lenses are all the rage. Vampire contacts are usually red, but allow for the pupil in the centre, while a wolf eye is animal like and brown with streaks.
These aren`t the only movie effect lenses you can get, though. Look for your favourite horror movie brought to life in your eyes with contacts that mimic the effects from movies like Hell raiser, Tempest and Jeepers Creepers.
There are plenty of options to turn you into the monster of your dreams.
White Block and Marilyn Manson Contact Lenses
while these could technically be labelled as coloured lenses, the fact is that white contact lenses actually cover up any existing colour and make your eyes a fun white colour, essentially eliminating the colour. This type of contact lens is particularly popular if you are into zombies and want the blank, undead look. You could also try the Marilyn Manson contact lenses aptly named Manson lenses. These are like the white block lenses but have a black ring around the outside.
Pictures
Not common as coloured contact lenses, these fun lenses are found everywhere just the same. They come with images of everything from Acid faces, Hearts, Skulls on them to flowers, smiley faces and swirls. Having a picture contact lens in your eye can be a fun way to grab people`s attention and the variety of images available means that each person can choose the style that suits their personality.
Special effects contact lenses can be a fun way to change your look . . . subtly or in a rather obvious manner. They are also ideal for costume parties and Halloween when you need those special vampire eyes.
These lenses aren`t meant for long term use usually, so you`ll need to take them out and clean them as you would with regular contacts before using again. With proper care, crazy contact special effects lenses can last up to 4-5 months.