Color Contacts Guide

Choosing Colored Contacts

2011-08-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

Your best friend convinced you to get color contacts and become a blue-eyed seductress. You went to the web to educate yourself and got more confused than ever. There are so many kinds, colors and options. To start your education, you need to know few basics. First, all colored contact lenses come as tints, blends or theatricals. What does it mean?

Tinted Lenses

Choosing tinted lenses is all about color. Depending on the natural eye color, you can choose pure color tint, or just an enhancement.

Pure color tints dramatically change the color of eyes, from green to brown, from brown to blue etc. They are particularly suitable for people with dark eyes, who would like to have light-colored eyes. Color enhancers do not change the color of the iris, but enhance the natural color or change its shade. So, if your eyes are baby blue, you can get an enhancer eye lens to make them blue-green, emerald or azure. Particularly strong tinted lenses capable of dramatic color change are called opaque. They are the only option for people with dark eyes.

Color Blend Lenses

In choosing color contacts, color blend lenses are important for those people who prefer the color to stay as natural as possible. Blends are mixes of colors that are found naturally in the eye – specks of green in hazel eyes, or golden spots in green eyes. The options are endless and it be quite fun to decide the right color mix and still have your new color lenses look very natural.

Theatrical Lenses

Theatrical lenses are one of the possible choices when choosing color contacts, but it is not the choice for everyday use. Theatrical lenses are meant to provide the special effect, for example red eyes or spinning eyes. The vampire look is quite popular, and so is the monster look or the eyes with spiders or worms floating in them. Theatrical lenses have been created for use in the movie industry and are frequently used for theatrical productions. They are the choice for masque parties or Halloween, and they can be quite fun, but keep in mind that the theatrical lenses can obstruct the vision and should not be worn too long.

Finding the Best Look

Choosing color contacts is all about the right look. Most people are comfortable with staying with what they already have and making it stand out a bit. So, they will enhance their blue eyes with lenses with darker tint, or people with dark eyes will choose brown or chestnut opaque color lenses. On the other hand, there is different kind of people, those that want dramatic change and go for the opposite from what they have. People with dark eyes wish to become blue-eyed and people with green eyes opt for hazel or chocolate color lenses. For them, it is all about big changes, trying something new and exciting. After lifetime of looking the one way, they want to try the new look. Before spending $30 or $40 on such a dramatic change that might not turn out so well, you might want to try one of the websites which offer ‘electronic trial’ – you can upload your photo and play with different colored lenses to your heart’s content.

Why choose colored contact lenses ?

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Color contact lenses are becoming a normal fashion accessory. Changing the color of your eyes is even easier than changing the color of hair, and as much fun. Blue eyes, green eyes, violet, grey, hazel, color contact lenses of all colors of the rainbow are now available to enhance what the nature provided. There are many reasons you might want to change the color of your eyes: to start the new life, to impress a girl or a boy, to hide from someone, to reinvent yourself, or just to follow a mood. The fashion also has its whims and there are years when it is absolute must to be blue-eyed, and others when everyone has to have brown eyes. Color contact lenses are here to satisfy the whim, or need, and they are now becoming very wearable and comfortable.

Problems with sight, astigmatism, strabismus or any other eye problem is not any more reason for someone not to be able to change the eye color. Any prescription lens can be ordered in different color. All you need to do is ask the doctor when he is writing a prescription to specify the color. Any good optometrist keeps a stock of samples of colored contact lenses for prospective customers to try, so ask for a sample to make sure you will be comfortable wearing them.

Color contact lenses come in several versions, just like any other lenses: some are disposable and others can be used for almost three months. The decision which one to use depends mostly on how long one plans to wear them, so for people who have corrective eye lenses, it is prudent to have color contacts that last longer.

Wild colored contacts

2011-02-09T15:00:00.000-08:00

Go wild with the new wild colored contacts. Why settle for just different color of your eyes, when you can look like a different animal all together! How about jaguar eyes? Or wildcat eyes? Or zebra eyes? The choice is endless. The best selection, and an excellent website to choose from, is Wild Eyes from CIBA Vision. Go check it out and have some fun. Wild eyes color contacts are not looking so outlandish that they cannot be used for fun even on a normal working day. Why not go for the Blackout, the mysterious black lenses sure to make people stare, or the Whiteout zombie look, appropriate for those post-party days when everyone looks a bit like a zombie.

Wild eyes color contacts are opaque, what means that they are suitable for both people with dark and light color eyes. They completely cover the iris, but they might slip when you are blinking or when your pupils are dilating suddenly. No problem, you might look even more wild-eyed.

Wild colored contacts might be fun, but they are still medical devices and you should get your eyes checked before deciding which one to purchase. Once you have your prescription, you can buy them from your eyeglasses store, or from one of many internet stores. One thing you should not do: buy them from unreliable store that does not ask for your prescription. If they do not care for your eyes, you should not care for them.

Take care of your eyes, and take care of your wild eyes color contacts. Don’t wear them overnight, or when swimming. Keep them for the special occasions and for the maximum impact.

Unfortunately, wild eyes contacts are not available as free samples, at least not yet. It is not a bad idea to keep looking; one of the manufacturers will surely come up with a special free sample for some special occasion. You might be the lucky one to be the first to get them.

Free Contact Lenses Samples

2011-02-09T14:53:00.000-08:00

Free color contact lenses? Is it possible? Sure, all you have to do is ask. It is probably one of the best-kept secrets among those that have been wearing color contact lenses for a while now. It is the way to try them before committing to a particular color or brand.

There are several ways to go about it: you can ask your neighborhood eyeglasses store if they keep some samples, or you can browse the net. All major manufacturers are offering free contact lenses samples in order to promote their products and get wider buyers’ base. The idea is that, if you are happy with your free contact lens sample, you will come back for more and you will tell your friends about it.

All major contact lenses manufacturers are now offering free samples: Acuvue 2 Colors, Freshlook Colors and Durasoft Colors. Once one started giving free sample lenses, others had to join or be left behind. That is how the market works. A quick search by Google will get you to one of their websites and the source of your first free sample.

But, before searching for a first sample of free contact lenses, you have to visit your eye doctor, or nearby optometrist’s shop and get your eye exam. The law specifies that any health device, and lenses are considered medical devices, has to be prescribed by a medical professional. As your mother has been telling you for years, good yearly eye exam is good idea anyway. The exam will also ensure that the lenses fit well and are comfortable. So, get your prescription and start having real fun: choosing the color. It might be just a color for that one special night, but once you discover the delight of changing your eye color together with your hair color or you outfit, you will be back for more. You can get your free sample color lenses from the same shop where you did your eye exam or you can go back to your web search and try one of the web sites of the major manufacturers. You will have as much fun as with any online shopping, and, as a bonus, you will get your free contact lenses.

Do not forget that, in order to change the color of your dark eyes completely, you need to get opaque color lenses. For those with light eye color, enhancer lenses can make their eye color different, or just of a different shade. So, have fun, impress your friends with your new look and share with them the secret: getting a free contact lenses should not be your secret only.

Brown Color Contacts

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Brown contact lenses are for those who would like to soften up their dark eyes, or change their shade a bit. They are also good for those who are tired of their natural eye color and would like to try to be brown-eyed for a while. Brown contact lenses are especially effective on blond-haired girls and boys, making them instantly much more interesting.

Several manufacturers offer brown contact lenses in different shades. Acuvue has 2 Colors Opaque Chesnut Brown, lovely shade of chestnut color that would warm up any eye color. Freshlook Colorblends has a nice brown color contacts with a lovely natural hue. Freshlook also has Radiance Autumn color, brown contact lenses particularly suited for people with naturally brown eyes, making them warm and – what else – radiant.

Blue Color Contacts

2010-05-13T12:00:00.000-07:00

Blue contact lenses are all the rage in the countries where girls and boys, by the law of genetics, all have brown eyes. Everyone is dreaming of looking like Marilyn Monroe or Cameron Diaz, blinking their baby blue, sapphire, azure or sea-blue eyes at their admirers. Let’s be honest, there is something special about girls, and boys, with dark hair and baby blue eyes. Just look at Liv Tyler, or Madonna, on those days when her color is actually dark.

Blue contact lenses will make your dark eyes blue only if you chose the opaque contact lenses. If you are lucky to be naturally blue-eyed, and would like to make them sparkle brighter or lighter, you can choose the enhancer contact lenses.

Free Trial Color Contacts

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Free trial contact lenses are the answer to your prayers if you would like to try them, but are not ready to dish out $35 without being sure that they are what you want. The color contact lenses are becoming a fashion accessory and no self-respecting fashionista like you should be without a few colors to match your wardrobe. How to get a pair of free trial contact lenses is quite a trick and well-kept secret among those who know how to shop.

The right place to start in searching for a free trial color contacts is your nearby eyeglass store. Look for a sympathetic shopkeeper and explain to him or her your concerns: you would like to try a pair of free trial color contacts, but you are not sure if they are the right thing for you and that your eyes would be able to accustom to them. You are not doing anything dishonest. Just like doctors get free samples of medicines from the pharmaceutical companies, the eyeglass stores get their free samples of the trial color contacts for prospective customers like you. You can also try online stores, which also offer free trial color contact lenses.

The best way to go is to try few different colors to see which one fits best and which goes best with our makeup or wardrobe. If you are really nice, the kind shopkeeper at your neighborhood eyeglass store might let you have more than one color of the free samples of color contact lenses.

Violet Color Contacts

2010-04-11T06:44:00.000-07:00

Violet color contacts are special because they will make you stand out wherever you go. Violet eyes are naturally very rare. Elizabeth Taylor made them famous and desirable in numerous movies in which she seduced famous screen heroes with her magnificent violet eyes. All you need to do if you want to be Elizabeth-lookalike is to buy a pair of violet color contacts. Of course, if your eyes are naturally dark, in order to change their color completely, you have to make sure that your lenses are opaque. However, if your eyes are naturally light, using violet contacts would make all sorts of interesting effects, depending on if your eyes are green, blue or grey.

One of the best options in the market is Freshlook Colorblends, which would make all eyes shine with a subtle violet tone. Their secret is in blending three different colors in order to make the natural shade of violet. These violet color contacts can be worn with fake eyelashes in order to improve your look.

Grey color contacts

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Grey color contacts are for those special dates when one wants to look dangerous and mysterious. With some silky, shiny dress and a pair of silver earrings, the effect would be quite startling. If your eyes are naturally dark, you have to make sure to choose opaque lenses, which would completely change their color. If, on the other hand, you are lucky to already have exotic grey eyes or your eyes are of light color, you can chose the enhancer lenses to make your eyes darker, or of different shade of grey.

There are several manufacturers of color lenses that produce lovely grey contact lenses. It is very important to make sure that you chose the kind of lenses that you are comfortable with. When buying grey color contacts, you might want to try Bausch and Lomb lenses in platinum, a nice cool color with dark limbal ring, which is the ring on the outside of the iris. You can also go for a Freshlook Color Blends in grey, which is not as dramatic, but it makes quite an effect when your pupils get enlarged and your natural color comes through.

Green color contacts

2010-04-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

Green contact lenses have a lot to answer for: so many girls are walking the streets with wonderful, mesmerizing, mermaid green eyes. Irish, all of them, or born with green eyes? Not really. It is all the fault of green color lenses and their fantastic popularity. Some people just cannot live without color contacts to match their wardrobe.

Green color contacts come in two versions: opaque, for those whose natural eyes are dark, and enhancers, for those who are born with light-color eyes and only need to make them brighter and shinier.

Although green color contacts are so much in fashion, they are not for everyone. Your skin or hair color could make green eyes look out of place. Of course, it is not the reason not to treat yourself with a pair of green contacts. All you have to do is visit your hairdresser and change the color of your hair. The new makeup would be a good idea too.

Cosmetic Colored Contacts

2010-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

Cosmetic colored contact lenses are becoming more sophisticated every day. They are becoming quite a fashion accessory and there are many different kinds on the market. But, they all fall into two basic categories: opaque color tints and enhancement tints.

How to decide which one to use is easy: if your eyes are dark, in order to change their color dramatically, you need to use the opaque color tints. With opaque cosmetic colored contact lenses, you can make your eyes become hazel, gray, amethyst, violet blue and green. You can also go crazy and use one of the special effect or theatrical contact lenses, such as ‘Marilyn Manson spiral’, alien, jaguar or pupil-less.

If, on the other hand, you already have beautiful blue, green or amethyst-colored eyes, you can enhance them with the cosmetic colored contact lenses with – what else - enhancement tint lenses.

The pleasure of changing or enhancing the color of your eyes with one of the cosmetic colored contact lenses will cost you between $15 and $30. Not bad at all if you want to impress your friends at the next party, or pretend to be someone else when you meet your ex.

Halloween Color Contacts

2010-03-29T14:30:00.000-07:00

Halloween is coming! Vampires are cool as usual! They are all over the place: TV, toy shops, bookstores. Who would not like to be one, just for one, very special, night? We are talking about Halloween, of course. No blood sucking involved. The latest product that is hitting the market are special Halloween color contact lenses that make your eyes look so scary, even real vampires would be impressed. Why not be the first one with real vampire or werewolf eyes and be the hit of the Halloween party!

There are two leading companies promoting and selling this cool novelty Halloween item: Cooper Vision, which makes Crazy lenses, and Ciba Vision, the creator of Wild Eyes. Both companies are highly respected and well-known manufacturers of normal prescription lenses, which means that they guarantee the safety and quality of the Halloween color contacts and your eyes will not pay the price of one night of fun. Some of their other products are color contacts and theatrical lenses of all kinds.

The ‘scary ’Halloween color contacts will go to the market with the retail price between $50 and $80, not bad at all considering what one might expect from such a new and specialized product with a limited and temporary market. Of course, just like with normal lenses, if you wish, you can spend much more for something truly special.

Focus Dailies Contact Lenses

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Focus Dailies are disposable contact lenses that can be used for one day. Focus dailies are contact lenses which are suitable for people who have myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism or presbyopia.

Different types of Focus dailies lenses exist:

- Focus dailies Toric which allow you to correct both astigmatism with myopia or hyperopia with astigmatism
- Focus dailies Progressives which correct both myopia with presbyopia, or presbyopia with hyperopia.

Meanwhile, it is not possible to correct astigmatism and presbyopia together with Focus Dailies contact lenses.

Focus Dailies are contact lenses which are very easy to use, they fit well on your eyes and you will not feel uncomfortable using them even on the first try.

Focus dailies are sold in pack of 30 or 90 lenses. The most popular packs being Focus dailies 90 and Focus dailies all day comfort or aqua comfort.

Freshlook ColorBlends

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Freshlook Colorblends are probably the most succesful color contacts from Ciba Vision. Colorblends are available in a wide range of colors including the oustanding True Sapphire and Pure Hazel which you can see on the left. Freshlook colorblends are opaque color contacts and are therefore recommended for people with dark eyes. Meanwhile they are also suitable for people with astigmatism.

The real advantage with these color contacts is that they offer you a proper natural look by using a technology which consists in combining three colors that enhance the natural effect on your eye but also creates a subtle depth of your eyes. These contact lenses are soft disposable ones and are monthly but you should replace them after 2 weeks.

Freshlook Colorblends Review

2008-09-03T10:24:00.001-07:00

If you are searching for color contacts which will give you the most natural eye color, then Freshlook Colorblends are definitely what you need. Freshlook Colorblends uses Freshlook's advanced color technology which blends 3 colors on a single lens giving an excellent natural color effect. In order to give the most realistic look possible, every color contact of this range has hazel around the pupil and a charcoal outerline.

So the good part with these lenses is that the look they give is really top. They have a wide range of colors available, blue, green, honey, gray, hazel, turquoise, brown and many others including the new True Sapphire which gives a really nice effect.

So overall, from my own experience and what i have read, these color contacts are really top as they are synonym of quality, comfort and top natural color effect. Nevertheless some people have complained that when using them for long periods, your eye becomes quickly dry which is annoying. In that case simply rewet them and it will be fine. In my opinion they are probably the best available if you want to have a natural color effect!

Dark Brown Color Contacts

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You have light colored eyes such as green or blue and what to purchase colored contacts which will give you dark brown eyes? Well what you must know, is that the amount of color contacts which give you dark brown eyes is unfortunately rather small. Nevertheless we will tell you which ones are available and are the best.

The best available in order to have dark brown eyes are Acuvue Define but thesere are unfortunately exclusive to asian countries. Nevertheless if you search on the net, it should be possible to find them in shops which import them, or directly from asian shops if they offer worldwide delivery. As you can see on the picture on the left they give a very dark brown (close to black) look to your eyes.

If you are unable to find these, then i would recommend buying Freshlook Colorblends in brown. You might say these are not really dark brown, but they are the closest you will get too, and from what i have heard the result is rather good especially for people with green eyes. You can see a picture of them on the left. Hope this will help you.

Acuvue Color Contacts

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You probably have already heard of Acuvue, and if you have not, well this article will give you an idea of who they are. Acuvue is one of the leading color contacts brands in the world, if not the leader (rhey are in competition with Freshlook). Being one of the biggest brands in the world, Acuvue has a wide range of products which are suitable for most vision problems.

Acuvue has a wide range of products. They have their leading Acuvue 2 Colours range (also called acuvue 2 colors). These color contacts are extremely thin and comfortable as they are made of water. They have colors for dark eyes or color contact lenses for light eyes. This can be found on their website. You can see on the left a sample of these. I quite like the Sapphire blue and the Jade green...but then all depends on your hair color, skin tan and how you dress. So its up to you!

If you have astigmatism, then you should use their Acuvue Advance range which are in fact toric contact lenses. With these contact lenses, Acuvue uses the latest technologies so that they are the most comfortable possible, and so that they do no pop or fall out of your eye!

All in all, Acuvue is simply a great brand of very high quality offering a large range of products for everyone! A most have!

Want a Free Colored Contacts Trial Pair ?

2008-08-10T06:15:00.000-07:00

One question many of you are probably asking yourselves is where you can find a colored contacts trial pair. In fact it is rather easy to have a trial pair, but you will always need to go and see an eye specialist. So where can you get them?

The first solution, if you are lazy, is to gon online on the website of one of the two most well known color contact brands: freshlook and acuvue. On their website if you look around, you will find a "try for free" link. You should click on it, and enter the information required (email, questionnaire, color contact model). Once this is done they will send you (by email most of the time), a certificate for a free trial pair of color contacts, that you should take to your eye care specialist who will then give them to you! Rather simple no?

Another solution to get a colored contacts trial pair is to go directly to your eye doctor's office and ask him for a free trial pair. He will then measure your eyes, in order to give one which is suited to your vision problem and eye size. This is a commercial event, where the doctor as you are his patient gives you some color contact lenses for free in order to try them, and come back and see him!

Color Contact Lenses Astigmatism

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If you are reading this article then it is probably because you have the astigmatism vision problem and you are probably wondering which color lenses are adapted for you. In fact it is quite easy as the lenses which correct astigmatism have their own name which is toric color contact lenses.

You may have noticed that there are often different sorts of toric color contacts such as soft toric lenses, but do not worry, if the lense has toric in its name, then it is specialy made for people with astigmatism. In fact the only brand and lense which is for astigmatism and which does not have toric in its name is the Acuvue Advance, which is in fact a toric lens but with another brand custom name.

In this article i wanted to point out something which is specific to toric lenses. Due to the need of your eyes when you have astigmatism, the lenses must not be able to rotate around. The way toric contact lenses are made helps them not to rotate and therefore they do not fall or pop out.

All in all, Iwould recommend using soft toric lenses, as these are the ones which are the most comfortable for your eyes as they are soft. The Acuvue Advance range is good, and many say that they are better than Freshlook's toric lenses. So maybe you should go for them this time!

Colored Contact Lenses for Brown Eyes

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In my previous articles i have talked about which color contacts were the best for dark eyes. Today i thought i would be more precise and give recommendations for people with brown eyes, as this is the most common eye color in the world. Many of you have probably in the past already tested colored contact lenses for brown eyes and were probably disappointed as the result was not so good. In the past the lenses gave you either a very small change to your eye color or completely changed it making it really unfortunately unnatural!

But now with the developpment of the technology and science, there are some colored contact lenses for brown eyes which give a very nice result, in fact a lot better than in the past! Nevertheless you must consider that creating a lense which could change a brown eye into sky blue and make it look natural is rather difficult, so you cant expect to have something perfect but it will be a lot better than in the past! As i explained in my previous articles, different types of color contacts exist: enhancement and opaque ones. Unfortunately even though enhancement are the best in my opinion they only work well with light eyes and therefore if you have brown eyes enhancement lenses would look almost invisible or would create a very small tint which could clearly not be considered as changing the color of your eye.

Opaque are those that you need for brown eyes. These lenses are not transparent (only the middle part is so that you can see through it). But dont worry they are not solid color, they give a very nice effect which reflects quite well the human eye color. Nevertheless not all give a natural effect. The best in my opinion is Freshlook ColorBlends by Ciba Vision. They look very realistic as the lenses are in fact a mix of different shades (as for a normal iris). The best looking one if you like blue is the True Sapphire Model. If you prefere Acuvue, i would go for Acuvue 2 Colors Opaque! Hope this will help you! On the left you can see the Freshlook True Sapphire model and below the Acuvue 2 Colors Opaque!

Party Color Contacts

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Yes, it is no longer only film horror actors which can wear excentric color contacts. You can if you desire buy wild and crazy color contacts for your parties such as halloween. The good thing with these types of lenses is that they are really fun, and go perfectly with costumes especially with halloween ones.

Contact lenses for parties and halloween, help you change your true identity and let you become a new person for some fun adventure such as, Halloween, clubbing, or whatever you want. They become with your costume a real gadget to use to disguise yourself. You can see below a sample of such color contacts and the effect they can have on a eye! Awesome!One of the main advantages of these types of color contacts, is that they do not all require prescriptions! As they are lenses you will be wearing simply on a particular event, a few times a year, there is no real risk of damaging your eye, so you can use them safely. Simply do not use them the same frequency as normal contact lenses. Most of the time, halloween color contacts are sold with costumes so that you have a complete effect! Have fun!

Color Contacts for Light Eyes

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In some of my previous articles i talked about what color contacts were suited for dark eyes! Well this time lets see which ones are suited for light eyes! So if you have light colored eyes it is recommended to use either opaque or enhancer color contact lenses. If you simply want to change your colour then use opaque ones, but on the other hand if you want something a bit more unpredictable then use enhancer ones.

The ones i would especially recommend for light eyes are the Freshlook Dimensions (as can be seen on picture below) which are monthly disposable ones as they add depth to your eyes and make them look larger and prettier.

On the other hand if you want to have more sparkling eyes i would recommend Freshlook Radiance or Acuvue 2 Enhances contacts which give a striking bright and sparkling effect to your eyes. The Acuvue (as can be seen below) will give you a more intense effect than the Freshlook one, so you need to see what you prefere!

Also be careful when using enhancement color contacts, as depending on the color of your eye it can in some cases make them look even darker. With enhancement ones you need to test and make sure they suit correctly your eyes and the look you want!

Non Prescription Colored Contacts

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A lot of people are searching where to buy non prescription colored contacts. So you are probably expecting me to give you a list of website where you can buy them? Well even though this is sometimes possible online, i do not recommend this practice at all!

In fact if you want to buy colored contacts without a prescription well you will in the end need a prescription! This is due to the fact that contact lenses (included colored ones) have more than simply corrective charasteristics. Each eye is different, therefore you need to know the base curve size of your eye and which lense diameter is suitable for your eye! And guess who can tell you this? A specialist, who will give you a prescription!

It occurs that some people buy color lenses online without any prescriptions. This is clearly a bad idea. You should read articles and posts from people having had eye problems due to contact lenses that were not suited to them .... Clearly if you use regularly lenses which are not suited to your eye well you can severely damage it and this for your whole life, even for thos who have never had any vision problems before! If i were you i would not buy non prescription color contacts at all! If you dont have a prescription you can go to Walmart, who have eye specialists who will measure your eye and give you an adapted pack of contact lenses!

What Eyewear should you choose?

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In the past few years, eyewear and especially color contacts have become very popular thanks to the development of fashion and technology. This phenomen has happened in particular among young people. In the past contact lenses could only be bought with prescriptions as were normal glasses. Nowadays, it seems that they are becoming increasingly prominent, especially with the development of the wide range of color contact lenses. It is actually more and more frequent to have friends changing regularly of eye color thanks to these lenses. Furthermorethey are being sold with other products such as costumes for example. Halloween costume sets often have color contact lenses included in them in order to increase the drama aspect of the costume.

The second reason why they are becoming very popular is their price, and there has been a drop in prices in the last few years. Some color contacts are cheap but are nevertheless very safe to use. Young poeple with limited budget tend to go for these. Example of such color contact lenses are the disposable ones which can be changed frequently and do not cost a lot. The advantage of such lenses is that it does not matter if you loose them, and it is rather difficult to break them which is more convenient than glasses for young people!

Many companies offer contact lenses and especially online. It is therefore difficult to know what to buy. Beware of cheap unbranded contact lenses that are sold in large quantities. These usualy do not give any documentation or information on whether the lenses have been proved medicaly as safe or not. As a consequence if you do not want to harm your human eyes, do not buy these! Furthermore, for those having vision problems such these type of cheap lenses could damage your eye!

The best solution is to go and see an optician or eye clinic offering eyewear and color contact lenses. At least when seeing them, they will be able to recommend you safe ones which will not harm your eye! For those willing to change the color of their eye, you may look into color contacts to change your look. Yet again ask your optician if the ones you like are safe or not. If you have any eye vision issue, the optician will be able to recommend you those that are the most suited to your eyes!

What are Disposable Color Contacts worth?

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In the past color contacts were unbelievable expensive, but this has now changed. The price of them has gone down due to a drop in manufacturing costs. A wide range of disposable color contacts can be found. You can find daily, weekly and monthly lenses. You are probably asking yourselves what are the differences between traditional ones and disposable ones?

Disposable color contact lenses are rather recent in terms of their development and that is why they are becoming more and more popular. Knowing whether lenses are traditional or disposable is not always easy. In order to differentiate them, it is simple, you should simply look at the package in which they are sold. If they are sold in a box then generally they are disposable lenses. On the other hand if they are in a phial and have a per unit price, then they are traditional.

We will now have a look at the advantages of disposal color contacts and why you should buy them. First of all, from a health point of view, they are better for your eyes as they are more comfortable because they are thinner but also because proteins don’t develop as much as with traditional ones. When you use them, you should change them regularly as this is better for the health of your eye. What is good is that they are used on short periods, so if you loose one, well no problem you just buy some new ones.

The main difference between them is that traditional ones are often hand painted such as Illusions by CibaVision. Hand painted color contacts create a more natural look than those that use the digital printing method. The reasons why disposable color contacts are not hand painted is that it is expensive to manufacture but also that it takes a lot of time to do for lenses that are changed on a daily/weekly or monthly basis!

Colored Toric Contact lenses

2008-06-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

The first question you will probably ask yourself is what are toric contacts? Well in fact toric contact lenses are lenses which will correct your view if you suffer from astigmatism! Yes you no longer have to wear your old ugly glasses!!

One or their dvantages is that they are made in order to fit precisely your eyes and therefore reduce the blurred vision that you would get when wearing normal contacts. But what is really great today, is that toric contacts offer you the possibility to chose the color of your eye! Yes it does both, it corrects your vision but also allows you to chose a color for your eyes which you think will fit you and enhance how you look!

Colored toric contact lenses are made from various materials but these are the same material as for normal contact lenses. They are available either in soft or rigid gas permeable material. The colors vary from dark blue to light violet and any color in between these two!

So if you feel like having a nice halloween party or other, and want to change the color of eye but also your astigmatic vision then just buy colored toric contacts!

Technology and Colored Contacts

2008-02-16T13:13:00.000-08:00

One of the markets which has highly developped recently and is even exploding is the color contacts market. The main reason for this success is that these products are not only used by people who have a vision problem, but are you used as fashion object by more and more people! It is like changing the color of you hair... now you change the color of your eye so that it matches with your clothes, hair and style! Another reason for their success is that with the progress of technology their variety available has considerably increased and everyone can now find the right colored contact they need. With the progress of technology, they are becoming more and more sophisticated and therefore comfortable!

Technically some of the innovations and progress that have been made is that color contacts allow now more air to pass through and reach the eye. Therefore health and comfort issues have decreased! Another technological progress is that most contact lenses are mainly made out of water and are therefore a lot more comfortable to wear and prevents health problems such as blood clots, head aches or simply pain!
In regards to the types of products availables, technology has allowed to offer daily color contact lenses but also monthly color contacts!

Freshlook vs Acuvue

2008-02-11T13:55:00.000-08:00

Many of you are probably hesitating between purchasing Freshlook color contacts or Acuvue color contacts. I must admit the choice is difficult as both are of top quality! The information i will give is simply to use as help, but you must now that each person and each eye is different so the better thing to do is to test them yourselves!

First of all what you need to know is that Freshlook color contacts seem to be more flashy and "wow effect" where as Acuvue have more natural effect on ones eye. Nevertheless Freshlook color contacts stay very popular and of good quality but are perhaps a bit more for eccentric people.

For those who have green eyes i highly recommend to get Sapphire blue from Acuvue as you will really look gorgeous as they look very natural on ones eye.You can see here on the left a sample of the Sapphire blue color contact from Acuvue! It is really nice and is one of my favourites!

Colored Contact

2008-02-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

Why should you use a colored contact? Colored contact lenses allow you to change your eye color whenever you want. If you are fashion addicted you will have fun with them that is for sure! You can start with one color in the morning and finish with another in the evening!

The color contacts market has highly developped recently. What is good with color contacts is that people without any vision problems can also use them as you can use a colored contact if you want to strengthen your eye color or have a specific flashy eye color on a special occasions. If you have vision problems you can simultaneously correct your vision issue but also change your eye color!

Another advantage of a colored contact is that there are different models which are adapted to your type of use. For example, you can find daily contact lenses which i most say are the most comfortable, or monthly contact lenses. All in all, the color contacts market is becoming a major element of fashion as well as health!

Acuvue color contacts

2008-02-04T03:57:00.000-08:00

If you are reading this post on Acuvue color contacts then you are searching information on these color contacts and you have therefore come to the right place! What you should know is that Acuvue color contacts are becoming leaders on the market with freshlook. But you may want to know what is so special with these contact lenses?

Their latest version are Acuvue 2 Coulors and can be used by different people for different purposes. First of all the Acuvue color contact lens is very comfortable since it is made mostly of water and are extremely thin. The Acuvue 2 colored contact lens can be used for people who need vision correction but also for people who simply want to change their look! These lenses are great to be used on a daily basis or for special occasions. Basically the Acuvue color contacts are mostly used by people willing to change from regular contacts to more fun and colorful contact lenses.

Furthermore what is great with Acuvue color contacts is that they offer the possibility to be used with dark and light eyes! What is also nice is that Acuvue on their website allow users to upload a picture of them and try the Acuvue colored contact lens on them! This is really useful when searching for the correct color!

All in all i would highly recommend these acuvue colored contact lenses as they are of high quality are a becoming a strong challenger to freshlook contact lenses.

Eye Laser Surgery

2007-12-27T00:27:00.000-08:00

Recently eye laser surgery has become a more and more popular alternative to glasses and contact lenses in order to correct eye sight problems. This method uses a laser on the cornea which is the structure that covers the colored part of your eye.

Famous people such as Elton John are planning to use laser surgery to treat their sight problems. Being closely related to eye sight and therefore to contact lenses, i clearly recomment you to give eye laser surgery a try if your vision has stabalized.

Buy Contact lenses

2007-12-26T02:16:00.000-08:00

One of the main issues with contact lenses is to chose how to buy them and where? Is it safe buying them online? Well the answer is yes but it requires to be careful! Here are a few tips to help you find contact lenses.

If you are not an internet addict, do not know contact lens brands then please do not buy online otherwise you will surely fall on cheap bad quality contact lenses. If you are concerned with this i would recommend going to see a real optician.

For those aware of contact brands and who are familiar with purchasing online here are a few tips. I would recommend to buy contact lenses on Freshlook as this is a well known online brand. You will find everything on Freshlook such as soflens, high quality lenses, cheap contact lenses, colorblends or even disposable contact lens. My favourity lenses tend to be blue contacts made of opaque solid material. What is also nice with Freshlook is that you can also find crazy contacts which have all sort of colors! You will really find what you need and the price you want! So go for it!

Different styles of color contact lenses

2007-12-22T02:40:00.000-08:00

There are many different styles of color contact lenses. All depends on the goal you have. You may want to brighten your eyes, change their color, enhance their color or simply protect your eyes from sun damage.

If your intention is to brighten your eyes then i would recommend using Pearlescent Contact Lenses as they are very popular for people willing to brighten their eye color. These lenses add sparkle and luminous quality to your eye color. Example of brands are Freshlook Radiance from CibaVision or Sparkles Gold from Marietta Vision.

For those willing to completly change their eye color please search for "opaque" colored contact lenses. These lenses are made up of solid material and not with translucent colors like for many other contact lenses. These are the only contact lenses which will enable people with dark eyes to change the color of their eyes. If you have lighter colored eyes you will have more options.

In order to enhance the color of your eye we recommend to use translucent color contacts for people who have light colored eyes as they leave your original eye color to pass throught. I would not recommend these sorts of lenses for people with dark eyes!

A new type of color contacts existe now. It is no longer to change your look, but to protect yourself against sun! They protect you against harmful UV rays. These are like sunglasses but in contact lenses. You can find cool color contacts which protect you against light damage but which are also adapted to your eye if you practice sport. These are generally very confortable to wear. An example could be the Nike MaxSight Color contact lenses developed by Bausch & Lomb.

Color Contacts and Technology

2007-08-12T11:04:00.001-07:00

Color contacts are evolving very quickly due to progress in technology! Thanks to scientific progress color contacts allow now more air to pass and reach eye which prevents blood clots due to restrictive oxygen. Color contacts do not only correct your bifocal vision, astigmatism! They are also becoming ways to change your look and are more and more comfortable thanks to technology progress.

People do no longer use color contacts only for vision issues but simply to change their look. The real name for Colour contact lenses is Plano lenses. Recently the demand for color contact lenses has increased due to publicity in magazines and especially fashion magazines. Thanks to technology color contacts are becoming real fashion tools. Famous people and actors are also using regularly color contacts for their look, which has an influence on the development of this industry which is actually booming!

Color Contacts for Dark Eyes

2007-07-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

Which Color Contact lenses are most suitable for people with dark eyes? Well it is difficult to say as a particular color contact lense can go well with one person, but not as well with another.... Hair color, skin color also has an influence on whether the contact color is adapted to you.

Overall for dark eyes, there are some colors to prefere, and some to avoid. The ones to avoid are thoses with light blue or green tint as you will not notice any real change compared to your initial tint as the color is to light. This is the same for enhancement color contacts, as these were initially made for people with light colored eyes. Basically all models which are light filtering will not be adapted to people with dark eyes.

If you are looking for color contact lenses that will clearly change the color of your eye then the best are probably the costume or theatrical lenses. Color tint lenses are also very good in order to change drasticaly the color of your eye. The best colors are shades in green, violet or even blue. This color will dramatically change the color of your eyes!

But never forget, other parameters need to be taken into consideration when chosing color contact lenses, such as your skin tan, hair color and clothing style! Good luck in your choice!

Color Contacts without Prescriptions ?

2007-04-14T05:25:00.000-07:00

Many people are willing to buy color contact lenses without any medical prescription. Even though it is possible to find online color contacts that can be bought without any prescription it is highly disadvised to purchase these online.

First all, because color contacts made by Optometrists or Ophthalmologists need to fit your eye in terms of size and visual correction. Buying color contacts without a prescription could result in having comfort problems when using contact lenses. When using color contacts that are too big in size in regards to your eye, infections can occur and it is therefore dangerous to take the risk of using such color contacts. With a bad visual correction, head aches and other small problems may occur.

The second reason why you should not buy online color contacts without a prescription is that websites & merchants proposing this are surely not serious organizations. Delivery issues, fraud as well as delivery of low quality products may occur.

All in all, i do not recommend buying color contacts online without any prescription as it is taking a risk for buying low quality products, for having health issues and for having fraud problems. Always prefere serious companies that are well known in your country!

Which color contacts for dark eyes?

2007-03-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

Today we will be having a look at which are the best color contacts lenses for dark eyes. The color contacts you should use with dark eyes really depends on the style you are looking for. Are you searching to change drastically your appearance or simply do a slight modification that could enhance your look?

Most people with dark eyes, especially asian girls seem to prefere hazel or grey color contact lenses as they enable your eyes to stand out especially in bright light. Some good alternatives are greyish-blue color contact lenses or brownish color contact lenses.

Other possibilites exist, but tend to change radically your look. This is for people willing to do a strong changes to their look. Nevertheless the feedbacks about the use of these color contact lenses on people are rather negative, as it changes totally your look and your friends are used to seeing you with your dark eyes, so the change might be too brutal. Nevertheless in some cases this change can be a splendid success. Best colors for drastic look change are, green or yellow (gold orangy yellow) especially if you have brown or black hair.

Meanwhile please take into consideration that these are only facts and that each person is different, and that therefore a color contact lense might fit on one person but not on the other. So do not hesitate testing various colors and getting feedbacks!

Types of Color Contacts

2007-03-09T15:01:00.000-08:00

Four types of color contact lenses exist. Many of these color contact lenses are available without eye visual correction but they also exist for people who have astigmatism, or people who need bifocal correction or want lenses that can be replaced frequently. The four different types of color contact lenses that exist are: visibility tints, opaque color tints, enhancement tints and light-filtering tints. So what are the differences between these four types of color contacts?

Visibility tints: they are usually color contacts with a light blue or green tint added to them. This is so that you will be bale to see them more easily when you put them, drop them or remove them. The color tint is so light that it does not affect really your eye color.

Enhancement tints: they are solid tint color contacts and are slightly more darker than visibility tint color contacts. The main difference is that they do affect your eye color. As you may have understood from the name of these color contacts, they are meant to enhance the existing color of your eyes. In general these types of color contacts are more suitable for people with light colored eyes. These types of color contacts tints are most suitable for people with light colored eyes and who want to make the color of their eyes more intense.

Color tints: they are opaque tints color contacts and can totally change the color of your eye. In most cases they are made patterns of solid colors. If you have dark eyes, you'll need this type of color contact lenses to change the color of your eye.

Light-filtering tints: these color contacts are a the newest available.They are designed for sports use. This is because they enhance certain colors and mute certain other colors. For example when playing tennis it will enhance yellow so that you see more easily the ball. These color contact lenses are not only for people who practice sport, but also for spectators!

Are Color Contacts Safe ?

2007-02-21T07:59:00.000-08:00

Is it safe to use color contacts?

Everyone knows color contacts are really fun as you can choose the color you want and you can therefore have a new fresh look! This aspect is especially attractive for girls as they are always willing to be good looking and are willing to be attractive towards men. Nevertheless you must not forget that when using color contacts you are using a product with a sensitive organ which is your eyes. So there is always a risk of getting an infection with your eyes even though the percentage of people who do get one is very low. If you are a person who is not willing to take care when using color contact lenses then i would not recommend to use them.

A few recommendations when using color contacts!
When using color contacts with your eyes you should respect basic hygiene rules such as those that can be found below:
- Do not use color contacts with dirty hands or you might catch an infection with your eye.
- Use a solution to keep your color contact lenses clean. This will also help you putting them on more easily.
- If you feel irritated by your color contact lenses, then either change brand and model, or simplu go and see a specialist that will give you some drops because your eyes might be too dry.
- Color contact lenses are personal. Do not lend them to friends or you might catch serious infections!

Where to test Color Contacts?

2007-02-09T09:24:00.000-08:00

There are many websites online with color contact lenses to buy. Nevertheless it is difficult to choose which color contact to buy within the large range of types available. Some color contacts are more adapted to some eyes than for others. It is very easy to get lost within the amount of choice available.

In order to help you in your color contact choice we recommend you visiting Freshlook contacts website. Their flash website is really outstanding. You are able to test their wide range of color contacts on various models in order to have a better overview of the one you might be willing to purchase! The models are black, blond, brown and ginger. This is great as in a certain way it allows you to find out which color contact is more suitable for you taking into consideration your hair, skin color!

Furthermore, Freshlook also allows you to choose the color you want. They have various categories of color contacts such as colorblends, radiance or one day color contacts. It is really impressive, and you can clearly have an idea of the type and color of color contacts you want.

The best feature of their website is their advice system. You simply have to indicate to their website, your hair color, skin color, what you are expecting from these contacts and they will give you a list of color contact lenses that are adapted to you and your request! Isn't this great?

I have just one advice to give you, go and visit their website! Freshlook

Freshlook Color Contacts

2007-02-05T08:37:00.000-08:00

I thought i would show you some examples of color contacts that can be purchased online. As you can see on the right, the lenses come from the ColorBlends range from Freshlook.
With these color contact lenses you can clearly change the color of your eye. The ranges of color contacts available is huge. From simple colors such as green to True Sapphire you will definitely find what you want.

You may ask me where can i buy these? Well it is easy, you can find them online on many websites. Simply click on one of the color contact distributors below or on the links on the left side.

Colored Contact lenses

2007-02-05T08:20:00.000-08:00

Colored Contact lenses are a great way to change your look. Color contacts are now part of fashion world! With color contacts you can now either completely change the color of your eyes, or simply enhance its actual color. With colors lenses you can simply change your look, and the way people percieve you. You can even get bright color contacts that will work on dark eyes !

Color contacts are today so used that contact packs exist. Within these packs you get contact cases, solutions and all of this at exceptional prices! It is now possible to purchase color contact lenses without any prescription! Isnt this great?