Contact lens has become a household name now. Gone are the days when boys and girls felt ashamed to go to parties because they wore glasses and felt anxious because, their best features- eyes and nose were overshadowed by big glasses. Since invention, contact lenses have developed a loyal base and courtesy technology; they are safe, advanced and affordable as well.

As disposable contact lenses foray into market, the contact lens wearers have got another thing to worry about. There are two types of lenses available in market, one- which can be used for days almost 30 days and two, which can be used on daily basis and should be discarded after 24 hours of usage. Those who wear lenses of course are concerned about safety and well-being of eyes and are discussing which the best option is?

Most of ophthalmologists are of opinion that daily disposable contact lenses should be used. Doctors feel that to prevent any kind of cornea wounds and eye infections, no lens should be used for long time. Daily disposable lenses have indeed opened a healthier option for people.

Nonetheless, most of us cannot forget the convenience and affordability provided by 30 days lenses. They are indeed easier to use and a suitable option but given the pollution our eyes and lenses are exposed to and the protein deposits on the lenses, they can make our eyes prone to several infections.

Daily disposable lenses may seem an expensive and difficult option but if you are concerned with the safety of your eyes, you should go with them. These contact lenses not only minimize the risk of infection but also save your eyes from the discomfort, they experience from protein and calcium disposition on the lenses. If you wear lenses and suffer from eye allergies, then definitely you should consider dailies. You can enjoy clearer and healthier eye-sight. You also save yourself from the hassles of cleaning and save money as there is no need to buy any cleaning lotion.

If you are not using lenses on daily basis and wear them occasionally, dailies are for you. They would be cheaper for you as well.

By: Hemant Chourasia

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Have you ever wondered while watching a science fiction or a horror movie that the aliens or the werewolf in the movie actually are people in costumes but their eyes are terrifically reconstructed and give the character the real personality?

This is the effect that the FX contact lenses can have. In the recent years, these lenses have made their way out of the Hollywood studios and into the market so that anyone can have the same impact when dressing up for a party prank or when you wish your costume for the Halloween should look perfect.

The special FX contact lenses offer a huge variety of styles, designs and gimmick ideas that are out of this world. You can freak out a whole crowd with it just by wearing them to a party or if you intend to scare a friend, these special FX contact lenses can be your thing.

There is no limit to their style and the best part is that you can give your own design and get them custom made for yourself. This will have a unique and personalized touch to them.

You must understand that special FX contact lenses are not just for scaring people but can be a way of presenting yourself to the public. There are unique and very eye catching designs for you to select from which will give you an instant change in personality.

You will find many people around with flaming eyes and even smiley winking at you from their eyes. It is just a matter of preference as to how you want to present your eyes to the world.

If you want to be the center of attraction the best place to start is at your eyes, as eyes are the reflection of your personality. so change it the way you like it.

By: Azlan Idris

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Gold colored contact lenses have already made a fashion statement and have become a rage with the younger generations. The best colored contacts allow you to instantly change your entire look in a fraction of a second and no wonder these have become an indispensable part of the fashion statement of the youngsters! The options available are unending, like the hazel contact lenses or the gold colored ones, you can go on experimenting as long as you don’t find the one that suits you the most or you can try and change your look with every single out you wear and let your friends discover a new everyday with the best colored contacts!

Gold colored contact lenses are funky to wear and are the ‘in’ thing in the fashion world. Famous stars like Robert Pattinson have been know to sport these gold colored lenses. One can also wear gold lenses for costume parties and go dressed up in scary or lively characters. The gold lens will definitely add to the charm.

These lenses are commonly called the opaque color lenses as they have the capability to change the look of your eyes and work well irrespective of the yes being dark or light. These opaque lenses generally have an imprinted pattern on them that has the capability to change the natural colors of the eyes. Various companies manufacture these best colored contacts and have become an instant hit among the fashion conscious and quite a craze.

Of the many colors that are available, the hazel and gold contact lenses have become a popular choice as these are quite conservative (hazel) or cool (gold) and at the same time good for those who would like to venture into the area for the first time. These lenses are capable of bringing out the shine in the eyes and at the same time will give you a total makeover and everyone will find a new you! Interesting there are the triple and the dual color tones and you can decide which one will be the best for you and these are great for both the dark and the light eyes and will give you a new look what so ever. The triple toned hazel colored contact lenses have an extra lighter colored patch at the centre near the retina which works in making the color more vivid and lively and you also have an option- if you are looking for a darker tone, you can easily go for the dual tone.

By: David Fedrick

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When we think of the scariest horror genre it has to be zombies. From the beginning Zombie films portrayed these creatures as slow moving and dumb villains, however, they have had a makeover and become super fast killing machines.

Originating from West African Voodoo, natives believed a sorcerer or bokor revives the dead putting them under his/her complete control. It was also believed that the bokor trapped part of the zombies soul to sell for its healing powers, luck and business success. A completely different story to what we are used to hearing today.

West Africans believed that after a while of having the zombies roaming the Earth, God would send the soul back or as legend has it if you feed the zombie salt, it would return back to the grave. However, in some South African cultures if a witch was to turn a corpse into a zombie, the spell could be broken by a powerful sangoma.

The story of the zombie has become widely popular, especially as there are accounts and reports of real zombies walking the Earth, (more so in Haiti) which is highlighted by two books written by Wade Davis. Books upon books and later films upon films have taken on this story and manipulated it for popular entertainment, a story we are all more familiar with.

Through time and different medias the story has been adapted, which has resulted in it becoming more popular than vampire films in popular culture. Zombies are now commonly known as flesh eating and mindless decaying corpses that carry a disease such as rage, which has turned them into a walking and eating nightmare. Earlier films portrayed zombies as a slow moving and dim villains, which is shown in George Romero’s Night of the living dead, yet due to desensitisation zombies have become quicker, smarter and more cunning, shown in the popular modern films such as Danny Boyle’s 28 days later and the remake of Dawn of the Dead.

Zombies have also become 3D with the new Resident Evil: Afterlife film coming to our cinema screens and making them even more terrifying than ever before.

Rising from the grave

Zombie contact lenses are sure to transform your costume and you will become most terrifying undead at the party. Try a pair a white or blood stained contact lenses to really get into the character, it will make your costume stand out above the rest and you are sure to get some screams when you walk past.

With a pair of zombie lenses your outfit for Halloween or other social events will be complete and the look and feel of the outfit will be mastered. These contacts are also ideal for other outfits such as a Vampire or you may want to pay a tribute to Marilyn Manson or maybe a demon has possessed you for the night? These zombie eyed contact lenses are perfect for people who likes a bit of versatility.

By: Kate Southgate

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At one time, promotions on television advertised a new,
sexier you if you elected to lose the glasses and pop in a
pair of contact lenses. This image has always been
demonstrated in Superman comics, television programs and
movies.

He’s a bit of a geek or too normal a guy, but when the
glasses come off – he’s Superman. Fortunately, the image-
makers and shakers that relegated eyeglasses to the
awkward, the nerd gear of decades past has begun to embrace
glasses for the fashionable, functional necessity they have
become.

The differences between glasses and contact lenses are more
related to personal issues of comfort than to image.
Arguments can be made in support of contacts over
eyeglasses.

For example, contact lenses are worn directly over the eye
allowing natural vision and no distortion as some eyeglass
wearers may experience because of the small gap between the
lens of the glasses and your eye.

There is always a constant awareness of the frames as well
as the reflections off the backside of the lens. While most
eyeglass wearers become so accustomed as to hardly notice
the discrepancy, it becomes more pronounced when switching
between contacts and glasses.

Glasses can fog up when the temperature changes and they
might be a distraction during physical activities,
especially sports where you don’t want your glasses to be
broken. Contacts suffer neither of these. Eyeglasses can
be made with tinting lenses that allow them to turn into
functional sunglasses, but contact lens wearers can pick
any pair of sunglasses they want.

For the particularly fashion conscious, contact lenses
coordinate with everything in your wardrobe. But for all
their differences, both require cleaning and gentle care.
Both correct astigmatism (irregular cornea shape) and with
modern technology, both are very affordable. A new pair of
eyeglasses and a new pair of contacts is comparable in
price for the same prescription.

The decision between contacts or eyeglasses is no longer
one associated with social stigma or social image, but
rather of the image and look you want to project to the
world. It’s all truly dependent in this day of modern
fashion on what makes you feel comfortable and look great.

By: Peter Smithson

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There was a time when a person’s eye color was determined at birth and was destined to keep that eye color for the rest of their life. With modern-day ophthalmology, however, this is no longer the case. People now have the freedom to change their eye color in literally one second, through the magic of colour contact lenses. With colour contact lenses, eye color can become as much of a physical fashion accessory as tattoos or body piercing.
Colour contacts are categorized by the type of tint they are designed in. The tints available that actually change eye color include: enhancement, color and light-filtering.

Enhancement tints are slightly colored tints that are used just like its namesake suggests: to enhance the eye color that one was born with. Allaboutvision.com recommends enhancement tints for persons who want to create a more dramatic effect for light-colored eyes.

Color tints, on the other hand, completely change one’s eye color. They are darker than enhancement tints and are available in several colors. These colors can be those naturally occurring in the human eye or, in the case of theatrical color tints, something more imaginative.

Conversely, there are light-filtering tints which work completely different from enhancement or color tints. Light-filtering tints affect eye color along with objects the eye is seeing. They are commonly used among athletes who are trying to find ways to see the ball they are throwing better.

Sounds interesting?

If colour contacts sound interesting, one will have to get a current prescription in order to obtain them. This is the case whether or not an individual has developmental visual problems.

Why is this so?

It is because contact lenses, colorized or not, are serious business. Improper use of contact lenses could cause eye problems. In extreme cases contact lenses may even cause blindness. A licensed optometrist can provide lenses that are both safe and easy-to-use. In the scenario that a person does not have any vision problems, they will simply be prescribed what are known as ‘plano’ lenses. These are colour contacts that offer no form of vision correction.

Colour contact lenses come in three different types: enhancement, color and light-filtering. Of these tint types, color tints change the eye the most dramatically, while a light-filtering tint slightly affects one’s vision. All tints require a visit to the optometrist before being able to get them. If one tries to get colour contact lenses without a prescription, not only are they breaking the law, but they are putting their eyes at risk. On either level it isn’t worth it, especially since most colour contact lenses can be purchased quite easily from Lenscrafters or Hour Eyes.

Indeed, as long as one makes sure they are obtaining their colour contact lenses the right way, colour contact lenses can help make the perfect fashion statement. If the fashion statement is temporary, or a person wants to make another one through a different set of colour contact lenses, they can simply get a new prescription.

By: Mark Clifton

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Due to the role played by these lenses in creating style and fashion, cheap colored contacts are being sold online on many websites. Most colored contact lenses come in a variety of colors with different hues like hazel, brown, green, or violet contact lenses. They also come in various patterns and with several designs on them.

Leonardo da Vinci was the first person to think about contact lenses. The interest in contact lenses continues centuries after his death. These small vision correction devices enable you to get a better vision when you wear them. They serve as a good alternative and an attractive option to those averse to wearing glasses. Different kinds of cheap colored contacts are available today to suit different visual needs in the form of astigmatism lenses, bifocal lenses, multi-focal, and colored lenses.

Due to high demand from people from all walks of life, some major lens manufacturers are offering cheap colored contacts at discounted prices, especially the popular ones. Another way to get cheap contacts is to hunt for offers online. The web is a huge portal with many offers that come up by the minute. Scout around the web and you will find contact lenses at lower prices than the ones you get from your local eye clinic.

These colored lenses are available in many different colors and types. Colored lenses are usually of the enhancement or the opaque type. Enhancement lenses are a good option if you just want a more pronounced eye pattern or color. These are usually more suitable for those who have lighter shades of eye color, who want to enhance their eyes. Opaque violet contact lenses are good for darker eye colors as they completely change the eye color and pattern. Most lenses are slightly colored with a hint of blue or green so that they are visible easily.

Many different design patterns are available in different shades of violet. For different types of Violet contact lenses, you can try Fresh look Colored’s Violet (Opaque), Cleary Colors’ Violet Venom, Durasoft 3′s Blue Violet, and many others.

Violet Contact Lenses are sought after, as violet colored eyes are a rarity, and are, in fact, almost nonexistent. They give you a unique look.

By: Ruth Caldon

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Believe it or not, there are many celebrities that wear contact lenses. Did you know Britney Spears actually has brown eyes? Take a look at some of her photos though and you will notice her eyes are blue. This is not due to any kind of trick photography, this is simply due to her wearing a pair of blue contact lenses.

Anthony Hopkins scared the pants off of many people in his roles as Hanibal Lecter. Hopkin’s eyes however are naturally soothing light blue. You’ll notice that in some of his movies though his eyes have been green or brown. Once again, this is due to the contact lenses.

While contact lenses are more known for their ability to help correct one’s eyesight, colored contact lenses have the ability to change someone’s looks. This has been the case for quite a few years now, but it seems contact lenses could be growing in popularity because of this face changing ability. These colored contact lenses have even been warn by some not so famous people, such as haunted house workers, to give them a different and sometimes more sinister appearance.

The presence of these lenses has even taken it’s place in the sports world, especially in the wresting arena of the WWE. Wrestler Ray Mysterio actually uses different colored contact lenses to coordinate his look with whatever he is wearing. If his mask is blue, his eyes will likely be too. If he is wearing green, that will likely be the color of his eyes for that match.

One of the most well known of this contact lens phenomena is heiress, model, actress, and part time recording artist Paris Hilton. Those blue eyes you see her with on most talk shows are not natural. Her natural color is brown, but she has so many pairs of these contacts, can we really know for sure? Possibly the most interesting thing about Hilton’s lenses, however, is that the opaque blue pair that seem to be her favorite are supposedly no longer available, making her lenses not only feature changing but rare as well.

Celebrities have been known to set trends in fashion for many years now, and the colored contact lens may be another area that will spark some interest in some non-celebrity kind of people to take part in this area of fashion. If that is the case, it may not be too long before you notice someone walking down the street with gold eyes! The movie Twilight has become somewhat of a cult hit to many who are in awe of it’s story and it’s characters, led mostly by the teenage crowd. In the movie Rob Pattinson sports gold contacts in his vampire playing role, so don’t be surprised if you see someone soon sporting these gold colored lenses.

It has become apparent that your natural eye color doesn’t have to be the one you show out in public or in a movie. Next time you see a celebrity and can’t figure out what it is that looks different about them, look into their eyes. The lenses could be your answer.

By: Jenny Summers

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Decided to change your eye color with colored contacts and don’t know which ones to choose? Find out what the color contacts market has to offer and which lenses will make your eyes look most striking and beautiful.

Color contact lens types

You can get disposable (1 day, 2 weeks or 1 month replacement schedule) color contact lenses as well as traditional (annual replacement) lenses. Each type has its advantages and disadvantages.

Disposable lenses are healthier for your eyes. First, they are thinner so the lens lets more oxygen through to your cornea. Second, protein build-ups are less of a problem with disposable contact lenses – it doesn’t have enough time to build up. And third, if you replace your contact lenses often, the risk of bacterial infection is much less. So from the health point of view, disposable color contacts like Freshlook or Acuvue 2 Colors are better. Disposable color lenses are especially recommended if you want to wear your color contacts every day for longer than 8 hours.

On the other hand, the best annual replacement color contact lenses are hand painted, while all disposable contacts are digitally printed. For a color contact it is very important not only to give you a brilliant vibrant color, but also to look natural. If you look very closely at your eyes, you will see that your iris isn’t a solid color but has various colors and patterns. Some people have a starburst pattern, while others have tiny rays of yellow or black in a blue or green iris. These patterns and colors give your eyes a feeling of depth. Hand painted lenses, like Durasoft 2, include subtle details and varied colors. This helps to simulate depth and gives your eyes a very natural appearance.

As you can imagine, hand-painted color contacts are more difficult to produce, so they are more expensive. This is actually the reason they don’t come as monthly disposables – very few people would pay 50 dollars or more for color contacts that only last a month!

Best color contacts for dark eyes

If you eyes are dark brown, blue or green your only option is opaque contact lenses.
Enhancement color lenses will only disappoint you.

The best options for dark eyes are:
Freshlook Colorblends – opaque, monthly disposable lenses with bright, brilliant color and natural looking patterns. The most popular shades are Amethyst, Blue Sapphire and Green Acuvue 2 Colors Opaque – 2 week disposable color lenses that create soft looking color Durasoft 2 and Durasoft 3 Opaques – strikingly bright, yet natural looking, color. Durasoft is a hand-painted annual replacement contact lens. Durasoft 3 looks best, but it is expensive Illusions – also annual replacement, hand-painted color contacts. For a soft, light color chose Soft Green of Soft Blue. If you want a striking color, go for Violet, Deep Blue or Deep Green

If your eyes and skin are dark, be careful not to get a color that is very light. Light green or blue eyes won’t look natural with bronze skin. Instead go for deep blue, green or amethyst.

Best color contacts for light eyes

If your eyes are light, you can wear both opaque and enhancer color contact lenses. To change your color select opaque contacts, because green enhancers over blue eyes, or vice versa, can give unpredictable result.

Recommended color contacts for light eyes:
Freshlook Dimensions – monthly disposable contacts that don’t change your natural color, but add depth and make your eyes appear larger Freshlook Radiance – also monthly disposables, which make your eyes appear bright and sparkling. Radiance comes in Eden, Moonlight, Sunrise and Autumn. The Radiance effect is really striking. Durasoft 2 for light eyes – annual replacement color lenses. The lens looks very natural because of the carefully painted pattern and blend of colors. You can get Aquamarine, Sky Blue, Jade Green, Violet Blue Illusions Soft Blue and Soft Green – opaque annual replacement color lenses that create beautiful, very light, natural looking color.

People with very light eyes should be particularly careful. Some enhancement color contacts tend to make light eyes look darker. The solution here can be quite unusual – go for opaque lenses that simulate light color, rather than enhancers. Soft Green or Soft Blue Illusions can be a good choice.

If you feel like you want to change something in your appearance, trying color contact lenses is a good choice. Get yourself a pair of brilliant color contacts and enjoy watching heads turn as you pass.

By: Tanya Turner

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Contact lenses have ceased to remain a necessity only in case of pathological optical defects. Those were the days when lenses used to be considered as something which you would buy from the market only as you buy prescribed scheduled drugs. But now, contacts have surrounded the entire market and can be easily worn without prescription.

From the early days when contact lenses were worn only for the purpose of improving impaired vision, the lenses have developed from hard to soft and now into disposable contact lenses. The lenses are now also available in a variety of colors. No wonder that colored contact lenses have become the new age fashion statement among most style-conscious people. However, it should also be remembered that your eyes are the touchiest part of your whole body and adequate care should be taken while wearing these lenses.

Try to avoid any unbalanced wearing of a contact lens. How will you manage this? Hold up the contact lens with the tip of your index finger before your eyes so that it forms a cup and look on into the sides of the cup. Be careful to find out if the lens forms a “U” or a “U” with the edges jutting out, then it is not properly placed. Try re-adjusting it again.

Remember that one of the most frequent problems new lens wearers (and sometimes also those who are used to it) face is the problem of a lens which has got stuck up in your eye. The lens can be of any type-be it a non-prescribed colored contact lens, a cosmetic contact lens, a cataract lens, disposable contact lens or a custom contact lens. Prescription contact lenses are not the exception to this, including bifocal contact lenses or toric lenses. However, one should be particularly careful while fixing the problem. Badly fixed lenses or mismanaged contact lens problems can later get awful and later lead to certain complicated situation.

To remove contact lenses which have not been duly fixed to your retina, follow these simple steps with a lot of patience:

a. Do not get panicky. Wash your hands and face clean.

b. Treat you affected eye with plenty of saline solution. Saline solution will offer your eyes temporary relief, which you in the meantime will treat yourself.

c. In case of soft lens, close your eyes for a moment or two to allow the lens to appear again. Hard lens wearers should first allow the lens to dry out before they come off of their own.

d. The conventional way of removing a lens can also be followed. Simply lower your eyelid and remove the lens with the tip of your index finger. If your eyes burn or tingle or hurt too much, you can take resort to anesthesia.

Hard contact lenses can be removed using a plunger. Removing soft contact lenses depend upon slowly lubricating your eye until the lens comes out. But if you continue to have problems removing it, see your ophthalmologist immediately.

By: Suzanne Hughes

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