The October issue of O Magazine, known as the Beauty Issue, has Oprah looking exotic, surrounded by orchids, wearing a glittering yellow dress, and (what...hold on...) light colored hazel eyes? It's only one of four covers Oprah did for the magazine this month but for contact lens wearers, it's the most interesting. At first I couldn't tell exactly what was different about … [Read more...]
Holiday Guide to Colored Contact Lenses
Spice up your little black Christmas dress or New Years Eve mini with richly tinted colored contact lenses this season. Our holiday guide to colored contact lenses profiles the richest, most dramatic colors, lenses with bling and showstopping colors for light eyes. For Dark Eyes Brown Hair, & Medium to Dark Complexion Try Freshlook Colorblends Green for a subtle … [Read more...]
Fast Facts About Toric Contacts for Astigmatism
Do You Need Toric Lenses? If you have a refractive error eye problem, then the results tend to be: • An inability for the eye to focus on a specific point. • Difficulty in obtaining a clear image of objects both near and far. • Difficulty in counting objects when they are aligned horizontally or vertically. What is Astigmatism? Astigmatism is a visually “directional” … [Read more...]
Allure Contacts – Do these Clear Contacts Make Your Eyes Look Bigger?
By now, most people into colored contacts have heard of Circle Lenses, the oversize or made-to-look-oversize lenses from Japan and Korea. There's also another alternative to circle lenses and it's a product called Allure (also branded Equinox in some places). Allure contact lenses are essentially a clear lenses with a dark outer, or limbal, ring. This dark outline highlights … [Read more...]
Colored Contacts Basics: Opaque Lenses for Dark Eyes
In this series, we'll be going over some colored contacts basics, starting with opaque lenses for dark eyes. What is an 'Opaque' contact lens? One of the most frequently asked questions about colored contacts has to be about changing the color of dark eyes. The good news is that the vast majority of colored lenses available today are suitable for doing just that. Contact … [Read more...]