Halloween and Special Effect Contacts

If you're working on your Halloween costume or a costume for a performance, then you might want to consider getting special effect contact lenses to add the finishing touch. Depending on the ones you go with, special effect contact lenses can make quite the impact since there's a wide variety of these contacts out there. They're pretty creative.

Let me give you a few tips before you head out and find the special effect contacts you're looking for.

If you normally don't wear contact lenses, you can still get non-prescription special effect contacts but only do this if you are going to wear them for a short amount of time, like just a few hours. Your eyes will not be used to wearing contacts, so that alone may cause some discomfort. Also, when people go to an optometrist to get their prescription, the eye doctor is also taking measurements of their pupil to ensure the right fit. People's eyes are shaped differently, so getting contacts without a prescription means they will not fit perfectly but hopefully not to the point where they're too uncomfortable.

Also check out the pricing. You do not want to go with cheap special effect contact lenses. No way. These will be made out of a cheaper material that could actually do damage to your eyes if worn for a longer period of time. Don't put cheap contacts into your eyes - it's just not worth it. Go with a brand that is well known so that you know they are made out of quality materials.

If you do normally wear contacts and you want to get special effect ones, then you should see your eye doctor if you do not have an up to date prescription (within a few months of your last visit). If your prescription is current, then use that when ordering your lenses so that you get contacts that you can see clearly out of and ones that fit your eyes well. Here, too, remember to go with a name brand to ensure quality.

When you go to select special effect contacts, check out all the kinds that there are. There are many. Some are actually pretty cool and some are even a bit freaky. Some are just meant for photo shoots - like the all white ones, which sort of white out your eyes. You can't actually see out of them, so for one you don't need a prescription and secondly, you are just going to wear them for the photos and that's it since you're basically blind when you have them in.

Find out more about special effects contact lenses and how to order them.