Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Widening Contact Lenses

One pretty unique trend that's hot in Asia right now is eye-widening contact lenses (also called "Iris-widening colored contact lenses"). They make the pupils of your eyes look wider than they really are. Many teenagers are wearing them there. What makes them popular seems to be the anime and manga pop media culture that's strong in Asia.

They're just like some of the special effect contact lenses that you can get except in the middle, where your pupil shows through, the color around that hole is black. This makes your pupils look larger. These cosmetic contact lenses do not change your vision at all (non corrective) but are just worn for the effect.

Maybe they'll make there way here to the US, who knows? I kind of think this could be one of those Asian things that just doesn't catch on too much anywhere else.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Even More About Non Corrective Contact Lenses

If you're just wanting to research wearing non corrective contact lenses, then there's really a lot of good information out there now - more than there used to be. It seems like they are really becoming popular and more and more people are interested in wearing colored contact lenses. Pretty soon, everyone will have different colored eyes!

It is a fun thing to do - changing the color of your eyes. You can do it to match your outfit, for a Halloween costume or just to have fun and be someone else when you go out at night to the clubs. It's a great conversation starter, too. You'll look really good and people will notice the new color of your eyes - even if they haven't met you before. You can really have fun doing this.

The fact that you can even get free trial colored contact lenses in the mail is pretty amazing. If you follow the right steps, you'll have them in just a short amount of time - maybe a week if you act quickly. By next week, you could have a totally different eye color. With the trial offers, you even get to try different colors before placing your order. It's like a test drive. See which ones you like, which brand you like and then make your final decision.

Yes, non corrective colored contacts are the latest, fun craze and you can get them pretty easily and for no money if you take advantage of the free trial offers - nice!

Update on My Contacts

Well, December 1st came around and I decided I'd try a pair from another box. I did that and I noticed a huge improvement. These work much better and I'm much happier. I must have received some that were not made right or something. So maybe CooperVision has some consistency problems, I don't know.

If you think about it, making contact lenses is pretty incredible. They all really look about the same but the size and shape of them vary quite a bit. You need the right curvature for the shape or your eye and then vision correction on top of that. It's just amazing that we have them available and that they work. We're all used to having them but I don't take them for granted and find myself in awe of them sometimes. I have absolutely clear vision by putting some small, plastic lenses in my eye and they stay in the right place. Again... amazing. I guess I don't like to take things for granted and contact lenses fall into that category.