When I was growing up and wearing glasses an inch thick, coloured contact lenses were as unattainable as blonde hair – they just did not make coloured lenses with power that high and besides, Dad would have a fit if I wanted them 😛 I tried a green pair once a few years ago, out of curiosity – I’d always wanted green eyes… and red hair 😛 I’ve done the hair too but not together 😛
Fast forward to the present day, and we now have coloured contact lenses that are disposable! Freshlook one day color contact lenses – how cool is that? I can have blue eyes one day, green the next, hazel the day after and grey to end the week 😀
I’ve had Lasik done on my eyes so I find it a little uncomfortable to wear contact lenses these days although these felt quite comfy – I did remove them before day end though. I guess I’m not the best person to judge the comfort level of these Freshlook lenses, but I persevered just to try to shock people with the different colors 🙂
Sadly because mine were the dailies, and thus more subtly coloured, other than a cursory glance, I did not get much of a comment from anyone. 😛
You can see for yourself above – the blue is quite subtle but it does make your eyes look bigger as your iris looks larger and more defined – same effect as the big eye lens without the scary Ju-On look 😛
I decided to try to highlight the blue-ness of my eyes, hoping that someone would notice 😛
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