Costume Contacts

Want to turn into a werewolf, zombie or alien? Costume contact lenses can make the transformation a complete success. Find out what offers and how to get lenses that are safe and will turn the heads of everyone.

What costume contact lenses are available?

There are two brands of theatrical contact lenses that offer the best care, high quality lenses - Crazy Lenses by Cooper Vision and Wild Eyes by Ciba Vision. Both companies are major manufacturers of all types of contact lenses, including lenses, colored lenses and lens theater. So if you buy either Wild Eyes or Crazy lenses, you can be sure that you pay for a high quality lens.

There are hundreds of styles of costumes available lens. Here are some:

• Cat's Eye - yellow, white, green or red with a black vertical pupil like a real cat
• White-out - makes your white eye, good for a zombie effect
• Black-out - makes a black eye
• Red Hot - for red vampire eyes
• Spirals - red, yellow and white, create a crazy effect
• Fire - bright yellow flames on a red background, around your pupil
• Bloodshot - red blood vessels over white background, very scary

See Halloween costume contacts pictures .

There are also many small businesses and artists, who offer different designs for costume contact lenses. You can even get custom made lenses, with a design you like.

Costume contacts safety

You may have heard that Halloween contact lenses can damage your eyes. Do not worry, though, because the high quality lenses are absolutely safe, only improper care of them can cause problems. If you already wear contact lenses for vision correction, care for costume lenses is absolutely the same as for ordinary contacts.

If you're new to contact lenses, though, be sure to consult your ophthalmologist before you order yourself a pair of costume contacts. All contact lenses come with instructions on how to take care of them. Be sure to read and follow these instructions - this is not at all difficult.

Here it is, in a nutshell:

• Do not wear your lenses for more than eight hours and never sleep in
• single solution for contact lens use to store and disinfect your lenses, never use tap water
• Wash your hands before handling your contacts
• Never wear a lens that is torn
• take your costume lenses off if they irritate the eyes
• Never provide your contact lenses to other people

A few years ago, contacts were a luxury item of costume, which cost several hundred dollars - but not anymore! These days, if you order your theatrical contacts from an online retailer of good reputation, you can get an exciting new look for as little as $ 30-60.

Mass produced costume lenses like Crazy Lenses or Wild Eyes are the most affordable. Custom painted and scleral lenses are a bit more expensive.

Where can I get costume contact lenses?

Before Halloween, you've probably seen these colorful boxes for sale everywhere - beauty salons, flea markets, gas stations themselves. However, this is not a good idea to buy your theatrical contact lenses of these places. Most of them sell the brand costume contacts, no, you can not know where they were manufactured or from this material. Remember, the surface of the eye is very delicate, and using paints that are not designed for contact lenses (as is the case with the majority of lenses available on the streets) can damage your eyes .

There are two safe ways to interact costume. The first is to visit an eye doctor, get a PR.