| Decided to change your eye color with colored | | | | - Acuvue 2 Colors Opaque - 2 week disposable color |
| contacts and don't know which ones to choose? Find | | | | lenses that create soft looking color |
| out what the color contacts market has to offer and | | | | - Durasoft 2 and Durasoft 3 Opaques - strikingly bright, |
| which lenses will make your eyes look most striking | | | | yet natural looking, color. Durasoft is a hand-painted |
| and beautiful. | | | | annual replacement contact lens. Durasoft 3 looks |
| Color contact lens types | | | | best, but it is expensive |
| You can get disposable (1 day, 2 weeks or 1 month | | | | - Illusions - also annual replacement, hand-painted color |
| replacement schedule) color contact lenses as well as | | | | contacts. For a soft, light color chose Soft Green of |
| traditional (annual replacement) lenses. Each type has | | | | Soft Blue. If you want a striking color, go for Violet, |
| its advantages and disadvantages. | | | | Deep Blue or Deep Green |
| Disposable lenses are healthier for your eyes. First, | | | | If your eyes and skin are dark, be careful not to get a |
| they are thinner so the lens lets more oxygen through | | | | color that is very light. Light green or blue eyes won't |
| to your cornea. Second, protein build-ups are less of a | | | | look natural with bronze skin. Instead go for deep blue, |
| problem with disposable contact lenses - it doesn't | | | | green or amethyst. |
| have enough time to build up. And third, if you replace | | | | Compare photos of color contact lenses for dark |
| your contact lenses often, the risk of bacterial infection | | | | eyes |
| is much less. So from the health point of view, | | | | Best color contacts for light eyes |
| disposable color contacts like Freshlook or Acuvue 2 | | | | If your eyes are light, you can wear both opaque and |
| Colors are better. Disposable color lenses are | | | | enhancer color contact lenses. To change your color |
| especially recommended if you want to wear your | | | | select opaque contacts, because green enhancers |
| color contacts every day for longer than 8 hours. | | | | over blue eyes, or vice versa, can give unpredictable |
| On the other hand, the best annual replacement color | | | | result. |
| contact lenses are hand painted, while all disposable | | | | Recommended color contacts for light eyes: |
| contacts are digitally printed. For a color contact it is | | | | - Freshlook Dimensions - monthly disposable contacts |
| very important not only to give you a brilliant vibrant | | | | that don't change your natural color, but add depth and |
| color, but also to look natural. If you look very closely at | | | | make your eyes appear larger |
| your eyes, you will see that your iris isn't a solid color | | | | - Freshlook Radiance - also monthly disposables, which |
| but has various colors and patterns. Some people | | | | make your eyes appear bright and sparkling. Radiance |
| have a starburst pattern, while others have tiny rays | | | | comes in Eden, Moonlight, Sunrise and Autumn. The |
| of yellow or black in a blue or green iris. These | | | | Radiance effect is really striking. |
| patterns and colors give your eyes a feeling of depth. | | | | - Durasoft 2 for light eyes - annual replacement color |
| Hand painted lenses, like Durasoft 2, include subtle | | | | lenses. The lens looks very natural because of the |
| details and varied colors. This helps to simulate depth | | | | carefully painted pattern and blend of colors. You can |
| and gives your eyes a very natural appearance. | | | | get Aquamarine, Sky Blue, Jade Green, Violet Blue |
| As you can imagine, hand-painted color contacts are | | | | - Illusions Soft Blue and Soft Green - opaque annual |
| more difficult to produce, so they are more expensive. | | | | replacement color lenses that create beautiful, very |
| This is actually the reason they don't come as monthly | | | | light, natural looking color. |
| disposables - very few people would pay 50 dollars or | | | | See pictures of color contact lenses for light eyes |
| more for color contacts that only last a month! | | | | People with very light eyes should be particularly |
| Best color contacts for dark eyes | | | | careful. Some enhancement color contacts tend to |
| If you eyes are dark brown, blue or green your only | | | | make light eyes look darker. The solution here can be |
| option is opaque contact lenses. | | | | quite unusual - go for opaque lenses that simulate light |
| Enhancement color lenses will only disappoint you. | | | | color, rather than enhancers. Soft Green or Soft Blue |
| The best options for dark eyes are: | | | | Illusions can be a good choice. |
| - Freshlook Colorblends - opaque, monthly disposable | | | | If you feel like you want to change something in your |
| lenses with bright, brilliant color and natural looking | | | | appearance, trying color contact lenses is a good |
| patterns. The most popular shades are Amethyst, Blue | | | | choice. Get yourself a pair of brilliant color contacts |
| Sapphire and Green | | | | and enjoy watching heads turn as you pass. |