Lens review: GEO Xtra Lotus Brown

Yo!

Here it is, my other circle lens review for this month. I'm trying to motivate myself to keep pushing these reviews out as I still have a looooot left to go through. OTL 

Today's review is the GEO Xtra Lotus Brown, a pretty lens with a lotus flower design! The identification code for these lenses is WFL-A14.

Let's go!

 

Base curve: 8.8 mm
Diameter: 14.8 mm

Water content: 40±2%

Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

 

These lenses are a part of the GEO Xtra Flower series, inspired by...well, flowers. GEO is a well-known brand that has been around for a long time and all their lenses should come with authenticity stickers, that you can check up online to make sure that your received pair is legit. Yes, fake lenses do exist so do your research and be mindful of what stores you buy from.

 

GEO lenses can be both big and small but this particular series is on the big side, as one can probably guess from the fact that they have Xtra in the name. 

One lens in.

These lenses have a soft, delicate brown shade that is accentuated by the gray parts in the design. The brown color doesn't show up a lot on my eyes but you can tell there's something different going on and the effect is still pretty magical. The print has a petal design that's honestly really soft and pretty – it looks a bit like the lens is rimmed with crystals or something! I actually really like this type of artsy design, it's lovely and mesmerizing. 

And yes, due to the design not being particularly opaque there is some transparency that ends up making an alluring 'halo effect' on my eyes. Oh and yeah, these lenses blend wonderfully into my light gray-blue eyes in a way that isn't distracting at all, in my opinion. The transition is really smooth and I don't know why but these lenses just appear very fairytale-like to me and I love it.

This is the kind of lens that is more for fashion and enhancement effect than for color change. The unique design is its strong suit. I feel like this is not really a cosplay lens as I doubt it would show up enough when photographed from a distance.

 Lens close-up photos ahead.

All photos taken by me during an April noon with a partly cloudy sky.

There's no color filters or such on the close-up photos and that's so that the colors would be as true to real life as possible.

Indoors, natural room light.

Indoors, yellow room light.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo.

Facing a window (backyard, not sun side).

Outdoors, back against the sun. (facing wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun while standing under a shadow.

Outdoors, facing the sun.

Sadly I can't grade comfort properly. These lenses had expired by the time I found where I had stashed them away years ago, oops. Oh well, as with many other lens reviews I've done recently I figured I'd at least take some photos before I throw them away so that maybe it helps someone out there. 

But from what I can tell from my first (and only) time wearing these lenses was that they felt thin and comfy, I didn't really notice much that I had lenses on. They were a bit floppy and hard to insert due to how big and thin they are – they kept flopping over on my finger lol. But yeah, had these lenses been fresh I believe I could have worn them the usual 3-4 hours keeping in mind that my eyes are naturally dry af.

So yeah, if you like flashy and fancy lenses with eye-catching designs then you might want to try something from the GEO Lotus series. They're a treat with the 'halo effect', dual color (gray and the main color) and that delicate petal-like design. A beautiful lens for close-up photos and sparkling days~

Distance photo below.

 

Want to see Xtra Lotus lenses in other colors?
I have reviewed a few: Gray, Green, Violet

Short summary:

Color: 7/10
Delicate light brown color, there's not a lot of it but it goes really well with my natural eye color and it brings out the golden-ish brown ring closest to my pupils.

Design: 8/10

A detailed, artistic lotus flower print that looks like crystals. It's honestly gorgeous.

Opacity: 5/10

These are not very opaque, think of them as an enhancer type of lens more than a colored lens.

Enlargement: 7/10

These are somewhat big but definitely not too big.

Comfort: 7/10

Appeared to be comfortable to wear, thin and I barely felt them. A bit floppy to handle.

Naturalness: 4/10

If you excuse the size and extravagant print then these aren't all that crazy.

Thanks for reading! See you next time~
Shiro Samurai out.

Lens review: GEO Angel Brown

 Hello everyone!

 

It's been a while, I've had to motivate myself to keep up with the blog lately. I've been quite busy with other things and well, there's not a lot going on in terms of cosplay right now so I'm mostly just chilling at home playing video games lol. 

But today I wanted to do a circle lens review and it's gonna be the GEO Angel Brown, their identification number is CM-834. I have no memory how I got these lenses but I think they might have been from one of those "buy 2 get 1 free surprise pair" type of deals cuz I clearly have no memory of consciously purchasing these lenses lmao. xD

Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.2 mm

Water content: 40±2% 

Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

 

This is the kind of super classic circle lens design, like it's so basic that this is the type of lens I immediately imagine in my head when I hear the world "circle lenses". :'D I feel like lenses similar to this one has been around for a long time and have been copied and adapted by several major brands over the years. In all its simplicity it's even perhaps a bit boring to me? It's been done to death, ya know?

One lens in.

I don't have so much to say about these lenses. They represent the cutesy, moe style with a big size and a rather big black limbal ring too. There's some black streaks at the center and some dotted "spikes" meeting these lines from the opposite side. The general look is a bit cartoony or 'anime', if you may.

I'm not really a fan of the color, it turns into this rather bland and uninspiring brown on my light gray-blue eyes. I feel like these lenses are likely meant for dark-eyed individuals as they don't really blend well on my eyes either; the part where my eye color shows through the pupil ring clashes quite a bit. ^^"

 Lens close-up photos ahead.

All photos taken by me during an April noon with a mostly cloudy sky.

There's no color filters or such on the close-up photos and that's so that the colors would be as true to real life as possible.

 

Indoors, natural room light.

Indoors, yellow room light.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo.

Facing a window to the backyard (not sun side).

Outdoors, back against the (hidden) sun. (facing the wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun (hidden) while standing under the roof's shadow.

Outdoors, facing the sun while it's hidden by a veil of clouds.

I can't really grade comfort (as has been the norm for a while now, if you've been reading my other reviews) as these lenses had expired by the time I found them stashed away. I quite literally just took the photos and then immediately discarded them so yeah, the only things about comfort that I can say are essentially first impressions based on 10 minutes of wearing the lenses. 

But what little I can say is that they felt thin overall and I didn't feel the right lens much at all. The left lens though was horrible, it constantly stung and was almost unbearable. I had some trouble inserting the lenses too, they didn't really want to stick to my eyes and kept falling out although that might just as well have been because I have not handled circle lenses in two months. I have no idea how comfortable these would potentially be if they hadn't been expired but my wild guess is something between 2-4 hours on very dry eyes like mine.

So here we are, at the end of the review. I'm not sure if I would recommend these lenses for anyone with a similar eye color as me, it's a pretty dull color in my opinion. I do like brown lenses sometimes but the essence of what makes brown a beautiful and alluring color is lacking in these. I do suspect that these lenses would come to their right on hazel or light brown eyes. Oh and yeah, I almost wonder if it isn't my own eye color that somewhat shines through and makes the brown color of the lenses mix and look more... grayish? 

Distance photo~

In these corona times I'm part of the #bathrobegang

Short summary:

Color: 4/10 

Meh. Would probably look nice on hazel/brown eyes but on me it looks kinda muddy and dull.

Design: 5/10 

Probably the most basic circle lens design there is. Everyone has worn a similar lens to these lol.

Opacity: 7/10

It does change my eye color considerably but it's not crazy opaque. Feels like your natural eye color affects the outcome.

Enlargement: 7/10 

This is a pretty damn big lens. The black rim is huge and gives a very dolly look.

Comfort: 4/10 

They're okay I guess. Can't really grade comfort but they were thin and decent, save for the left lens which was horribly stingy and irritating the whole 10 minutes I wore them.

Naturalness: 3/10 

These are way too big and noticeable to really fool anyone to think your eyes actually look like that.

Thanks for reading my blog. Another review coming soon~

Shiro Samurai out.