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.