Lens review: ColourVue Phantasee Autumn

 Hello hello!

It's been a while since I last did a colored contact lens review but I'm back now, for a while at least! Today I will be reviewing the ColourVue Phantasee Autumn lenses. I bought these lenses ages ago and it seems like they have since been discontinued, which is sad but yeah, it happens. I decided I still wanted to review these because they're cool and maybe someday something similar shows up that we can compare these lenses to. :)

Let's go!

Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.0 mm

Water content: 45%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

 

I think it's kinda funny how, of all the seasons, autumn somehow is the bright green one? I mean you would be more inclined to think of summer or spring when you see green, right? xD But anyhows, this is the Phantasee Autumn and we just have to accept that autumn isn't brown, red or orange lol.

Just like the other season-themed lenses of the same series these have a spiky swirl design, a bright one-tone color and a notably large pupil opening so yeah, these don't completely change your natural eye color but rather give you intense colored borders at the edges of your eyes, which can be quite cool-looking if it's a look that you favor. I think that, generally speaking, this type of patterning style would likely look better on dark eyes as, on light eyes, it might end up looking like you have some crazy eye infection lol.

One lens in.

The size isn't much but the color pops quite well. I'm sorry but I can't think of any other way to describe the green shade except for saying it's like Shrek but slightly radioactive..? xD It is a a pretty intense color and one that is not commonly found even among crazy lenses. But as I said earlier it mostly just colors the edges of your iris so if you want all-encompassing evil eyes then these have too much transparency inbetween the printed design to really give you that look. Regardless it's a cool lens in its own right, especially for punk, cyberpop and other such colorful alt fashion styles where you want bright colors but don't necessarily want to look overly creepy or possessed lol.

Lens photos below!
All photos taken by yours truly during a mostly sunny October noon. All close-up photos are free from color filters and such and that's so that the colors would appear as true to real life as possible.

Indoors, natural room light.

Indoors, yellow room light.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo.

Indoors, unlit corridor. Poor natural light in the distance only.

Indoors, facing window. Not sun side.

Outdoors, back against the sun. (facing wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun.

As I already implied at earlier these lenses were also part of that one box that I accidentally forgot about for years. What I'm saying is that essentially all the lenses inside said doomed box were expired by the time I got around to reviewing them and that includes my review today. Because of this whoops-moment I can't grade comfort properly as I only wore these lenses for a very brief time – what I can say about the comfort though is that they were thin to the point I barely felt them and surprisingly comfortable. I would estimate, had they not been expired, I would have been able to wear these for 3-5 hours, which is my normal range for colored lenses because I have really dry eyes naturally.

Honestly I'm a bit bummed that these lenses, along with a majority of all the ColourVue crazy lenses I've reviewed prior, don't seem to exist anymore; it's like they nuked most of their unique designs and it kinda sucks. I mean, this might not have been my top pick or anything (originally bought them on a sale) but it's just depressing when you think about how many different lenses there used to exist that don't anymore – I mean everyone loves options, right? But anyways, I enjoyed reviewing these and I will be reviewing some other now-discontinued lenses in the coming months too so hey, let's reminiscence about what goodness we used to have~

Distance photo!

 

(even makeup can't hide my insomnia issues lmao rip)

Want to see the "season" series in another color?

Check this out: Summer, Winter

Short summary:

Color: 8/10 

Nuclear Shrek vibes, what more can I say? xD It's very vibrant up close in good light conditions!

Design: 9/10 

Jagged swirly print that is both artsy and crude at the same time. Can be really cool with the right oufit.

Opacity: 9/10

Opacity for the colored parts themselves is really solid, the transparent parts of the design will obviously be transparent.

Enlargement: 2/10 

Really minor enlargement, it's not really noticeable on my eyes.

Comfort: 8/10 

Thin and pleasant to wear, I don't really notice that I have lenses on. These don't obstruct my vision thanks to the print being located away from the pupil.

Naturalness: 1/10 

No, I can't call these natural at all.

Thanks for reading my blog, stay tuned for more reviews!

~ Shiro Samurai out.