Lens review: Princess Pinky Yellow Werewolf

 Hi everyone!

I wanted to do this review already sooner but I kept getting distracted by all kinds of events in my favorite video games lol. Oh well, better late than never so here it is, my colored contacts review featuring the Princess Pinky Yellow Werewolf lenses!

Let's-a go!

Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.5 mm

Water content: 38%

Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

Some of my earliest readers might remember that one of my very first circle lens reviews featured a very similar lens, also from Pinky Paradise, called Orange Werewolf. This is, in fact, not the same lens although the stock photos look almost identical! I'm mentioning the site I bought these from because I'm almost certain that it's their own brand of lenses and thus not available anywhere else – this is not a sponsored nor affiliated review by the way, although even if it was it wouldn't make a difference in my honesty.

One lens in.

The 'werewolf' style lenses have long been a staple design when it comes to crazy and animation style lenses, they've been around for a good time and over the years various brands have done their own versions of this base design. Werewolf lens designs are super opaque, feature a wild burst-like design, a yellow inner center and a bold main color. It's definitely that kind of lens that turns heads and has no intentions to be subtle and ordinary!

The color is extremely bright and highly visible even from greater distances and in poor light conditions like during nightfall outdoors and such. The pupil opening is a tad narrower than on your average circle lens but it has no kind of fade effect or such so there's a sharp cutout which can be kinda jarring to some. But then again, that's rather typical for this style of crazy lenses in general – they ain't exactly aiming for naturalness. 
Oh and there's a slight enlargement effect but at least on my eyes it's rather negligible. The black outer rim helps frame the eyes and make the lenses look even more intense and beastly.

Lens photos ahead ~

All photos taken by me during a February morning with a clear 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.

Indoors, facing a backyard window. (not sun side)

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

Outdoors, facing the sun.

The comfort is all good; I wore these twice to anime conventions for a full day with little to no issues. I have naturally really dry and sensitive eyes so for me being able to do that is already a big win, especially without the crutch lifesaver that is eyedrops lol. I don't remember them being itchy or anything of the sort and they held their moisture rather well throughout the day. One thing worth noting though is that, just like with many other crazy lenses, these will give you yellow corners at the outer edges of your field of vision in average and poorer light conditions (due to the smallish central opening) – this is normal and nothing to be alarmed about if you're a new cosmetic lens wearer.
It's also very easy to insert these lenses correctly since the print looks faded out on the 'wrong side'. They're thin and comfortable, I would buy them again if needed for a cosplay or just for fun.

All in all this is a solid lens, especially if you're on the lookout for yellow and/or orange lenses. I've always been rather easily excited by really colorful and vibrant lenses myself and these are definitely a 'hell yeah!' in my book. If you have any kind of affinity towards monster looks and creepy stuff I'd say this is a great lens to try out. This is obviously also a great lens for cosplayers, ren faire costumers and any kind of live-action roleplay and geeky dress-up stuff in general – you can use these for anything from vampires and anthropomorphic wolves to orcs, merfolks and even James Cameron's Avatar Na'vi characters.

Distance photo!

Check out my other reviews here: Orange, Green

Short summary:

Color: 10/10 

Screaming yellow with some orange undertones, you don't get much stronger color payout than this.

Design: 8/10 

Beast-like design to mimic predator eyes from the animal kingdom. Very cool and does its job!

Opacity: 10/10

Super dense pigmentation, no doubt. Flawless coverage of your real eye color.

Enlargement: 5/10 

For a crazy lens these are perhaps a teeny bit on the big size, or at least the black rim adds to that illusion.

Comfort: 7/10 

Thin and I don't feel them much at all, wearable for a full day of fun at events even on dry peepers like mine. Be aware of colored corners in your vision.

Naturalness: 0/10 

These are not even supposed to be natural so just... no. Nonono.

Thanks for checking out this review, stay tuned for more!

Shiro Samurai out.

Lens review: Sweety Twinkle Eye Gray

Hello everyone~

Let's start this new year with a circle lens review – the Sweety Twinkle Eye Gray! These lenses I bought literal years ago and well, totally forgot about them. The packaging doesn't even show the expiry date on the outside so it just didn't occur to me that so much time had passed. Yes I have massive time blindness lol. Sadly it seems that these lenses have been discontinued but oh well, I will still review them for posterity and our collective memory haha. I mean it's a nice lens and maybe there's something similar out there.

Let's gooo!

Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.5 mm

Water content: 40%

Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

As far as I'm aware the Sweety brand is Uniqso's own line of lenses and not found anywhere else. This is my first time trying this brand although I think a lot of designs have come and went since I bought these lenses.

These lenses are not very typical, as in they're not really colored in the usual sense of the word – I mean it says 'gray' in the name but that's not the color of the lens itself, which is black, but rather the color of those sparkly stars. So in a way I'd like to say that this is an enhancing, dollyfying lens rather than a standard colored lens. Needless to say these don't make your eyes gray, they make your eyes black with silvery and glittery sparkles.

One lens in.

In terms of the design itself there's this slightly twisting burst design with streaks running towards the pupil, giving a somewhat intense gaze. There's a moderate size increase which is in line with the expectations for a dolly and cute lens. The black is very black, although it does very softly fade towards the center for a less jarring look. And yes, those glittery stars are really reflective and shiny!

Lens photos ahead!
All photos taken by me during a wintry morning with a clear sky. All close-up photos are free from color filters etc and that's so that the colors would appear as true to real life as possible.

Indoors, natural room light.

Indoors, white room light.

Flash photo.

Bathroom light.

Facing a window indoors, not sun side. (it turned blue)

Outdoors, back against the sun. (facing wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun while under a shadow.

Outdoors, facing sun directly.

Due to my expiration oopsie mentioned at the beginning I only wore these lenses enough to take the photos for this review and then I immediately discarded them, despite them being comfortable. I really recommend against wearing expired lenses, even if they've been sealed all that time – it's an uneccessary risk and especially when you put it in perspective, also known as that you'd be risking your vision for saving like 20 dollars. So to all poor cosplayers and fashionistas out there reading this – don't wear old lenses to an event even if they seem fine. It's much better to just buy a new pair.

With that said I didn't test comfort and thus I can't grade it accurately. What I can say though is that for the roughly 10 minutes I wore these lenses they seemed thin and generally comfortable, nothing out of the ordinary. I didn't feel them in my eyes and my rough estimate would be that they would have been fairly comfy for an outing, if they had been fresh for wear.

Overall the Sweety Twinkle Eye Grays are a nice lens, shame they don't exist in the market anymore. It has a fairly unique design with the glittering stars and would have been a nice complement for anyone who's into lolita and other sweet and/or girly alt fashion looks. I might not be the best person to model these but hey, I'm an all-eater when it comes to trying circle lenses and I like reviewing all kinds of designs and colors – the more unique and fun the better! 

Distance photo~

Short summary:

Color: 5/10
It's a bit hard to grade color because of the fact it's not a gray lens per se but instead a black lens with essentially gray highlights. It's nice for what it is and does and.. yeah, the black is very black at least lol.

Design: 7/10

It's sweet and has a soft-looking appeal despite how much black is in the design. Lenses look cute and lively, not dreary and dark!

Opacity: 7/10

The black parts towards the edges are very opaque but there's quite a lot of your real eye color showing through the center. If you don't think of these as a color-changing lens the opacity is good.

Enlargement: 5/10

There's a modest size enlargement, further magnified by the illusion the blackness creates.

Comfort: 6/10

Appeared to be of ordinary comfort for the brief time I wore them. Thin and didn't really feel them.

Naturalness: 3/10

Can't really call these natural, too big and extra for that. Maybe if you have very dark and large eyes would they be passable but not otherwise.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more reviews coming up!

Shiro Samurai out~