Showing posts with label contact lenses. Show all posts
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November 19, 2023

Lens review: ColourVue Crazy Lens Blue Flower

 Happy Sunday folks!

I'm here to, once again, share a lens review. This time it's the ColourVue Crazy Lens Blue Flower on the plate and without further ramblings, let's dig into it!

Ya hi hoo~




Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.0 mm
Water content: 45%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)


Okay so, I remember I had no plan when I originally bought these – just a spur of the moment thing because they were on sale and I saw Swedish Pagans colors or something lol. Then again, the design with the pointy flower pattern is quite spicy and I think that might have roped me in to try these. I can't deny that these are kinda pretty and ugly at the same time like me so I just had to see what they would look like. 

One lens in.

Hmm... virus eyes anyone? The yellow color doesn't show up as brightly as one might expect but the color payout overall is still rather intense. The blue color is crisp and unnatural while the yellow almost looks more green hued once worn, on light eyes at least. There's some very slight enlargement effect, although it doesn't make itself very noticeable due to the lack of limbal ring definition. Regardless it's a funky and rather fun lens with a whimsy take on it.

Lens photos below!
All photos are taken by yours truly during approaching sunset with partly cloudy weather. All close-ups are free from color filters and the like and that's so that the colors would appear as true to life as possible.
 
Natural room light, indoors.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo, indoors.

Facing a window indoors, not sun side.

Unlit corridor, weak distant natural light.

Outdoors, back against sun. (facing wall)

Facing the sun while standing under the roof's shadow.

Outdoors, facing the sun.

These were also part of the oopsie box that I forgot for years. For more info please just check almost literally any other non-sponsored lens review I've done in the last few years but yeah, essentially these lenses were expired by the time I did the review – hence why I can't grade comfort fairly as I only wore them for a very short time. What little I can say about the comfort and my first and only time wearing these lenses is that they felt thin, comfy overall and I didn't feel like I had lenses on. Due to the narrow pupil hole I did experience colored corners at the edges of my vision but that's normal with crazy lenses as they typically have a much narrower pupil opening than contemporary circle lenses, for example. Besides, it's something you get accustomed to over time and it's mostly only noticeable in poor indoor lights and such.

I don't think I have so much more to say about these lenses, they're funky and weird and in all their little quirkiness I don't see why some alt folks wouldn't go gaga over these. It's not my first pick for special effects lenses but sometimes curiosity gets the better of you and you just got to try something different, you know? Anyways, these can be a fun addition to spice up some youthful rebel looks and what-have-you. Be bold, be colorful, be brave ~

Distance photo!


Short summary:

Color: 6/10 
There's a bright, medium blue and a star-shaped center that should be screamo yellow but turns a bit greenish in my gray-blue eyes. Still looks pretty rad though.
Design: 5/10 
It's a very simple and crude flower-like design. Only two colors but it delivers a punch of fun.
Opacity: 7/10
This will change your eye color definitely and it will look crazy but there seems to be some slight transparency as the colors seem affected, to some degree, by what your natural eye color is.
Enlargement: 2/10 
The enlargement effect is negligible and not eye-catching due to the lack of limbal ring definition.
Comfort: 7/10 
Thin and I didn't feel them at all, save for colored corners but that's standard with narrow pupil hole lenses. Comfy.
Naturalness: 1/10 
Obviously these are not natural at all. I don't think I need to explain why.

Thanks for reading my blog, have a pleasant day!

June 17, 2023

Lens review: RevoColour Yellow Manson

Hello nerds!

It's time for another circle lens review and we'll go with the RevoColour Yellow Manson lenses this time! Manson styled lenses have been around for ages and made by several different brands, they all share the same simple base design though. 

Let's rock!
 


 Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.5 mm
 
Water content: 45%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)


So this style of crazy lenses are as simple as they come – it's a solid single base color with a medium thin black limbal ring and that's it. It's so simple but so effectful. These kind of lenses exist in quite many different colors but not all brands carry the same color choices. I took the yellow ones as yellow lenses are quite uncommon and I wanted to see how bold and funky they looked on light eyes.

One lens in.

Okay, so the intensity is obvious. With such a minimalistic lens it's bound to look unnatural but that's the effect one is usually going for with lenses like this so yeah, it's a desired trait to look a bit whacky and mad for once. xD But the color is crisp and screamingly yellow, it's bold and bright and will surely be visible even when viewed from a distance. I do notice though that RevoColour's variants of Manson lenses are not hyper opaque, there is some very slight indications of transparency. This is not necessarily a bad thing, although it depends on how ultra omega crazy you want your eyes to look. Regardless, I doubt dark eyes would shine through.
 
Lens photos below!
All photos are taken by yours truly during sunny weather. All close-ups are free from color filters and the like and that's so that the colors would appear as true to life as possible.

Natural room light, indoors.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo, indoors.

Facing a window, not sun side.

Unlit corridor, weak distant natural light.

Outdoors, back against sun. (facing wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun.

I can't really say much about comfort as these lenses were also part of my forgotten oopsie box. I feel like such a broken record always repeating what happened in case someone new to the blog is reading a lens review from me for the the first time but the tl;dr version is that I forgot I had a big box with unopened lenses and when I found it again everything inside had expired. *insert sad emoji here* So instead of just discarding everything and wasting precious moolah I figured I'd at least review them on this 'ere blog so that someone, out there, might find it helpful. 
I don't recommend wearing expired lenses (please don't) but for the sake of the review I wore these long enough to get the necessary photos taken (roughly 10 minutes) and what little I can gauge of comfort is based on that short time-window wearing them. I can't grade them properly nor fairly but what I can say is that based on my first impressions they seemed thin albeit slightly itchy and a bit drying. Then again I have naturally very dry eyes so it's hard to tell when it's the lenses and when it's just a bad eye day.
Also, due to the narrow pupil hole there is some colored corners at the edge of my vision field in poorer light conditions, but that's to be expected when the opening is so small and honestly, it's something you get accustomed to quite fast so I'd say personally that it's a non-issue.
 
All in all this type of lens is just silly fun and works for both cosplay (especially if you want your lenses to be visible from afar) and other fashion looks – not limited to rockers, punk folks and monster themed parties. There's quite a lot you could wear these lenses to and I'd say only your imagination is the limit, although these are as far from natural as one can get so you might want to avoid wearing them to your baptist grandma's family dinner lmao.

Distance photo!


Short summary:

Color: 8/10  
It's screamo yellow! It's a very bold and intense color, funky and exhilarating.
Design: 7/10
Classic Manson style lens. It's very minimalistic in design but very effectful in creating a deranged look.
Opacity: 8/10
Very opaque but not as hyper covering as this kind of crazy lenses tend to be. Still gets the job done with ease.
Enlargement: 3/10
There's some minor enlargement but it's not really that noticeable tbh.
Comfort: 5/10
It's hard to say but they were thin and okay-ish, although slightly itchy and possibly a bit on the dry side.
Naturalness: 1/10
Bro, I don't think so.

Thank you for reading my blog~
Shiro Samurai says goodbye.

April 4, 2023

Lens review: ColourVue Phantasee Yellow Artist

 Hi hi and hello!

I'm doing another special effects lens review, woop di doop! Today I'll show you all the ColourVue Phantasee Yellow Artist, a not so extreme crazy lens. This is ngl more of an artsy lens, if you may.

Let's-a go!




Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.0 mm
 
 Water content: 45%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)
 

On an unsuspecting quick glance these look quite normal for a sfx lens, as in that the print isn't that bold nor typically blocky and simple like it tends to be on crazy lenses. The print in fact is rather delicate and detailed and it's really pretty if you take a closer look! Another thing I noticed was that it seems like the yellow color appears a bit golden hued when light hits it a certain way, making it look almost reminiscent of a metallic glimmering color. Almost.

One lens in.

When worn and viewed from a slight distance these look almost semi-natural in terms of first impressions – if we disregard the yellow color, that is. It's a quite pretty design and the color payout is great too, it's not too bold and disruptive but the black detailing makes it look a bit more muted and.. respectable? I don't know why but these make me think of like baroque style and such dandy eras haha.
Overall it's a really pretty, somewhat toned down medium to dark yellow with an extravagant and fine artistic print.

Lens photos below!
All photos are taken by yours truly during sunny weather. All close-ups are free from color filters and the like and that's so that the colors would appear as true to life as possible.
 
Natural room light, indoors.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo, indoors.

Facing a window indoors, not sun side.

Unlit corridor, weak distant natural light.

Outdoors, back against sun. (facing a wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun.

As with my other "backlog lenses" these were also part of that damned box I had stored away and forgotten about for years. By the time I found it all the unopened lenses inside had expired, sadly. So I'm doing these reviews purely in case it helps someone out there and yeah, due to the lenses being expired I'm not willing to play Russian roulette with my eye health so immediately upon getting the lens photos taken I threw them into the bin, which means I can't grade comfort properly. What little I can say though is that based on my first (and only) impressions these were somewhat thin and decent-ish but I felt them for some while after insertion and they seemed a bit drying too. I do have naturally dry and sensitive eyes so I can't fully rule out that it wasn't my eyes having a bad day but yeah, it's hard to tell.

Anyways, this is a very unique lens in terms of print design and it's fun yet sophisticated at the same time. It doesn't quite pack that same punch as sfx and crazy lenses tend to come with but honestly, we don't all need to be the same. I find these lenses charming in their own way and they would go well with steampunk attire and such.

Distance photo!


Short summary:

Color: 6/10 
It's like a darkish yellow, doesn't show up all that well from a distance but retains a yellowish look.
Design: 8/10 
Very intricate and pretty artsy design, it looks magical up close although due to all the finer details it gets "lost" when viewed from afar.
Opacity: 9/10
Surprisingly opaque and covering when you consider how "fine" these are when compared to typical bold and wild crazy lenses. I was perhaps expecting more transparency but nope, these are covering!
Enlargement: 2/10 
The enlargement effect is negligible.
Comfort: 6/10 
Decent and somewhat thin. I felt them in my eyes for a while and they seemed somewhat dryish but it's hard to judge based on a one-time wear.
Naturalness: 3/10 
From a distance you might get a fleeting pass but otherwise these are too fancy and yellow isn't a naturally occuring eye color in humans anyway.

Thanks for reading my blog, see ya!

March 5, 2023

[Sponsored] Lens review: Chromaview Werewolf Fire

Howdy!

Today I will be reviewing my third pair of colored contact lenses from the shop Coloured Contacts. The lenses today are some spicy special effects contacts called Chromaview Werewolf Fire. This lens has the classic 'werewolf' print design and it looks pretty awesome!
 
The lenses that I'm reviewing in this blog post were sponsored by Coloured Contacts, meaning that I did not pay for the product(s) myself. This does, however, not affect my honesty in any way. The words and opinions in this review are my genuine opinion; I don't ever compromise my true thoughts and feelings.
 


Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14 mm
Water content: 53%
Life span: 30 days

 

So as I said above these lenses feature what is known as the 'werewolf' print – it's one of the recognizable standard sfx lens designs and while the same design is made by several different brands (Princess Pinky, ColourVue etc) there are differences in color intensity and opacity, lens stats like diameter and so on. So even lenses with the same exact base design will look different depending on the maker! The reason I mention this is because I've actually reviewed a couple other 'werewolf' style lenses in the past and I can tell that Chromaview Werewolf Fire is not the same as Princess Pinky Orange Werewolf (old review is old omfg).

I chose these lenses because I wanted to see how different essentially the same lens could be and also because I really like vivid, animal-ish colored contacts. There's something really cool with having eyes of a really bright unnatural color like amber or yellow – makes one look supernatural and wild!

One lens in.

I gotta say that these look pretty rad. The main color of the lenses is a true orange with some yellow around the pupil opening for a two-tone effect and added depth. It doesn't have a very blended color transition but it doesn't clash jarringly either and well, at a slight distance it looks really damn good and alluring – great for social media vampire selfies lol. The edges are black with irregular, burst-like spikes reaching towards the center. There is a slight enlargement effect but it's nothing out of the ordinary and won't make nor break anything.
The overall impact of these lenses is that they look clearly supernatural but aren't so insanely bright that you'd look overly cartoony (in fact these are slightly less bright than the previously mentioned Princess Pinky version). I really like the balance that is struck here as I feel like these lenses are somehow more pleasant (read: less obnoxious) and better suited for certain looks in my opinion. The color is opaque and it clearly pops, don't get me wrong on that because these lenses will change your eye color and it will look like wolf eyes and yes, it's a badass look. It's vivid enough to immediately bring attention to your eyes and I would vouch for how fun these are any day of the week!

Lens photos below!
All photos are taken by yours truly during a March noon with a semi-clear sky. All close-ups are free from color filters and the like and that's so that the colors would appear as true to life as possible.
 
Natural room light, indoors.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo, indoors.

Facing a window indoors, not sun side.

Unlit corridor, weak natural light in the distance.

Outdoors, back against the sun. (facing wall)

Outdoors, facing the sun.

I found these lenses thin and easy to insert, they kept their shape decently while held on my finger and didn't flop over as easily as the Chromaview Blackouts did. I hardly felt the Werewolf Fires in my eyes at all and they were overall comfortable to wear – I had no issues with vision blur, scratchy feelings or such. In fact I was very surprised to notice that, despite being a crazy lens, that these didn't block my vision at the corners in poorer light conditions (indoors with no lights on during daylight hours). It's so common that special effects lenses give you colored corners at the edges of your vision due to them having a slightly smaller pupil hole than your average circle lenses but nope, I didn't experience any funky orange tunnels with these baddies on!
Comfort is always a bit hard to estimate for me because my eyes are naturally very dry periodically and quite sensitive so yeah, it's so personal for every wearer how long you can wear lenses and that's because everyone's peepers are different. But as someone with dry eyes these lenses did not irritate me and I'm quite confident that I could wear these for roughly 4 hours at an event before I'd have to call in the eyedrops for some refueling lol.

All in all these lenses are lit as fuck and great for dressing up as supernatural beings be it werewolves, vampires, Medusa, cursed pirates, demons or some other imaginary creatures that lurk in the realms beyond our own. These also work great for cosplay if you need contacts for let's say Geralt of Rivia from the The Witcher games. I would definitely give two thumbs up for these lenses, they're really cool-looking and great fun for monster themed parties and photoshoots and heck, would complete alternative fashion outfits too like goths and post-apocalyptic stuff etc. Seriously, two thumbs up! 

Obviously I have nothing negative to say about these lenses and my collaboration with Coloured Contacts has been a wonderful experience – I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them for cosmetic colored lenses and sfx needs. Click here for a full store review for more information about my experiences. :)

Distance photo!
 

Short summary:

Color: 10/10
Super alluring yellowish orange wolf-eye styled lens. Great color payout and looks simply amazing.
Design: 8/10
It looks like its namesake, 'werewolf'. Alluring and deceivingly simple but it all comes together nicely.
Opacity: 9/10
Very strong coverage and near miniscule transparency. These should change your eye color no matter what.
Enlargement: 3/10
There's a slight size boost but it's not that noticeable really, unless you're only wearing one lens for comparison.
Comfort: 8/10
Very comfortable, thin and a breeze to insert. No orange tunnel vision which was an unexpected surprise. I hardly felt that I had lenses.
Naturalness: 1/10
By style and color alone these are busted but yeah, they actually somehow look not-so-crazy at selfie distance lmao.

Thanks for reading and stay fabulous out there!
Thank you, Coloured Contacts! ♡