Chuu chuu ~
I
hope everyone has had a wonderful summer! ^_^ I've been quite stressed
but I've also had a lot of time to relax and do things that I love
during this long summer break: play video games, spend time with
friends, go on a music concert, attend anime conventions etc. It's been
quite the blast!
But hey, guess what? :D
I
have a new circle lens review to share with you all wonderful peeps
today! You see, I've gotten a new sponsor, woop! ♡ The lovely
Eyedodo
contacted me a while ago and asked if I was interested in reviewing a
pair of lenses for them – my answer was of course a big yes!
I
got to choose freely what lenses I wanted to try and for me the
decision was made very fast; for long now I've wanted to try the wildly
popular Princess Mimi (aka Bambi series) line by GEO and, as soon as I
saw that
Eyedodo carried them, I was
set! I decided to shoot for the Apple Green since I have a huge
preference bias towards green lenses, haha. ;v;
Get ready for a review of the
GEO Princess Mimi Apple Green lenses!! ~
The lenses I'm reviewing in this post were kindly sponsored by Eyedodo.
All my reviews are always 100% my honest opinion!
Base curve: 8.8 mm
Diameter: 14.8 mm
Water content: 42%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)
Before I start with the actual review I want to tell a few words about my experiences and thoughts about
Eyedodo's store and customer service!
Before
they took contact with me I had never heard of their store. I instantly
checked it up online and my first impression was that the store looked
really fresh, cute and inviting! They use a pink and blue color scheme
and it's all just very nice to look at. :3 The site is also easy to
navigate in; you can browse lenses by color, type, diameter,
prescription and brand – it's really handy, pleasant to use and
convenient. Me likey!
It seems like
Eyedodo
has been around for several years, although I'm getting the impression
that most people don't know about them – heck, even I didn't know before
and I'm starting to become quite the circle lens guru lol.
I'm
actually really happy that they contacted me; I would have missed out
on their wonderful store and service otherwise! Yep, I'm praising their
customer service. You see, all through our email contact they were
always super polite and friendly and the English was rather good to boot
– better than what I've had from several other Asian-based sites, that
is. Their responses were sometimes slow or delayed, for some reason or
another, but every time they promptly and properly apologized so it's
fine. All their emails were always kind in tone and were properly
written in the sense of having a greeting and some sort of "have a nice
day" type of well-wish in the end – never did their emails feel sloppy,
uncaring or hastily written. I was really pleased with their contact and
customer service; their kindness and professionality exceeded my
expectations.
Also, their GEO lenses are authentic
(check below!) and this leads me to believe that so would the rest of
their sortiment be. You should be able to feel safe ordering from them! ^_^
I
also want to mention that they shipped from Malaysia, just like many
other big-name circle lens stores do. Shipping time was around the
ordinary two weeks and I got no customs nor delays.
Based on my experiences with
Eyedodo
I would warmly recommend them to anyone! They were always helpful and a
pleasure to deal with. I'm sure that if I would have had any issues
they would have solved it in no time. I'm really happy that I got this
opportunity to deal with such a lovely store!
Okay
so, I mentioned in the store review part that I got sent authentic GEO
lenses, which I got. :) I am very careful when it comes to circle lenses
and where to purchase them from – there are stores out there that sell
fakes so never, ever, assume that just because a store sells circle
lenses they will be authentic and safe to wear. Fake lenses could damage
your eyes and that's a thing you surely don't want to happen because
hey, you only have one pair of eyes and they are irreplaceably precious!
So
yeah, my GEO Princess Mimi lenses arrived and the vials looked just
like they should – and so did the anti-fake stickers that were on each
vial bottle. I can tell the real anti-fake stickers apart from possible
fakes (look at the websites!) and these were surely the real deal.
Oh, and they also have the proper identification number code thingy on the lids, which is WMM-303.
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| GEO anti-fake stickers! |
I even went to check up the lenses on GEO's anti-fake
system, just because I wanted to be 110% sure, hahah! I just typed in
the number code that was on the lower scrape-me-off gray part of the
sticker and –boom!– the site told me that my lenses were genuine and
safe to wear! Yes! o/
Note: Fake GEO lenses have their own "anti-fake" site that will tell you that your fake lenses are real. The real GEO's site is
here. Fake sites and fake stickers will link to a different site so beware!
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| Screenshot proof of the authenticity of my lenses. |
With the lens authenticity episode cleared let's move
on to the "so, what came in the package?" part. Seeing how I had never
ordered from
Eyedodo before I had no idea of how they packed their items and so, of course, I wanted to review that too. C:
As
I previously mentioned they send from Malaysia, although my package had
gone through Singapore and had SG initials at the end of the tracking
number code. This doesn't really mean anything though since I've had orders
from other well-known circle lens online stores that went through Germany, haha.
Yes,
so when I got the shipment arrival notification I was quite confused
"heeey I've not ordered anything from Germany, have I?".
Err,
back on track! So yeah, when my shipment arrived after about 2
weeks I went to pick it up. It was this kind of yellow bubble wrap
envelope, nothing special. I found it funny though that for some reason
the item info description box said "false eyelash"... xD I guess that's
why it felt like the guy who served me gave me a slightly weird look
lol.
As soon as I got home I opened the package instantly – I was so excited! >u<
I pulled out this super cute plastic bag that had all the items inside it!
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| This was what was inside the bubble wrap envelope. So cute! |
I opened the plastic bag and took out the contents – it only got cuter! >w<
There
was an animal lens case (blue fishes, aka my favorite color and my
Zodiac sign!), a very nice thank-you card with a personal handwritten
appreciation message inside (yay) and so the lenses, wrapped safely in
foam.
It all felt very thoughtful, personal and warm; it made me feel like a very appreciated and valued customer. ♡
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| This was what was inside the plastic bag! |
I opened up the foam, expecting to be met by a pair of vials – wrong!
I
was met by even more personal cutesy! x) It felt like the nice
individual packing surprises just kept coming! It was awesome; seriously
made me feel all warm and fluffy inside hahaah ~
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| Adorable tiny present box that the lenses were in! |
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| There they are, neatly stored inside. :D |
The packaging was top-notch, super cute and personal – it couldn't have been much better! It all felt like
Eyedodo
valued every single one of their customers and wanted them to feel
appreciated. Having a store care for their customers this much is rare. I
was taken by surprise how heartfelt it all was. *_*
Now
that I've talked about the shipping (and how awesome it was) I can move
on to the actual wearing of the lenses, aka get to the main part of the
lens review. ;)
~ Lens review ahead! ~
Okay
so, the first time I wore these lenses I instantly noticed how thin
they were! Thin lenses tend to be more comfortable to wear because you
feel them less and they let in more oxygen... or that's what I would
assume at least. These lenses are so thin that they like to fold
themselves in half while I'm trying to cleanse/rub them; I
also had some problems actually getting the lenses into my eyes because
they were so thin that they would flop over on my finger as soon as the
lens touched my eye.
So yeah, these lenses are thinner than average but they aren't as frustratingly thin as the
SeeShell Dizoneye Greens that I had before, so it's not a problem at all. :)
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| One lens in. This is to show the enlargement effect! |
As soon as I had gotten both lenses in I was amazed
by how pretty they were! ;o; I love green lenses to begin with but now
that I had the Princess Mimi lenses in I understood why this series is
so popular!
The design of the lenses is really eye-catching and it
looks amazing, almost a bit mesmerizing with its lovely green shade! It
makes me feel like some forest elf boy or something, hahah.
I
think that this kind of lens design is great for cosplayers as well as
J-fashion fans! It's a lens that will work for a lot of different looks
and I'm sure that it's a favorite for many circle lens enthusiasts!
Photo batches of the lenses ahead!
First batch is indoor photos, second batch is outdoors.
All photos taken by me during a late August evening with a clear sky!
The
first time I wore the Apple Green's I had them on for almost 4 hours
before I started feeling like I wanted to take them off. I was in my
apartment where I had the air conditioner (it's a big fan) running so
the fact that I managed to wear the lenses for that long is already a
good thing!
I did notice that my vision blurred towards the 4-hour
mark and I did also always have this slight feeling that I was wearing
lenses – especially when I blinked.
Also, the first time I put the lenses into my eyes they watered a bit
but it didn't hurt; it took around 10 minutes before my eyes got used to
the feeling of having the lenses in.
The second time I wore the
lenses I felt like they were slightly uncomfortable at first (it didn't
hurt or anything, just the very noticeable "lens in the eye" feeling
that is unpleasant) but that went away rather quickly. I managed to wear
them slightly below 4 hours this time (I could still have worn them
maybe 2 hours more at maximum, but that would have needed some
determination) but all along I could feel that I had lenses on; that
feeling never disappeared.
They're not the best in terms of comfort but
still above average, especially when considering that the second time I
wore these lenses I was playing video games and thus staring at a
television screen those full 4 hours, which, normally, would dry out my
eyes even faster than usual.
I think that at most I could stand
wearing these for about 5-6 before really wanting to take them off, but
that would be pushing it a bit and probably wouldn't be the most
comfortable. The first feelings of slight discomfort tend to come around
the 1 or 2-hour mark for me and my vision can get occasionally blurred –
or there's a temporary feeling of dryness.
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| Outdoors, back against the sun. (aka facing the wall) |
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| Sitting under the building's roof (in the shadow) outdoors, turned towards the sun. |
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| Facing the evening sun directly. |
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| Facing a corner of the building, back against sun. |
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| Facing a wall/door of the building, back against sun. |
I am loving the Princess Mimi Apple Green circle
lenses and I would recommend them for any cosplayers, J-fashion fans,
lolitas or just basically anyone who wants to try some really nice green
colored contact lenses! ^u^
The only thing they lack in is
comfort, at least on my eyes, but they're still comfortable enough to be
wearable – and the sheer beauty of these lenses is nice enough to make
me want to wear them anyway, haha. I am suspecting though that one of the reasons why these lenses aren't
super ultra comfortable for me might have something to do with the fact
that the base curve of my eyes and the base curve of the lenses doesn't
match; my eyes have a base curve of 8.6 mm something and the lenses have
a curve of 8.8 mm.
Lastly I have the photos that show what the lenses look like from a distance!
Want to see reviews of the GEO Princess Mimi series but in different colors?
Short summary:
Color: 8/10
I need to say that the green shade is lovely – I love green lenses to begin with and these remind me exactly why!
Design: 8/10
The design is really nice and eye-catching. It makes your eyes look lively and amazing and the black limbal ring just adds to it!
Opacity: 7/10
Opacity is definitely good. The green shows up well but it mixes in with my eyes towards the pupil.
Enlargement: 8/10
These lenses sure are big but it's not to the point of being overwhelming – I still feel like I could wear them to school!
Comfort: 6/10
Not
the best but not bad either. I can wear them for around 4 hours before
the need to remove the lenses gets really big. When I wear the Apple
Green's I always feel that I have contacts on.
Naturalness: 2/10
Mjeh, they don't look crazy or anything but they are a bit too fancy to pass for your real eyes, haha.
All in all, I am seriously pleased to the utmost with
Eyedodo's
service and I would really recommend everyone to give their store a
look and buy from them if you find anything that interests you! ^o^
Their
service is excellent and I really don't have a single complaint, even
if I would try to look for one. They're a pleasure to deal with, based
on my experiences. :)
Thank you for reading and I hope that this was helpful! (｡◕‿◕｡)/
