Colouring your irises has never been easier. With customised versions evolving to suit your style, coloured contact lenses today, offer you a myriad of options to match your eye colour with your ensemble.
When Italian-born artist-architect Leonardo da Vinci sketched out his vision of contact lenses almost 500 years ago, he probably did not envision that a tinge of colour to the lens would change the way the world looks at you. A completely new you!
Style and fashion today does not stop at clothing. As the fashion industry evolves across the globe, newer versions of accessories are manifested. The most fascinating of them all, are for your eyes. The art directors of the ‘Twilight’ series designed their signature coloured contact lenses with just one vision — to stand out, fashionably!
Your favourite celebrities like Tyra Banks, Paris Hilton, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Aniston, Britney Spears, Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, etc, love flaunting their changing eye colours. And, so should you!
Before you get all excited about getting yourself a pair of ‘coloured eyes’, you must know the basics to pick the right shade. You decide! Do you want to go subtle, bold, in-between or just go crazy? Keep in mind the colour of your skin, hair and eyes.
Choose your style from four distinct categories: opaque tint, visibility tint, enhancement tint and light filtering tint. A version of opaque tint is the special effects lenses. Do you remember the eye colour of Robert Thomas Pattinson, or best-known as Edward Cullen in ‘Twilight’ series? Yes, it was dark brown. Now, you have amber gold, blood red, gold on red and pure white.
Opaque tint also known as the colour tint or dramatic/theatrical lenses changes the colour of your eyes completely. It is non-transparent and comes in blue, green, amethyst, violet, brown, red, white, gray, pitch black and the colours continue to evolve.
Visibility tint, on the other hand, is translucent and often comes in light blue and green. It doesn’t change the natural eye colour.
For a more enhanced look, you have the enhancement tint contact lens that truly deepens your natural eye colour. If you want your light coloured eyes to look more intense, then this is what you need to choose.
Light filtering tint is customised for those of you who require a clearer vision, but, don’t be disappointed, you have numerous colours to choose from.
For the glamorous look, go for lenses in various patterns designed in three tones, twin tones, nude tones for big bold eyes and glamour tones that give you dark outer rim and light inner rim.
Brands and makers of coloured contact lenses also offer you newer designs for every season. So, you can have that perfect summer, winter, fall or spring look, with all the focus on your eyes.
What are you waiting for? Go and grab those lovely pair of lenses and change your look today!
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Dramatic eyes
Pick the look you want, like that of A vampire with blood red contact lenses.
Available at novelty stores you have varieties like anime, blackout, glowing and several others to choose from.
Robert Thomas Pattinson: Brown in ‘Twilight’.
Vin Diesel: White in ‘Chronicles of Riddick’,
Wesley Snipes: Violet in ‘Demolition Man’.
Orlando Bloom: Blue in ‘Lord of the Rings’.
Zhang Ziyi: Steel gray in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’
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QUICK BLINKS
Light coloured eyes
Tyra Banks is known for her ‘smiling’ eyes as they change colour very often. She has a natural brown/green colour, but enhances it with a pure green lens. She combines it with smokey eye makeup and dark lip colours.
Ali Lohan chooses gray contact lenses instead of her natural brown, to go with her dark mane and pairs it with black outfits. Almost always! She likes to keep it simple with gold brooches and other accessories.
Try this: Pick green. For a dusky complexion, go for a sea or pure green and for a fairer complexion, emerald and jade will look stunning. Combine this with popping eye shadows like purple and plum.
Glamorous popping eyes
Megan Fox pairs her bluish-violet-gray contact lenses with light eye makeup, red or plum lip shades and a steely ensemble in shades or black, silver, gray and blue.
Try this: Pick a bluish-gray contact lens. Pair it with a silver ensemble and makeup with shades of blue and gray and finish it with those cat-eyes using the perfect liner.
Stark coloured eyes
Drew Barrymore has beautiful blue eyes, but prefers to flaunt her dark brown contacts with red or brunette hair and violet, blue and pink ensembles.
Try this: Pick a pair of pitch black or brown contact lenses. Change your hair colour and go wild with shades of red or brown. Keep the eye makeup simple and highlight your lips with shades of red. Couple it with a multi-coloured ensemble.
Dark coloured eyes
Paris Hilton loves the colour blue, and combines it with any kind of ensemble. She is often seen with light eye makeup in shades of gold, silver and copper or even light pink and blue.
Naomi Campbell often wears dark brown contacts with red, white, green ensembles. She keeps her eye makeup simple and subtle.
Try this: Stand out by combining a brown or hazel coloured contact lens with bronze makeup and smokey eyes. Pair it with some ethnic designer jackets with gold brocade or applique work and accessories in earthy colours.
