| Ever wanted to spice up your look for Halloween, or | | | | which make the pupil look larger than it really is by |
| to do something unique for parties? Have you ever | | | | covering it in black and surrounding the white of the |
| considered contact lenses to alter the way other | | | | eye with yellow. Another cheap Halloween contact |
| people perceive your eyes, or to add to a great | | | | lens is Hypnotica. Hypnotica is another great choice for |
| costume? With cheap halloween contact lenses | | | | dressing up as a warlock or witch. It creates a swirl of |
| becoming more common than ever, this year is a | | | | black and white in your eye that will mesmerize |
| great opportunity to do just that. | | | | bystanders. If you are going for the cartoon effect, go |
| Contact lenses are simply discs, usually made out of | | | | for knockout lenses, which "replace" your pupil with a |
| plastic, that stay on your eye with the help of suction | | | | black "X", as often seen in cartoon shows. |
| from the eyeball and tear fluid that attaches them to | | | | Other standout choices include red eyes, orange eyes, |
| the surface. This is why blinking or eye drops often | | | | zebra patterns, spider webs, smileys, and stars. All of |
| alleviate contact problems. They don't fall off and | | | | these are great choices to match with a variety of |
| follow your eye movements, making them ideal for | | | | costumes. Just make sure the party you are attending |
| those with glasses. | | | | isn't held in pitch-black conditions! |
| Contact lenses are mostly corrective in nature; that is, | | | | If you simply want to change the color of your eye to |
| usually worn by people with glasses. However, not | | | | match your costume, tamer options are available. |
| everyone wears them to fix vision problems. There | | | | These lenses are also colored, but only so much as to |
| are lenses available to change the color of your eyes, | | | | change your eye color to other normal colors. There |
| to help you see better during athletic events, and for | | | | are several options with these: visibility tints, |
| Halloween costumes. The key word to look for when | | | | enhancement tints, and color tints. |
| adding to your costume is cosmetic lenses or theatrical | | | | All provide a different level of change, and will show |
| lenses. One popular brand is Wild Eyes by CIBA Vision, | | | | differently. For example, if you naturally have brown |
| which also makes regular contact lenses. | | | | eyes but would like to really stand out, changing your |
| When choosing lenses of this type, it is important that | | | | eyes to violet or green will make everyone notice. |
| you are properly fitted for them by an optometrician. | | | | As with all contact lens choices, even if you do not |
| When you blink, the colored part of the contact lens | | | | have vision problems, it is important to see an |
| may slide over your pupil, obscuring sight, a common | | | | optometrist and explore your options, as well as seek |
| occurrence that can easily be avoided. It is also | | | | advice about various colors of lenses that will work |
| important that you obtain a prescription for even | | | | best for you. If you choose to wear lenses with your |
| decorative lenses, as it is required by the FDA. Also | | | | costume this Halloween, don't share them with anyone |
| make sure you buy them in credible sources such as | | | | and keep them clean, so you don't wind up with a |
| online sites that are secure or an optometrist's office. | | | | monster of an eye infection! |
| One type of popular lens for Halloween is cat eyes, | | | | |