Halloween Special Effect Contacts - How to Select the Most
Knoskout Lenses
A pair of special effect contacts is a must for any decent
Halloween costume. But there are so many on offer - which lenses
are truly spectacular and which are a waste of money? Find out
what costume contact lenses are available and how to select the
brand that is best for you.
There are two major types of Halloween special effect contact
lenses - round (traditional shape for contact lenses that
only cover the colored area of your eye) and scleral costume
lenses (covers the entire visible portion of your eye, leaving
no white visible). There are also semi-scleral lenses - they are
larger than the ordinary ones, but some white is still visible
at the corners of your eyes.
If you are not very experienced with color contact lenses, it is
best to go with ordinary (round) lenses. Scleral Halloween
contacts create a great effect, but they are more difficult to
insert and remove, and sometimes not very comfortable to wear.
Also, scleral lenses are very expensive - usually upwards from
$200 per lens. Semi-scleral lenses, on the other hand, can be a
good compromise, because they are reasonably easy to put in and
take out and they don't cost that much.
All special effect lenses are completely opaque. Unlike some
color contact lenses, costume lenses are equally suitable for
light eyes and dark eyes - they completely mask your natural
color anyway. The center of the lens is usually clear, so you
can see. If you need vision correction, you should be pleased to
know that some Halloween special effect contact lenses, like
Wild Eyes and Crazy Lenses, come with corrective powers. If your
vision is perfect, you can just get plano (zero powers) lenses.
What Halloween special effect lenses are on offer?
The variety of special effects lenses designs is amazing. You
can find anything you want, from classic hot red or cat eyes to
frost, Dune or Alien designs. The most popular and exciting
looking lenses are Banshee, Cat Eyes (which you can get in
yellow, red or white) Vader, Wolf Eyes, Black-outs and
White-outs. You can also get lenses with the logo of your
favorite sports team or symbolic prints like smiley face or
stars and stripes.
See designs of Halloween contact lenses
And if you have your own design in mind you can order
custom-made contact lenses. There are many companies online that
employ contact lens artists to create individually painted
lenses. Of course, this type would cost a lot and you will have
to place your order in advance.
Halloween contacts collections and manufacturers
Two collections dominate the special effect Halloween contacts
market - Crazy Lenses, produced by Cooper Vision, and Wild Eyes,
produced by Ciba Vision.
Crazy Lenses offers white-out lenses, black, red and
white spiral, wolf eyes, fire and bloodshot. Crazy Lenses come
as monthly disposable contacts as well as traditional (annual
replacement lenses). Actually, if you won't wear your Crazy
Lenses every day and care for them properly, annual lenses can
last up to 18 months. If you are looking for the cheapest option
for this Halloween - monthly disposable Crazy Lenses is usually
the cheapest high quality contact lens you can get. Crazy Lenses
are available with or without prescription.
Wild Eyes are annual replacement special effect lenses.
You can get Cat Eye, Hypnotica, Black-out and White-out,
Icefire, Zoomin, Zebra, Jaguar and Wildfire. Wild Eyes colors
are bright and vivid and the lenses are very comfortable. You
can get Wild Eyes with or without corrective powers.
9mmSFX lenses - the company that created special effect
lenses for movies such as Hellraiser, Blair Witch Project 2, The
Adventures of Pluto Nash and many other famous movies. They
offer hundreds of designs, all of their lenses are hand-painted,
and they create unbelievable effects. The only draw-back is that
9mmSFX lenses are not mass produced - so they cost a lot.
Compare Halloween costume contacts by different brands
and have great scary fun!