[CONTACT LENS REVIEW] ColourVue Crazy lens - Cheshire cat (blue cat lens)

Hello everyone! Hope you're all doing well!

Back for another photo heavy contact lens review.

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Today's review will be blue cat contact lens called the Cheshire cat by ColourVue Crazy Lens series.

These lenses retail for $24.99 USD at lensvillage.com

Here are some details about the lens : 

• Diameter (DIA) : 14.0 MM
• Base Curve (B.C) : 8.6mm
• Water Content : 45% (I've heard they're 38% but packaging by colorvue states 45%)
• 3 month expiry 
• Comes in only one prescription of plano 0.00 
• This series comes in Blue. Same/similar cat designs available in other colors with different names - Viper (White), Anaconda (green), Cat eye (yellow), Cheshire Cat (blue), Dragon Eyes (either red green white with yellow),  etc.

COLOR & PATTERN

The color payoff is quite amazing. In natural light and dim area, it stands out quite well but not to the extent that WOAH YOUR EYES IS FREAKY. 

Despite the color looking very dense - it isn't as vibrant as I expected. But overall I'm not disappointed at all.

Pattern of the lens is amazing too. It's one of those super fun lens to give your eyes a whole different effect- in this case, blue cat eyes. 

No lens vs Lens comparison. Click to enlarge

Pattern is simple cat eyes which leads to the problem of the lens rotating- making it lop sided, so you'll end up one side with a horizontal eye while the other is vertical for one instance. 

BUT surprisingly this occurs VERY rarely because for some reason once you put the lens in- it repositions itself everytime you blink. 

So for example- you put your lens in and it's the right way (vertical oval), after a couple of blinks it'll rotate itself and adjust to do half a rotation until it's vertical again and then it'll stay without sliding. I don't know what it is or maybe the way it's specifically shaped but yeah. 

The pattern DOES stand out and you can see the cat eye pattern clearly but not ridiculously instantly noticeable if someone passes by. Overall color and pattern - I am quite impressed.

There IS one thing of the pattern I have to note as with most of these crazy lens is that it may hinder abit of your vision because of the circle where your pupil see's through may be smaller than your actual pupil. So sometimes you'll be seeing abit of the lens but this happens sometimes, usually when you move.

ENLARGING

Pretty much no enlarging effect whatsoever. The lens design has a solid color without a limbal ring. But I don't think these lens are for the enlarging purposes :)

COMFORT

Comfort wise is a mixed feeling. Reason I say this is despite stating that the base curve is the standard 8.6mm, it feels more deeper. Which doesn't really hinder much because this feeling can be caused by a couple of factors as follows.

The lens is definitely harder than of your other circle lenses and does feel a tad heavy. By heavy - I mean that you know you're wearing lens or there is something in your eye. But it doesn't strain on your eye so that's a good thing.

Hydration wise - average. After the 2-3rd hour of wearing, my eyes started getting dry and slightly heavy. Because the lens is quite solid- it doesn't really let the eyes breathe so freely despite being made of hydrogel material which supposingly doesn't dry the eyes.

As mentioned earlier in the pattern - you do see the lens abit which gives you this sudden trippy feel. 

Overall it's not so bad, on par with average.

Color : 4 / 5

Enlarging : 0-0.5 / 5

Comfort : 3 / 5

Price : 2.5 / 5

VERDICT?

I would recommend the lens IF you're looking for some fun cat eye lens where you need it and you'll probably be making some use of it.  They're super fun and does achieve the blue cat eye look. Considering I think this is the only series I know that does blue cat eyes.

Otherwise if you're planning to not wear it often (especially on a budget like me QAQ) then probably not considering you're paying around $25 USD for lens that you won't wear much and you're gonna have to throw it away after 3 months of use. And also where the comfort is not the best, yeahhh you get my drift ;).

cosplay makeup test for Uroko-sama from Nagi no Asukara using cheshire cat lens

If you're looking to purchase these- they're available HERE at lensvillage.com.

Thank you so much for reading, hopefully it was somewhat useful!

Please comment below on your thoughts as well! *^*)/

Until then, stay well & take care!

[Contact lens review] EOS dark ice 2 tone green

Hello! Hope you're all doing well!

Today I'm back with a contact lens review (been a while >_<;) and will be reviewing the EOS dark ice 2 tone series in the color green. (apparently the EOS ice series and the DARK ice series are different)

These lenses were from LensVillage.com and retail for around $23.00 USD. 
Please ignore the fact that the lens bottle says dollyeye rather than the EOS bottle. I did email and did some research and turns out it is another company that sells lenses and just uses their own labelling. These are still authentic EOS lenses and is safe to wear.

Here are some of the details of the lens:

• Diameter (DIA) : 14.8-15.0MM
• Base Curve (B.C) : 8.6mm
• Water Content : 38%
• One year expiry
• Comes in various prescriptions from -0.00(plano) to -10.00
• Comes in 6 different colors: Blue. Grey/Gray, Green, Brown, Pink, Purple

So let's begin with the review! ^_^)/

Gonna try keep this as simple as possible but as detailed as I can ouo)/

LET'S GO!

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Color & Pattern

The color really stands out on my dark eyes and you can see the design/pattern of the lens. These lens does have an icy design blending toward the pupil and is also the same color  but slightly darker at the limbal ring. 

lens in different lighting (click to enlarge)

It gives more of a glistening crystal look as the design is more focused on the outside of your iris where the limbal ring is and therefore definitely does not give so much of natural look BUT at the same not to creepy. I have been asked on one occasion if my eyes glow in the dark because the colors do look like the green for glow in the dark objects hahaha!

Overall pretty :D (actually got complimented when strolling around in the makeup section of the department store ^__^)

lens vs no lens (click to enlarge - sorry about the choppy pics >_<;)

Englarging

Not much of an enlarging effect because the design does not have a dark limbal ring to give that enlarging effect. Despite the large diameter - without the dark limbal ring, it blends with the eye whites more than with the pupil.

Can see the pattern&color showing on the eye whites. 

Comfort

I've worn these lenses twice now and I've noticed that sometimes I'd feel a grit or sudden discomfort even when I'm just home,talking with friends or driving. Not sure if because of me or my surroundings but I've experienced these sudden discomfort once in a while for the two times I've worn it. 

Heavy wise - not so much. They're soft and somewhat light, however you do feel that you are wearing something.
Hydration wise- not so bad considering it has a water content of 38%. It did hold up for approximately 3-4 hours until it started feeling dry.

Overall in the end minus the discomfort and slight weight, they're comfy to wear for the average 8 hours.

Color : 4 / 5

Enlarging : 2.5 / 5

Comfort : 3.5 / 5

Price : 3.5 / 5

Verdict?

I do recommend these lens if you're going for a great payoff in color and not so much in enlarging. 

Would definitely wear these out again and update if I still experience the discomforts still and would love to try other colors as well! *^*)/

Available to purchase HERE AT LENSVILLAGE ^__^)v

Until then~

Stay well & take care!