How do you feel about colored contacts?

[Indigowaters]

I know they're blue, that's why I said they're not dollar signs but they're blue. Lol. Quote:

Originally Posted by SparklingWaves Those are blue eyes. Where does blue eyes not exist in the human gene pool. Are you playing with me? BTW - That's a hottie there.

I know.

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Originally Posted by Shimmer Holy shit dude.

He's got alot more eye candy on there. Whether or not they prefer us is another thing.

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Originally Posted by SparklingWaves Talk about interpretations.. Okay, post some more eye candy

Lol. Yep, they're real. I saw a little black girl on a Publix or paper towel commercial one day with piercing blue eyes and almost fell out of my chair. I wish I could find that commercial.
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Originally Posted by SparklingWaves Okay, I am on the link of the "beautiful men of the world" here. I am doing careful assessments of the Uh eyes. That's right. That's what we were talking about. I am looking at just the uh uh eyes. Yes, eyes. That's it. WERD! Whow Can't thank - IndigoWaters enough for that link here. *faints*

 

[faifai]

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Originally Posted by Indigowaters This is so funny to me. I've seen black children before with green and even blue eyes and gold, blond and red hair. This is going to be more and more common with the growth of biracial relationships and children, so will it be "not so natural" then?

...huh? I think people take issue with contacts/claim that light-eyed contacts look "unnatural" when they look really fake and flat - dimensional, natural looking, multi-tonal colored contacts can look beautiful on people of any skintone. Obviously there are people out there who have naturally darker skin and lighter eyes, so it's not that lighter eyes themselves are unnatural on darker toned people, just that the contacts look unnatural.

As for me personally, I did have colored contacts about 4 years ago. They were Freshlook Colorblends in Green. People always thought they were my natural eyecolor and I got so many compliments. Unfortunately, the lenses felt too thick/heavy in my eyes and made my eyes feel dry all the time, so I ended up not renewing the prescription once the supply ran out. I normally wear contacts anyway (-2.5 in right eye, -3.25 in left eye) so it was just like taking advantage of my already being used to wearing lenses.

 

[Indigowaters]

Just venting. But the Freshlooks I was talking about are the Colorblends that let your natural eye color come through and blend with the contacts to make them look more natural. We even have a Specktrette on here who put them on (of a darker skintone) and I had to do a double-take because they looked so real but I didn't remember them having those colored eyes before.

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Originally Posted by faifai ...huh? I think people take issue with contacts when they look really fake and flat - dimensional, natural looking colored contacts can look beautiful on people of any skintone!

 

[Indigowaters]

Ha! As you were updating, I was talking about Colorblends. Quote:

Originally Posted by faifai As for me personally, I did have colored contacts about 4 years ago. They were Freshlook Colorblends in Green. People always thought they were my natural eyecolor and I got so many compliments. Unfortunately, the lenses felt too thick/heavy in my eyes and made my eyes feel dry all the time, so I ended up not renewing the prescription once the supply ran out. I normally wear contacts anyway (-2.5 in right eye, -3.25 in left eye) so it was just like taking advantage of my already being used to wearing lenses.

 

[SparklingWaves]

Nude eyed men are beautiful... Whoe any color looks freaking great. Don't cover those beauties. I don't like to guess what under the covers. I mean lens there. Let, those natural peeps show. I am delirous.

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

To each her own, but I think it's down right tacky when people select colors that they know don't look natural.

Black women don't usually have blue eyes, so when I see one that does, I think "Lame, she's wearing contacts."

Nobody in existence has bright purple eyes with a blue ring around the iris. so when I see someone with those eyes I think, "Super lame, you couldn't even contacts that look real."

 

[aziajs]

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Originally Posted by MAC_Pixie04 Nobody in existence has bright purple eyes with a blue ring around the iris. so when I see someone with those eyes I think, "Super lame, you couldn't even contacts that look real."

LOL...don't crack me up!

 

[jessicalovesmac]

I wear contacts anyway because I'm practically blind without them. My theory is, why not make it a fashion accessory? I have both honey colored and green (RX) contacts and interchange them with my mood. I'm a bottle redhead with pale skin and freckles so I thought both colors suited. Whatever works for ya', kwim?

 

[*KT*]

I have green/grey eyes. My advice, from my own experience, is to make sure you try a sample of every color you're interested in before ordering anything! Certain colors, while they may look great in the picture, end up making you look like you've got dead eyes when you put them in. Unless that's the look you're going for... it's not so good. LOL.

I have contacts (clear) but they are terribly uncomfortable for me to wear for more than 4ish hours. It has nothing to do with the brand because I wear Oasys which are some of the best for dry eyes on the market.... my tears just aren't oily enough. Since tears are mucus, oil, and water if you don't have enough oil content, they evaporate quickly and make your contacts feel all dry and sticky after a few hours. Luckily, I'm only slightly nearsighted and can work and function at home without any correction, I just wear sun/eyeglasses as needed for driving.

With all that said, I'm not the biggest fan of colored contacts for myself... but if you want to use them as an accessory, go for it and have fun with them. I just brought all this up because for all you know, you may not even be able to tolerate wearing them for more than a few hours for fun.

Lastly, always treat them well because they are going into your eyes and should be well cleaned, tossed out regularly, etc because while colored contacts may be pretty, but eye infections are not!

 

[j_absinthe]

Just for the record, I wasn't saying that Freshlooks is cheap, I was referring to knockoff brands they sell in 1-packs at beauty supply stores.

 

[Juneplum]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/themode...n/photostream/


ummm... that guy

how YOU doin!!!!!

 

[blazeno.8]

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Originally Posted by Juneplum http://www.flickr.com/photos/themode...n/photostream/ ummm... that guy how YOU doin!!!!!

wow. he. is. hot.
I think that Tyra has a greyish green color to her eyes, but then again, I've seen a wide range in colors for her eyes seeing as people who love digital editing get first take at her pictures.

But anyways, I think that if anyone is worried about looking fake, I've seen friends with naturally blue eyes look fake wearing blue contacts that were bright aqua. For me it's not so much a question of race as far as what's natural, it's more a question of what's been attested previously. But still if doesn't look natural that doesn't mean it will automatically look bad in my book. Those bright aqua contacts looked nice on her.

 

[luvsic]

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Originally Posted by Indigowaters There you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/themode...er/1352682179/ Hit the next picture and "All Sizes" to see them up close. No dollar signs or smileys, but they're blue.

DUDE. WOW. O___O oh my gosh, that is so striking!

ahaha, when I was watching memoirs of a geisha w/ my mom, she actually said the exact opposite. "those contacts look so weird/unnatural on her..."

she's for working with what you've got. I still see no harm in enhancement though (ie bringing out the color more because my eyes tend to look black.) Makeup, though it can be viewed as an art, is also used for enhancement (at least to me.) I know some girls can totally pull off the nude look, but not me. I need some mascara to look alive.

 

[luvsic]

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Originally Posted by MAC_Pixie04 To each her own, but I think it's down right tacky when people select colors that they know don't look natural. Black women don't usually have blue eyes, so when I see one that does, I think "Lame, she's wearing contacts." Nobody in existence has bright purple eyes with a blue ring around the iris. so when I see someone with those eyes I think, "Super lame, you couldn't even contacts that look real."

Lol... XD and yeah, I kind of know how you feel. In all honesty when I see an asian girl with blue contacts I automatically KNOW they're fake. Since brown and blue are pretty much complete opposites, THAT is why I don't want to try it, I'd prefer to go more of thje subtle/natural route. So once i did see an Asian girl w/ blue contacts, she wore them all the time and she was really pretty, but her eyes distracted me too much. I just knew they were unnatural, and trust me, she wasn't fooling anyone with them.

So, again, I believe wearing 'em for fun and not trying to pass it as your real eye color.

 

[ginger9]

For many, topic of coloured contacts brings as much debate as Skin Lightening products. Many people view it as trying to be "white" (there's other threads on this topic) but its funny how when Caucasian people tan or use bronzers most people don't assume they are trying to be ethnic right? Imo it takes all kinds, but prejudices based on a few bad examples is, well, down right ignorant. Let's say a non-Asian person wears a Kimono or a Chi Pao (tradition chinese dress) to me, I think that is super cool, so why can't an Asian person changed their eye colour? It doesn't automatically mean anyone is trying to be another race.

I ventured briefly into the world of coloured contacts long time ago, (10 years ago) the quality and look was poor so I only tried a few samples and went back to the regular clear contacts (as I am blind as a bat). But I think I might try looking into them again....the only time I think it becomes lame is like what shimmer said when you try to convince people they are real and it becomes like a crutch. For example I know of some people who are so dependent on their coloured contacts they cannot leave or be seen without them on (because people will know this is not their natural eye colour!). Hmmm, I just thought of Paris Hilton just now....

 

[SparklingWaves]

Ummm... that guy

how YOU doin!!!!!

Agrees. I had wonderful dreams last night.

 

[Indigowaters]

Hey! You stole my link! J/K. Ok, not really. Grrrrr.

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Originally Posted by Juneplum http://www.flickr.com/photos/themode...n/photostream/ ummm... that guy how YOU doin!!!!!

 

[gingergirl]

I say go for it!

To me, contacts are like an accessorie. Just as long as you don't go around convincing everyone else they're your natural eyecolor. I know too many people who do that who are too...hmm..ashamed to admit that they're fake.

I wear Freshlook colorblends in turquoise and they look awesome. They don't have that fake look about them. I've had people even ask me, "Are your eyes naturally that color?" even the front desk woman at the optomitrist's office asked me this when I was shopping for reading glasses. I had to look at this woman...I couldn't believe she was asking me that. Hello, you work in a place that sells colored contact lens.

I also have freshlook radiance in autumn. Sunrise doesn't do jack diddly. Eden looks pretty but wasn't for me. I looked like a cat.

I've also had green, blue, brown and grey. Blue was UGLY and just yuck. Green was natural looking that most people couldn't tell. Grey is fantastic. Brown gives you like this...I don't know...I didn't like it much. But you have to go in and try them all out for yourself because just because two people have brown eyes doesn't mean that the colored contacts will look the same. My friend has brown eyes but when she uses colored contacts by freshlook colorblends, they don't make much of a difference for her.

With my natural brown eyes, I can wear any color shadow or liner under the sun. I have some friends with blue eyes that wished they had brown eyes. For some odd reason, they think they can't pull off eye makeup with them.

I seriously don't give a rat's behind what people think.

 

[dmenchi]

i have blue/green eyes and i love to wear dark brown contacts

i just love it makes my eyes look, but people always like my natural eye color..once they know i have light eyes.
it's funny people speak in spanish to me sometimes when i wear the dark ones..even i'm totally pale? LOL wired...i guess that's orlando,fl for you !

 

[dmenchi]

yah, please don't pretend those are you natural eyes---i have when people do it : i CAN see ,you know? LOL