Tinted Contact Lenses for Halloween

Vin Diesel, Alice Cooper and Kate Beckinsale are just a few of the many stars who’ve sported tinted disposable contact lenses.

Contact lens wearers have many colors and tints to select from.

There are RGP or soft lenses, prescription, cosmetic, novelty contacts, as well as regular or toric, opaque or tinted. The last option can be more than just adding a blue or green hue to one’s existing eye color. In fact, many athletes are now using tinted contact lenses to help them see more clearly and mute abrasive, eye-straining colors.

You’re in position for that perfect rebound, when all of a sudden the basketball disappears on the other side of your fogged up glasses. Before you know, your glasses have been elbowed right off your face by the neighboring giant who now has snagged your rebound!

That’s why many athletes are choosing contact lenses. But for some sports, the athletes need more – like UV ray protection or color enhancement. For baseball players, tennis players, golfers and sprinters, there are tinted contact lenses to enhance all the right colors and keep out all of the wrong.

Actors, wild entertainers, musicians and Goths often choose tinted lenses for parties, Halloween events, monster movies or for surprising friends. They can be as outrageous as cat-printed, spiral designs or all black irises, or they can be as subtle as a brilliant purple or glowing red. These crazy lenses are for people who wish to avoid boredom or love the shock value.

For the less dramatic, tinted lenses can provide a subtle change in eye color. This type is most often marketed to those with blue or green eyes, looking for a subtle shift in color. For instance, Durasoft has Eye Enhancer colors like Aquamarine, Pacific Blue and Jade Green to add that little sparkle, or a vivid ring around the outside of the iris and pupil. “Freshlook Dimensions” tinted color contact lenses by Ciba Vision offer exotic Jade Green, Pacific Blue and Caribbean Aqua. Or the “Freshlook Radiance” lenses may be more appealing in Autumn, Eden or Moonlight, which casts a natural-looking starburst pattern and color hue to one’s eye color.
Some tinted color contact lenses can filter out 95% of UVA and UVB light, while keeping out 90% of the harsh blue lighting. For lifeguards, construction workers, athletes, or anyone who spends the majority of the daylight hours outside, this innovation can be a God-send! By opting for tinted contact lenses, one can save him or herself from constant headaches or later-in-life eye wrinkles caused by squinting.