Types of Theatrical Contact Lenses

One of the best ways to enhance your style and personality is by changing the color of your eyes. Before this, only movie and stage actors and musicians are using theatrical contact lenses to enhance the characteristics of characters they play. For musicians, they use that lenses convey a strong stage presence and visual impact. Now anyone can buy these lenses because of their affordability.

Depending on your mood or occasion, there are many types of theatrical contacts that you can choose. There are useful to change the color of your eyes or as part of a costume.

Here are some types of theatrical contact lenses:

Wild eyes Contacts – these are popular theatrical contacts because they come in crazy designs and patterns. Some of these designs are Alien, Hypnotics, Wild Fire, Zebra, Ice Fire and Jaguar. Some manufacturers have already made available theatrical prescription contacts in wild eyes design.

Vampire Contacts – another popular accessory, these theatrical contacts are painted red and so it covers the natural color of your eyes, turning you into a red-eyed monster. The middle part of the lens is clear which allows you to see through them but will not mar the effect of bright and glowing vampire eyes.

Black sclera Contacts – these type of theatrical contacts cover the sclera, pupil and iris of your eyes. They are larger than other lenses because they almost cover the entire area of your eyes. If you want to achieve a dramatic and horrifying effect, these theatrical contacts are for you. But be prepared to expend more time and effort when inserting these lenses because of their big size. Also, they are not so comfortable to wear that it is recommended that they be worn for a maximum of five hours daily only.

Riddick Contacts – these theatrical contacts were popularized by the silver-eyed character of Vin Diesel in the movie “The Chronicles of Riddick.” These glows in the dark contacts cover both the pupil and the iris. The attraction of this type of lens is its mirror reflection effect. It could really give a creepy and eerie feeling to people who are looking at you.

Cat Eye Contacts – these are designer theatrical contacts that you may not want to use everyday. They have these unique designs, specifically that of a cat’s eye, that will surely catch everyone’s attention. Wearing these lenses will not impair your vision because, just like other theatrical contacts, the designs are painted only on the part of the contacts that do not cover your pupil, a round aperture that controls the amount of light admitted on the eyes.

Nowadays, anyone is afforded to buy theatrical prescription contacts and non-prescription contacts. However, because of eye infection risk it is recommended to buy disposable theatrical contact lenses. The best part is such contacts are now widely available in the Internet and the providers also give some consultation on the suitable selection for their customers.