Contact Lenses for Halloween Costumes
Many costume designers that work at theaters and on films have long used contact lenses to truly change an actor’s appearance, adding an authentic detail to the production. Changing the look of an actor’s eyes completely changes the way we view them, since we look into a person’s eyes first when meeting them. An actor can become dangerous, handsome, beautiful, inhuman, or magical simply by wearing the right contact lenses.
Contact lenses designed to change the way a person looks have only become available to the public in recent years. Now the same ability that costume designers use to change an actor can be used by you.
At this year’s Halloween parties, you can use completely safe contact lenses to become just about whoever and whatever you want. All you have to do choose the right ones to go with your costume.
Designer contact lenses are available in two major varieties. The round discs that you place on the center of the eyes are the cheapest and most common choice. You can see through the center of these lenses, unless you want to make yourself appear to be blind in one eye by wearing opaque contacts.
All the area around that clear center is available to designers to create all manner of colors and effects.
The second main type of contact lens is the sclero lens, that fits over the whole eye. With these lenses you can change the color and appearance of even the whites of your eyes. Eyes that are red or green all over, for example, can be a very scary and unnatural look, and perhaps exactly what you need for your Halloween party look this year.
The striking impact of a designer sclero contact lens can blow you away with the design possibilities when you have such a large area to work with. However, these sclero lenses are more expensive and more difficult to fit, and much less widely used. Of course, this means if you do use them, you will stand out even more in the Halloween crowd.
The majority of costume contact lenses that are made for use during Halloween are made to be plano, a term that means they are designed for anyone to wear safely. Obtaining designer contacts with a prescription can be done, but is more expensive. If you can still see moderately well without your corrective glasses, it might not be worth spending the extra money, since you will only be wearing the contacts for a short period of time.
