A pair of special effect contacts is a must for any decent Halloween costume. But there are so many on offer - which lenses are actually impressive and which are a waste of money? Find out what costume contact lenses are available and the way to decide on the brand that’s best for you.

There are two major types of cheap halloween contacts - round ( normal shape for contacts that only cover the coloured area of your eye ) and scleral costume lenses ( covers the entire obvious portion of your eye, leaving no white obvious ). There are also semi-scleral lenses - they’re larger than the standard ones, but some white is still obvious at the corners of your eyes.

If you’re not extremely experienced with color contact lenses, it is best to go with ordinary ( round ) lenses. Scleral Halloween contacts create a great effect, but they are harder to insert and remove, and sometimes not totally comfortable to wear. Also, scleral lenses are extraordinarily costly - usually upwards from $200 per lens. Semi-scleral lenses, on the other hand, could be a good compromise, because they’re fairly easy to put in and take out and they don’t cost that much.

All special effect lenses are absolutely opaque. Unlike some color contacts, costume lenses are equally appropriate for light eyes and dark eyes - they utterly mask your natural color anyway. The center of the lens is generally clear, so you can see. If you want vision correction, you should be pleased to know that some Halloween special effect contact lenses, like Wild Eyes and insane Lenses, come with corrective powers. If your vision is ideal, you can just get plano ( zero powers ) lenses.

What Halloween special effect lenses are on offer?

The variability of special effects lenses designs is astounding. You’ll find anything you want, from classic hot red or cat eyes to frost, Dune or Alien designs. The most well liked and exciting looking lenses are halloween special effect wild eyes ( which you can get in yellow, red or white ) Vader, Wolf Eyes, Black-outs and White-outs. You can also get lenses with the trademark of your fave sports team or symbological prints like smiley face or stars and stripes.

And if you have got your own design in mind you can order custom made contact lenses. There are plenty of corporations online that employ contact lens artists to create individually painted lenses. Of course, this sort would cost a lot and you will have to place your order in advance.

Halloween contacts collections and manufacturers

Two collections rule the special effect Halloween contacts market - Crazy Lenses, produced by Cooper Vision, and Wild Eyes, produced by Ciba Vision.

Mad Lenses offers white-out lenses, black, red and white spiral, wolf eyes, fire and bloodshot. Crazy Lenses come as monthly throwaway contacts as well as standard ( annual replacement lenses ). In actual fact if you won’t wear your funny Lenses every day and care for them properly, yearly lenses can last as long as 18 months. If you’re attempting to find the least expensive option for this Halloween - monthly expendable insane Lenses is generally the cheapest top quality contact lens you can get. Crazy Lenses are available with or without prescription.

Wild Eyes are yearly replacement special effect lenses. You can get cat Eye, Hypnotica, Black-out and White-out, Icefire, Zoomin, Zebra, Jaguar and Wildfire. Wild Eyes colours are bright and clear and the lenses are comfortable. You can get Wild Eyes without or with corrective powers.

9mmSFX lenses - the company that made special effect lenses for flicks like Hellraiser, Blair magician Project 2, The journeys of Pluto Nash and many other famous flicks. They offer loads of designs, all of their lenses are hand-painted, and they create incredible effects. The only draw-back is that 9mmSFX lenses aren’t mass produced - so they cost a lot.

Compare Halloween special effect contacts by different brands and have great scary fun!