Wild Crazy Halloween Contact Lenses

Halloween is a popular time to celebrate, mainly because it’s one of the few times during the year when you can cut loose, go crazy, and live out the evening as your alter ego, dream fantasy or worst nightmare. Nowadays, a lot of people jazz-up their Halloween costume by adding some really freaky looking special effects contact lenses. There are lots of theatrical lenses on the market. Just make sure that when you cut loose and go crazy, you don’t cut loose of common sense in using your Halloween contacts.

Sources for Halloween Lenses

It used to be that theatrical lenses were only available to Hollywood actors at extremely high prices. But eventually the industry realized the broad demand for special effects lenses, and began to offer a variety of costume contact lenses to the general public at reasonable prices. You can order WildEyes lenses from CibaVision, or CrazyLenses from CooperVision, just to name a couple of the more well- known brands. If you explore the choices, you’ll find Halloween contact lenses to go with just about any costume you can dream up – anything from patriotic flags on your eyeballs, to a creepy, dead zombie look.

Why You Need a Prescription

Some people thing that, just because they can find a website that will sell them cheap, Halloween contacts without a prescription, it must be okay. Wrong! Remember that sellers on the internet can be in a lot of different countries, and can be hard to regulate. Not all sellers of contact lenses follow the law or good healthcare practice. Having a prescription is a must, even if you’re just ordering non-correction lenses for Halloween fun. A prescription is needed because if your contacts are too loose-fitting on your eye, they will rub your eyes the wrong way and cause abrasion, injury or infection. On the other hand, if they fit too tightly, this will interfere with oxygen flow to your eye, which can be equally damaging and uncomfortable. Bottom line – make sure you have a prescription if you don’t want your Halloween fun interrupted by a lot of pain and discomfort, not to mention a sudden trip to the eye doctor and a bill to pay.

Good Lens and Eye Care

When you stay up late on Halloween night, especially at an all-night party, make sure you take a lens case and solution with you. If you sleep over somewhere, be sure to take your lenses out and clean and soak them before you go to sleep. Even if you pull an all-nighter and don’t go to sleep, take your lenses out and give them a rest. This is especially important because Halloween lenses are usually something you don’t always wear, so your eyes may not be used to them and can develop irritation more easily.

By ordering your lenses with a prescription, and taking it easy on your eyes by giving them a rest when you are well into the evening, you can keep your Halloween experience enjoyable and safe. This will give you the freedom to cut loose and go crazy. Maybe you can try vampire eyes. Or what about red spirals? No matter how crazy your imagination is, there’s a set of wild, crazy Halloween contact lenses out there to satisfy your taste.