It used to be a lot easier to by contact lenses, at least colored and non-prescription. A few years ago you could go to a flea-market or even a corner store and pick up some purple contacts and not have to go through a hassle of involving a Dr. or a licensed contact lens dealer.
That all changed though, because now they are considered to be medical devices and you can only get them after you go through the proper channels. Many people have argued against this new rule but to no avail.
Fortunately with the Internet you don’t have to go through actually visiting a Dr’s office to get the purple colored contacts that you want. There are a few places online that you can purchase purple contacts, but sometimes they refer to them as violet, so keep that in mind.
If you go to purchase them make sure that you don’t actually spend any money until you’ve seen what they actually look like. Color can be relative, so you might think you are getting some purple contacts only to get light violet which aren’t really what you wanted. Fortunately virtually all places who sell contacts know this, and therefore provide you with images first.
Like I said before, watch out for “Violet” instead of purple because not all of them will list them simply as purple. Also, if you are going to the more Halloween style, and not natural purple, you should make sure they are at least dark violet contacts.
With Halloween getting closer and closer, if you do want to get your purple contacts in time, you should start shopping and comparing now before it’s too late. The last thing you want to do is order them too late and have them arrive a day late.