First off, if you already wear contact lenses then going with colored contact lenses just makes sense. Especially if you have light brown eyes. I don’t have the official statistics on the most common wearer [...]]]> Good question. Let’s go over some of the most popular reasons you should be interested in going with colored contact lenses.

First off, if you already wear contact lenses then going with colored contact lenses just makes sense. Especially if you have light brown eyes. I don’t have the official statistics on the most common wearer of colored contacts, but my money is on light brown eyes.

The reason is because most people with green or blue eyes just use normal contacts, or glasses. Those with dark brown eyes have more trouble getting the natural colored contact lenses to really make a difference in their eye color, which leaves us with light brown colored eyes.

It’s not to say that everyone doesn’t enjoy colored contacts. This also doesn’t take into account how many people wear theatrical colored contacts during the Halloween season and during costume parties.

One of the most popular reasons to wear colored contacts is to get attention of some sort. You might have an awesome costume and just want to add that extra touch. Colored contacts are a fairly cheap way of adding a big extra touch to your vampire or zombie costume.

You can also pull off a lot of other cool scary effects but not all of them have to be monsters. There are some online contact sites that let you actually make your own color and design. This basically makes it virtually impossible not to find the perfect colored lens for your needs.

There are many people who wear tinted colored contacts on an every day basis. Usually green or blue, but there also shades of grey, honey, and lots of other natural looking colors, ranging from dark tint to a faint tint.

It’s great if you wear contacts already, because switching over to colored contacts doesn’t require much extra money or time, or really even effort. Whatever your reason for choosing colored contacts we are sure you will enjoy wearing them and will probably do so for a long time.

The first type of lens is simply to make it easier for you to see the contact lens when you are taking it out or putting it in.

If you’ve ever been around someone who has lost their contact, you can realize how much this [...]]]> Colored contact lenses will usually come in three different styles.

The first type of lens is simply to make it easier for you to see the contact lens when you are taking it out or putting it in.

If you’ve ever been around someone who has lost their contact, you can realize how much this little tint can help in finding it. It won’t actually affect your eye color when it is in, so it is strictly for practical purposes only.

The second kind of colored contact lenses is where the purple starts coming into play. It’s known as an enhancement tint and will be slightly darker than the visibility tint and is designed to color your eyes whichever tint or color you’ve chosen. (This specific blog focuses on purple contacts) It will change the eye color, but not completely.

Common sense would dictact that the lighter your eyes to begin with, the more affect it will have on their color. If you have blue or green colored eyes, the purple will make a bigger difference opposed to someone with brown or dark brown eyes.

The third kind, the colored tints are the deep, fully colored contact lenses designed to change the color of your eye as much as possible. If you have dark eyes, the darker purple you can get, the better.

The contacts might be solid purple, or might be dark purple but have slight specks of lighter purple in them to help more closely resemble natural eye colors. It depends on why you are purchasing the purple contacts in the first place.

If you are wearing them for a costume or for “show” then the solid purple would probably be a better selection.

If you are trying to go with the more natural look (Is that possible with purple?), then you should choose the contacts with light spots in them.

Keep in mind that the center of the purple contact lens will be clear because you don’t want your vision to be affected by the purple, you just want it to appear that everything but your pupil is colored.

The good news is that there are certain types, styles and colors that work just fine for darker colored eyes but some colors and tints should be avoided because they will either not work at [...]]]> If you have dark colored eyes you might wonder if there are any colored contacts that will work for you.

The good news is that there are certain types, styles and colors that work just fine for darker colored eyes but some colors and tints should be avoided because they will either not work at all, or not do enough to really be noticed, or worth it.

The best colored contacts for darker eyes are the solid colors, usually used for costumes, halloween and theatrical type events.

The tinted colors that will work for lighter colored eyes will have virtually no effect on someone with dark colored eyes.

Notice I don’t just say “brown”, because there are many shades of brown, with some being very light, while other shades of brown and possibly the most common is dark brown, or “puppy dog eyes” that might be called.

This site is about purple contacts, which are absolutely perfect for people with dark eyes who might have been considered colored contacts would be useless to them.

So yes, if you have dark eyes, you can find colors that work for you but your selection is more limited.

Purple contact lenses are almost always used and made for costume and theatrical purposes so you should have no problem getting some that work perfectly for your shade.

They are more common in [...]]]> Purple eyes really aren’t too common, yet, but there are still some characters in the world of theater who have adopted the unnatural look of having purple eyes. One cool thing about turning your eyes purple with contacts is that you can do it for many reasons, from scary to cute.

They are more common in cartoons than in real life movies or TV shows, with Anime being the most popular type of media that uses characters with purple eyes by far.

This isn’t the case with a lot of colors, say red for example, as it pretty much signifies blood and fright from the get-go. Anyways, here is a list of some characters you may or may not recognize that took purple eyes to the next level.

Sleeping Beauty

One of the magical princesses of Disney, Sleeping Beauty was one of the first and original princesses that everyone fell in love with. While Walt Disney did not create the legend of Sleeping Beauty, they did bring it to children everyone who loved her style, beauty and grace.

It is not a widely known fact that her eyes were indeed purple in the classic fairy tale but you can find many pictures of her depicted this way.

Tamaki Kawazoe from Bamboo Blade

Tamakis is a character from the Japanese manage series of Bamboo Blade. It was first created in 2004 and hit North America in 2007 so it’s still fairly new. This show tells the stories of some high school kids, mostly girls, who are lead by a Kendo Instructor.

Tamaki is new to the high school and her nickname is “Tama-chan” which translates into “short”. She’s very good at Kendo but isn’t really passionate about it. She doesn’t join the club so she’s kind of an outsider.

Her bright purple eyes are a token signature of her character and she is the only one in the series with them. They do a lot of close-ups on her eyes to really bring it out and every time they do, they really stand out.

Samantha Manson from Danny Phantom

Samantha “Sam” Elizabeth Manson is a character from the Nick animated series Danny Phantom. She is the leading female character and love interest of Danny Phantom.

Samantha, or Sam as she prefers to be called is one of Danny Phantom’s best friends. She is usually decked out in all purple, and has the purple eyes to match her style!

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor is often, but ultimately incorrectly, described as having violet/purple eyes. However it’s not true, they do have a slight violet tint in some pictures and films, but ultimately they are just really just bluish-gray. This doesn’t stop people from referring to her as having purple eyes because the legend has become a staple in her history.

There was a time period where the U.S. government classified colored contact lenses (purple included) as cosmetic [...]]]> Yes, actually. If you are living in the United States, you will need to get an actual prescription before you can buy purple contact lenses, whether or not they are going to have vision correction powers or not.

There was a time period where the U.S. government classified colored contact lenses (purple included) as cosmetic enhancements, instead of medical devices.

Eventually the FDA issued an alert aimed at consumers that said it considered the lenses, purple contact lenses included, to prevent risks of possible blindness or other types of injuries to the eye if they were issued without the knowledge and understanding of a professional.

In 2005, it was signed into public law (109-96) [You can view the PDF of the Law here] which can be referred to as the “Plano Contact Lens Law” that all contact lenses, regardless of prescription or vision correction powers to be medical devices which effectly made it required to get an actual prescription or any and all contact lenses, which of course includes purple contacts.

This means that if you are wearing them, you need a valid prescription that was written and assigned by a valid eye doctor and cannot be resold without the proper credentials.

If you do see that purple contacts are being sold somewhere where these requirements are not being met, they will usually be cheaper, possible a lot cheaper than you might have seen before, but keep in mind these vendors are most likely breaking the law and might be charged for doing so.

There are many types of places that might be found selling them; places like convenient stores, novelty shops or beauty salons or parlors.

If you are buying your purple contacts [...]]]> With purple contact lenses becoming more popular every day, the question often arises of if they are completely safe to wear? Yes, they are, but there are still some precautions you should take, and some information you should be aware of before you buy or start to wear them.

If you are buying your purple contacts from a reputable dealer with a well-known brand, then you can be sure that they will be made at the highest quality. There are guidelines and FDA rules that regulate how the contacts must be made. The problems usually arise when someone does not take proper care of their purple contacts, or neglects them in a way that their purple contact lenses become unfit to use, but they still do.

The rules are very simple, so following them should be simple as well. These rules are not just specific to purple contacts, colored contacts, but in fact all contact lenses so it’s good to know and understand these rules regardless of style, shape or color of the contact lenses you choose.

When purchasing your contact lenses you should never buy them from a source you don’t trust.

The best place to order them, like I stated before is from a reputable dealer, and buy a name brand. While there are rules on how contact lenses should be made, it doesn’t mean that every company that makes them follows them with the same rigorous methods.

You might run into a good deal on some purple contacts at a flea market or some beauty salons, but don’t let your desire to save a quick buck turn into a problem down the line. The FDA says that only optometrists or contact lens dealers that are fully licenses are permitted to sale them. If you get your purple contacts from a Doctor you might end up paying a decent bit more, so you should probably find a good deal online instead.

If you are the type of person who likes to play it completely safe, then just go with buying them from your Doctor if you can. Not all Doctors sale colored contact lenses, especially purple contacts because they simply aren’t quite as popular as other colors, yet.

If you are wanting to use your purple contacts for vision correction then you need to make sure that the prescription is exactly what you need.

No matter which style of purple contacts you use, whether it be costume style, or color-tinted, you should be able to find the exact prescription for your vision and it’s very important you do so. Using the wrong prescription can cause permanent damage to your eyes.

Do not share your purple contacts with anyone else.

“Hey, those look cool! Let me try them on!”, sounds harmless enough, but that is a quick way to get or spread a serious eye infection and can ultimately lead to some very serious vision complications, as well as other diseases that can spread through the same methods.

Take good care of your purple contacts, using the same methods as regular contacts.

Wear them at the right time, clean them often, replace them when needed. All of the same rules that you use to take care of regular contacts need to be used for purple contacts as well.

Don’t go to sleep with your purple contacts in.

This is a very good way of getting the contacts damaged, ruined or even shifted in your eye where you might have to seek professional assistance in getting them out. Be smart, don’t try it.

If your purple contact lenses become damaged, replace them.

Don’t risk causing damage to your eye just to wear them, because in the long run it’s not worth it.

To someone who has been wearing contacts for a long time, this might seem like a silly question, but because purple contacts [...]]]> If you are new to wearing purple contacts, then you might have some very seemingly strange questions such as how do you know if you are wearing the contact lenses the right way?

To someone who has been wearing contacts for a long time, this might seem like a silly question, but because purple contacts might look similar to each other on both sides it might not be as easy as it seems.

The easiest way is to make sure that the purple contact lens looks like half of a ball and NOT a soup bowl that has a rim. You should place the lens on the tip of your finger so that a cup is formed, then hold the purple contact up to your eyes so you would be looking directly at the side of the cup.

If you see that the lens forms a U-shape with the edges at the top flaring out, then it is inside-out, if all it does is form a U-shape, then it is the right way and you can proceed to put it on.

For purple contacts specifically, in most cases the sides will be different colors, even if ever so slightly. Look for a change in color and check with the instructions that came with them (hopefully they did) and it should specify which color is right.

The good news is that if you do happen to put your contact lenses inside out, it should not cause any damage. The ways of figuring out if you did would depend on if the contacts were Plano or not.

For purple contacts, if you put them in, and then look in the mirror and the color does not seem correct, then you might have them on wrong, and you could always try the other side.

If you are wearing actual prescription purple contacts, then you should quickly and easily notice that your vision is not corrected as it should be and that would alert you.

Also, in some cases there will actual be a marking on the contacts that specific which side is which.

To remove your purple contacts, you can either look directly up, or to the side as you [...]]]> Just as in applying your purple contacts, you should always wash your hands before removing them as well. And just like in applying them, avoid soaps that contain any chemicals that can be dangerous if exposed to your eyes.

To remove your purple contacts, you can either look directly up, or to the side as you pull down on your lower eyelid and with a finger slowly and gently place it on the lens in the white of your eye and remove it by ever so slightly pinching it.

It is best to not have fingernails when doing this, but because that is not always possible, the more practice you have at it the easier it will no doubt become.

If you have hard purple contact lenses you can remove them by placing your hand with palm faced upwards, lean over it to where you eye is directly above it and open your eyelids as much as possible.

With your other hand, use your finger to pull on the skin of your eye’s outter corner out (towards your ear) and blink. It should if done properly come right out.

There are devices, such as plungers that you can get from your Doctor, that you can use to remove contacts if you are having problems or are squimish at first about touching your eye.

Since purple contacts will probably not be worn everyday, it can be common for people who use them to not be as used to wearing contacts and touching their eyes as regular contact lens wearers might be.

There are reports of people having their contacts dissapear completely behind their eye and become “lost” which is not possible, but it is possible for the contact lens to get so far back there that you would have to visit a Dr. to have it removed. This typically happens to people that are very new, but is not extremely common.

If you are using soaps that contant any sort of moisturizer or extreme scents you might want to avoid using that specific soap as it might leave certain residue that [...]]]> The first step regardless of anything else, is to wash your hands thoroughly before you do anything in regards to your new purple contact lenses.

If you are using soaps that contant any sort of moisturizer or extreme scents you might want to avoid using that specific soap as it might leave certain residue that can be dangerous to your eyes. One spefific ingrediant to avoid is something called “Lanolin” which should not make contact with your eyes for any reason.

It is usually good practice to get into the habit of putting in the same contact lens first, whether it be right or left, or try to make it whichever one comes naturally and remember to put that one in first.

The reason behind this is that it helps you avoid getting the purple contact lenses mixed up for right and left eyes.

The basic steps from getting the purple contact lens out of the case, to putting it in your eye include the following guidelines:

1. You can shake the case you are storing the purple contacts in to loosen them up. If the purple contact gets stuck, you do not want to try to use your fingers or any other object to remove it or unstick it because this is an easy and unfortuantely common way to cause damage to the lens.

2. Slide the lens out until it’s in the palm of your hand. Apply the appropriate cleaning solution to your purple contact lens.

3. Take the purple contact lens within the tip of your finger and with your other hand pull your upper eyelid upwards and your lower eyelid down. This will make enough of an opening to apply the purple contact lens into your eye.

4. Get the lens in position with your eye on a set direction, whether it be up or forward. Apply it then roll your eyes in circles to help the purple contacts settle in.

Noone alive today has the disorder so obviously that raises the suspicion levels quite a bit.

The supposed symptoms of [...]]]> The only mention throughout recorded history of people being born with Purple Eyes has been because of a highly debated disorded called “Alexandria’s Genesis” which is most likely an Urban Legend, but still has some believers.

Noone alive today has the disorder so obviously that raises the suspicion levels quite a bit.

The supposed symptoms of this disorder, besides having purple colored eyes, is white skin that cannot be tanned and no body hair.

Supposedly they live much longer, they produce very little waste from their body and have very strong immune systems.

If this sounds like something out of a science-fiction novel you aren’t far off. Much like vampires you could liken them to.

The legend is that 1000’s of years ago in Egypt a light flashed in the sky and everyone in the village developed this disorder and then passed it onto generations after that until finally dying out.

Obviously all of this surrounded legend makes virtually anyone who does the research come to the conclusion that it’s simply not possible.

Fortunately, you can recreate this urban legend yourself with purple contact lenses.

The Amethyst contacts actually get their color description from [...]]]> Yes and no. It really depends on the manufacturer and how they plan on describing the color. Amethyst is basically a light purple, as is violet, but with purple they will usually be referring to a darker purple, usually used for costumes and Halloween type situations.

The Amethyst contacts actually get their color description from the Amethyst stone, which is, you guessed it, purple. By looking at pictures of Amethyst stones you will realize there really is no difference. Many contact lens dealer will use this term as a more elegant way of saying purple, as is the same as when they use violet.

If you have dark eyes, you will almost always want to go with the dark purple contact lenses, as the lighter violet and most amethyst colors will not do anything, or enough to be noticed for your dark colored eyes. Costume contact lenses are perfect for those with dark eyes, even if you plan on wearing them under normal circumstances, day-to-day, etc.

Violet contact lenses will usually be used by lighter-eyes, simply because many times they will be the lighter shades, just used for tint and tone. Not everyone who is interested in violet contacts will want to change their eye color so dramatically that they stand out. Many just use it to accessorize or bring a little flare to their appearance.