Characters from blockbuster movies are always a popular favorite when it comes to planning a Halloween costume but with special effects in modern day films, it can be hard to get the look just right.
Colored contact lenses offer the perfect final touch for either homemade or shop-bought fancy dress costumes. This article looks at the most popular movie-inspired contact lenses for Halloween 2010.
Vampire Twilight Contact Lenses
The Twilight series and movies have made vampire costumes even more popular than usual and contact lens manufacturers have been busy adding lots of different styles and colors to their ranges so that young people can dress just like their favorite Cullen or evil Volturi character.
Vision Direct stocks Eclipse contact lenses with a golden color for the “good” vampire look and also blood red New Moon lenses for blood-sucking evil vampires. They are both available as so-called plano lenses with zero corrective power so anyone with perfect eye-sight can wear them.
Avatar Contacts
The blockbuster Avatar movie released at the end of 2009 will continue to be another highly popular fancy dress outfit and many different sites are offering the yellow-green lenses to imitate the Na’vi look.
Choose from a range of green and yellow lenses available at ExtremeSFX or specific Na’vi contacts offered by Vision Direct. These fashion contact lenses come in a standard size with a diameter of 14.5 to 14.6 meaning the lens sits over the iris, the colored part of the eye.
Special FX Theatrical Contact Lenses
There are also wider theatrical special FX diameter lenses available called sclera contact lenses as they cover both the colored and the white part of the eye. These movie contact lenses cost more as most are custom made to order and they are also more difficult to insert as the upper eyelid has to be lifted up to pop in the lens; they do, however, give a much more realistic effect if dressing in an Avatar costume or that other favorite green-eyed character, the Incredible Hulk.
Sclera lenses are also usually available in both prescription and plano form so if you wear contact lenses to see properly, then you can also find colored movie contacts with your exact eye prescription. There is a good choice available at Coastal Contacts and Vision Direct and all lenses are FDA-approved; this is not always the case with some online retailers selling cheap Halloween contacts.
Buy Movie-Inspired Contacts Online
Before choosing movie-inspired contacts, be sure to get eyes checked by a qualified optician to make sure your eyes are suitable for contact lens wear and to get advice on correct cleaning and disinfection techniques to avoid any eye infections. Then just pop on some dark glasses before going to your Halloween party to shock fellow party-goers with your dramatic colored eyes.
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