EOS Adult Grey contact lenses

I've been looking for new contacts since my supply of Freshlook Colorblends and regular contacts were almost depleted. Since the EOS lenses looked great on Jen (Frmheadtotoe), I decided to give them a try.



The colour I got was EOS Grey, but it tends to be more of a blue-gray colour in real life. Here are some comparisons:

Daylight - less blue and more grey in colour, which is what I want.



Daylight - the blue tones of the colour seem slightly more obvious because I was wearing a sheer wash of blue eyeshadow.



With flash the blue tones come out as well:




These are definitely less subtle than the Freshlook Amethyst contacts I was used to wearing:





The EOS lenses have a slightly smaller diameter (14.0mm) than the Freshlooks (14.2mm), meaning they give your eyes slightly more area to breathe. These lenses enlarge the iris slightly, though not as much as other circle lenses like Acuvue Define.

Surprisingly I find the EOS less comfortable to wear for prolonged periods compared with Freshlook, even though the EOS lenses have a smaller diameter. It must be something to do with the lens material. After about 3 hours of wear my eyes feel tired, sometimes sooner than 3 hours if I'm watching a movie. With Freshlooks my eyes would get tired only after 4-5 hours.

A complaint I have with Freshlooks is that the coloured dots tend to be rather close to the pupil of the eye since they are regular sized lenses (not circle lenses with big irises). EOS does not have that problem.

However the EOS power seems to be slightly off (or poorer quality perhaps?). It could just be my imagination but I find that my left lens feels lower in power than the equivalent power of my regular clear contacts. Basically if I wear a 3.25 clear lens, things look clearer with my left eye than if I wear a 3.25 EOS lens.

I only have this problem with one side, so maybe it is a manufacturing quality issue. The problem may also be related to the curvature of the lens. I have slight astigmatism so perhaps the curvature of Freshlooks suits my left eye better than the EOS lens.

I purchased these off Prettyandcute.com but shortly after that she stopped selling circle lenses unfortunately. Pity because I still want to try the brown...perhaps when I go to Asia this year.

EOTD + some lemmings

Question from Anonymous:

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thanks!

The Whole Foods store I go to is at Hazelton Lanes in the Bloor-Yorkville area downtown, 87 Avenue Rd.

They have pretty nice long opening hours and free customer parking if you spend over $25, check out the details here :)

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I'm pretty happy that the upcoming collections for MAC aren't that exciting. I was a little excited for Naughty Nauticals after seeing the promo pics, but then Specktra just posted some swatches of the products and they don't look so good anymore. Only the sea green Mutiny pigment and blue eyeshadow is calling out to me. But I'm gonna try waiting until end of May to get them when my makeup ban ends.

Neo Sci-Fi on the other hand made me laugh. Orange packaging?? What is MAC thinking? LOL I'm pretty happy about that because I know it won't tempt me at all. Its like a failed follow up to last year's Moonbathe.

Cool Heat is probably the only upcoming collection that I'm excited about so far. In fact its the first MAC collection which I want almost everything, though that'll probably change because the products never look as good as the promo pictures. Right now I really want all the blue, violet, and green eyeshadows, plus 2 of the slimshines. Anyway if you haven't already, check out the pictures and details from Temptalia.

Did you hear about that Dress Camp collection being sold out on MAC Online within a matter of hours? I wasn't excited about it from the preview pictures, until I saw the lipglasses on Specktra Beauty Blog last night, but by then it was too late. Oh well, more money for other things :)


Moving on...

Here's a EOTD I did for fun. I was trying to go for a look similar to this one, but failed. But its still a more colourful look than my usual. Constructive feedback welcome :)














What I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
NYX Aquamarine trio - lightest blue shade all over mobile lid up to crease
NYX Spring Leaf on middle of lid
MAC New Vegas MSF on inner corner
NYX Aquamarine trio - darkest blue shade - very lightly blended on outer V
Lorac Greatest Hits CD2 white shade on browbone
Blinc Kiss Me Mascara


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I'm getting tired of my Freshlook amethyst contacts. I still like how they look, but they can get uncomfortable after wearing them a few hours. And even though I bought them soon after my eye exam a year ago, I got my eyes tested again at the end of that same year and my prescription had changed for the better... Meaning these are too strong for my eyes now, wth :( And I still have 4 more monthly pairs to get through.

I'm thinking of getting some circle lenses now since they seem to be more comfortable than Freshlooks. I already have circle lenses, kind of - the Acuvue Define ones, which I like but I only have a 30 day supply of them as they are the daily disposables.

Anyway, I want to get 2 colours, brown and black so they're not too obvious. I was considering these ones:

BT02 Brown
Dali Brown
DM23 Brown

BT01 Black
Magic Black

What do you guys think? Any other suggestions? I'm looking for natural looking ones that won't make me look too spaced out. And for the browns, I don't want something thats too light brown because my eyes are more on the dark brown side. Although the BT02s do look kinda light....Its sorta hard to tell from those website pictures though, which is why a lot of my choices are the ones I've seen on fellow bloggers :)

Contact lenses

I finally broke out another pair of my amethyst contacts today and wow, i'd forgotten how blurry they can be. I can see alright with them but would never drive with them, because they leave a few blurry spots around the outer edges of my vision.

I love the look they give, because in my opinion the amethyst isn't blatantly obvious, but very subtle. It kinda makes the eye look different but only up close. Not something people can see from a mile away unlike blue contacts. I so wish I could pull off blue contacts though. Not that I want to be a blue-eyed blonde or anything, its more like a different option I would love to have available. Just like saying I wish I could pull off red eyeshadow instead of sticking to pinks and purples all the time.

But anyways, I've tried all of the Freshlook colours before at the optometrist, and I found the amethyst to be the most suitable for me. Blue, turquoise, and green look super pretty but they also make me look like an anime character - not something i'd want to be on a regular basis. I would consider them if the single wear contacts were more affordable. I definitely would not buy the monthlies unless I was committed to wearing them every week at least.

With Freshlook amethyst contacts:



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Figure I'd repost a review I did on Acuvue Define daily disposable contacts:

This was from a few months back when I picked them up during my vacation.

I got a 30 day supply of Acuvue Define contacts, which are the ones that are supposed to make your eyes look bigger, and are sold only in Asia. Hope these pics will help anyone who's curious about it.



There are actually 2 types....the Define type that makes your eyes "larger and brighter":



And the Vivid type that makes eyes "bigger and more vivid":



The ones I got were the Define. The store I went to said the Vivid ones, because they were brown, didn't look natural at all so I didn't bother as my irises are naturally super blackish brown.

Pic of the lens:



Eye on the left of this page (i.e. right eye :P) with Define contacts in compared with bare eye on the other side:



(Really sorry about my ungroomed brows at that time.....please excuse them.)

Full face pic - not a huge dramatic difference, just subtle:




Overall Look with both contacts in....



I know there are tons more sold by Korean companies, but I went with Acuvue because I'd only heard of them at that time, also I think I'd trust Acuvue more since it is known for making contact lenses. But there are other more exciting options out there in Asia like coloured AND iris enlarging contacts.

I didn't know at that time, but I've been reading some websites saying to not wear these special contacts in for too long. Apparently since the diameter is wider than regular contacts, that means your eyes get even less oxygen than with normal contact lenses. I'd imagine that applies to coloured contacts too as I find my Freshlooks have a larger diameter than my regular daily disposables. Not to mention since most Freshlook contacts are monthly contacts, they are made of a thicker material as well = less oxygen permeable. That was why I took a 2 month break before opening a new pair of amethyst lenses.