Colored Contacts

Okay so my most recent obsession is colored contacts. 

Why? I've been sick of putting on makeup and it's barely noticeable because of my glasses. Okay, I love my glasses because everything seems so HD and it's durable and it's still alive no matter how many times I drop it and hit my face somewhere. (It's Tag Heuer and the frames cost 27k and the pair of custom lens are 5k so they HAVE to be durable.) But um it fogs up and expensive as fuck and I need to change the lens and frame every now and then so it's a waste of money.

So, because of the very recent hardcore shopping with sis and her need of buying new contacts coz her glasses broke, I ended up buying my own pair. 

We dropped by Seen (3F SM The Block. I think it's a variation of Executive Optical). They have variations of contacts from 3months colored to 6 months and prices range from 350 to a little over 800 I think. They even carry those Doll-like lenses but the grades are limited I think? My eye grade is higher than normal so..

Anyway what I like about this is their contacts station has all the stuff they carry and you can try the colors out. I didn't want to try coz I had makeup on and I don't want to try on the ones with no grade D:

Anyway the people there were kind enough to check my glass grade and convert it to contacts grade. The doctor told me that my grade won't be exact coz I was only getting the cosmetic lens, not the toric ones where you can add the astigmatism (but that will cost more and I'll have to ask them to make it in my grade and yeah hassle and ouch wallet).

So! Tada~ 

Grade:

My pair is at -5.75 at the left, -5.25 at the right (amped up from my normal glasses grade) 

Brand, Color, Size

The lens are Flex Wear Colors: Amethyst. The pair's tricolored: black in the outer, amethyst, then light brown in the center. The size is just 14mm @-) Initially I thought it was 14.5 but then it had no effect in making my eyes bigger.

Price:

It cost P350. but with the 145ml lens solution, it's P540. 

Quality:

After 3 days of wearing them, I noticed they tend to fold up, unlike the toric contacts I got before from Tamesis Clinic. They're really soft compared to my old ones. 

Also, I noticed these feel better than my old ones. the old ones feel like orbs in your eyes and I just wanna cry all the time because they irritate the eyes. These new ones feel better.

And finally, they dry up fast. After 2-3 hours of wearing, i feel they're really dry despite blinking a lot. I carry the solution around and use it as eye drops.

So! How does it look when worn? 

Thing I noticed with the pair is when put on, they blend with the eye color, unlike some others that cost more but the colors pop. Or perhaps my eyes are just too brown so the colors don't show. When I wear them, I don't see too much of a difference. 

Below are photos taken by two different cameras, same lighting.

Macbook Air Photobooth camera:

Before:

 After:

Samsung S2 back camera:

(I'M SORRY I LOOK HORRIBLE :)) This is the best that I can do. Prepare for slowly zooming in on my eyes. And my shittons of freckles.)

Before:

  After:

It's barely visible from afar, and even close up. Sucks really. 

Over-all it's okay. Wearable, somewhat comfy, and it's very cheap. But I'd like to get contacts that are more visible. I plan on looking for Freshlook contacts soon or something else idk.