Freshlook: The next big Thing

Coloured Contact lenses is really the latest trend amongst young girls in south-east Asia. Where I am from, you have to pay a large amount of money to do an eye-checkup to get a proper certificate and evaluation of your eyes before even being able to purchase any lenses. And buying the lenses can cost up to 100 $. Thats at least what i spent last time I bought coloured contacts in Europe. In the picture below, Im wearing a brand called "clearly colours" which was around 100$.
 

 What made this trend become so popular? Now its more normal to change your eyecolour than your hairstyle. Its just like another part of a make-up routine. And changing your eyecolour DOES make a huge difference for many.

Lenses are available everywhere in Singapore, and they have a lot of variations in blogshops - but there is something to be aware of, if you just purchase an unknown /un-certified brand from online, you wont have the opportunity to talk to experts to find out if these lenses can potentially hurt you eyes. They might be too big, your eyes might not be suitable for lenses at all, you might need degree - all these factors matters if you want to keep your vision in check.

and for gods sake, dont sleep with your contacts! I somehow fell asleep with them once after a heavy night of drinking, woke up with really blurry vision and I couldnt open my eyes for 2 days, literally lying in bed all the time! Luckily my boyfriend at the time and my housemates were there to nurse me, but still upon till today I feel that something that night triggered my eyesight and my left eye is still a tad blurry.       

Believe me, my eyes was so red an swollen I ended up resembling my best friends.. chihuahua

My advice to all new and also regular users of contact lenses is to go for a brand that is bought from a proper optician, and go for a brand thats well known, like Freshkon or Freshlook. Before your first purchase, check if your eyes are suitable for lenses first and then check if you need a degree. If your eyes are not suitable for wearing contacts and you still go ahead wearing them - you can get permanent damages.



So. What is the deal with these Big Eye contacts that are supposed to make you more beautiful ? Lady gaga has big eyes in one of her music videos from last year. This apperantly sparked a huge interest over the whole of asia, and sales boomed. But her eyes are obviously computer generated in this part of the video. News from Australian msn:

"The over-sized lenses, which are illegal in some countries but not in Australia, cover part of the white of the eye to give the wearer a cartoonish appearance.
In the video for the Lady Gaga song ‘Bad Romance,’ which was released last year, the singer's eyes appear to have been enhanced with the lenses.
Although the effect in the video was created in CGI during post production, several US media reports claim that it has caused large lenses to become trendy among teens.
In the United States, where novelty contacts are illegal, teens have reportedly been purchasing the lenses from foreign stores over the internet."

Anyways, what I was gonna say is your eyes are never gonna get BIGGER wearing these lenses but it does extend the whole iris area so you would look "younger" and more "doll-eyed".
But be ware, there are so many brands of "circle lenses" as some call them out online and they are sold ILLEGALLY. The shops dont normally have a license for it.

So kids, if you want to be safe about this whole Big Eye craze - buy freshlook Illuminate! This is what they say :

Specially designed for Asian Eyes, FreshLook Illuminate gives you naturally bigger and brighter eyes effortlessly, everyday!

Im a big fan of freshlook because of their vibrant colours and also this range called "illuminate" which does make your eyes more alluring (I feel.) Under is a photo of me wearing the "everyday illuminate" lenses.

Doesnt my eyes look bigger? hmms








His eyes certanly do!!!:

This is me wearing freshkon blue

 

Although, hard to tell, i WAS wearing freshkon brown on the FHM cover March=)

Stearling grey:

Me and my friend Wendy headed to Paragon last saturday to join the Freshlook "The next big thing" competition in Makeup Store. Wendy signed us up and we were one of the lucky ones to get chosen for this fun contest!> We had ten minutes to do a makeover on ourselves.

This is our "after shot"

Freshlook gave us an additional 5 pairs of lenses to use and makeup store gave us a membership card! The grand price is a trip to Paris, all expenses paid... really really hope well stand a chance to win it - =D Wish us good luck.