What are Novelty Contact Lenses? Well, they're sometimes called theatrical contact lenses, or special effect lenses

Novelty contact lenses come under a number of different names. First of all, they're sometimes called theatrical contact lenses. Then again, they can also be called cosmetic/costume contact lenses. Or, you may find they are called special effects contact lenses. Finally, they may be called color contact lenses. However, whatever name you give them, they're all novelty contact lenses.

Novelty contact lenses are "soft" contacts, which you can purchase as either disposable lenses or as frequent replacement lenses. They are safe-to-wear lenses that change the appearance of your eyes. Popular among these types of lenses are color contacts, which can change the natural color of your eyes. Popular use here includes changing your eyes from brown to blue, or from blue to brown. Another popular use of novelty contact lenses is to give your eyes a theme: so if you want your eyes to have a metallic teal with vertical black pupil, you would wear a set of the Jaguar lenses. On the other hand, if you wanted your eyes to be yellow with a vertical black pupil, you would wear a pair of cats' eyes.

As you can see then, novelty contact lenses are lenses that let you change the color of your eyes depending on the fun and games you're having. However, they're also often used in movie and theatre productions to give actors and actresses a more realistic look to the part they're playing. This is especially so if the actor is playing a part set out in a popular novel where the color of the characters eyes have been described. Wouldn't be very convincing if the actor then had a different set of eye color - well, with a set of novelty contact lenses, now there is no longer any need for this to be a producer's nightmare!

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