theatrical lenses - Page 2

Mr. Mxyztplk · #11 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 02:49 PM

Yah yes, the dreaded sink drain. Many a almost lost the contact to the drain moment.

noahbody · #12 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 03:46 PM

Contacts are not that bad to put in, just be gentle, and use eye drops for contacts . When you put them in, or take them out, make sure your eyes are moist. This will help them go in and come out easily.
Also you may need the eye drops while you wear them, for comfort.

I bought mine from FE, got em fast and at a great price. If you try to get them from others (Wal Mart, a DR., ect) you need a prescription (add $100) just to order a pair.

Before I had Lasik, I couldn't get them in my script, I had to order lenses that were plain, my script was the wrong side of the + - curve.

Ish, depending on your Rx you may not be able to get them in a Rx, just a plain lenses.

IshWitch · #13 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 09:45 PM

Yeah, that is what I'm afraid of.
Guess it can't hurt to ask, and then just have to wear them with my glasses if I can't.

Freak 'N' Stein · #14 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 12:29 PM

I personally love Theatrical Lenses...my mother finally allowed me to purchase some last year (She was leary of the idea because she said I could go blind!) I bought the white out lenses. I wore them to school and got so many great reactions!!! I wore them to work (at the movie theater) during our Texas Chainsaw Massacre Promotion last Halloween - customers loved them, and I wore them with my zombie pirate costume at my home haunt! They are well worth the price, and this year I want to try some new ones...There are SO MANY different styles...they are a bit of a pain to get in the first time, easier after you've worn them a while, very easy to get out (if you pinch them) and DO carry eye drops because they irritated the crap outta me when they got dry!!! Good luck!!!

darkness · #15 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 12:35 PM

wow those look so awesome! i'm definately getting some very soon. I was going to get the red ones but those look really good i might get those, i'm going for vampire look

Freak 'N' Stein · #16 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 12:40 PM

Yes...that is how I did it at school...I wore the white-out contacts, I put blood under my eyes (like tears) and I had fangs in...SO many people were freaked out as I walked down the halls...Some girl screamed and ran the other way...they were well worth it!

Rikki · #17 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 02:30 PM

I have had the white outs, the cat eyes, and a pair of purple lenses. The white outs were definitely my favorite, though they looked almost blue on my naturally blue eyes. All of mine came from Walmart's eye care center (cost about $60 for the lenses and $20 for the eye exam). Putting them in was a bit of a pain because I couldn't keep the lens on my finger tip to insert it, or else it would fold over before it got to my eye....once in it was worth it, though!

noahbody · #18 (**permalink**) 06-01-2007, 04:24 PM

I wear the white outs, they seem to "show" the best in all conditions.

Mrs Leatherface · #19 (**permalink**) 06-03-2007, 02:22 PM

IshWitch: please post if you find you are able to get the prescription theatrical lenses. I’d also love to have these but my eyes are about the same as yours. I do have the bi-focal contacts (but they are gas perm, not soft) to correct distance and also for close reading. But every year the bi-focal part of the lense seems to be less effective so I’m sure I’ll be in reading glasses soon. I could certainly forgo the bifocal if I could get the theatrical lenses so I could see distances. I’d hate to miss my whole haunt (that’s how nearsighted I am) in order to have great, scary looking eyes. I’d be interested to know what you find out.

Dr Ghastly · #20 (**permalink**) 06-03-2007, 07:10 PM

I'm a regular contact lens wearer and the last couple of years I have bought the Wild Eyes lenses. Last year it was the "white out" version. The look was great, but there were some inconveniences...

1. First, in dim light (and many of us encounter dim lighting in the Halloween season!), your pupils expand to let more light into your eyes. The translucent center of the theatrical lens stays the same size, and so will be smaller than your pupil. This will impair your night vision a little, as well as put a fuzzy ring of white (or whatever color the lens is) around your field of vision. This takes some getting used to. The first time I wore them, I was as drunk as could be - so between the lenses and the alcohol, I had some pretty bad tunnel vision.

2. The "white outs" looked a bit blue in my eyes too, but my eyes are dark brown....

3. I let my lenses sit in no-rub lens cleaner for a few moths between Ironstock and Halloween. When I took them out of the case on Halloween, I gave them a light rub to just make sure they were clean. (Regular contact lens wearers will tell you that clean contacts are much more likely to be comfortable in the eye than even slightly dirty contacts). That was a mistake. The color rubbed off half of one of my lenses before I realized what was going on. This actually turned out to be a neat effect (SEE PHOTO BELOW), but it wasn't the effect I had intended. DON'T RUB THESE LENSES.

I bought the fiery red lenses this year but haven't tried them on yet. The nice thing was that I had some cash left over on last years Health Savings Account that I was going to lose if I didn't spend it, but after a little creative paperwork I managed to use that money to pay for these contacts.