Saturday, September 22, 2012

Super Pinky grey - honeycolor.com

I ordered two pairs of lenses and a case from honey color recently when they were having a free shipping promotion. I ordered my lenses on a Wednesday and they didn't ship out until the Monday after. I think they had a lot of orders due to the promotion. Once the order shipped, transit time was standard. They did get stuck in customs for a few days so I got nervous since I recently had some lenses get stuck for almost 2 weeks but that didn't happen again.









The items were well packaged in a a bubble wrap envelope. The lens vials came in honey color boxes with instructions for putting lenses on. My case was wrapped in extra bubble wrap and it was in a box. Everything arrived in perfect condition. All in all, I think Honeycolor has a great selection, great prices and their standard shipping is fine. 

I have been wanting some nice grey lenses for a while and I was very excited about these lenses since the color comes very close to the pupil and I've they give a good, complete color change because they're opaque. Unfortunately, the result on me was unnatural. They look o.k. in photos but in person they read as fake immediately. I might just be wasting time trying to change my yellow brown eyes to grey. I ordered some Gothic 3 tones in Grey, hopefully those will work out better...=\

Color/design 5/10
     I feel bad giving such a low rating because in the case the design looks nice and I love that the grey isn't too dark. They don't have enough clear pixels to blend and even though the color comes close to the pupil, my natural color shows a bit in bright light anyway.Since the inside ring is such a harsh circle and the lens is so different from my eye color, these read as fake right away
Enlargement: 7/10
     These are moderately enlarging but still have a natural-looking size. the limbal ring is noticeable but natural.
Comfort: 8/10
      These are fairly comfortable. I stop feeling them once I've had them in for a half hour or so and i have no issues with clarity of vision. they're comfy enough for an 8 hour work or school day.
Naturalness: 3/10
      again, I feel bad giving such a low rating but for me these are VERY unnatural looking on me. Even in very dim lighting it's apparent that they're fake. The brightness of the design make them look reptilian or something. I've read reviews describe it as a "3D" look.

I don't have pictures of myself wearing these yet but I figured the pics of the lenses alone could be helpful.

I'm left unsure about the super pinky lenses. The other colors may work better since they seem less bright but I'm too afraid to try them. I may get the wine red to dress up as a vampire /test out a darker color. These lenses don't look good on me and i doubt they'd look good on anyone with light-medium brown or green eyes. Blue or grey eyes would probably blend better so perhaps they won't look as fake. They're not as unnatural on dark brown eyes but they're still kind of obvious because they're bright.

Beaucon Shimmer Blue- honeycolor.com

I reviewed Honeycolor.com in my super pinky grey post. They have a good lens selection, NICE cases, good prices and frequently have free shipping.

I was nervous about ordering the beaucon (a.k.a Neovision) shimmer lenses in blue. They had great reviews but i thought there would be no way for this to blend with my eye color and I thought they would look fake. I was also concerned about their size since they're only 14mm. but my concerns were unnecessary. I LOVE THESE LENSES!! The color doesn't darken my eye at all. They're bright but they blend and look unique but natural. they don't enlarge my eye but they're so nice that I don't care.

Color/design: 10/10
     These lenses are tri-tone and as you'd expect, they have 3 parts: a dark outer ring, the main color (in this case, a turquoise-blue) and an inner star burst or blending ring (an olive-yellow). The outer ring on the shimmer series are dark and defined but not thick (which is good on such a small lens). The blue is more of a turquoise and it's fairly opaque. the yellow ring seems more sheer and it's not very thick.strangely, from a distance these seem blue-grey in certain light.
Enlargement: 2/10
    The darkness of the limbal ring is a bit more intense than mine so that makes my eyes seem a tiny bit bigger but these are small lenses.
Comfort:7/10
    They're small (normal-sized) lenses so i hold them to a higher standard in terms of comfort.  It takes a bit of eye-rolling to get these in to a comfortable position sometimes but generally they're fine. They're comfortable enough for a full day.
Naturalness: 9/10
     In full bright sunlight you can see them at certain angles. My friends also know I don't have blue eyes so they notice them. I also feel like such a drastic color change from bright blue to olive brown doesn't exist in nature so they're kinda fake looking even thought they blend REALLY well.  If I get these in green I think they'd be a 10 out 10 for me.

These lenses are perfect for those looking for a fairly natural color change but don't care about enlargement. they look nice on hazel and light brown eyes. The blending ring probably would look bad on grey or blue eyes. they are visible but not as bright on darker eyes. the color is lovely and I'll definitely be trying more from the series.