Review: Beautifeye Lenses

I'm a huge fan of coloured lenses. You'll have seen them on the blog before when we posted about our Halloween night out here. I'd spent a while deciding where to get these from and ended up ordering from Amazon. Unfortunately for me I ended up with a eye infection after using them. I'm not sure if it was something I did but I have worn contacts previously and had no trouble.

I've had contacts before when I was at uni and loved them. I've got naturally blue eyes so usually pick green lenses for if I fancy a change. 

Old photo of me. I love these but they weren't too natural looking. Great for a statement.

On twitter recently we were followed by Beautifeye as I love lenses I instantly checked out there website for what shades of green they offered. I was lucky and they offered to send me a pair to try if I fancied. I picked these green ones as they looked natural and I thought they'd be better for everyday wear. They retail for £14.99 and last 90 days. I love that. As I don't wear them everyday I find if I get ones that last 30 days I don't get to wear them enough to make it worth while. I'm currently eyeing up the Dazzle Fusion Green Lenses (found here) for nights out to really make my eyes stand out.

When you order the lenses also come with a lens case and lens solution meaning you have everything you need to keep your lenses clean and in good condition.

The lenses arrive sealed in sterile solution and full instructions. I removed mine from the packet and placed them in the lens carries in solution for a few minutes before putting them in. Here you can see the colour. I like ones that contain multiple shades as they look really natural.

I used to really struggle putting lenses in and I'm still not great all the time and it really is something you get better with so if you struggle at first. Persevere they are worth it.

I pop them on the tip of my finger then use my other hand to hold my eye open. I make sure I've properly washed my hands and I'm sat comfy to apply then.

My natural eye colour.

With the lenses in. I love how they make my eyes look a bit bigger and they are subtle.

With both lenses in. These are really comfy to wear and I've worn them for work and for nights out.

I love that they aren't obvious so I can wear them for everyday for a subtle look.

I've recently dyed my hair darker and they look even better. I'd forgotten how much I like coloured lenses. Thanks to Beautifeye for sending me these out. I love them and will be ordering more. I'm tempted to order some violet ones for a change!

Have you wore coloured lenses before? What colour would you change your eyes to if you could?

Love M

Halloween 2012

This year we decided we wanted to go all out and dress up. We haven't been out in fancy dress for a while so wanted to make the most of it. Originally we decided L would go as Cat Women and M would go as Black Widow after a trip to a fancy dress shop and realising we would be too tall for the shop bought catsuits M changed her mind to go as Black Swan.

  

We both made our costumes in the end. L had on disco pants and a leotard with gloves, a waist belt, boots, pearl necklace and mask. M had on a corset she added feathers too, layered up tutus, black tights and feathers stuck to her body.

To embody the gorgeous Anne Hathaway as Catwomen M did L's hair in her Lauren's Way dream rollers. (review coming soon) this gave L's hair lots of volume.

For make up L wore her amazing Mac Russian Red lipstick and used Rimmel lip liner to get the perfect red lip. She used her Rimmel Scandeleyes Black liner to shape her eyes and the Naked 2 palette to add a touch of eyeshadow to her eyes. She used a combination of Rimmel foundation and bronzers to contour her face. The make up for the look needed to be simple but flawless with all the features defined. 

And of course some gorgeous lashes were needed.

The finished look. With Mac red nails and of course a drink.

M had a practice a few weeks prior to halloween as she wasn't too sure how the make up would turn out.

Here M applied black gel liner all over the eyes then used various blacks and whites to create the feather effect. Although the shape isn't quite right M prefers the feather effect here.

On the night her make up looked like this.

M used Rimmel Match perfection foundation in the palest shade and set her face using a matte white eyeshadow. She used blues and whites to create the feather effect but they didn't stand out as much. Using her favourite product for a natural contour she used No7 blush in honey and a bit of black eyeshadow blended. On the lips she used the new Kate Moss for Rimmel lipsticks in 107 and 111. She also put in red contacts to finsh the look.

To extend the feathers from the corset L stuck them along Ms shoulder and up her neck using Eylure eyelash glue. They lasted all night with only a few falling off.

She used her new large bun ring from Claire's and added some feathers too.

Once we had got ready and had a fair few drinks in M's house we headed out. As it was mid week we weren't sure where to head and ended up in our favourite cocktail bar.

Our favourite long island ice teas that the barman made red!

How amazing does Russian Red look on L

M trying to do a slightly ballerina pose!

We had a brilliant night out and loved getting dressed up! Did you go out for halloween?

Love L and M

xxx