Like other types of cosmetics, a cosmetic contact lens can either highlight your features or totally alter your appearance. These colored lenses are regular contacts without any vision correction. You can find a cosmetic contact lens to suit your eye color, the effect you want to achieve and your desired replacement frequency.

The invention of the soft contact lens gave the cosmetic contact lens a big boost in appeal. The great advantage of soft contacts is how thin and comfortable they are. Although they are made of plastic, they soak up water like a sponge and are very flexible. They conform to your eye's shape readily, which makes them very easy to get use to.

A cosmetic contact lens is designed to either enrich your eye color or cover it up with a new color. Enhancement lenses only work for light eye colors since they're made to provide small accents that wouldn't be seen with dark eyes. The lenses are tinted with a dye that is sealed in the lens and covers the whole surface. Because the amount of dye used is small, it won't color everything you see.

For either light eyes or dark eyes there's a cosmetic contact lens that can change your eye's color. Unlike enhancement lenses, contacts lenses which change your eye's color have a clear center surrounded by a ring of color. The color ring is non-transparent and so that's why the center portion of the lens, which covers your pupil, is clear.

Since a cosmetic contact lens doesn't correct your vision, there's no prescription needed for that. But there is a prescription required for a proper fit. And because any contact lens can have an effect on the health of your eyes, it's wise to visit your eye care specialist regularly.