Colored Contacts

Discover the transformative power of colored contacts. 

Colored contact lenses offer a fun way to change your eye color by adding some 'oomph' to your looks. They can even change your perceived season, whether this is what you intended or not.

However, they can also make you look a little weird or freaky if they are not the right color for your season, or if they go completely against your color traits - like very light contacts on very dark eyes, for example. 

Since eyes are so crucial in color analysis, especially when looking for signs of a person's chroma (clear or muted), changing it can really alter ones perceived season. 

Use them to enhance your look, or explore a possible new season.  Enhancement tints, which are translucent, can intensify your natural eye color, while opaque tints can completely change it.

For a subtle change, choose a shade close to your natural eye color, such as a more vibrant green color for soft green eyes.

For a more dramatic effect, opt for a more opaque tint. But when choosing a color, try to stay within your main season (summer, spring, etc.) or at least within your dominant trait, like deep, or muted.

Here are some examples below. 

Brown Eyed Springs? Yes, they exist, but are rare

Below is my Sunlit Light Spring model. Add dark brown contact lenses to her naturally light blue eyes and see what happens. It visually makes her seem 'heavier', and it seems alter the flow into a different sister season. 

Assuming her hair was naturally blonde, if I analyzed her with the brown eyes, I would most likely put her into either a lighter Soft Autumn category or else a Sunlit Soft Spring. You don't see a lot of brown-eyed springs; Modern Family's Julie Bowen is one, though her brown eyes are lighter than the one below.

Tip: Most brown-eyed Springs are Sunlit Soft Springs. 

I did have a client from Europe with very similar coloring to the woman above. Her eyes were brown and her hair was naturally very blonde (confirmed with lots of childhood and teen photos of her), and it stayed quite blonde into her adult years. Because her hair was so very light, as well as her skin, I did put her into the Sunlit Soft Spring category.

Brown Contact Lenses on a Winter

Most Winters will have dark hair. The big differences between the different sub-seasons will be eye color. Cool and Clear Winters usually have light and/or bright blue eyes, with a few exceptions.

Adding dark brown contacts can change those Winters into a Deep Winter. Adding lighter brown or hazel or contacts could make her look like a Soft Winter.

Clear Winter into a Deep Winter

Lightening dark eyes with lighter-colored contacts

Turning dark eyes to light and clear can be tricky. You run the risk of them looking a bit unnatural. But I’ve seen it done successfully a few times. 

A less dramatic lightening-up of eye color have a better chance at success. This Deep Autumn below changes into a lighter, softer Autumn with some hazel-toned contacts. 

Soft Seasons and Eye Color

Soft Summers and Soft Autumns sometimes can have almost the same neutral hair and skin color. The only differing trait might be eye color. Here's an image I created changing only the eye color. I then changed only their eyeshadow and lipstick slightly. 

Compare the Toasted Soft Summer (above left) vs. the Smokey Soft Autumn (above right). One difference in eye color makes a huge difference in overall appearance. 

So you can see what a dramatic difference colored contacts can make in your appearance.

Knowing this can allow you to push the boundaries of your color season and experiment with other seasons. 

Just remember to adjust the rest of your wardrobe, hair (warmer eye color can allow for warmer highlights, for example) and especially makeup, to make things harmonize successfully.

Adjust your palette of colors to reflect your (possibly) new season.

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