Friday, April 5, 2013

Review: Dueba Barbie A11 Yellow Brown

These are my lovely Dueba A11 yellow brown lenses, which I purchased from solution-lens.com (who are always super helpful and super inexpensive). 
After trying my Tonys and Alohas and Geolicas in all kinds of bright colors, I felt like I wanted something that wasn't quite such a dramatic change. After all, I really do love having warm, rich brown eyes. Sometimes, I just want to make them look prettier- but not really different. So I ordered these A11 yellow browns, and they did not disappoint!


color:


As you can see, they are kind of orangey in the bottle. Similar to the Tony browns, but on the eye, they are much darker.

They pretty much look golden brown on my eyes. They don't really change my natural color at all. I was a little bit worried that these might take on a yellowy-green color as brown lenses often do, but these stayed really warm and rich looking. 
The aspect which I reeeeeeally love is the limbal ring. Instead of being a fake-looking solid black line, Its this lovely chocolate brown outline which looks natural, yet defining. To me, this is wayyyyy better than other circle lenses with the defining black ring that just makes your eyes look darker.

Unfortunately, the difference is very hard to detect in photographs. In real life, they make my eyes look brighter, more alert, and very sweet-looking. Sorry if its hard to see in the pictures, but... just trust me on this one ;)

color: 10/10

comparison: left eye with A11 lens, right eye au naturel




design:

They say they are similar to Soloticas... ehhh.... not really. They don't really add color, and the pigment comes nowhere near your pupil... The only thing that is similar is the superb blending. Then again, the color is so close to my natural color that not much blending is needed. Anyways, I don't think the comparison is necessary- to me, this isn't a color-changing lens like Soloticas, this is a natural looking circle lens. Better than a circle lens, because it brightens the color too. Also, I find that I have to wear very little makeup with this lens. In fact, it actually looks prettier with almost no makeup.


design: 10/10



enlargement:

These are large enough to give that innocent doe-eyed look (especially with the chocolate brown limbal ring), but still small enough to be believable. I use these strictly an enlarging lens, and I find them absolutely perfect. I wear these out during the day, at school and at work. If you are looking for the huge anime eyes look, these would probably be too small.

enlargement: 10/10

another comparison: left eye with A11 lens, right eye au naturel

comfort:

I found these comfortable initially, but they seem to get dry a bit quicker than other lenses. I find I have to use drops around the fourth hour. It's not horrible, just kind of a shame because these are the lenses I like to wear the most often (well it might be a toss-up between my Tiny Puffies). Anyways...

comfort: 9/10



overall:

Love, love, love these lenses!!!!! I would recommend these to anyone with any shade of brown or even hazel eyes, just to brighten, enlarge, and add a very natural-looking, defining limbal ring.

overall: 10/10

both lenses in



Check out my other favorites from Solution-Lens.com:

Geo Crystal WI-A12 Aqua Blue:











http://www.solution-lens.com/geo-crystal-wi-a124-aque-blue-colored-contact-lenses-best-vivid-lens-eyes-fashion-all-seasons.html

review coming soon!


Dueba Barbie Aloha Violet:





http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-queen-aloha-series-violet-contact-lens-noticeable-violet-color-delicate-black-ring.html




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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Review: Dueba Tiny Puffy 2 Tone Green Lenses

Allow me to introduce you to my new favorite line of circle lenses: the Dueba Tiny Puffy series. This is the green color:


As usual, I purchased these from solution-lens.com, and as usual, I received friendly, prompt customer service, great prices, and beautifully, carefully packaged lenses, as well as an adorable little gift!

So... onto the review?

color:

Why yes, it is rather aqua/turquoise looking! This color happens to be my favorite of all my lenses, despite not being what I expected at all. Having seen such lovely pictures of people wearing the Dueba Puffy (shinny 3 tone) lenses in green, I expected their 2 tone counterparts to look the same, but without the starburst. Light-colored starbursts are designed to blend, but they only blend with light colored eyes. On me, it looks like my pupil is extending out into 3D, like a lizard or a fish.
Geolica Lady green on left, Tiny Puffy green on right















So yeah, that's why I opted for the 2 tone version. The picture on solution-lens is a bit misleading. It shows a forest green lens, which is clearly just the same picture as the 3 tone Puffy, but with the yellow center photoshopped out:







In real life, the lens looks like this:




On me, it looks even turquoisier (<=my patent pending word)






You can't say that's not a completely different shade of green. Oh well. In any case, I've really been wanting an aqua/turquoise lens, but there aren't a lot of good ones out there. Too many are crazy, unnatural designs. I like crazy colors, but not crazy designs. So, this ended up being the perfectest lens for me. I'm reeeeeeally tempted to give it a full 10/10 for color, but I cannot do that in good conscience, because it was misleading. Lovely as it is.

color: 7/10

*edit: 
screw it if it's deceptive- this color is wayyy prettier than anything I could have expected. It's not what it looked like on the website, so I'm giving it an 13/10.


design:

The Puffy design is always lovely. The pixellation is barely visible, it gives enough coverage to actually change my eye color, but blends well enough to look perfectly natural. I also love that there is no black on the colored part of the lens, as this mutes the color. I think if the lens was just a little bit more pigmented, the color would show up more vibrant while still looking natural. As it is, it's pretty subtle

taken with flash

design: 8/10

comfort:

No problems to report, as is typically the case with Dueba lenses. I've worn them for more than 6 hours on several occasions. I just bring my eyedrops if its gonna be more than 6 hours.

comfort: 10/10



enlargment:

This really isn't a very important factor for me. Dueba lenses seem have a larger gap between the edge of the lens circumference and the start of the pigmentation. So a 14.5mm lens might be huge in Geo, but its pretty much natural sized in Dueba. If you want to look like a barbie, you should move right along, this lens is probably not for you.


enlargment: 6/10



indoor lighting
dim lighting

overall:

I couldn't be happier with these lenses! Everything from the color, the design, how it blends with my eyes. They look so much better than I expected!  I am told I look very exotic with these. I will definitely be trying the other colors. Next on my list: violet, gray, then brown. Not sure how I feel about the pink ones.. Also, I need to find out if its possible to get the blue in this series.

overall: 10/10


some comparison shots:

window light (morning)
indoor light
natural light
bathroom light
size comparison

And now for the camerawhoring:















Check out my other favorites from Solution-Lens.com:


Geo Crystal WI-A12 Aqua Blue:











http://www.solution-lens.com/geo-crystal-wi-a124-aque-blue-colored-contact-lenses-best-vivid-lens-eyes-fashion-all-seasons.html

review coming soon!



Dueba Barbie A11 Brown:









http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-a11-yellow-brown-2-tone-natural-contact-lenses-cute-chocolate-ring.html

review coming soon!

Dueba Barbie Aloha Violet:





http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-queen-aloha-series-violet-contact-lens-noticeable-violet-color-delicate-black-ring.html




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Review: Dueba Barbie Aloha Violet

So these are my super-dramatic, extremely opaque Dueba Barbie Aloha Violet lenses! I love them so :)


I purchased these, as usual, from www.solution-lens.com. This site is always helpful, and they have a great selection and great prices. Highly recommended. Here is the link to the lens description:



I was a little bit wary of ordering another violet lens after my Geo Nudy Violet ones were such a disappointing color. But the description said these Aloha lenses woul be noticeable, and boy were they right! This is what they look like compared to my nudies:
left eye Dueba Aloha, right eye Geo Nudy

Now, onto the review!!

color:

Yes, they do show a very noticeable color! Both with flash and without. Plus, the color is the lovely lavender violet I have been searching for all my life. I have a very cool complexion, and these lenses are very cool-toned, so they work great. Very happy with the color!
taken with flash

color: 10/10













design:

don't mind me, I was having a weird looking day...
The design of the Alohas is very dramatic. Thick black limbal ring, and a very opaque colored center. If you look closely at colored part, it kind of looks like mesh fabric. It doesn't have the little uncolored spaces that most other lenses have, which allows your natural color to peek through and blend. This is good, because it allows for a more noticeable color, but the lens isn't translucent at all, so it definitely doesn't look natural. I wear this lens out at night for a sexy, dramatic look, but it certainly is not an every day lens.

design: 8/10

comfort: 

No problems here- Duebas never really cause me discomfort though. Even for such an opaque lens, these feel very breathable.

comfort: 10/10

enlargment:

These lenses are 14.5mm. With the help of the dark limbal ring, they are definitely enlarging. 14.5 is the largest I am willing to go. Otherwise, the lenses look alien.

left eye with lens, right eye with no lens

enlargment: 10/10








Overall:

I love these! The only problem I have with these lenses is that they do not look even remotely natural during the day. But they look gorgeous with some dark makeup for a night on the town, and the color just blows me away. So overall, I am very very pleased with my Dueba Barbie Alohas.

no makeup, no flash

overall: 9/10







Here are some of my other favorites from Solution-Lens.com:

Dueba Tiny Puffy 2 Tone Green:












http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-tiny-puffy-2-tone-green-colored-circle-lenses-natural-style.html

review coming soon!

Geo Crystal WI-A12 Aqua Blue:











http://www.solution-lens.com/geo-crystal-wi-a124-aque-blue-colored-contact-lenses-best-vivid-lens-eyes-fashion-all-seasons.html

review coming soon!

Dueba Barbie A11 Brown:









http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-a11-yellow-brown-2-tone-natural-contact-lenses-cute-chocolate-ring.html

review coming soon!



Dueba Barbie Tony Brown:





http://www.solution-lens.com/dueba-barbie-tony-golden-brown-single-tone-circle-contact-lenses-without-black-ring.html

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Dueba Barbie Tony Gray:
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