Changing your eye colour can have a surprisingly dramatic effect on your overall look.
A subtle hazel or brown lens can enhance your natural colouring, while grey, green or blue can create a much more noticeable transformation. Coloured contact lenses have also become increasingly connected with makeup, fashion, photography and occasion styling.
But choosing coloured contacts involves more than deciding which colour looks best in a photograph.
Wooeye offers a large collection of coloured contact lenses across natural and more dramatic styles, including prescription and non-prescription options. In this guide, we look at the different effects you can create and the practical considerations that matter before buying.
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What is Wooeye?
Wooeye specialises in coloured contact lenses designed to change or enhance the appearance of the eyes.
Its current collections include brown, grey, green, blue and hazel lenses, along with natural-looking styles and more dramatic options for parties, photography and costume looks.
The range includes both non-prescription lenses and prescription options, as well as daily and longer-wear products.
Explore Wooeye coloured contact lenses
1. Brown contacts for a subtle change
Brown is one of the easiest colours to incorporate into an everyday beauty look.
Depending on your natural eye colour, a warm brown lens can add depth without immediately looking like you have dramatically changed your eyes.
Brown can work particularly well with warm-toned makeup, bronze eyeshadow, peach blush and neutral lips.
If your objective is enhancement rather than transformation, look at more natural brown patterns before moving into highly defined or enlarged styles.
2. Hazel for warmth and dimension
Hazel sits somewhere between brown and green and can create a multidimensional effect.
This can make hazel particularly interesting for people who want something more noticeable than brown without committing to a distinctly green lens.
Hazel shades can work beautifully alongside gold, bronze, olive and warm neutral eye makeup.
Fashion Weekly Tip: Think about your makeup as well as your natural eye colour. The same coloured lens can look surprisingly different when paired with warm bronze makeup compared with cool grey or silver tones.
3. Green contacts for something more noticeable
Green coloured contacts can range from muted olive and moss tones through to much brighter greens.
For an everyday effect, softer greens with variation through the iris can create a different impression from a single bright block of colour.
For parties, photography or a deliberately dramatic makeup look, you may prefer something considerably more noticeable.
The important thing is knowing which effect you are buying.
4. Grey contacts for a cooler look
Grey lenses can produce anything from a subtle smoky effect to a striking change in eye colour.
They can work particularly well with cool-toned makeup, although there is no reason you cannot contrast grey eyes with warmer colours.
Wooeye currently carries numerous grey styles, including natural-looking and more defined designs.
5. Blue contacts for maximum contrast
For someone with naturally dark eyes, blue lenses can create one of the most obvious transformations.
Again, pay attention to the pattern rather than colour alone.
The size and design of the coloured area, transparency, limbal ring and the way the colour graduates towards the centre can all affect the finished appearance.
A lens labelled simply "blue" therefore does not tell you everything you need to know.
Natural enhancement or statement eyes?
This may be the most useful distinction when shopping.
If you want people to notice your eyes but not immediately notice your contact lenses, look towards softer colours, multidimensional patterns and shades that work naturally with your colouring.
If you are creating an evening, party, photographic or costume look, a stronger colour or more defined pattern might be exactly what you want.
Neither approach is inherently better. They are simply intended to achieve different results.
Prescription versus non-prescription coloured contacts
Wooeye currently sells both prescription coloured lenses and non-prescription versions.
However, coloured contacts are not simply another makeup accessory.
Contact lenses sit directly on the eye.
If you require vision correction, have never worn contact lenses, are unsure about your prescription or do not know whether a particular lens is suitable for your eyes, speak with an Australian optometrist or other appropriately qualified eye-care professional before purchasing or wearing them.
Fashion Weekly Tip: Treat coloured contacts as contact lenses first and a beauty accessory second. Looking good should never take priority over your eye health.
Daily versus reusable lenses
Wooeye currently offers both daily disposable lenses and products marketed for longer periods of use.
Daily disposables can appeal to occasional users because you use a fresh pair rather than storing and maintaining the same lenses between wears.
Reusable lenses require appropriate cleaning, storage and replacement.
Do not interpret a product labelled "1 year" as meaning that it should simply be worn continuously for a year. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and professional eye-care advice regarding wear, cleaning and replacement.
Contact lens hygiene matters
Good hygiene is essential whenever you wear contact lenses.
Always wash and thoroughly dry your hands before handling lenses, use appropriate contact-lens solution where required, and follow the care instructions supplied with the particular product.
Never share contact lenses with another person.
If lenses cause pain, significant redness, irritation or changes to your vision, remove them and seek appropriate professional advice.
Fashion Weekly Tip: If you are new to contact lenses, professional fitting and advice can help you understand whether a particular lens type is appropriate for your eyes and how to handle it safely.
Look beyond the colour name
When buying coloured contacts online, the colour name is only part of the story.
Two green lenses can look completely different depending on their opacity, pattern, diameter and the definition around the outer edge.
Wooeye currently allows shoppers to browse by colour, style, prescription and diameter, which can help narrow the range.
Look carefully at product images and, where available, examples shown on different natural eye colours.
Remember that the finished effect on your own eyes may differ from the model photographs.
Consider the lens diameter
Some coloured contacts are designed primarily to change eye colour, while others are also intended to create an enlarging effect.
Wooeye currently lists lenses in several diameters, including 14.0 mm, 14.2 mm and 14.5 mm.
A larger diameter does not automatically mean that a lens will be better or more flattering. Comfort, fit and suitability for your eyes matter more than creating the largest possible effect.
Shopping at Wooeye from Australia
Australian shoppers can currently order from Wooeye.
Before purchasing, check the current delivery estimate, shipping charge, currency and return conditions shown at checkout.
Wooeye prices are currently displayed in US dollars, so Australian shoppers should also take currency conversion into account.
Check the returns policy before opening your lenses
This is especially important with contact lenses.
Wooeye's current standard return policy states that eligible returned products must be unopened, in good condition and in their original packaging.
The retailer currently provides a 40-day return or after-sales period, subject to its conditions, and customers are generally responsible for return shipping unless there is a qualifying product issue.
If you order several pairs, it is sensible to check one carefully before opening the others.
Choosing your Wooeye colour
Start by deciding whether you want enhancement or transformation.
For something understated, consider brown, hazel or a shade relatively close to your natural colouring.
For more contrast, explore green, grey or blue.
Then look beyond the colour name. Consider the pattern, intensity, diameter and photographs showing how the lens appears on different natural eye colours.
And remember that the result shown on a model will not necessarily be identical on your own eyes.
The Fashion Weekly view
Coloured contact lenses can change a beauty look in a way that eyeshadow or mascara alone cannot.
They can be subtle, glamorous, playful or intentionally dramatic.
But because they are contact lenses rather than conventional cosmetics, eye health, correct fit, prescription requirements and hygiene should always come before colour.
Once those considerations are taken care of, choosing between smoky grey, warm hazel, natural brown, green or striking blue becomes the fun part.
Shop Wooeye Coloured Contact Lenses
Product availability, prices, promotions, shipping terms and return conditions can change. Contact lenses may not be suitable for everyone. Seek advice from an appropriately qualified eye-care professional if you are uncertain about contact-lens suitability, fit, prescription or eye health.
