Saturday 6 September 2014

☂ lens review (ifairy: jewel grey)

Hello, hello, time for another lens review! Today I'll be reviewing the iFairy Jewel in grey from Adelaide Little Lens. For a full review of the shop, please check the end of my previous review here. 

I'll also try to start making cosplay related tutorials next week for more variety of content in my blog, since I already have a lot of circle lens reviews prepared.


left: outside view & right: inside view

Company: The Dolly Eye
Diameter: 16.2mm
Water content: 55%
Base Curve: 8.6mm
Prescription: 0 to -8.50
Lifespan: 1 year
Price: $20 


COLOUR & DESIGN
★★★★★
This lens' shade of grey is so natural and pretty, it's well suited for casual wear and for cosplay :) The true grey colour only shows clearly under really good lighting conditions, and appears dark grey/black for most of the time. I'm also a huge fan of the soft limbal ring because they blend so well! 

ENLARGEMENT

★★★★★
This is probably one of the biggest pair of circle lenses I currently own, and dear god is it big. These obviously enlarge your eyes to freakish proportions, so makeup is highly recommended to balance it out.

COMFORT

★★★★★
I wore these lenses for approximately 8 hours for a convention on August, and not once did I feel any discomfort or dryness. It didn't feel like there was anything in my eye at all! I needed eye drops only after I took them out, but that issue is with every circle lens I wear. 

OVERALL

★★★★★
It's natural design and great enlargement definitely makes it my go to circle lens for cosplay, and even casual wear (with the right makeup of course). It would probably be better for first time wearers to start from smaller diameters and work your way up, but I went from 14.2mm to 16.2mm lenses right away, and had no difficulty with adjusting to the larger size. Absolutely love these lenses!

I used this pair for my casual and pyjama cosplays of Mikasa Ackerman from the popular Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin. I took these photos when it was a cloudy day, so there's a lot of changes in the lighting much sorry!





Aaaaand also for Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul! WARNING fake blood at the end just in case.