Lens 101
Contact Lens Disposal: What Goes Where?
Keep used contact lenses out of sinks and toilets. Separate the lens, blister, foil, outer box and care packaging before checking the...
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Buying guides
Colored Contacts: Budget Beyond the Box Price
The price of one box is not the full cost of wearing colored contacts. Build your budget from the exact prescribed product,...
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Lens 101
Colored Contacts in a Shared Bathroom: A Practical Routine
In a dorm, shared apartment or shared bathroom, plan where you can wash and dry your hands, identify your own supplies and...
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Lens 101
Dry Eyes and Colored Contacts: Plan Your Eye-Care Visit
If your eyes feel dry and you want colored contacts, prepare an eye-care conversation before choosing a material or water percentage. Explain...
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Lens 101
Colored Contacts for Sports and Sun: What to Check
For exercise or an outdoor day, choose your eye-protection plan before choosing a lens color. Colored contacts do not take the place...
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Lens 101
Eye Drops and Colored Contacts: Read the Label First
Before using eye drops with colored contacts, identify the exact bottle, read its contact-lens instructions and confirm it with your eye care...
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Lens 101
Colored Contacts and Screen Time: Plan Your Workday
A long screen day is a reason to plan breaks and a glasses alternative, not to choose colored contacts by a promise...
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Size & design
Visibility Tint vs Cosmetic Color: Why a Lens Looks Blue
A faint tint that helps you see a contact lens while handling it is different from a cosmetic pattern intended to alter...
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Size & design
Hydrogel vs Silicone Hydrogel: Read the Material Label
A lens material label identifies part of the product's construction. It does not, on its own, rank comfort or tell you how...
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Toric & prescription
Contact Lens Power: Plus, Minus, CYL and ADD Explained
Keep the sign, number and field name together when reading a contact lens prescription. +2.00 and −2.00 are different powers, 0.00 means...
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Toric & prescription
Vision Test, Eye Exam or Contact Lens Fitting?
A vision test, an eye health examination and a contact lens fitting answer different questions. Before booking a service for colored contacts,...
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Buying guides
Three Lens Dates: Package Expiry, Replacement and Prescription
Keep package expiry, lens replacement and prescription expiry separate. Use practical examples and a simple record to plan your next colored contact...
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