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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Circle Lens Review - Japan Barbie Eye Princess Lace Pink

Here is my review for Japan Barbie Eye Princess Lace Pink circle lenses, sponsored by Shoppingholics.com. These are the most comfortable circle lenses I have ever worn, it is too bad I don't really like the design.

The lenses came in a special plastic-figure case, with the bottles hiding within the figure. It is very cute, and I would love to get all three styles of the figures.

As for the actual lenses, they are the thinnest, most water-y lenses I have ever worn. I can't feel them at all when I wear them! The design is based on lace, and is very intricate and beautiful. I, however, find them a bit too unnatural, but I am sure there are fans of this designs out there!

The color is also more of a violet-purple than pink, and is quite dark because the black lace pattern takes up so much of the lenses.

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As the lenses are so dark, the enlargement effect is quite obvious. I think these are around 14.6mm.
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Here are some comparison pics with my other pink lenses to show how not-pink these are, just in case you want to get these lenses. First are the Dueba Big DM23 Pink. They are very subtle in their pink-ness, but you can still see how much more pink they are compared to the Princess Lace Pink.

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Next are the VERY pink Vassen Super Glamour Pink. They both have the not-smooth outer edges, but the color in the Glamours are much stronger.

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Here are all the lenses featured in the review. Clockwise from the top: Princess Lace right side up, Glamour, Princess Lace upside down, Big DM23. See how intricate the design of the Princess Lace is?
FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 7/10 - The design is very unique, but the color is "wrong" and I personally don't really like how dark and unnatural the design is.
Enlargement: 9/10 - Very noticeable enlargement
Comfort: 10/10 - Most comfy lenses ever, they were so thin!
TOTAL: 8.5/10 - These are very cool lenses, but not for me. :p

Thank you Shoppingholics.com for the lenses!

5 comments:

l-article said...

Oh wow! Thanks for the review! I like the lacy design but not so much the pink...I really like the Vassen pinks a lot~ :D

Unknown said...

aghhh i want these so much more now

Sara said...

wow..those are intense. I must say those pinks are beautiful on you :)

A Shine Bunny said...

cute and fun lenses!!

Anney said...

These lenses are so neat! The pattern reminds me of a doily :) I agree that the color isn't vibrant enough, boo! Really cool anyway, I might have to get myself a pair like this.

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