As easy as changing a pair of shoes, you can change your eye color with cheap color contacts. You can have a variety of color lenses to change according to your mood or situation. With cheap color contacts, how your eyes look is up to you.

Originally contact lenses were custom made and expensive. Now soft contact lenses can be easily mass-produced and make cheap color contacts readily available. Whether you want a new look that's serious or silly, there's a color contact lens that can do it.

One thing that hasn't changed with the introduction of cheap color contacts, is the need for a prescription. Even if you get lenses without vision correction, all contacts are considered medical devices and call for a prescription. And when you get your eye exam, you can also find out what types of lenses would be best for you.

To change your eye color, you need cheap color contacts that cover your iris, which is the colored part of your eye. These lenses are called opaques because they contain one or more layers of a non-transparent tint. The most realistic-looking contacts have patterns which imitate the look of a iris. Of course the center part of the lens over your pupil is left clear.

You may be happy with your natural eye color but want to make it more appealing. If so, there are a variety of cheap color contacts that can improve upon what you have. An enhancement lens has a semi-transparent tint thats made to complement and not cover your own eye color. The tint covers your pupil but it's so light that it doesn't affect your sight. Enhancement lenses are usually made only for light color eyes because the effect wouldn't be noticeable with dark eyes.

While most cheap color contacts are made to have a realistic appearance, there are special effect lenses which are designed to look unreal. These types of lenses have become popular for wearing at costume parties and other special occasions.