Your eyes say a lot about you, and changing their color can make a dramatic difference in the way you look. Perhaps you’ve wished for sparkling green, but were born with blue. Or maybe you want to add a freaky touch to your costume party getup with a blank white gaze that makes people shudder. Whatever end result you desire, it’s easy to add pizzazz to your peepers with colored contact lenses.

What types of colored contacts can I choose?

If you’re an avid athlete – or just a big sports fan – you’ll love the light-filtering tinted contacts especially developed for sports use. These lenses are designed to make certain colors (tennis-ball green, for example) stand out by muting background colors. There are currently several available varieties geared toward different sports.

If you’re looking for a dramatic change (don’t it make your brown eyes blue?) then color tints are the way to go. These are opaque tints that completely cover up your natural eye color, resulting in a complete change. Many manufacturers make these contacts in one variety especially for dark eyes, and one for light eyes – so before you buy, make sure you’re getting the right variety for your shade.

Also dramatic are costume or theatrical lenses. As the name implies, these lenses are a bit on the wild side and can transform your eyes into those of a cat, a demon, an alien … pretty much anything you can imagine. But who says your eyes have to look like eyes? There is a huge assortment of choices, right down to eight balls and dollar signs.

If you’re happy with your current eye color but wish for a little more intensity, you’ll want to choose an enhancement tint. These lenses are translucent and designed to enhance the natural color of your eyes; if it’s a bluer blue or a warmer brown you’re after, these are the contacts for you.