Justin Lopina ([info]guardian852) wrote,

A request of opinion (again)

Ok! I've narrowed down the Halloween costume to two sets of possibilities: teeth and contact lenses.

Teeth first. See, for a while now, I've wanted tusks to be properly “trollish”. I've come to the conclusion that no one really sells those. However, I can get a werewolf fangs set.

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I'd be able to use the bottom two teeth and leave the uppers for a random vampire LARP. My hesitation comes from an accidental discovery of coolness: retractable vampire fangs! Yes, I realize that no changeling kith really has vampire fangs and that a vampire's a vampire's a vampire. But they seem so cool I don't really care all that much. I do, however, fear that these fangs don't necessarily look cool on everybody. I'd hate to get them and then discover that they grossly differ in color compared to my real teeth.

Still... SO COOL!


I'm seriously torn between these two choices 50/50. Ready... aim... VOTE!


The second tough choice is one of contact lenses. My shitty blue ones finally overstayed their welcome and they've moved out. I wish our relationship had been a more loving and honest one. Choice one, which I'm currently favoring, is blue anime contacts.

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To continue with the above personification, this contact set would be the incredibly hot cousin of my old contact lens set who's just come home from Japan and has all the same interests as I do. Although I wish the site showed a full profile of someone wearing these contacts, I love what they're advertised to do: their change your eye color and enlarge your pupils. Ideally, people should get an “anime character” vibe from this effect. Without a reliable photo, I'm a bit skeptical of the actual effects, but I'm willing to try in the name of science!

http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/online_store/blue-manga-contact-lens-complete-set.cfm

The second choice is the good ol' fashioned cat eyes – possibly the most popular of theatrical contact effects!

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I pretty much know what I'd be getting here. My issue here is their limited usefulness. I'd wear these for Halloween and the GenCon LARP, and that's about it. I need to be on my best behavior at school now, so I don't feel comfortable wearing these around school on any other occasion. My capoeira group would just give me weird looks as well, which limits me to wearing them to Madison for no good reason. So unless there's some kind of compelling argument out there, I think I'm going to go for the anime contacts. That's not to say that I'm closed to suggestions or opinions!

http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/online_store/white-cat-eye-contact-lens-complete-set.cfm


EDIT: while drooling over contact lenses, I found a new nifty pair. It's in second place, with the anime eyes remaining as the most plausible purchase. The video gives me hope about the reliability of the lenses.
http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/online_store/white-screen-contact-lenses-pair.cfm

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[info]lacrimawanders

October 12 2010, 01:30:18 UTC 1 year ago

I like the whitescreens best! The circle lenses are simultaneously weird and not weird, which is part of what makes them so great. I was going to get a pair for LARP about six months ago.

With contacts like that though, be sure to practice ridiculously careful hygiene and don't hold on to them too long. I forget if you wear contacts frequently, but if you do I'm sure you already know all this stuff and I'm being redundant. I can usually tell when my contacts are worn out.

[info]guardian852

October 12 2010, 01:56:31 UTC 1 year ago

Good to know! I've heard about the need for extra-careful hygiene. I think I'm pretty good about normal contacts which I wear infrequently. But I'm a bit ignorant as to the needs of theatrical contacts. In truth, part of the reason that I chose that site is the fact that it's a whole kit with appropriate cleaning solution included.

Did you have specific advice about how not to become blind? I'm certainly listening! I suck at being blind!
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