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Weird and wonderful events are a fantastic way to show off your colored contact lenses and have a fantastic time. Freaky contacts are always fun, but the fun is supercharged when used as part of a themed event, where you can slip into a whole new personality and really go wild.

Zombie Lenses for a Zombie Wedding

Zombie Themed Wedding

It’s not every day you see a throng of growling, grey-eyed undead figures shambling their way along an urban setting. But that is exactly what happened in London earlier this year when young Liverpool couple, Jennifer Jones and Rob Blackmore, decided to claw at the face of convention and tie the knot in the UK’s first zombie wedding.

The couple, their guests, and even the ‘priest’ were completely and disgustingly decked-out in delightfully-dreary attire, grey skin paint, and soulless eyes. The event was a complete success, and the party afterwards was anything but ‘dead’.

Have fun with your Halloween contact lenses! You don’t have to wait to get married. Host a zombie-themed party or organize a ‘zombie walk’ down your local streets for Halloween or perhaps for charity. But remember, it’s those pale, undead eyes say ‘zombie’—rather than a horde of vagabonds wandering about risking arrest—and so choose from YouKnowIt’s amazing range of zombie lenses and make the zombie apocalypse a reality!

EDIT Zombie Contact Lenses

Pale Zombie Contact Lenses

Gray Zombie Lenses

Eurovision Song Contest

On the 18th of May – this coming Saturday – all eyes will be on Malmö, Sweden for the biggest song contest in the world. If you’re an avid supporter of Eurovision, wearing colored contact lenses just may be a spectacular way to show your enthusiasm.

Eurovision 2013

It comes around every year, and whether you love it or loathe it, the power of the Eurovision Song Contest cannot be denied. Fans all over Europe (and the world, thanks to the live streaming on the internet) will be cheering on their country, no matter how amazing or amazingly awful their country’s representing song happens to be.

Support Your Country!

As always, fans of the contest will be getting together to watch the show, pig out on junk food, and bite their nails as the votes come in at the end of the night. Games such as Eurovision Bingo, drinking games, and keeping a scorecard are common. Groups who gather together at the home of a mutual friend or at a specific venue will invariably hail from different countries, and want to show their support in a good-natured way. Have a look at our eclectic Flag Contact Lenses. Hot-blooded Italian? Pop a pair of Italy Flag Contact Lenses on to your eyes and cheer your country on. If you’re a fan of this year’s hosts, Sweden, you’ll want to have your country of choice in your eyes with our fantastic Sweden Flag Contact Lenses. Or, if you are a true-blue Brit, root for Bonnie Tyler with our Union Jack Contact Lenses. Fashion contact lenses don’t come better than this. Take a photo of your party posse and private message it to us on our Facebook page—you’re sure to get lots of fantastic feedback!

Italy Flag Lenses

Sweden Flag Lenses

Union Jack Lenses

Frankenstein and Dracula are dead (as in undead). But their iconic characters are constantly reincarnating, thanks to movie remakes. And not just in the movies. When Halloween comes around or yet another themed party, you’re bound to find a cemetery’s worth of Frankies and Dracs, each brought to spectacular non-life with a nifty pair of Halloween Contact Lenses.

Dracula Halloween Contact Lenses

Dracula

Dracula Face Contact Lenses

As for Dracula, the good Count has been depicted on celluloid since almost the beginning of the movie era. In 1922, the German expressionist film, Nosferatu, was the first on-screen appearance of everybody’s favorite bloodsucker – despite the fact that the producers hadn’t even procured the rights to Bram Stoker’s original book, or even the usage of the name, ‘Dracula’. But the phenomenon was firmly set in stone from that point onwards, and, a decade later, Bela Lugosi took on the role that made him famous in the 1931 Universal shocker, Dracula. In the 1960s, Christopher Lee became almost as celebrated for his own striking Dracula interpretation in a string of successful Hammer movies.

Frankenstein Halloween Contact Lenses

Frankenstein

Frankenstein Contact Lenses

The lumbering, electrically-charged man-of-many-parts, Frankenstein’s monster (often incorrectly dubbed simply ‘Frankenstein’) is just as legendary. While many look to yet another German expressionist film as his first movie incarnation—The Golem (1915)—it is Universal’s ground-breaking 1931 flick, Frankenstein, that burned the image of the flat-topped man-made monster into the public’s eye. Whenever people dress up as him, it is always the Karloff look that they try to achieve. But whichever of these horror icons you choose to emulate, have fun and interpret your look in your own way. And a great way to do that is by choosing colored contact lenses. Browse our fantastic range at YouKnowIt.com and knock ‘em dead.

There are many weird and wonderful looks in Star Trek, from alien to android. With our incredible range of colored contact lenses, you can pretend you’re one of the good guys, like the android, Lt Commander Data. Perhaps you prefer to become the green-eyed alien of the week. Possibly even the possessed and power-mad Gary Mitchell from the original series episode, Where No Man Has Gone Before. These and many more great looks can be achieved without even the slightest dollop of special effects knowledge that brought these Sci-Fi idols to the screen.

Yellow Data Contact Lenses

Star Trek

Silver Contact Lens Set

Star Trek Colored Contact Lenses

Star Trek's Lt Commander Data

Yes, Star Trek keeps boldly going on – and on. The franchise has accumulated over 540 hours of screen time – that’s including television episodes and movies. So how is that broken down?

Star Trek, the original series – 79 episodes, 6 movies

Star Trek, the animated series – 2 episodes

Star Trek: the Next Generation – 178 episodes, 4 movies

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – 176 episodes

Star Trek: Voyager – 172 episodes

Star Trek: Enterprise – 98 episodes.

Let’s not forget the 2009 movie reboot, nattily entitled Star Trek – starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto – a huge hit for Paramount which propelled the floundering franchise into warp drive. With the latest incarnation of the Gene Roddenberry’s intergalactic baby, Into Darkness (released today in the UK), that makes for twelve motion pictures in total. And there’s no end in sight.

We’ve all seen a really cool music video and thought ‘where can I get that look?’ well we’ve found three fantastic styles which will look incredible at parties. Our amazing range of colored contact lenses will totally transform your look and will immediately grab everyone’s attention.

Hopsin- Ill Mind of Hopsin 5

Hopsin White Contact Lenses

American rapper, Hopsin is known for his white contact lenses and is worn in all of his music video. The image is from his Ill Mind of Hopsin 5 video and shows his vibrant and extremely eye-catching white colored contact lenses.

We have a wide range of show-stopping white lenses which will give you his iconic look. You don’t have to dress up as a scary character for Halloween; it could be anyone or anything!

Katy Perry- E.T

Katy Perry ET Contact Lenses

Katy Perry sports a pair of reptile contact lenses in her E.T music video. The gold Halloween contact lenses with a black vertical give off a wonderful sparkle.

We have some similar yellow lenses with a 1 year life span which will immediately help you to recreate her dramatic and unique look. Everyone will be impressed.

Rihanna- Disturbia

Rihanna Mesh Contact Lenses

This superstar is seen wearing a pair of white mesh contact lenses in her music video, Disturbia. Clutching at the iron bar, she throwing herself side to size with her crop hair falling back into place.

Recreate this haunting look and show off your favorite pop star’s crazed look this Halloween. Everyone will love it and will want to go as a music video star to their next party.

There are events and then there are events. And then there are zombie events. If you haven’t heard, they do exist, and, just like the fictional shambling hordes themselves, are growing in number. Want to dress the part and get involved? Halloween Contact Lenses as the final touch to your zombie ensemble.

Just imagine it – you leave your home one morning for school or work, orange juice or coffee recently gulped , and there before you are hundreds upon hundreds of moaning, groaning undead citizens dragging themselves down the avenue. Not exactly something you see every day. But that could be because you’re not looking hard enough.

This is a ‘zombie crawl’ (or zombie walk). From New York to Copenhagen, cities have been witnessing these annual fan events for the past decade.

Zombie Halloween Contact Lenses

But it doesn’t stop there. As well as annual zombie crawls, there are zombie survival camps. Sign up, grab a weapon, and prepare to be attacked! By actors of course, all in the trademark torn clothes, bloody limbs, and green-eyed stares we have come to expect from the undead. During the week, attendees learn how to shoot a crossbow, coordinate survival techniques, and to best to outrun zombie invaders.

But if you simply don’t have the time or inclination to find and participate in large scale events such as these, there is always the tried-and-tested Halloween party. Arrive in gory style dressed in blood-stained rags, torn skin, and hair that might not look out of place on a coconut. Or why not throw a totally zombie-themed party? The ripped clothing and fake gore will be easy enough to achieve. But what about those cloudy, undead eyes?

YouKnowIt.com has every possible variety of colored contact lenses, including a delightfully dead-eyed zombie lens range. Pick ‘em out, pop ‘em in, and knock ‘em dead. A bite to the face will work just as well.

EDIT Zombie Contact Lenses

Pale Zombie Contact Lenses

Black Zombie Contact Lenses

There’s more than one way to lose yourself in the coolest movie-of-the-moment. Give our Special Effects Contact Lenses a try – trust us, they are way better than just slapping the poster up on your bedroom wall. Imagine it – you’ve just come out of your local multiplex, after spending two thrilling hours immersed in the latest special effects extravaganza, and you just can’t get it out of your system. You want more. You want to be just like one of your heroes, or anti-heroes. But how is that even possible?

Real Vampire Lenses

Terminator Lenses

Wolf Lenses

Special Effects Halloween Contact Lenses

By popping in a pair of startling colored contact lenses onto your peepers, you can instantly transform yourself into your favorite bloodthirsty vampire, ruthless cyborg assassin, or snarling wolf-boy (or wolf-girl).

Show up at the Halloween party looking like you’ve just stepped off of a movie set. And if you’re still young enough - or, at least, young at heart enough – to go out for All Hallow’s Eve, you can knock ‘em dead with your crazy-eyed look. It’s not enough just to have the fancy threads – you just gotta complete the look in style.

And for those of you who are film students or who just love to mess around with an HD camera, our special effects lenses will add real impact to your starring role in your own home made horror flick.

May the Fourth Be With You! Thanks to that now famous play on words, May the 4th has now become every year’s official Star Wars day. So, time to think of parties, costume events, and anywhere else where you can dress up and flaunt your inner Wookiee. And we have the colored contact lenses to complete your look.

These days, you expect to see a new, thoroughly eye-popping special effects movie released virtually every week. Aliens, strange worlds, and weird science now permeate film culture. But we’d still be watching disaster movies and flicks about giant sharks if it weren’t for the one film that started it all.

Star Wars Colored Contact Lenses

When Star Wars exploded on the scene back in 1977, nobody knew just how much it would take a hold of the world, or for how long. Just when the buzz began to die down, writer/director George Lucas announced it would be a trilogy. Then, somewhere along the line, he let it drop that there would be six films in all. Star Wars fandom was well and truly established, with conventions and costume parties revving up and gaining momentum. But it didn’t end there.

After the original trilogy had been and gone – twenty years passed slowly by. Just when fans thought there would be no more adventures set in a galaxy far, far away, along came the prequels – a new trilogy which explored Darth Vader’s formative years before he swapped his blond hero-locks for that scuba helmet from Hell. And so, in 2005, the prequels had their run. Save for a couple of animated spin-offs, it seemed certain that the Saga’s fate was sealed. The prospect of new films was light-years away. George Lucas retired. That, it seemed, was that.

Star Wars Anakin

Darth Maul Contact Lenses

Star Wars Darth Maul

But fans got the surprise of their lives when the internet was set alight by news that the big GL had sold the franchise to Disney for more money than even Han Solo could imagine, and that new films would start rolling out by 2015. Fans could scarcely believe their luck. More films were only around the corner, scheduled for release on consecutive years—and perhaps forever more.

Partiers, rejoice! There is now even more reason to dress up as your favorite Star Wars character, attend that convention, or spearhead that themed party. Then there is the Star Wars Celebration (which takes place every year in the US and Europe, attracting thousands of devoted fans). Stride into the event dressed as Darth Maul, or maybe as lava-eyed dark apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. Then, of course, there is a whole host of intergalactic aliens to choose from—and this is where colored contacts really come into their own when your own baby blues just seem too boringly human.

All over America, there are zombie walk events being held where people can dress like zombies and make their ways around the city streets for fun!

They are often held to raise awareness for world hunger. So if you’re interested in taking part, make sure you read up on more zombie walk information on past events and find out what’s involved.

The Toronto zombie walk is extremely popular and was so much fun to do so I definitely recommend this particular event. We have listed two eye-catching zombie Halloween contact lenses which will make your costume look very convincing, so take a look below!

Bloodshot Contact Lenses

Bloodshot Contact Lenses

These bloodshot contact lenses are a big hit at Halloween and the gory dripping blood stains will give you an incredible look which will stop everyone in their tracks.

These amazing colored contact lenses by UL13 Gothic have an amazing 1 year life span once opened, which means you can wear these show-stopping eye accessories to all your costume parties, zombie walks and other big Halloween events throughout the year.

Everyone will love your eye-catching new look and will want a pair of these cheap colored contact lenses to enhance their costumes and make a real statement.

White Zombie Contact Lenses

White Zombie Contact Lenses

If you’re looking for a more subtle yet eye-catching look then these incredibly comfortable and striking white zombie contact lenses by Colour Vision are ideal for you.

You can now get the ultimate zombie look without having to spend hours and hours with makeup special effects.

Just roll on down to your local zombie walk events with torn clothing, white powdered face, your dazzling zombie lenses and that stereotypical robotic zombie movement. You’ll have everyone fooled!

Finding a costume for any occasion is extremely difficult, especially when your friends always look incredible. If you’re looking for a show-stopping style to make everyone’s jaws drop in amazement then you’ve come to the right place.

Our vast range of Halloween contact lenses will completely transform you look and come in a range of life span so that you can wear them on more than one occasion.

It’s important to look the part so don’t just stop at the costume; make sure you go that extra mile! Your incredible make-up and dazzling Halloween lenses will look so amazing, everyone will be begging for a photo with you, now that’s something eh?!

Our Favorite Colored Contact Lenses

These incredible colored lenses can be worn with absolutely any costume you like. Take a look as we pair a cool Halloween costume with a pair of striking lenses.

You never know, they may give you some inspiration to create a homemade costume instead! This fantastic Batman costume will look fantastic with some of our i-Glow Bat Contact Lenses or plain bat contact lenses without the UV effect.

The yellow background and black bat silhouette around your pupil will really get you noticed. These lenses also glow brightly under UV light so you can be sure you make a bold statement at all your parties this year.

I-Glow Contact Lenses

Batman Halloween Costume

Bat Contact Lenses