Contact Lens Products

St. Charles Vision has the largest selection of exclusive, designer eyewear in the metro area -- styles you would only expect to find in New York and throughout Europe. Want to accentuate your best feature or soften a lesser one? Our staff is trained to help you select the perfect frame for you! The opticians of St. Charles Vision are expert at helping you select the right frame to enhance your facial shape and personal style. Make an appointment or visit us at a location near you today!

Cosmetic Contacts


Theatrical Lenses

Whatever your role may be, stage or TV, you'll be called at some point in time to change the color of your eyes. Brown to blue, ‘cat eyes' to zebra; yourlens.com eye care professionals will help you pick out a pair of theatrical contact lenses to suit your character's needs.

Special Effect Contact Lenses

Ever consider turning your eyes into smiley faces, balls of fire or something extraterrestrial looking? A yourlens.com eye care professional can help you achieve whatever crazy look you want. First, ask your eye doctor what's available, what's safe and what lenses fit within your budget. Remember, you can avoid spending a fortune on theatrical contact lenses by first talking to a yourlens.com eye care professional.

Contact lenses for Halloween and costume parties

Sometimes it's the difference between an ‘okay' costume and a great costume. Check out wild contact lens designs like Black Sclera, Psycho, Shamrock, Machine Head and others to achieve the most shocking look on the faces of family and friends. Yourlens.com eye care professionals will tell you where to get the best deal on theatrical lenses and the best contact lens discounts.

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Colored Cosmetic Contacts

There is no difference in the vision correction capabilities of colored contact lenses vs. regular contacts. Colored contacts simply change the color of the iris and nothing else. Cosmetic contact lenses are available in prescription and non-prescription strengths and are ideal for nights on the town and to match your outfit on special occasions.

Your authorized yourlens.com eye care professional can help you enhance your appearance with a variety of color changes. From subtle natural iris to dramatic dark brown, light blue and green, eye care professionals at yourlens.com work closely with you to find the perfect fit and color to best suit your skin and hair tones.

Top 5 reasons to buy cosmetic contact lenses from a yourlens.com eye care professional

  1. Eye care professionals at yourlens.com sell only FDA approved colored contact lenses.
  2. Yourlens.com eye doctors can order custom cosmetic contact lenses to suit your needs.
  3. Prescription and nonprescription lenses available at yourlens.com are available in any +/- power (no astigmatism).
  4. Yourlens.com practitioners are fully licensed and qualified to answer any questions you may have regarding the care, safety and proper cleaning of your cosmetic colored lenses.

Do I need a prescription to purchase colored contact lenses?

Yes. Under U.S. law you need a prescription to obtain colored contact lenses. The reason is that contact lenses present significant risks of blindness and other eye injury if they are distributed without a prescription or without proper fitting by a qualified eye care professional, according to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

If you find that colored contact lenses are being sold at the flea market, gas station or convenience store, chances are the vendor is breaking the law. Illegal sales of colored contact lenses have also been witnessed in beauty salons and novelty shops.

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How to choose colored contact lenses

How do I decide what contact lens color is best suited to my skin tone, hair color and facial features?

For a more dramtaic change:

  • For wearers with cool, blue-red undertones in hair, eyes and skin, a warm-toned contact lens is recommended, such as a light brown or custom. The darker your skin, the brighter contact lens color is recommended.>
  • If you wear makeup, it's best to choose a colored contact lens that subtly contrasts eye shadow, mascara and whatever base tone you normally wear.
  • If your natural eye color is brown, you might choose contact lenses in violet, green or blue.

For a more subtle change:

  • Ask a yourlens.com eye care professional about ‘enhancer lenses' designed to define the edges of your iris and deepen your natural color without changing it.
  • If your natural eye color is blue, you may want to consider contact lenses in gray or green.
  • If your skin, hair, makeup and natural eye colors are warm-toned, consider a warm colored contact lens such as hazel to match and blend in.

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Services
Since 1976, the doctors of locally-owned St. Charles Vision and St. Charles Vision Outlet having been helping patients feel better, see better, and look better. Our board-certified, therapeutic doctors of optometry treat all eye diseases and conditions. Each eye exam includes a comprehensive check for cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. And, our doctors are contacts lens specialists – satisfying even hard-to-fit contact lens wearers. At St. Charles Vision and St. Charles Vision Outlet, most prescriptions are filled within 24 hours, emergency appointments are available, and insurance is accepted. At St. Charles Vision, our doctors help you feel better and see better -- our opticians help you LOOK better.