Review: Circle lenses - Dueba DM23 in Violet

The bottles on the right. The left side is Geo Nudy in Grey. Review coming soon!

 Product: Dueba/G&G Big DM23 Violet

Diameter: 14.5mm
Water Content: 38%

This is my own unsponsored review.

I have been using these lenses for nearly a year now, so I've had a nice long trial period to give them as a best a review as can. I meant to review these months ago, but things kept coming up. On to the review!

I forgot to get a new pic, one without the defective lens. Sorry guys! 

I bought mine from pinkparadise, a website I'd recommend for their excellent customer service and reasonable prices. When I got the lenses, one was defective. It was curled up like a taco and didn't straighten out after a day of sitting in fresh solution in the lens case. Silly me, I tried to wear it, and though it went on my eye fine, it was scratchy and I took it out immediately (I can't believe I even did that >.>). I contacted pinkyparadise with a pic of the lens and they sent out a replacement right away. Also, I was a little sad that I got a green case instead of a purple one, but it's nothing to get upset over!

Now onto the actual lenses. I have grey eyes, so I was looking for a big lens that would blend well into my eye colour. These did just that!

Middle pic is with flash, other two are natural light. Sorry for the bad quality.

Enlargement 5/5
These make my eyes look huge. At first I worried it was too big, but after wearing them for a while, I think they're perfect. The black limbal ring around the outer edge really does the trick, giving the eye definition. The generous 14.5mm diameter really gives you a cute doe-eyed look too. For a minimal makeup look (I normally do moderate to heavy make up with these), these are really going to stand out and be noticeable, so keep that in mind.

Colour
I'd rather just talk about the colour than give it a rating. I didn't want a light violet lens or a super bright/unnatural violet colour. I read that these lenses give you a darker colour, and they certainly do, so don't expect to get a super vibrant unnatural violet colour out of these. They add a touch of violet to your already lovely eyes ;) Also, with lighter eyes, these are going to make your entire eye colour look darker because of the  black limbal ring which blends into the violet.

Top to bottom: indirect natural light, flash (excuse the derp), bright natural light

Style 5/5
These have a natural pattern. The blending on these is superb. The colour fades so beautifully into my own eye colour that it would look totally natural if it weren't for the fact that these are circles lenses, and I don't think people have violet to grey eyes naturally XD Also, because these fade into your natural eye colour they have a larger area for your pupil. Since they have that nice, clear opening I think they're easier to see with and more comfortable, which takes us to...

 Comfort 4/5
I'm giving these 4 out of 5 because the water content is low, but that's the way all circle lenses are. When I get a lens with a higher water content, then it might get a 5. Out of the lenses I've tried, I can wear these the longest with the least irritation. At first the size bothered me a little, and I thought I could feel the lenses against the back of my eyelids. It wasn't uncomfortable or scratchy, just distracting. That went away quickly, so whether it was in my head or not, I don't know. Maybe it was just because I was new to a bigger diameter. Still, these are the most comfortable lenses I have worn.

All in all, I think these are excellent lenses. They're comfortable, enlarging, and give you big cute (though some may say creepy XD) eyes that look perfect with gal make up.

One last thing: I would have retaken the close-up pics so my hair wasn't in the way/the lighting was better/the lenses were aligned properly in every picture, but remember how I mentioned I've had these for about a year? The other day I decided I needed to dispose of them soon so I thought "I'll wear them one last time, then take good shots of them, then throw them out." That day was windy and my eyes were watering, and I had a handful of dog shampoo bottles. My cell phone rings, I pull it out but my sunglasses try to escape too, and I catch them with the hand holding the cell. So my hands are full, my eyes are watering, and I'm looking down, and to make matters worse my cell is still ringing. Then my contact pops out. I have never ever had that happen before, but I usually keep an empty lens case with me just in case I need to take them out. That day I forgot the case! It's a little bit like fate, eh? The lenses come up on their expiry, and through an accident they're destroyed XD

Thanks for reading! I hope you found this review helpful!