Healthy Swellness: 1-Day Acuvue Define Lenses

Today, October 8th, is World Sight Day. You maybe haven’t heard yet as it doesn’t get as much buzz as Doughnut Day, to name just one of the now seemingly endless days celebrating just about everything, but it’s an important one as people the world over raise awareness about vision impairment and blindness, and encourage #eyecareforall.

It’s a great reminder to donate old glasses you no longer wear to a non-profit (I’m sure you have some thrown into a drawer somewhere) and to book an appointment to get your eyes checked if you haven’t been in over a year. I know it’s something I forget to book but I’ve been on track lately as my eyes have been dry and I should switch to daily contact lenses because they’ve advanced a lot since the type I’ve been wearing for awhile.

My new favourite lenses actually do a little more than give me the ability to see clearly. The 1-Day Acuvue Define create contrast between your limbal ring (the outer ring around your eye) and your sclera (the white part of your eye) for a more defined and healthier-looking eye, a look that is also considered to look more fresh and youthful. These are not coloured contacts per se (they’re nothing like the green contacts I used to wear back in the day!), the contrast is so subtle that it’s unlikely anyone will even notice a difference other than you look a little bit more fresh and smize-y.

There are three shades available, Natural Sparkle, Natural Shimmer and Natural Shine; I’ve got on the type with the most contrast (Natural Shine). And as for health benefits, these Define lenses block approximately 81 per cent of UV-A radiation and 97 per cent of UV-B radiation.

LWBB. Lenses with beauty benefits. I like to think of them as my little secret way of looking a little more bright-eyed and bushy tailed every day.

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