Saturday, February 7, 2015

Lens review: Dueba Sugar Candy Green

I'm back with yet another lens review. This time I had a completely new color to me, namely, green.
I had never worn green circle lenses before. The Sugar Candy Green were the perfect excuse to start with green lenses. 

The lenses have a diameter of 14.5mm and a base curve of 8.6mm. 
The pics are as usual taken by Shiro Samurai.


As you can see, the bottles were relabeled under The Dolly Eye, which is the distributor. The manufacturer is Dueba, also known as Barbie

The right lens shows "wrong" side. Pic is taken near the window.
Flash pic. Both lenses show "right" side.
And now the lens pics. As I expected, the lenses aren't in your face green because they have fairly little color. But as I also expected, the thick black outer ring gives a strong effect.

One lens in to show enlargement.
These first pics were taken outdoors and I froze in my light outfit. It was warm though, enough for the snow to start melting. The sun was setting and gave beautiful light.

Turning my back to the light.
Half-turned towards the light.
And facing the light.
Now these pics were taken indoors. We tried to get as many different lights as possible.


Facing a window.
Facing the light coming through the window.
Flash pic taken in some dark corner.
Normal room light, lights off. There is still sunlight.
Looking into the sun through the window.
Still looking into the sun (not recommended).

Bathroom light.
Taken just under the bathroom lamp.
I also have a pic taken from a distance, on the balcony.




In short:

Color: 6/10
The Sugar Candy Green don't have so much green in them so the color tends to disappear in bad lights. It can blend nicely with light eyes though, and the green does show in bright light. If you want a discrete color, these lenses are good.
Design: 8/10
The design looks simple but it gives a big effect. The green color is in shape of spikes, making it subtle. The strong point of the Sugar Candy's design is the huge black outer ring that give a gorgeous look to your eyes. Perfect for dolly eyes.
Opacity: 5/10
I'm not counting in the black ring, which is very opaque. The colored part is actually rather sparse but it shows in most lights.
Enlargement: 8/10
Notable enlargement but not screaming unnatural. Cute.
Comfort: 9/10
It's my first time wearing this pair so their comfort is at maximum so far - but I can tell already now that they have better comfort than average. I read several pages of a novel as well as articles on my computer (and also typed the whole review with the lenses still on) and I had no dryness issues at all. Most of the time, I just forgot that I had the lenses on. No matter what I was doing, reading, computering, walking outside, or cleaning, I didn't feel them at all.
Naturalness: 4/10
Big. And I've never seen anyone with such a black ring around their eyes.