From concealer to mascara, makeup is worn by millions of people each and every day, and it’s important when applying it to be doing so in a safe manner. Applying makeup around the eye area requires extra care to ensure you are protecting your sight from infection or even poking your eye out and causing long-lasting damage. 

For contact lens wearers, the challenge of protecting your eyes when applying makeup can seem even greater, as you need to ensure both your contact lens and eyes are being taken care of. 

Halloween is almost here and dressing up is one of the main things we look forward to. With people wanting to make an effort on their costumes, coloured contact lenses are a perfect way to finish off your spooky look. But are you making sure you’re using them safely? 

An eyesight test at the opticians usually consists of letters getting smaller but, on this occasion, we have produced an optical illusion where you can test how good your sight is. A variety of things can impact what people can see, they may struggle with certain colours, or they may no longer have 20/20 vision and need glasses or contact lenses.

We have created the below image to test your eyesight. How many images can you spot in the picture?

How screentime is affecting our eye health

Staring at screens has become a requirement for our day to day lives, whether it’s in our work lives or during social hours, the public are never far from a screen in 2022.

Britain’s top tearjerkers

Britain is a teary nation, with more than a quarter of Brits (27%) saying they’ve cried in the last week, and 45% having cried within the last month according to our new survey.

On the other end of the spectrum, more than one in 10 Brits (11%) say they haven’t cried at all in the last year, and one in six (15%) don’t remember the last time they cried, or say they never cry.