Solotica Hidrocor Contact Lenses are manufactured in Brazil.

Solotica color lenses provide a safe and unique way to enhance your appearance. Solotica blends many exciting colors and a special unique technique to create the most subtle, natural and realistic colored contact lenses available.

Solotica Hidrocor are the most opaque lenses in the Solotica range, with no limbal ring. Solotica Hidrocor are available in seven different colors: ice, azul (blue), mel (honey), verde (green), marine (green marine), ocre, grafite (graphite).

Solotica gives the most natural look you can get with colored contacts. It will be a lot of fun being able to change your eye color so dramatically. It’s like changing your hair color or painting you fingernail — quite quick and easy, but makes a huge difference.

Hidrocor lenses are for cosmetic use  and also for correction of myopia (short-sightedness) and long-sightedness. The durability of this type of lenses is 1 year after opening the package.

• Manufacturer: Solotica
• Contains: 2 lenses in factory sealed packaging
• Type: Yearly
• Material: Polymacon 62%
• Water Content: 38%
• Base Curve: 8.7
• Diameter: 14.2

Adore BiTone Contact Lenses

Adore BiTone contact lenses give your eyes a unique sparkle. The color is distributed in two different shades, creating an irresistible chromatic contrast.

Adore BiTone lenses are available in 7 brilliant colors: gray, green, blue, acqua, yellow, hazel, honey.

Manufacturer: Eyemed Technologies

Contains: 2 lenses in factory sealed packaging

Type: 3 months replacement

Base Curve: 8.6

Diameter: 14.0

Adore TriTone Contact Lenses

Each of the seven TriTone color options covers the iris with three different shades, creating stunning color combinations.

Adore TriTone Contact Lenses are available in 7 colors: gray, light gray, green, light green, blue, light blue, hazel.

Manufacturer: Eyemed Technologies

Contains: 2 lenses in factory sealed packaging

Type: 3 months replacement

Base Curve: 8.6

Diameter: 14.0

FreshLook® Colorblends

General Tips:

1. Wash your hands and rinse thoroughly before handling lenses
2. Dry your hands with a lint-free towel
3. Use finger tips to handle lens (avoid finger nails or any other sharp object)
4. Check if lens is clean, wet and damage-free

Things You’ll Need:

• Hand soap and towel
• Mirror
• Contact case
• Contact solution

How To Insert Your FreshLook Colorblends Lenses:

1. Wash your hands with soap and warm water and dry your hands with a clean towel. Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before applying your contact lenses, but avoid overly scented or oily soaps that might adhere to the lens surface. Especially avoid using products containing lanolin.
2. Carefully peel the foil back from your contact lens package. There will be one contact lens per package.
3. If you have a different prescription for each eye, there will be an indication on the disposable case that tells you whether that lens is for your right or left eye.
4. Position the contact on the tip of your index finger and rinse it with a no-rub cleansing solution designed for contact lenses. Take your pointer or index finger and gently slide it under the curved part of the lens. Make sure the edges of the FreshLook Colorblends contact are pointing upwards and not pointing out. If the edges of the contact are pointing out, the contact is probably inside out. If this happens, simply flip the contact over on your finger so the edges are pointing up.
5. Look into a mirror and gently pull up on your upper eyelid and place the contact so it is directly above your iris. Slowly place the contact onto your eye and pull away your finger.
6. Blink your eye slowly to make sure the contact is properly inserted. When FreshLook Colorblends are properly applied, you should feel nothing. If you have any discomfort or pain, remove the contact immediately and sterilize the contact with your no-rub contact solution. Once the contact is clean, repeat Steps 3 and 4.
7. Repeat Steps 3 to 5 to insert another contact into your other eye.
8. Remove your FreshLook Colorblends contacts at the end of each day. Wearing your contacts to bed increases your risk of eye infection and irritation. To remove your contacts, gently pull upwards on your upper eyelid and pinch the bottom of the contact while simultaneously pulling it from your eye. Place the contact into a clean contact case and cover it with a no-rub contact solution.
9. Dispose of your contact lenses after 1 to 2 weeks, depending on your doctor’s instructions. Each pair of FreshLook Colorblends is designed to be worn temporarily and no longer than 2 weeks.

Glasses frames

Most people believe that it’s better to order weaker glasses than were prescribed because the correct prescription weakens your eyes even more and results in your needing a stronger prescription down the line. Is that true?

Not at all, said Dr. Donald J. D’Amico, chairman of the department of ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College and ophthalmologist in chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

“The progression of refractive errors, whether myopia (nearsightedness) in a teenager or loss of reading vision in a middle-aged individual (presbyopia), occurs at its own tempo and quite independent of any glasses that happen to be worn in front of the eyes,” Dr. D’Amico said. “This is a very common misconception, and also the cause of unnecessary suffering.” Correctly prescribed lenses are safer, Dr. D’Amico pointed out. They improve driving ability, he said, protect against falls and prevent many other difficulties.

“Every person should wear the correct eyeglass prescription appropriately adjusted for individual visual needs,” he said, “and should do so without fear of worsening the ultimate correction.”

Frame Types:

• Metal Frames
• Plastic Frames
• Rimless Frames
• Semi-Rimless Frames
• Frames for Men
• Frames for Women
• Frames for Kids

Frame Size:

• Small
• Medium
• Large

Frame Style:

• Sporty
• Hi-Fashion
• Business
• Casual
• Classic
• Cutting-Edge

Looking for something unusual, a way to make a fashion statement? Choose Top Glasses Brands.

Top Glasses Brands:

• Ben Sherman
• Bvlgari
• Diesel
• Christian Dior
• Dolce & Gabbana
• Fabris Lane
• Gant
• Ghost
• Giorgio Armani
• Gucci
• Guess
• Hugo Boss
• Jacques Lamont
• Jaeger
• Jai Kudo
• Jigsaw
• Miss Sixty
• Morgan
• Nicole Farhi
• Oakley
• Playboy Men
• Police
• Prada
• Prodesign Denmark
• Ted Baker
• Tommy Hilfiger
• Ralph Lauren
• Silhouette

Top Reading Glasses Brands

• Calvin Klein
• Chakra Eyewear
• Myspex Folding

Top Sunglasses Brands

• Adidas
• Bolle
• Giorgio Armani
• Gucci
• Nike
• Ray Ban
• Smith

The high cost of health INSURANCE can be directly tied to the high cost of health CARE. Why does the care cost so much? That is the million dollar question. There are many reasons for the high cost of care. I will outline one that we all forget here. TECHNOLOGY. We all want it when we are sick or hurt.

Decades ago we had X-Rays, yes old fashioned X-rays. Today, we have MRI’s, CAT Scans etc. When we are sick or hurt, we want the latest imaging technology to be employed to diagnose our issue or pain.

Decades ago, we had aspirin. Today we have all kinds of pain killers, cholesterol lowering drugs, mood altering drugs etc. I could go on and on.

Would you like to purchase a health insurance policy that does not cover those fabulous things? When we pay the premium yes. When we need care, no way.

Health Care Costs Continue to Rise

Health Care costs in New Hampshire continue to rise for a multitude of reasons. The reasons are very complicated and interconnected. This blog will be attempting to raise the level of awareness, empower the consumer and frame a discussion of the possible solutions.

Control the cost of YOUR Health Care with Health Savings Accounts

Reduce you health insurance costs with the use of a concept called a Health Savings Account – HSA. This concept has two components. Component #1 is a traditional health insurance policy with a high deductible. The premium for this type of policy is lower than an HMO for example. Component #2 is an actual savings account (HSA) with huge tax advantages. BETTER THAN AN IRA!!!!!! Tax free growth. Want to know more????

Why don’t we treat the healthcare system like any other retailer?

It seems to me that in addition to realizing that healthcare costs more every year due to medical advances and technology, healthcare costs more due to the fact that we do not question costs in the system. When is the last time you asked a hospital what your MRI was going to cost? For an idea of the huge disparity in costs from one facility to the next, visit www.nhhealthcost.org . Let me know what you think??

Furthermore, proper follow-up care by your eye doctor is essential to ensure eye health throughout your life. Over time, your eyes and lenses can change, often without symptoms or warning signs which may put you at risk for developing potentially serious complications, including vision loss. Regular ongoing professional care can help to ensure a lifetime of good vision and eye health.

Follow a Wearing Schedule

Different lenses are made for different wearing schedules. While some lenses can potentially be worn for a week or even a month of continuous wear, others are meant to be taken out daily. To protect your eyes from serious complications, it is important that you follow the wearing schedule that your eye care professional recommends. Please consult your eye care professional if you have any questions about the proper wearing schedule of your lenses.

Inserting and Removing Your Lenses

It is important that you wash, rinse and dry your hands thoroughly each time you handle your lenses. Good hygiene helps to eliminate germs which can cause eye infection – especially for smokers. Do not insert a lens into an eye that is red, irritated or painful. In these instances, you should contact your eye care professional immediately before continuing contact lens use.

Contact Lenses Care

Depending on the type of lens you are wearing, there are many different options for cleaning and disinfecting your lenses. Some lenses, such as daily disposable lenses, require little to no lens care – they are simply thrown away after each use. However, if you wear lenses that your eye care professional has recommended that you take out and re-insert into your eye, they should be cleaned and disinfected after each use. Proper care for your lenses can help your lenses stay clean and comfortable for you to wear. Your eye care professional can help you decide what lens care solutions are best for you.

Always Try to Reduce the Risk for Infection

Clean and safe handling of contact lenses is one of the most important measures contact lens wearers can take to protect their vision. Follow these tips, and they can help you avoid any adverse events:

• You should always wash your hands with soap before you handle your contact lens or touch your eye.
• Never purchase any contact lensses that is not prescribed by your doctor.
• Do not share your cosmetic contact lenses, as this could lead to serious eye infections.
• Never use the tap water to rinse your lenses or your lens case.
• Use fresh solution each time you place your lenses in a lens storage case.
• A new lens case should be used with each new bottle of solution or at least once in three month.
• Stick to the wearing schedule that your doctor prescribes and dispose of your lenses when it is recommended.
• Do not leave your contact lenses in overnight. Contact lenses should not be worn for longer than 8 hours at a time.
• Swimming while wearing contact lenses can cause serious problems and is not recommended. Wear protective goggles while swimming. Ask your eye doctor for specific advice regarding swimming with lenses.

Any Problems with contact lenses?

If you experience any problems with your contact lenses seek immediate medical attention. Discomfort can be an early sign of a more serious complication, and early treatment can have a significant impact on overcoming problems.

The legislation will massively revamp the nation’s health care delivery and financing system. By far, the biggest changes would be expanding Medicaid and establishing federal health insurance premium subsidies to the lower and middle-income uninsured. Congressional budget analysts estimate those changes could result in as many as 32 million uninsured gaining coverage.

The Senate today will begin debate on a second reform measure, a so-called reconciliation bill that also was approved by the House. That bill is designed to alter certain aspects of the main reform measure.

The legislation is packed with provisions that will directly affect employer-provided health care plans.

Some will require almost immediate action by employers. For example, within six months after enactment, employers will have to amend their plans to extend coverage to employees’ adult children up to age 26, if those dependents are not eligible for other group coverage.

Bigger changes are further down the road. By 2013, employers will have to redesign their flexible spending accounts to impose a $2,500 annual limit on contributions. There is no limit now, though employers typically impose limits between $4,000 and $5,000.

Also in 2013, employers providing prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible retirees will lose a tax break. Under a 2003 law, employers providing prescription drug coverage at least equal to Medicare Part D receive tax-free payments from the government equal to 28% of what they spend—within a certain range—on retiree prescription drug coverage. The subsidy will continue under the legislation, but employers will be barred from taking a tax deduction on expenses equal to the subsidy starting in 2013.

That change in tax law may lead some employers to drop the coverage, benefit experts say.

In 2014, employers with at least 50 employees that do not offer coverage will pay a tax of $2,000 for each employee without coverage. In computing the tax, the first 30 employees would not be counted.

Also in 2014, a new affordability test will kick in that could result in employers facing assessments unless they redesign their plans. If the premium paid by an employee exceeds 9.5% of their income and the employee uses federal health insurance premium subsidies to purchase coverage through new state health insurance exchanges, the employer would have to pay an assessment of $3,000 for that employee.

Employers most exposed to that assessment will be those with relatively low-paid workforces and that require employees to make hefty premium contributions relative to their income.

Starting in 2018, a 40% excise tax would be imposed on health insurance premiums exceeding $10,200 for single coverage and $27,500 for family coverage. The cost thresholds triggering the tax will be slightly higher plans for covering retirees or employees in certain high-risk industries. In 2019, the thresholds would rise to match the increase in the Consumer Price Index, plus one percentage point.

Source: www.businessinsurance.com

The main thing in contact lenses wearing is the right care. You must strictly comply with all recommendations of ophthalmologist and rules for the use of lenses and care for container storage. Disregarding these rules may lead to serious eye damage and the development of different eye diseases. But do not hurry to abandon such a convenient invention of mankind! Terms of care are quite simple and it only takes 5-15 minutes of your time each day.

The most important condition is cleanliness. It is the guarantee of your health. First of all, you should always wash your hands before you putting on or taking off your contacts. Secondly, do not use oily cosmetics, soap, cream, lotions, before touching the lenses.

Attention, beautiful ladies! Lenses should be put on before applying make-up and you should take contacts off before you are going to remove makeup. And always close your eyes before using hair spray or other aerosols.

Try not to sunbathe while wearing lenses and do not smoke.If you do sports (especially aquatic species), consult with an ophthalmologist. I always take off my lenses before visiting the solarium, pool, sauna. But if you are in the gym, the lenses are simply irreplaceable.

You must use a special solution for contact lenses. It is very close in composition to tears of an adult, so the solution doesn’t harm to your eyes. Do not use tap water to wash your contacts! This water contains many impurities that may contaminate the lens and cause inflammation to your eyes. And never leave your lenses for a long time without a solution, because they dry out and become brittle. Such lenses are no longer suitable and they should be discarded and replaced with new ones.

The solution should be changed after each use. And if you leave the lens for a long time in the solution, you need to change it at least once every five days. And never mix different solutions together, because their chemical composition may vary and there can be possible side effects. If you want to use the new solution, you should wash the container with boiled water and allow it to dry properly.

Talking about the terms of the lenses, you should know that there are daily-wear lenses, monthly, three-month and lenses of long-term use (6-12 months). The less time the use of lenses, thinner they are and therefore more comfortable for the eyes. Do not use lenses longer than it is recommended. And it is not recommended to wear lenses for a long time without taking off. It is better if you put them in the morning and take in the evening, not longer. While some lenses you can afford to carry many days (so-called “breathable” contact lenses).

And the lens is very good that there are colored and enhancement cosmetic contact lenses. This allows you to change the shade or eye color. If you correctly pick the color (some salons have samples lenses, which can be examples), we can achieve extraordinary effects! Change your style with colored contact lenses, you’ll love it! It’s really very beautiful.

But, of course,  to choose the contact lenses right, you must consult with an ophthalmologist. Now any self-respecting salon-optics offers the service of a doctor. Take care of your health!

Contact lenses

• soft
• rigid gas permeable (RGP)

Soft contact lenses contain 25% to 79% water, are easy to adapt to and are quite comfortable.

Rigid gas permeable contacts provide better visual acuity, durability, and deposit resistance than soft contact lenses. Here’s a look at a comparison of different contact lenses. You choose which one is right for you.

Daily-wear soft lenses

These contacts are made of soft, flexible plastics that allow oxygen to reach the eyes. They are easy to adjust to and quite comfortable. They are also available in tints and bifocals.

Daily-wear disposable soft lenses

Daily disposable contact lenses are the ultimate in convenience. There is no need to clean, disinfect, or add enzymes to the lenses–just throw them away after each use. You simply replace it with a fresh, new, and sterile pair every morning. They are ideal for traveling because there is no need to transport contact lens solutions or cases. They are also ideal for sports because there is much less concern over the possibility of losing a contact lens.

Extended-wear soft lenses

These contacts can usually be worn for up to seven days without removal but now there exists also a new extended –wear soft lens. A new generation of contact lens is making 30-day contact lens wear available once again. These “continuous wear” lenses are made from new super-permeable silicone hydro gel materials. The lenses provide much more oxygen to the eye than most conventional extended wear contact lenses, making 30-day extended wear a safer option than before.

Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP)

Rigid gas permeable contact lenses take longer to adjust to, but are more resistant to deposit buildup. With a lifespan of 1-2 years, they are also more durable. Although initially more costly, they tend to be less expensive over the long run and can offer some people crisper vision than they would get with soft contacts. RGP lenses are available in tints and bifocals.

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Colored or tinted lenses

Contact lenses aren’t just for seeing better. They’re for looking better too. In fact, some people who don’t even need vision correction wear tinted contact lenses as a way to change their look.

Are you having trouble choosing the right contact lens color? Well today’s tinted lenses allow you to enhance your natural eye color – making the blue bluer or the green greener – or change it altogether. There are four types of colored contact lenses: visibility tints, enhancement tints, opaque color tints and light-filtering tints to help you choose the best contact lens color.

1. Visibility Tints. These are usually tinted a light blue or green. The tint does not affect eye color however; it’s to help people see their lenses better in case they misplace or drop them.
2. Enhancement Tints. Enhancement contact lenses are colored lenses designed to enhance the natural color of your eyes. Enhancement contact lenses use an enhancement tint that is translucent, meaning some of your natural eye color will be visible. Enhancement contact lenses are an ideal choice for people with light-colored eyes who are looking to brighten or intensify their natural eye color. Enhancement tints are solid yet translucent and are a darker than visibility tints. As the name suggests, they’re meant to enhance existing eye color. These types of tints are ideal for people with light colored eyes who wish to make their eye color more intense.
3. Opaque Color Tints. Opaque color tints are used to dramatically change a person’s iris color. These are deeper, opaque tints usually made of patterns of solid colors. They are the perfect solution for those fed up with their regular eye color, whether it be baby blues or “Betty Davis” eyes. Opaque color tints come in a wide variety of colors, including hazel, green, blue, violet and gray.Color tints are also available for theatrical, novelty or costume purposes. Thinking about dressing up as an alien or vampire this Halloween? Novelty lenses can greatly enhance your costume.
4. Light-Filtering Tints. These tints were developed only recently for sports use. They enhance certain colors (such as optic yellow, the color of many tennis balls, softballs and golf balls), while muting other colors. As a result, the ball stands out against the background and is easier to hit. These lenses can also be used by spectators of course. More are being developed especially for golfers, trap-shooters, skiers, and other sports enthusiasts.

With tinted lenses you accomplish two goals at once: seeing better and looking better.

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