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I recently tried to reorder my Natural Touch "Sultry Gray" lenses from 1800CONTACTS and they said they were DISCONTINUED!! Is this just from that provider or is Cooper Vision really discontinuing NATURAL TOUCH?!?!?!?!!? Please post if you know anything about this!!
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I did an Internet search, but I didn't find anything that will give me the brand name of a contact lens that is comparable to Natural Touch. Hopefully someone else will be one step ahead and will have found a different lens. |
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I hope that helps. |
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I actually contacted Coopervision and they said they stopped making the Natural Touch in early fall. They had no recomendations for a comparable lens. (The reason I joined this forum is to try and find a suitable replacement) The hardest part in finding a replacement is that Natural Touch was the only lens I found with a black outer ring around the color that made it look a LOT more realistic. If I find something, I'll post it.
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I found a website that listed Impressions Colors as having limbal rings. |
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Does that help? You can buy Expressions Colors here: http://www.lens.com/contact-lenses/lens283.asp I haven't been able to find out why these lenses have been discontinued, but my guess is that something came up that made if difficult or impossible to keep producing them, or they just weren't selling. Judging by the response on Lens 101, it's hard to believe that no one was buying them. |
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Contact lenses are originally intended for corrective purposes: Toric Contact Lenses for treatment of astigmatism. Now they make cool contact lenses that are also corrective and therapeutic at the same time.
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Thanks for the tip, trugreeneyes. Appreciate it.
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Thanks for that introduction to contact lenses, gregghompson. Do you have any questions we can help you with?
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When I found out Natural Touch were being discontinued I was very disappointed. After research and reading reviews it sounded like Ciba Illusions were my best be to achieve a natural light iris look on my dark brown eyes. I went to my eye doc last Friday for a fitting and am waiting on the order as we speak. I hope they make me as happy as NT did!
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Has anyone found any colored contacts that are like the Natural Touch with the Black ring around them? I just need to find out so I can order them. So disappointed in Cooper Vission for not selling them anymore!! I have been a customer with them for 15 years and just can't believe it!!
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http://www.lens101.com/natural-touch-opaque/2964-thunderbolts-natural-touch-contacts.html If you look on this page in Lens.com you will see where you can order Natural Touch lenses--even in Sultry Grey. They must have some lenses left over. Check them out here let us know either way if they have them or not. http://www.lens.com/contact-lenses/lens290.asp |
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About a year ago, someone contacted CooperVision and as told by a Jennifer Knab that the Natural Touch lenses are not being discontinued. Perhaps you can contact them and ask for Ms. Knab. I think the "k" is probably silent.
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As many know Cooper and Ciba have discontinued many of their "specialty" or vial annual wear colored contact lenses. Choices are limited - especially to people who were used to wearing the very light, very beautiful Natural Touch Sultry gray. To Beverly I am sorry to hear about your predicament! That is horrible! I thought about ordering a bunch of lenses myself but didn't go through with it. I went in and tried on several types of contacts a few weeks ago and most colored lenses are only available as disposable. I went ahead and ordered "Sterling Gray" in Freshlook Colorblends (a fairly new color). They were the lightest and most gray of any other brand or shade I tried on at the doctor. The lenses look pretty good and natural and are very comfortable. Of course I would rather use Natural Touch or Illusions, but there are so up sides to using Freshlook Colorblends. I would advise you and anyone else to try these lenses as they cover a great portion of the iris and are natural in appearance and very comfortable and affordable. I would highly recommend the "Sterling Gray" shade over their "Gray shade as it is lighter and closer to Natural Touch (blending 3 different shades of gray on one lens). No one has any explanation as to why Cooper Vision or Ciba discontinued so many of their lenses, and I contacted the companies myself. We just have to move on.
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The Solotica Natural Colors "Verde" shade looks absolutely lovely, and seems like a pretty good substitute for the Durasoft 3 "Jade Green" I've been wearing. Have you worn these lenses, and if so, what color? Are the Natural Colors and Hidrocor both suitable for people with dark eyes? My biggest complaint about the FreshLook ColorBlends is that they seem more like enhancers for light eyes than a true color-changing opaque. Thanks for the suggestion! |
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BTW, it *appears* the Natural Touch lenses are still available as of today on lens.com (including Sultry Grey). There's no mention of "discontinued" on there FWIW. Would love to see a photo of someone wearing the "Willow Green"...anyone?
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I went to the Coopervision website and Natural Touch contact lenses are not even listed. Then I did a search for "natural touch contacts available." Some sites said that they were available, and other sites said that they weren't. Have you contacted Coopervision? The Consumer Care number is 1-855-5-COOPER or 1-855-526-6737. The hours are from 9:00AM-5:00PM EST Mon-Fri. That leaves me out because I can't really make phone calls from work. I may try to sneak out into the hallway or something and see what happens.
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I did a Google search in the Shopping section and found 222 results for natural touch contact lenses, and none on the first page look like they've been discontinued. Still, they're not on Lens.com anywhere. Maybe they stopped selling them at that website.
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They are not available on any of these sights! if you google it "yes" it pulls them up however, when you look to the checkout button it says UNAVAILABE. Sorry guys I ended up bitig the bullet and buying FX eyes ice blue in the their natural section. If you have an old contact you can send to the artist along with a photo of you and he can match one that most fits. |
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So instead of the Nautural Touch lenses you got "FX Eyes" contacts in Ice Blue? If you're recommending them then I think it means you like them. That's great. |
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Yes I have ordered them I am not sure if I like them as I have not received yet. They take about 8 weeks as they are hand painted. We will see ! i am trying to be optimistic ! The artist said I will love them as he doesnt have many people who are not satisfied. He also said if they are too bright he would tone them down. Tough it is double the price we shall see! I will post pix when i receive them. ![]() |
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I look forward to seeing those pictures. It sounds like artist is pretty confident in his skills. |
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Are you saying that you can send them a pair of your contacts and they will paint those for you? If so, that sounds great! I would hate to drop down such a huge chunk of change for a beautiful lens that makes my eyes feel awful due to the material it is made out of not being compatible with my eyes, even if all the measurements are right.
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I think after all that I'd frame my old lenses rather than throw them away! |
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So you waited for two whole minutes before you started shouting, huh?
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You're right, KITT. If they had just been discontinued the page would still be there with a note saying that the brand had been discontinued.
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Well, that was about a month ago now. Do you get updates from time to time about how your hand painted contact lenses are coming along? |
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Yeah, that would be good to know. Like when you get an email saying "We have received your inquiry and we want you to know that it's receiving our full attention and we'll reply as soon as we possibly can."
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The best lenses to replace natural touch at the moment is Bausch and Lomb Durasoft colours (soflens) If you want a good replacement for the sultry gray-look no further than platinum, in this coloured range-type bausch and lomb pacific into you tube and you will see what i mean-they are very bright and very natural whilst really lightening yur eye colour. they are far better than freshlook, as freshlook colours/colourblends dnt lighten your eyes completely-the green colourblends look wishy washy-murky, but the colir jade in softens is amazing-as is amazon. They are avaialble to order from contactlenses.co.uk who also ship worldwide, FX lenses are also great but very very expensive
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So what do you think of Durasoft Colors as replacements for Natural Touch? |
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I hope someone can find a replacement for Natural Touch contact lenses. I can't find a website that will tell me.
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I'm pretty sure most of the sites selling them have currency converters right on the site. I haven't ordered from Europe, so I don't know about shipping times, but I got lenses from Brazil in just under 4 weeks, and that was during the Christmas season. For some people, that's too long to wait, but to me, it was worth it.
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That's pretty good for ordering during Christmas. Is that the only time you've ordered those lenses so far?
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Oh, they're great! I've finally found something that is truly a good replacement for my discontinued DuraSoft lenses. I tried every colored lens on the American market in my prescription, and was disappointed with all of them.
I've only ordered internationally once, so I can't really say what a typical delivery time would be. I know some people have received their orders in the US within two weeks or less. I will definitely be ordering Solotica lenses again. In fact, since these ended up costing considerably less than my DuraSofts, and way less than buying, say, a year's worth of FreshLooks, I may order another pair very soon, just for the fun of it! ![]() |
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What was it about the other lenses you didn't like? Were they uncomfortable? Was the color wrong?
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I did find the FreshLook line (which the manufacturer of my old lenses, CIBA, claims is a *wonderful* replacement) to be quite drying and uncomfortable, in addition to being an asthetic disappointment. The other issue for me is that I find the annual replacement vial lenses to be easier to handle than the thinner disposables. They just have a sturdier feel, and don't fold in on themselves. Once they're in my eyes, I don't feel them at all. Thanks to lens101, I found a better option. I'm happy. ![]() |
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Did you check out any of the other suggestions in this thread? Just scroll up and look at the things that others have written.
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It's 2012 now and babybluesmissing is still missing.
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Im back still waiting i have sent them back for a third time to fix i looked like a zombie we will see and the pupil hole was a bit too large
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Have you thought about switching brands rather than getting your present lenses fixed? |
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I have but can not find anything that can cover my dark eyes.... |
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Looks like you got a touch of sun there, babybluesmissing.
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I don't think they can fix the pupil hole but they should be able to darken up that color for you |
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the only lenses with comparable opaqueness and color/tint quality is solotica hidrocharme however they are not available in North America. No other brand or opaque lenses come close to the tint style. I love the way natural touch lenses look so dont worry im an ecp as well and Im totally bummed out that illusions and natural touch is discontinued. |
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Once again people find a product made in other countries better than the one made in the United States. I guess the Americans can't get everything right.
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But many of us have found other lenses we like just as much on the international market. It's not as convenient as going to your eye doctor and trying lenses on to see how they look and feel, but it's all we've got...for now. |
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