Cosplay As Your Favourite Film Character With Crazy Lenses

Comic book and superhero characters are always a popular source of cosplay inspiration; the creative costuming that typically has many iterations through different comic series, TV shows and movies allows freedom when deciding how to replicate the look! Additionally, each character normally has some sort of signature token or part of their costume that makes them instantly recognisable, ideal costumes for cosplay beginners. In this cosplay of Marvel’s The Scarlett Witch, @emmariley.24 uses our Blind Red contact lenses to mimic the way the character's eyes glow when using her magical abilities. 

The use of red contact lenses completes Emma’s cosplay, adding the otherworldly and magical element of the character. Emma recreates the Scarlet Witch’s signature headpiece and opera gloves using a mix of props, paint and makeup. These items have been a part of the Scarlet Witch costume since her first appearance on the page. Finally, in the most recent movie appearance, the character’s on-screen depiction in the Marvel Cinematic Universe included these props. In part three of our Beginner’s Guide to Cosplay series, we cover using SFX makeup as part of your costume.

Watch the YouTube video here to see how Emma brings this look to life! Perhaps you can pick up some tips and tricks from watching this master at work. 

Emma recreates the most recent portrayal of the Scarlet Witch and her costume on movie screens from Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Overwhelmed by grief, Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch) temporarily becomes a villain in her mission to cross into alternate universes. This Marvel film was the first to dip its toes into the horror genre, using Maximoff's powers to create some truly tense and scary moments. The Blind Red coloured contact lenses used by Emma completely cover the pupil, removing a human element from the eyes and adding to this unsettling version of the character.

Costume contact lenses are essential in recreating horror movie characters to capture their horrifying and non-human nature; they often have unnatural eye colours such as red, yellow, or pitch black that are impossible to achieve without contact lenses. Ensuring that every part of your costume is correct (even including your eyes) is what makes a great cosplay. @kierahclarke adds a fun twist to her cosplay of Pennywise, the clown from the infamous novel by Stephen King, inspiring multiple movies to be created. Most recently, it was transformed into a movie that hit our cinemas in 2017, with part two (or Chapter Two) being released in 2019. Now, more than five years later, people are still gripped by the terrifying figure of Pennywise. 

In her version, Kierah uses makeup to reinvent both Pennywise’s ashen features and sharp, red clown makeup and create the impression that she is pulling up her skin to reveal the fearsome face underneath. This creepy look includes our Cosplay Yellow Costume contact lenses to accurately portray Pennywise’s terrifying stare. 

Fantasy movies are the next top users of coloured contact lenses and costume lenses; often filled with mythical beings, magic users, and more, anything from the fantasy genre includes unrealistic elements. This is what separates it from our mundane and non-magical world - however, contact lenses can help us bridge this gap when recreating favourite characters from this varied and beloved genre. Our affiliate @maddyjmua uses the Hulk Green contact lenses in her Avatar recreation.

Set far into the future, Avatar is an epic dystopian fantasy depiction warning of the horrors of capitalism, colonialism and climate change. However, people fell in love with the alien settings when the film was first released in 2009; the long-awaited sequel finally hit the cinemas in 2022, and the third film is due to be released this year. Lauded for its impressive, ground-breaking special effects and breathtaking cinematography, many love recreating the beloved characters. In particular, cosplaying as one of the Na’vi - the Indigenous population of the moon - is popular, likely due to their unusual and alien features which are fun to recreate, with blue skin and colourful eyes.

Our final movie cosplay look is both our most recent and our oldest; the first motion picture of Nosferatu was released in 1921, originally a silent black-and-white German film. It was remade in 1979 to feature a more sympathetic portrayal of the movie’s main villain, Count Orlock, and was finally recently released in cinemas again at the end of 2024, in a new version directed by Robert Eggers. @thenickoeffect perfectly captures the key elements of Orlock’s costume that make even his shadowy outline a recognisable figure, most importantly including the long, clawed fingers. 

 As we mentioned before, choosing characters that have iconic discernable features singular to that character, such as Scarlet Witch’s headpiece or Count Orlock’s gnarled and clawed hands, is an easier project to tackle as a novice cosplayer. Even if you can’t accurately recreate the entirety of the costume or look, by including a few key attributes, your cosplay is instantly identifiable. @thenickoeffect uses our Cosplay Yellow Costume contact lenses here to add that finishing touch to this villainous character. 

We look forward to seeing your cosplays - tag us on our socials so we won’t miss it! Cosplay is about coming together to celebrate your favourite characters, whether they be from anime, comic books, manga, TV shows, video games or movies; get creative and put your own twist on the character, or simply try to faithfully recreate the original (which can be harder than it looks)! Complete your cosplay with our lenses - browse the cosplay section here to find some inspiration or the perfect pair to finish off your outfit!