Ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi kuzo zonke izingubo eziwubukhazikhazi nezesekeli u-Lady Gaga ayezigqoka kuvidiyo yakhe yomculo ethi "Bad Romance", amehlo akhe amakhulu aphefumulelwe i-anime ayebenyezela ebhavini azokhanya?
Amehlo amakhulu ka-Lady Gaga cishe akhiqizwa ikhompuyutha, kodwa intsha nabesifazane abasebasha ezweni lonke bawakhiqiza ngamalensi okuxhumana akhethekile alethwe evela e-Asia.Aziwa ngokuthi ama-lens ayindilinga, lawa ama-contact lens anombala (ngezinye izikhathi anemibala engavamile efana nonsomi nopinki) enza amehlo abonakale emakhulu ngoba awagcini nje ngokumboza iris njengamalensi avamile, kodwa futhi amboze ingxenye emhlophe yeso.
“Ngiye ngaphawula ukuthi amantombazane amaningi edolobheni lakithi ajwayele ukuwagqoka,” kusho uMelody View oneminyaka engu-16 waseMorganton, eNorth Carolina, onamapheya angu-22 futhi uwagqoka njalo.Uthe abangani bakhe bavamise ukugqoka amalensi ayindilinga ezithombeni zabo zikaFacebook.
Uma kungenjalo ngenxa yokuthi ayimpahla ethengiswayo futhi odokotela bamehlo banokukhathazeka okukhulu ngawo, lawa ma-lens angase abe enye imfashini yezimonyo.Akukho emthethweni ukuthengisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lwelensi yokuxhumana (eyokulungisa noma yezimonyo) ngaphandle kwencwadi kadokotela e-US, futhi okwamanje abekho abakhiqizi abakhulu bamalensi oxhumana nabo e-US abathengisa amalensi ayindilinga.
Kodwa-ke, lawa ma-lens atholakala kalula ku-inthanethi, ngokuvamile anentengo ephakathi kuka-$20 no-$30 ngepheya ngayinye, futhi eza ngazo zombili izinhlobo zemithi kanye nezimonyo kuphela.Emabhodini emiyalezo nakumavidiyo e-YouTube, abesifazane abasebasha namantombazane asakhula bakhangisa lapho bengathengwa khona.
Amalensi anikeza ogqokile ukubukeka okudlalayo.Ukubukeka kujwayelekile ku-anime yaseJapan, futhi kudume kakhulu eKorea.Abajahi bezinkanyezi abaziwa ngokuthi "Amantombazane ase-Ulzzang" bathumela ama-avatar amahle kodwa aheha ku-inthanethi, cishe bahlale begqoke amalensi ayindilinga ukuze bagxilise amehlo abo.(“Ulzzang” isho ukuthi “ubuso obungcono” ngesi-Korean, kodwa futhi imfushane ngokuthi “muhle.”)
Amalensi othintana naye e-anime
Manje njengoba amalensi ayindilinga eseyinsakavukela eJapan, Singapore, naseNingizimu Korea, avela ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu zase-US nasemakolishi."Kulo nyaka odlule, isithakazelo siye sakhula lapha e-United States," kusho uJoyce Kim, umsunguli we-Soompi.com, abalandeli base-Asia abadumile abanenkundla ye-lens eyindilinga."Ngemva kokuthi isikhishiwe, kuxoxwe ngayo futhi yabuyekezwa ngokwanele ngabasebenzisi bokuqala, manje isitholakala kuwo wonke umuntu."
UNksz Kim, 31, ohlala eSan Francisco, uthi abanye abangani bakhe abalingana naye bagqoka amalensi ayindilinga cishe nsuku zonke.Uthi: “Kufana nokufaka imascara noma i-eyeliner.
Amawebhusayithi athengisa amalensi okuxhumana agunyazwe yi-FDA kufanele aqinisekise imiyalelo yekhasimende nodokotela wamehlo.Ngokuphambene, iwebhusayithi yelensi eyindilinga ivumela amakhasimende ukuthi akhethe amandla elensi ngokukhululekile njengombala.
U-Kristin Rowland, ophothule ekolishi e-Shirley, eNew York, ugqoke amapheya amaningana amalensi ayindilinga, okuhlanganisa namalensi anikezwe udokotela ansomi namalensi aluhlaza angena ngaphansi kwezibuko zakhe.Ngaphandle kwawo, wathi, amehlo akhe ayebukeka “amancane kakhulu”;amalensi “abenza babukeke sengathi balapha”.
UNksz Rowland, obamba itoho e-Waldbaum, ngezinye izikhathi utshelwa amakhasimende ukuthi, “Amehlo akho makhulu namuhla,” kusho yena.Ngisho nomphathi wakhe wayenelukuluku lokwazi, ebuza, “Ukuthathephi konke lokhu?”- uthe.
Umkhulumeli we-FDA uKaren Riley naye umangele kancane.Ngesikhathi eqala ukusithinta ngenyanga edlule, ubengazi ukuthi ama-lens ayindilinga noma adume kangakanani."Abathengi basengozini yokulimala kabi kwamehlo ngisho nobumpumputhe lapho bethenga amalensi okuxhumana ngaphandle kwencwadi kadokotela esebenzayo noma ngaphandle kosizo lukadokotela wamehlo," wabhala ngemuva nje kwalokho ku-imeyili.
S. Barry Aiden, Ph.D., udokotela wamehlo wase-Deerfield, ose-Illinois futhi ongusihlalo we-American Optometric Association's Contact Lens and Cornea Division, uthe abantu abathengisa amalensi ayindilinga ku-inthanethi “bayisicelo sokugwema ukunakekelwa kochwepheshe.”Uxwayisa ngokuthi ama-contact lens angafaneleki angaphuca iso umoya-mpilo futhi abangele izinkinga ezinkulu zamehlo.
UNina Nguyen, oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala ongumfundi waseRutgers University waseBridgewater, eNew Jersey, uthe wayeqaphile ekuqaleni.“Amehlo ethu ayigugu,” kusho yena.“Angifaki lutho emehlweni ami.”
Kepha ngemuva kokubona abafundi abaningi bakwaRutgers begqoke amalensi ayindilinga kanye nokwanda kwabasebenzisi be-inthanethi, wavuma.Manje usezichaza “njengomthandi wamalensi ayindilinga”.
Umdwebi wezimonyo ogama lakhe lingu-Michelle Phan wethule ama-lens ayindilinga kubantu abaningi baseMelika ngesifundo sevidiyo se-YouTube lapho abonisa khona indlela yokwenza “amehlo ahlanyayo, ahlanyayo” ka-Lady Gaga.Ividiyo kaNksz. Fan enesihloko esithi “Lady Gaga Bad Romance Look” isibukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-9.4.
“E-Asia, ukugxila okuyinhloko kwezimonyo kusemehlweni,” kusho uNksz. Pan, i-blogger yase-Vietnamese-American manje osengumculi wokuqala we-makeup wevidiyo kaLancome."Bathanda ukubukeka konodoli abangenacala, okufana ne-anime."
Kulezi zinsuku, amantombazane ezinhlanga eziningi abukeka kanje.“Ama-lens ayindilinga awawona nje awabantu base-Asia kuphela,” kusho uCrystal Ezeoke oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, waseNigeria wesizukulwane sesibili waseLouisville, eTexas.Kuvidiyo ayithumele ku-YouTube, amalensi kaNkz Ezeok ampunga aphendule amehlo akhe aba luhlaza sasibhakabhaka.
Ngokusho komsunguli we-Lenscircle.com u-Alfred Wong, 25, iningi lamakhasimende e-Lenscircle.com azinze e-Toronto ngabantu baseMelika abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-15 no-25 abezwe ngamalensi ayindilinga kubahlaziyi be-YouTube.“Abantu abaningi bayayithanda ingane ibukeka ngoba yinhle,” kusho yena.“Kusewumkhuba osafufusa e-US,” kodwa “ukuthandwa kwawo kuyakhula,” wengeza.
Amalensi othintana naye e-anime
UJason Ave, ongumnikazi wesizindalwazi sePinkyParadise.com eMalaysia, wazi kahle ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwayo e-United States akukho emthethweni.Kodwa uyaqiniseka ukuthi amalensi akhe ayindilinga “aphephile, yingakho amakhasimende amaningi ewancoma kwabanye.
Ubhale nge-imeyili ukuthi “umsebenzi” wakhe “ukunikeza inkundla” kulabo abafuna ukuthenga amalensi kodwa abangakwazi ukwenza kanjalo endaweni.
Amantombazane afana noNksz View oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala waseNorth Carolina asiza ukuqondisa amakhasimende kumawebhusayithi athengisa amalensi ayindilinga.Uthumele amazwana angu-13 ku-YouTube mayelana namalensi ayindilinga, okwanele ukumtholela ikhodi yekhuphoni enikeze ababukeli bakhe isaphulelo sika-10%."Ngibe nokuthunyelwe okuningi ngibuza ukuthi ngiwathathaphi ama-lens ayindilinga ngakho lokhu ekugcineni kuyimpendulo enengqondo kuwe," esho kuvidiyo yakamuva.
Uthe wayeneminyaka engu-14 ngesikhathi uVue ecela abazali bakhe ukuthi bamthengele i-pair yakhe yokuqala.Nokho, kulezi zinsuku uyazibuyekeza, kodwa hhayi ngenxa yezizathu zempilo noma zokuphepha.
UNksz. Vue uthe amalensi ayindilinga adume kakhulu.“Ngenxa yalokho ngangingasafuni ukuwagqoka ngoba wonke umuntu wayesewagqokile,” kusho yena.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-09-2022
