Crisp snow, clear skies, maybe a bit of skiing or snowboarding — that’s what winter weather means to a lot of us. As you make your plans for winter holidays, don’t forget that all those things come with a real potential for sun damage to the eyes. In summer, we get the habit of carrying [...]
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Cat Eye Sunglasses for Fall 2011
You may wear eyeglasses just so you can see and sunglasses to protect your eyes from keratitis, but you still want to look chic, right? This fall, after a couple of seasons of geek chic hornrims and Harry Potter circles, the new shape for eyeglasses and sunglasses alike heralds a return to glamour. Cat eye [...]
Aviator Sunglasses
In 1938, Ray-Ban developed aviator sunglasses for — well, for aviators. Pilots needed a little more protection from the glare of the sun, and the special shape of the lenses kept the glare from affecting the razor-sharp vision needed by the aviators. By 1939, people had so fallen in love with the aviator sunglasses that [...]
Make Up and Eye Health
If you’re one of the three million Britons wearing contact lenses, or the 61% that wear eyeglasses (some use both), then you probably pay some attention to eye care. You visit your optician, or use an online eye test to help you track changes in your vision. You keep your lenses clean and remember not [...]
Eye Test Costs
Are you putting off your eye test because of the cost? The cost of an eye test needn’t be a barrier to care. You might be entitled to a free NHS eye exam. If you’re under 16 or under 19 and in school If you’re over 60 or over 40 if one of your parents [...]
Valentine’s Day Glasses
On Valentine’s Day, you may be seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses. Beauty, after all, is in the eye of the beholder. So Valentine’s Day would be the perfect day for you to wear heart-shaped spectacles, or those rose-tinted lenses that make the whole world look better. Bright red frames add zing to your look, [...]
Choosing Eyeglass Frame Colors
Select Frame Colors That Complement Your Skin Tone For the most attractive appearance, the color of your eyeglass frames should complement your skin tone. Skin tone is broadly classified as either warm or cool. A warm skin tone has a bronze, golden, or “peaches and cream” cast. A cool skin tone has blue or pink [...]
How To Take Care of Your Eyeglasses
Care Tips for Eyeglasses Take a few minutes each day to follow these simple care tips – they’ll prolong the life of your eyeglasses. Inspect Check your eyeglasses frequently for signs of wear. If a hinge screw is loose, visit your Optician to have it tightened. Or purchase a small, precision screwdriver and do it [...]
Injury to Your Eyes Due to Choosing Improper Sunglasses
The sun shines right overhead, so on large streets and small lanes there are more and more people wearing sunglasses. Certainly, as a health product of visual acuity, the sunglasses can prevent the intensive stimulation to human eyes of sunlight. As the improvement of people’s material and cultural levels, sunglasses which could be considered as [...]
7 Signs One Might Be Ready For Reading Glasses
1. When you ask them for the time, they take a quick look at their watch, then dodge the question by saying “it’s getting late” 2. At dinner, they spend a few minutes looking at the menu, and when you ask “what looks good?” They reply with, “It all looks delicious, but let’s ask what [...]
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