Glasses Guide: Choosing Your Frames
Choosing your frames
Choosing frames for glasses is a unique process that differs from person to person. A pair of eyeglasses may look perfect on one person and look totally out of place on another. There are things to consider: such as function, face shape and features which are important in determining how a frame look on your face.
Some factors to consider when choosing your glasses are function and style. Take into consideration things like your daily lifestyle and fashion choices to ensure you look your best in your glasses.
Below is a guide in choosing the right frame depending on your face shape:
Oval: Almost any frame suits oval face shape due to its symmetry. Someone with an oval face can experiment with square, round, rimless, or oversized frames.
Heart-shaped: This face shape is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Subtle, thin full rimmed, oval or round frames suit heart-shaped faces. The lower part of these styles start out small and gets wider at the top, providing a nice contrast with the forehead.
Longitudinal or Rectangular: A face with a longitudinal or rectangular shape has a length that is roughly double its width. Oval or round frames, bold full-rim frames can interrupt the longer facial features creating a nice optical effect.
Square: The sides of a square shaped face form a perpendicular line, and the chin, jaw, and forehead are prominent. Go for frames that elongates the face, such as rounded frames, rimless styles, or curved frames. Round frames create a nice contrast to the face shape.
Round: With smooth lines that make the width and length of the face essentially the same, a round face benefits from frames that add angles and length. Frames that do not draw attention to the width of the face, such as square or rectangular frames, can give added contours and definition to the wearer’s face.
Trapezoid: Thin at the top, wide at the bottom. The area around the forehead and temple is narrower than the prominent cheekbones and jawline. A frame that highlights the upper face looks best. Cat-eye, bold half or full rimmed glasses that draw attention to the upper half of the face are great options.
Choosing your lenses
Most people don’t realise that they also have a wide range of lenses available to them that offer protection for their eyes and give them the clearest and sharpest vision.
For correcting vision
Single Vision Distance Lenses: Single vision distance lens helps you see things that are far away. They're designed for helping to see things at a distance and to correct myopia.
Single Vision Near Lenses: Single vision near reading lens helps you see things at a close distance. They're best suited for helping to see things at distances of 30 to 40 cm.
Multifocal Lenses: Multifocal lenses incorporate distance, middle, and near vision seamlessly. These premium lenses provide an enhanced, seamless viewing experience.
Digital Lenses: Focused on modern life. Clarium Digital Lenses will provide you with a totally new view of your smartphone, tablet or TV. Perfectly matched to the use of digital devices. Your eyes will thank you for it.
For protecting your eyes
Photochromic Lenses: These everyday lenses automatically adjust from clear to dark and every shade in between.
Anti-glare Lenses: Anti-glare lenses are made with anti-reflective coating (sometimes referred to as AR coating or anti-glare coating).
For enhancing vision
Scartch Resistant Lenses: Anti-scratch lenses are made by coating regular plastic or glass lenses with a hard protective layer. This coating is applied to the front and back of the lenses.
Smudge Resistant Lenses: Smudge resistant lenses have a special coating that protects it from finger prints and smudges, making it a must-have for glasses wearers.
Dust Repellent Lenses: Dust repellent lenses protect your glasses from dust and dirt, allowing you to have clear vision no matter where you are or what you are doing.
Water Repellent Lenses: The hydrophobic coating of water repellent lenses prevents water droplets from sticking to the lens.
High Index Lenses: High-index lenses are lenses specially designed to be flexible when bending light in order to correct the vision of those of us who need to wear prescription eyeglasses. High index lenses are thinner and lighter than standard lenses, so they are perfect for those with higher prescription (more than + / - 4).