If buying sunglasses should remain a pleasure, some tips are needed. Glasses, protection, frames, color … With BestSave, discover in 10 tips the sunglasses that you need!
1 – Dark glasses necessarily protect from the sun?
Even if we often favor fashion, some precautions must be taken before giving way to impulse buying. Be careful, to be sure of the quality of your sunglasses, choosing a very dark shade is not enough. The quality of filtration of harmful rays is the first element to check. Thus, some transparent corrective lenses may be sufficiently protective.
2 – Which glasses to choose?
The best is to choose a glass able to oppose the passage of UV, to respect colors as accurately as possible and to have good optical quality. When choosing these sunglasses, it should be checked that they bear the CE mark and the protection category from 0 to 4. There are several types of filter lenses: minerals (scratch very little but are sensitive to shocks) and organic (light and shock resistant). Some may benefit from treatment: anti-reflective, photochromic (darken with light), colored, mirrored.
3 – How to choose the right protection?
The category of protection varies from 0 to 4. For the usual situations of sunshine, the category 3 is enough. But for the mountain, do not hesitate to adopt the category 4, whose glasses often equip the glasses “glacier”, but we should not use them to drive.
4 – What special precautions for children?
Eye protection must be perfect, especially for children. The eyes of children, especially very young, are more permeable to light than those of adults. Before his first birthday, the retina receives 90% of UVA and more than 50% of UVB. Before age 12, 60% of UVA and 25% of UVB. After 25 years, these amounts of UV decrease and are stopped by the lens.
Be careful therefore glasses gadgets! A tinted glass, even very dark, if it prevents from being dazzled, does not necessarily filter the most harmful rays. Many models specially adapted to the eyes and morphology of children are also offered at very affordable prices.
5 – What do you think of colored glasses?
With the fashion of colored glasses, it is important to take some precautions, either for the quality of filtration or for the use that one intends to make of this equipment. Check the CE marking and the categories of protection. Attention finally, the pink or blue glasses, among others, modify the perception of the colors which can be troublesome for the driving of a vehicle.
6 – Should we buy his sunglasses at the same time as these glasses?
Do you have a vision problem and do not have sunglasses? What better opportunity than to buy them at the same time as your glasses! You will be able to ask glasses adapted to your lack of vision. Essential caution when driving in sunny weather!
7 – Contact lenses do they protect against UV rays?
Very practical contact lenses for athletes often have a UV filter that offers good protection. But during intense exposure, it is advisable to use sunglasses to protect the contours of the eye and eyelids.
8 – Where to buy your sunglasses?
Although the majority of sunglasses now meet European requirements since 1995, the information attached to the pair of glasses is not always enough to guarantee the filtration quality of glasses. To ensure that the glasses you choose are perfectly protective, the National Association for the Improvement of Sight (ASNAV) advises to contact his optician, the only professional in this area.
9 – Which form for which face?
Like any fashion accessory, the choice of sunglasses can display a certain personality. Nevertheless, depending on the shape of your face, some tips will help you avoid some disappointments. For round faces, there is a choice between accentuation with round shapes or correction with geometric shapes, angular and stretched. For square faces, the accentuation may be based on geometric shapes or on the contrary be softened by oval shapes. For rectangular shapes, oval shapes help to enlarge the face. For oval faces, anything is possible!
10 – Which frame to choose?
Some opticians will not hesitate to advise you according to the color of your eyes or that of your hair. Despite these generalities, buying sunglasses is a personal choice. For blue eyes, prefer a bluish or silver mount. For green eyes, a gray frame is recommended. For brown eyes, do not hesitate to try the beige and its gradients. For black, beige, pink or black eyes will give a very aesthetic result.
For harmony with the hair, do not hesitate to melt the frame to the color of your hair: cold tones for gray hair, warm tones for brown hair, red gradient for red hair.
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