CHOOSING
THE RIGHT FRAMES AND LENSES FOR
YOUR NEEDS.
This online guide will
help you choose a frame that both
suits your face shape and fits
comfortably. Please
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INDEX: (Click on a
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We at spex2you want to make your experience
of buying glasses online as comfortable
as possible and we really want you to
be over the moon with what you choose.
Please therefore familiarize yourself
with the following so that you can be
confident about the product you order!
HOW
TO CHOOSE A FRAME THAT SUITS YOUR FACE
SHAPE?
We have compiled the following simple
guide that will help you choose the
right style of frame to suit your face.
There is no particular right and wrong
in choosing a pair of glasses but the
following is generally considered to
be the general direction one should
go to pick a frame for a particular
face shape.
As a general rule of thumb most people
tend to fall into the following categories:
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Oval Face:
Your face length is roughly equal
to one and a half times the width.
Your face is well balanced with
high cheekbones and a gently curving
jaw. Your forehead is slightly
wider than your jaw.
Your in luck, people with this
sort of face shape can choose
most frame shapes as most will
suit you. Simply make sure the
size of the frame you choose is
in proportion to your face.
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Square Face:
Your face is as deep as it is
wide with a deep forehead and
a square jaw line.
People with this sort of face
shape should generally choose
frame styles that are more rounded
or oval and should avoid slim
square or angular shaped frames.
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Long Oblong Shaped
Face:
Your face is longer than it is
wide with high cheek bones and
a deep forehead.
Choose wider frames and styles
with a more pronounced heavier
top. Solid looking large square
frames can often balance a narrow
looking face. Avoid small subtle
shapes.
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Heart-Shaped Face:
Your face is narrow at the jaw
line with a small neat chin and
mouth. Your face is wide at the
cheek bones and forehead.
Choose a frame style that is
slender, rounded or square but
avoid a style that has a greater
width at the top. This will tend
to reflect the shape of your face
rather than enhance your look.
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Round Face:
Your face is as wide as it is
long and is fairly short in height
with a wide forehead. You have
full cheeks and a rounded jaw
line.
Choose frames with lenses that
are wider than they are deep and
squarer in shape. Frames that
have decoration where the arm
meets the frame and with arms
that meet the frame at the top
would suit. Avoid big round frames
that make your face look rounder.
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If you already wear glasses
and are happy with your current style
of frames, then simply choose a similar
frame from our collection.
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HOW
TO CHOOSE A FRAME THAT FITS COMFORTABLY?
Lens Diameter:
This is measured diagonally across the
lens from the nose bridge
Bridge: This is the
area which sits directly across your
nose
Arm Length: There are
three arm lengths that can be regarded
as standard; 135mm, 140mm and 145mm
Frame
Width: The total width
across the full frame to give you an
overall better picture of how these
frames compare to your current glasses.
(This measurement is for guidance only
and is measured from the inside of the
arm. It can be slightly adjusted either
way by an optician)
Lens Height:
Measurement from the top to the bottom
of the lens. All frames can be fitted
with single vision lenses. However,
if you require a bifocal or varifocal
lens, then this measurement becomes
important, as multifocal lenses will
require a minimum lens depth of 28mm.
If you already have a pair of glasses
that you are happy with, the process
is very simple. By checking the frame
sizes from your own pair against the
sizes indicated on our site you will
be able to purchase a pair of glasses
that will fit comfortably. Please note
though, these measurements do NOT
have to be EXACTLY
the same, just very similar will do.
One or two millimeters difference should
not make too much difference.
Take a look at the inside of the arms
of your glasses. You will see something
like 48 [] 17 135 ,
occasionally written as 48 []
17 without the arm length.
This is because the arms are straight
with no curve at the end and also because
the arms are quite easily adjusted.
You may also find these measurements
on the inside nose bridge but more often
than not it will be on the arm. These
numbers relate to lens diameter,
nose bridge width and arm
length. The measurements
indicated in red
in the graphic above are extra measurements
we encourage you to take yourselves
and will not appear anywhere on your
glasses. All the products on our site
have these extra measurements indicated.
There may be other numbers and codes
on the inside of the arms. These are
just manufacturers codes for styles
and colours. You can ignore these.
This tells you that the lens diameter
is 48mm, the nose bridge
gap is 17mm and that
the arm length is 135mm.
Now compare these measurements
against the glasses on our web site
and you will get a
comfortable fitting pair of glasses!
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UNDERSTANDING
WHAT YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEANS.
Making sense of your prescription is
easier than you would think if you understand
the jargon! Here are some terms used
on your prescription:
SPH (sphere). This is your correction
for long or short sight. It can be a
‘-‘ value or a ‘+’
value and goes up in 0.25 steps. 0.25,
0.50, 0.75, 1.00 etc.
CYL (cylinder). The correction for
any Astigmatism if you have one. It
can be a ‘-‘ value or a
‘+’ value and goes up in
0.25 steps. 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 etc.
AXIS The axis for which the correction
for the Astigmatism needs to be set
at. It will only be present if you have
a value in CYL. And can be a value from
0 - 180
ADD (addition) Only required if you
need to use glasses for reading and
is always a ‘+’ value.
NEAR Means the same as ‘ADD’
above.
‘-‘ or ‘+’
This is VERY important as it indicates
short or long sightedness. The ‘-‘
value is sometimes written above the
value.
PLANO } These all mean the same thing!
No correction required/nothing/0
0 }
0.00 }
INFINITY }
DS (dioptre sphere). Usually appears
under the CYL box and would indicate
no CYL value.
OD When user refers to the right eye
OS When used refers to the left eye
If you require reading glasses please
include the NEAR or ADD. If you require
Distance /Driving glasses then you may
omit this
You may also have an Intermediate value.
This is for computer use. Please call
us if you need glasses for VDU work
and have this value on your prescription.
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PD
(Pupillary Distance) - HOW TO OBTAIN
IT
This is the distance between the center
of one pupil to the center of the other
pupil measured in millimeters. Usually
written as one value (60mm) but sometimes
written as 34/33 if one eye is slightly
further away from the center of the nose
than the other.Unfortunately, many prescriptions
do not include a PD measurement or Pupillary
distance measurement. Your Optician does
not yet HAVE to give you this as part
of your eye test and so often chooses
not to so as to encourage you to pay over
the odds for your glasses rather than
using our fantastic service at glasses2you.
So therefore we encourage you to ask your
Optician to supply you with this measurement.
However, don't panic if you haven't got
this or don't want to ask your optician.
We can still make your glasses up using
an average pupillary distance measurement
based on your gender, the size of the
frames you have ordered and the experience
of our dispensing optician. In the majority
of cases this method works extremely
well but there will be certain customers
who through having very strong prescriptions
or who significantly differ from the
average may encounter some problems.
In these cases the specs won't damage
your eyes but may well cause some discomfort.
If you know that you have a particularly
strong prescription or you suspect that
you may not fall close enough to what
is seen as average sizes we would recommend
that you try one of the following methods
of obtaining your PD measurement.
Obtaining your own
Pupillary Distance
Method 1: Ask your
partner or friend to help you.
Make sure your friend is sat at roughly
the same height as you are and ask them
to place a ruler across the bridge of
your nose upside down so that the millimeter
measurements are on the edge of the
ruler closest to your eyes. The measurer
holds the ruler in their left hand across
the bridge of your nose and closes their
LEFT eye to avoid any parallax error.
With their RIGHT eye open, they then
first line up the ruler with the center
of your left pupil. Then without moving
the ruler they close their RIGHT eye
and with their LEFT eye open, read off
the measurement to the center of the
RIGHT pupil. (See diagram below). Best
results are achieved if you fix your
gaze on the bridge of the nose of the
person taking the measurement. This
point should ideally be around 16 inches
or 40 cm's away.
Method 2: Taking a
measurement yourself
This is easily measured looking in
a mirror and using a ruler! Please follow
these steps
- Stand in front of a mirror at a
distance of about 20cm (8 inches)
- Close your right eye
- Place your ruler flat against the
mirror and align it horizontally with
the millimeter scale pointing upwards
- Looking over the top of the ruler
with your left eye, align the zero
mark of the ruler in the center of
your left pupil
- Now open your right eye and close
your left but keep your head still
and the ruler in the same position
- Read the millimeter measurement
corresponding to the center of your
right pupil
- To be sure, you can repeat this
process a few times for consistency
Method 3: (With a helper)
Please follow these steps:
- Put your glasses on
- Ask your helper to stand in front
of you and mark a dot on your glasses
directly above your pupils left and
right (Please
be sure to use a NON PERMANENT MARKER
PEN)
- With a ruler, measure the distance
between the 2 dots
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HOW
TO ORDER YOUR GLASSES FROM SPEX2YOU
Visit an optician for
an eye test
Visit an optician for an eye
test (free in some instances!)
and obtain a prescription. Some
opticians may be reluctant to
give you this in the hope of encouraging
you to purchase a pair of glasses
through them. But it is your right
to have this information and they
MUST supply you with it.
Order online
Once you have this prescription,
you are in a position to log on
to our site at www.glasses2you.co.uk
and start making some very real
savings. Do not forget that our
glasses and lenses are made and
assembled to the same high standards
as any other high street opticians.
The only 'bit' that we cannot
do online is the eye test!
We accept most types of credit
and debit card payment using a
128 bit secure socket layer which
is the most secure way of taking
payments over the internet, so
rest assured, you can shop with
glasses2you in confidence!
Choosing glasses
Decide on the amount that you
want to spend and look at our
quality ranges using the navigation
buttons on the left. Most frames
come in a variety of colours and
sizes. If you have an existing
pair of spectacles then please
have a look at the measurements
on the arm.
This may look like this: 47 []
23 140.
The first number 47 is the lens
diameter. The second number 23
is the nose bridge width, and
the third number 140 is the arm
length.
If you have this information
then look for a pair with similar
measurements. You can add your
lenses diameters to your bridge
width and add 2mm each end (in
our example, 47+47+23+2+2= 121)
121 is then the frame width.
Choosing your lenses
Single vision lenses: The majority
of people will only require a
single vision lens fitted to their
glasses. If this is the option
that you require then decide if
the glasses are to be used for
reading(near) or for computer
work(intermediate) or everyday
use (distance) If for intermediate
or near (reading) use, it should
be written on your prescription
under additions (ADD).
Choose your frames from our wide
range of quality products and
fill out the online order form
exactly as per your prescription.
Our superb range of quality glasses
start from as little as £15.
Bifocal lenses: Bi-focals are
an option for people who require
2 lenses in 1. Reading and distance.
We only recommend that you choose
this option if recommended by
your optician. In this case we
ask you to instruct your optician
to make out the prescription as
if the glasses were to be worn
12 - 13 mm from the eye.
Pay for your glasses
You can pay online using most
major credit and debit cards.
Rest assured that we use an encrypted
service for this payment so that
your details are not visible to
any one. Buying online from a
reputable company such as www.glasses2you.co.uk
is a very secure process.
Receiving your glasses
Whilst we reserve the right to
deliver by 21 days, we will strive
to get your new spectacles to
you within 7 days. However please
expect more complex prescriptions
to take several days longer.
We feel sure that you will be
delighted with your new glasses
and delighted with your savings!!!!
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