Good Reads & Care Tips

It’s always sad to see little children nowadays will need to wear eyeglasses. It could be too much of exposure on the iPad screens that affect their health, or some kids are unfortunately born with eyes problem. No matter what is the reason of wearing an eyeglasses, parents should always ensure that their child feels good wearing eyeglasses by making sure they get a pair of good quality eyeglasses. Here we would like to share few ways to help your child feels good and comfortable in wearing eyeglasses.  

1. Let your child pick their own pair

2. Offer positive encouragement

3. Ensure frames are in a good fit

4. Make glasses become “fashion accessory”

Let’s get to the fact that everyone loves to be seen, looking good and to enjoy fashion. This could probably be applied to older kids or teens - where they have got fashion exposure. Let them choose frames by a brand they like or choose a few pairs to match with different outfits. By doing so, wearing glasses could be part of fashion and glasses be part of the fashion accessory. Yay! Because we don’t cry over spilled milk - we might not be able to change the fact that we need to wear glasses to support eyesights, but instead, we can cherish it with positivity!

5. Get ready for a new look!

Will buying an eyewear online be easy? Yes and No. We understand that without having the frames in front of you, it somehow can be difficult to know which styles fit you best. However, in life, we will need to be positive! So.. let’s take “Yes” as the answer :p Joke aside, somehow it's real - buying an eyewear online definitely easier than you thought! As long as you clearly understand and know your prescription and your eyes need. Don’t worry, since we are offering you an online purchasing,  we will be guiding you the best ways.

1. Know your face shape

2. Know your prescription and measurements

Watch this video if you need some guidance  -

3. Know your eyes need - get them a suitable lens

4. Know your styles

In this current era, people tend to get everything possible through online. Be it clothing, gadget, furniture, groceries and even food! So we don’t see why can’t we get eyeglasses, something that we need in our life via online. We hope these guidelines could make your life easier and happy shopping with RED BEE!

We understand that you might struggle with confusion on purchasing eyewear online especially if you are unsure on how to read the prescription. Fred not, we are here to help you solve the puzzle!

Have you ever had an eye exam at the eyewear shop and your optometrist has given you an eyeglass prescription? And that’s when you know that you need/do not need a pair of eyeglasses - you might have nearsighted or farsighted, or perhaps that you have astigmatism. You probably want to discover more about it here. Now the real question is… do you actually understand how to read on the terms, such as - R,L, AX, SPH and CYL? Does any of these terms jargon to you? He-he. Continue reading this article, it helps!

You should understand R and L - it simply meant to indicate right eye and left eye. The power of both eyes could be different. SPH is the short term for Sphere, which to indicate the amount of lens power, prescribed to correct nearsightedness or farsightedness. You might also realise from the eye test results, you will get a minus (-) sign, or a plus (+) sign, or none. As for minus (-) sign, means you are nearsighted; for plus (+) sign or none, simply means you are farsighted.

CYL is the short term of Cylinder. This indicates the amount of lens power for astigmatism. If you have no astigmatism or it is so slight that it is not necessary to correct it with your eyeglasses, you probably will not have CYL appears in your eye test results. The number in the CYL may be preceded with minus (-) or plus (+) sign too. The minus (-) sign is for the correction of nearsighted astigmatism whereas the plus (+) sign is for farsighted astigmatism. Please note that the CYL power will always follow SPH power in an eyeglass prescription.

AX is the short term for Axis. This describes the lens meridian that contains no CYL power to correct astigmatism. The Ax is defined with a number of 1 to 180, and the number 90 corresponds to the vertical meridian of the eye and the number 180 corresponds to the horizontal meridian. The AX is the lens meridian that is 90 degrees away from the meridian that contains the CYL power.

If you are still unsure with your prescription, you can always ask your optometrist for clarification. Trust us, you need to know every single details about your prescription before you get yourself  a pair of eyeglasses. By doing so, you can also track back your eye test results and fully aware on your eyes health! (yes, your eyes could possible gets better!). Also, please understand that prescription on eyeglasses will be different with prescription on contact lens. We advise you to seek for the professionals to understand it better.

If you would like to understand further, you can watch this youtube video. Hope this helps!

As their name suggests, multi-focal lenses enable you to have multiple prescriptions on just one particular pair of eyeglasses. (yay! here’s why..)

As we age, its a normal phenomenon that you may start to experience difficulty in reading. Words are getting blurry, you may need to enlarge the font size of your smartphone, or place newspaper much further away than your usual position so that you can see it clearly. This is what we called Presbyopia - where you need lenses that help your eyes to focus on the small and near objects. Myopia is a condition where your eyes are unable to correctly focus on objects at a distance. So and this again, you may need lenses that can address far objects into focus. If you have not been wearing any prescription glasses, you may find that reading glasses can help with the wordings, near words become clearer whereas distance objects would be blurry. On the other hand, if you have been prescription glasses for shortsightedness, meaning to see distance object, you may be able to read a book clearly by taking off your glasses. So yes, here’s the point, the trouble of “taking your glasses on and off” action, aren’t you feel annoyed yet?

Well, if you already experiencing it, you will definitely love this solution here - multi-focal lens. The type of lens that provide vision correction, helps you to see distance object and near object clearly with the same pair of glasses without the need to switch two different glasses already!

A good pair of multi-focal glasses can fit into your lifestyle seamlessly, someone who is active, busy and always looking out for conveniences, we suggest you to opt for multi-focal glasses. Each lens is custom made according to your lifestyle after we examine your eyes needs. If you are unsure if your eyes needs and whether or not you are fit for wearing a multi-focal glasses, you are welcome to head over our stores to know more! Depending on the results of your eye test, we will always give the best pair for you! With a suitable pair of multi-focal glasses, you can now enjoy clearer vision for distance viewing and reading with the hassle of changing to multiple types of glasses.

Fashionable eyeglass frames come and go, while you enjoy exploring on the fashion trends, you still need a frame that accentuate your best features! Instead if spending hours at the shop trying on dozens of frames before setting on a frame style, check out our professional tips here to find the right frames and lens for your face shape.

Picking the right frames

First, determine your face shape. Either you have a round face, oval, oblong, triangular or square.. you can definitely have the frames that suit your face shape. Round faces will appear slimmer with a narrow or rectangular frames. Oval faces look even more balanced to have a frame that are slightly wider than your forehead. A shorter frames that carry more depth over width definitely suit best for oblong faces. Lucky for triangular faces, they gonna look great with coloured frames or frames resembling “cat eyes” whereas square faces may choose to have frames that are slightly narrow, oval frames with less depth and more width. For a clearer and more detailed guide, you can check out here. 

Best frames for hair and skin colours

Yes, hair and skin colours can affect on your choices for frames too! Those with brown hair and medium to dark skin tones - any colour frame can go-to as long as they aren’t too strong. Little hint, tortoiseshell with a little gold or red is one of the great choices favoring browns. If you coloured your hair blond (or if you born with blond hair) and light-skinned - you probably should opt for medium brown or olive tortoiseshell frames. Basically any medium to light shades of green or blue can really blend well too! And if you have slightly gray or silver hair - blue and burgundy frames should look great on you, try to avoid silver and tortoiseshell frames that may look wash-out your skin tone.

So after get your right frames, time to consider for good lens. Polycarbonate lenses are thinner, lighter and more resistant to scratches then the plastic lenses. As we mentioned here plastic lenses not a good choice to be paired for your good frames. You may opt for lenses with lens coating, such as anti-reflective, UV protective or scratch-resistant coatings. Depending on the power of your eyesight, you can always go for thinner lens to enhance your look. For higher UV protection, go for photogrey lens.

Now there’s no reason for you to skip purchasing a good pair of Red Bee eyewear via online! But if you think you need to speak with our pros, welcome to our stores!

We have been granted with a good pair of eyes, sometimes unfortunately due to lack of care and protection, we may prone to eyes disease.
As many eye diseases might have no early symptoms, may be painless, see no change in your vision until the disease has become quite advanced. Therefore it’s quite crucial to do your annual eye examination, just like your annual physical examination. However, if you experience any of the following eye changes, you should immediately see your ophthalmologist or optometrist.

Eyestrain.

It’s normal to experience eyestrain especially if you read for hours, work at a computer, or drive for a long distance without stopping. You should get them some rest when you have overused your eyes. However if you still experience it after few days, and the discomfortness still there, you should get them checked immediately to make sure it isn’t another problem.

Red Eyes.

If you ever experience the surface of your eyes covered in blood vessel, giving your eyes the red look, you probably having eye infection. You may get some over-the-counter eye drops and get enough rest (because it may cause from lack of sleep or allergies). However if it still irritates you after few days, see your doctor.

Dry Eyes.

It may be normal for your eyes to feel a little dry especially you are in air cond. room for a longer time. You might feel like something is in your eye or like it’s burning. You may try to use a humidifier in your home, or have some special eye drops that you may get it over-the-counter. Besides, you should consume nutritional supplement with fish oil and omega-3. If you still experience dry eye and it irritates you, again, you should get them checked immediately.

Color Blindness.

If you experience difficulties to see certain colours, or can’t tell the difference between reds and greens, you may be color blind. It occurs when the colour cells in your eye are absent or don’t work. There is unfortunately no treatment can be done if you’re born with it, however special glasses might be helpful to tell the difference between certain colours.

Vision changes.

It’s normal if you experience slight change on your vision as you get older. If it’s not because of the age, you probably need glasses. Some would opt for lasik treatment to correct the vision. Eye disease like cataracts, macular degeneration can too, cause vision problems. Symptoms may be vary, so keep your eyes checked.

Few other signs and symptoms are also need your immediate attention, if you experience:

• Severe, sudden eye pain 
• Pain in or around the eye
• Unusual sensitivity (or even painful) to light or glare
• Swollen, red eyes
• Changes in colour of the iris
• Itching, burning or a heavy discharge in the eyes
• Any sudden change in vision 

Caring for your eyes like you do for you skin and face will ensure you look and feel your best. It’s undeniable that eyes are the important part of your health. Eyes express our emotions and thoughts, and it’s our responsibility to take care of them. Here, we are sharing you few tips to maintain healthy eyes well into your golden years.

Eat right.

You should’ve known that carrots are good for your eyes. So you should eat more to protect your sight. Besides carrots, eat more fruits and dark leafy greens such as kale and spinach. Eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon and tuna also has much benefits for your eyes health.

Wear protective eyewear.

Protect your eyes from the harmful UV rays when you are exposed to outdoor activities. Protective eyewear includes goggles, which you should always wear it when you are swimming, safety shields, when you are doing any sports or outdoor activities, and better yet, opt for glasses that has the photogrey function.

Care for your contact lenses.

Always wash your hands thoroughly before taking off or putting in your contact lenses to avoid the risk of eyes infection. Be sure to replace the contact lenses accordingly and disinfect them as instructed.

Rest your eyes.

We know you are busy with your everyday schedule. However it's important to take care of your eyes. If you spend most of the time at the computer, do take some break to give your poor eyes some break. We shared the eyes exercises here that could help to reduce eyestrain.

Keep them pretty.

There are alot of remedies we can try to make our eyes maintain beautiful, and those doesn’t need super high cost, could have just get them from the kitchen! Try applying cucumber slices, black or green tea bags, chilled spoon, and rose water to your eyes to get rid of dark circle, puffiness and making them look brighter in no time!

1. Can reduce eye strain and fatigue besides lessen glare by regulating the amount of natural light you are exposed to. While you do not have to worry of the degree of the lenses darkness since it depends upon the amount of light you are exposing to.
2. The transitions to darken the lenses only takes around 30 seconds and can turn clear again just as fast. You don’t have to be uncomfortable with the shades - dark or normal.
3. You can save money! (and time too). Who needs to have eyeglasses and sunglasses when you can have them 2 in 1! You don’t have to keep switching both.
4. Can be stylo. The lenses available in brown or gray variable tints. Choose one to suit your style.
5. Suitable for all age. It is also ideal for children. Since eye damage results from the lifetime exposure to UV rays, the protection should start since they are young. 

We should appreciate the optometry technology, for the coating on the eyeglasses called “Blue Control”.

With all the digital devices we expose ourselves to, some of which we look at for many hours each day, the prolonged exposure to high energy visible light, or “blue light” as it’s commonly known would resulting a dry, tired, and burning eyes. Also, this situation would still happens to the spectacle wearers. They would still experience some form of eye stress during or after using the digital devices. The digital devices displays are not only changing the light spectrum we are exposed to - but they are also changing our visual behaviour.

As much we may or may not realising it, we spend more time looking at things (digital devices) “close up”, and possible in low brightness background, admit it, how many of you would still swipe on your smartphone before sleep even after the lights off? Guess it’s been a norm, sadly.

LCD and LED screens emit blue light, and since the exposure are strong towards the modern society now, optometrists (and us!) are concern about irritated eyes and even blurred version as a result of using these devices at work, for communication, or at play.

Blue Control somehow work wonders to reduce the perception of blue light emitted by digital devices rays, minimizing glare and improving contrast. Blue Control is the ideal solution for people who spend extended periods with digital screens, including students, office workers, and video game players.  It provides effective blue light protection, ensuring safety and comfort in this digital world.

While most of us understand the increased risk to our eye health, a majority of us are still in the position to contemplate on the eye protection against the effects of UV light and glare. Us at RED BEE Eyewear, we understand the need and the importance of having the “magic” coating on every pair of your eyeglasses, without breaking your bank account. We have been granted with a good pair of eyes, but when you already need a pair of eyeglasses means you are.. Slightly need for a help! So.. we are here to offer the protection to your eyes before it goes worst. It’s always better to protect than cure. Hence, we are always prioritize protective features in our eyewear.

So back to the question.. Yes, blue control is definitely effective and worth your money!

Our tip : Be sure to give your eyes more frequent breaks, look away (if you could do so) or keep a distance to look at the screens - even when you are in the middle of working on your laptop, table or smartphone. If your eyes are tired and dry, close your eyes and take some rest. Trust us, your work can wait! Most importantly, avoid looking at your screen at a low brightness background.