Buying prescription glasses online

If you haven't bought prescription glasses online before and don’t know where to start - we’ve got you covered with our handy how to guide. With our eco friendly, try at home glasses service, exclusive to our uk customers, we’re here to help make your glasses journey both sustainable and stress free..

Choosing your prescription glasses

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Finding the right shape and style of prescription glasses online can seem daunting, but if you follow a few simple rules you can’t go wrong.. and if you do, that’s where our Home Try On service comes in.

Frame shape should contrast face shape to achieve a good balance. So if you have angular features, soften with curved shapes and if you have round features, get some angles going on. Use square shapes to break up length and add sharpness. Or try a cat eye to break up squarer and more rounded face shapes.

Choose colours that compliment you - colours that you know work with your skin tone, eye and hair colour and current wardrobe. Black and tortoiseshell frames will always stand the test of time, but there’s never been a better time for some dopamine dressing with colourful print and pattern prescription glasses frames.

Above all else go with your gut and wear what you love.

finding the right frame

Try before you buy with our virtual mirror. This will help match you with your perfect prescription glasses with the added bonus that it reduces down the number of styles that don’t suit and returning packages, keeping our carbon footprint low.

Simply click on the TRY ON text to the left above the frame image, it will ask you to allow us camera access, so tick allow and remember to remove your current glasses! Have a play and see what suits.

This feature will help you decide on the right style. You can finalise options and decide which to try IRL with our Home Try On Service.

If you’re struggling with styling utilise our Personal Shopper service - we have lots of frames that aren’t yet in the store - using our expertise and your input, we can source the studio and style you in frames handpicked for you.

Try prescription glasses at home

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Sometimes you just need to hold things in your hands - we get it. Choose your glasses without pressure, at your leisure from the comfort of your sofa.

The way our Home Try On service works is you choose and purchase up to 4 pairs of glasses frames - 4 pairs give a good chance of success and is eco friendly keeping our carbon footprint down with multiple packages.

Simply select Home Try On at checkout, take free delivery, seek opinions from friends and family and see if they suit for up to 7 days. If none are quite right, you can simply return free of charge for an exchange of styles. We have lots of extra styles that aren’t yet up on the website, so be sure to ask if there’s something particular you’re searching for.

Don’t worry about adding your prescription lenses at this stage - we’ll walk you through the options once you’ve decided on your frame, based on your prescription and visual needs.

The fit of your prescription glassses

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A good fit is crucial to comfort. When choosing glasses, oversized or not, pay attention to the width of the frame. Balance your features and keep some proportion above and below the frames. 

The most important thing is to measure the total width of a current pair you own and compare to our FTW measurement in the product description, for a good guide on sizing your glasses.

Top Tip : use the measurements on your old eyewear to find a similar size that works for you. Glasses, especially modern frames, have eye size and other measurements on the inside to help - three sizes, measured in millimetres, for the eye, bridge and arm and a series of numbers, such as 50 18 145, can be found on the arm or bridge of your glasses.

Once you find your perfect pair - note the frame size and measurements and use this when in search of your next piece.

how to buy prescription glasses

Choosing the right lenses makes all the difference, the correct lenses prevent digital eye strain symptoms like neck pain, headaches and blurred vision that can occur as a result of wearing the wrong lenses.

The type of lens you’ll need depends on your lifestyle, job, optical needs and how you prefer to use your glasses. From screen glasses, to office and varifocal lenses, there’s an ideal lens for everyone and with our decades of optical expertise we’re here to help you find it.

When choosing your lenses you’ll need an up-to-date prescription from your Optometrist and a PD measurement which we can help you with.

Being a small family run online opticians, you can chat your options through with us - on an actual telephone - or via WhatsApp or email.. get in touch and let’s chat.

Take a peep at our article on choosing prescription glasses lenses and head on over to our eco friendly prescription glasses and sustainable preloved frames to find your perfect pairing.

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