Like eyeglasses, sunglasses come in a huge variety of materials. Depending on your budget, your uses and your tastes, your new sunglasses could be very different from the previous one! New trends and the latest technological advances are renewing this essential accessory. Now that you know how to choose your pair of glasses according to your face and its type of protection, let's focus on the manufacture. In general, what eyewear material (including sunglasses and sights) do you like? For example, what material was your last glasses frame? Were you satisfied with it? Are you more the type to take care of your sunglasses? Questions that already refine the selection criteria for your solar accessory!
Finding a good pair of sunglasses also means making small compromises. Indeed, sunglasses must fulfill their primary function:to protect your eyes from ultraviolet rays. If you are only looking for a fashion model, just do according to your tastes and your budget! Knowing that the most expensive sunglasses are not always the most resistant... and that we tend to mistreat our frames in summer! Plastic is generally very commonly used by fashion and novelty eyewear manufacturers. But did you know that there are several types of plastics with very different properties? In optics, three types of plastic are generally used:injected plastic, Grilamid TR90 and cellulose acetate. The first, very cheap, is to be found in fancy glasses. Disadvantage:like wood, injected plastic is very fragile! The paint will also tend to peel quickly on the frame. Grilamid TR90 and acetate are on the contrary two very resistant plastics. The same goes for titanium (expensive) and stainless steel. If you are looking for a sports frame, go for polyamide or carbon fiber glasses. For your little ones:we recommend elastomer, an unbreakable and very flexible natural rubber.
What color for the frame and lenses of your glasses? The one that suits your complexion the best. Choose a cool color like black, blue and gray, if you have blue veins (cool skin tone). On the contrary, if you have a golden complexion (green veins), go for brown, red, orange or yellow. One thinks for example of fawn speckled frames with yellow or red spots. Good to know:when you go to your optician and even to some online stores, you can ask to change your sunglasses; to increase their sun protection indices, for example. But this has a cost! Pay attention that the color of the lenses always goes with the frame.
