Glasses to Love

The sun is starting to come out in fits and starts, meaning it’s time to grab your favourite glasses and keep your eyes safe from those rays, of course though if you don’t have a favourite pair yet – never fear as I have a great way to help you find a pair you love, without having to traipse around the shops for hours on end.

But to start with check out some of my favourites I had found:

Converse Spraypaint – £125

Available in a choice of  two colours I love the side detailing on this pair from Converse, with the interweaving sides and the well-known Converse star logo I think they would make both clear glasses as well as sunglasses.

Saturn – £55

This obviously popular style as it has already sold out in one colour, attracted me with the contrasting colours and bold circle detailing to the side.

London Retro Fitzrovia – £95

I’ve totally fallen for London Retro glasses of late, all their frames as so quirky and each one is available in a number of different colours so you really can bring out your personality with them.

EMP Rimless – £125

If you love a bit of pale pink then this pair may just be for you, offering a rimless look, I think they would suit a number of different tint colours.

So after a folly into some gorgeous frames, are you perhaps confused about which pair would suit you, does round suit your face shape or perhaps a more square one will look better on you? Well Glasses Direct take the worrying about of spec shopping (or sunglasses hunting), as they offer a free 7 day home trial.

The Glasses Direct 7 day trial allows you to pick up to 4 pairs of frames and have them delivered to your front door to try. You don’t have to pay any money up front although the site does take you card details in case you decide not to return them (pretty fair I think).

Most trials are dispatched within a couple of days and arrive carefully packaged within a specially made cardboard container to make sure no damage is done on the way and of course the best thing? Well you than have 7 days to show partner, kids and friends the frames you are thinking of buying and get their opinions on what does suit you best.

One of the other great things about getting to hold the glasses in your hands at home is that you can really get a feel for quality, I recently ended up looking for frames at my local opticians and while I was of course able to see what they looked like on (well kind of as my eyesight is terrible) you can’t really get a full feel for them within a couple of minute, it takes longer than that to think of all the quirks you like or perhaps don’t like in a pair of frames.

So if you are in the running for some new glasses frames or sunglasses this summer why don’t you pop over to Glasses Direct and order yourself a trial so you can check quality and suitability from the comfort of your own home.

What do you think of Glasses Direct, could you see yourself ordering a trial?

*I received a pair of glasses free of charge in return for this post.