Free Eye Test Offer from Tesco Opticians (UK only)

If you haven’t had your eyes tested recently (within the past 2 years) we strongly recommend paying a visit to your local optician to get them checked to make sure your vision has not deteriorated over time.  Not only will your optician be able to check the condition of your eyes, your optician can also alert you to any possible health issues (as mentioned in previous blog posts):-

“There are a number of high profile cases in which a simple eye test has resulted in the patient’s discovery of an...

Follow us on Twitter and win £50 off your next pair of Glasses!

We are in the process of organising an amazing new promotion that we guarantee you will not want to miss out on especially if you wear prescription glasses!  To be one of the first to hear about this incredible offer just follow us on Twitter.  As an added bonus we will be giving one lucky follower a £50* voucher to spend on glasses and/or sunglasses from our website!

What do I need to do to enter this competition?

Entering the competition is easy especially if you...

Even Justin Timberlake needs to wear Glasses

That’s right, even stardom and celebrity status doesn’t stop the fact that your vision deteriorates over time!  This week Justin Timberlake revealed, after being spotted wearing glasses recently, that his glasses are not just worn as a fashion accessory but as a necessity for his poor eyesight.  Whilst on the US late night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, Justin said to Jimmy “I can see you, but I can’t see any of you (the audience)”.  Justin Timberlake says that he is short sighted (Myopia) but has embraced wearing his glasses....

The New Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sunglasses Advert…

…and a collection of other Ray-Ban videos for marketing their sunglasses.

This video released on the 23rd March 2009 (just a few days since writing this), has already generated a lot of interest amongst the YouTube.com community, the video has already racked up almost 200,000 views and 600 ratings and well over 300 comments – comments ranging from “Awesome video”, and “Would make a great Ray-Ban commercial” to the oh so...

Have Your Say: Prescription and Lens Option Selection

Want to get involved in how SelectSpecs.com develop their website?  Well here’s your chance to put your comments forward on our new Prescription and Lens Options system, read on…

We have been having a bit of a debate here over the past few months about how we can develop our Prescription and Lens Options system to make the process of buying prescription glasses easier for our customers.  General consensus is that we want to move away from the single page format we currently use to a more...

SelectSpecs Rocks!

We receive parcels everyday containing customer’s own glasses that they have sent to us either to be re-glazed to replace damaged lenses or updated with their new prescription from a recent eye test, or because they would like us to perform a PD (Pupillary Distance) Check on an old pair of prescription glasses when ordering a new pair.

Today we received some glasses from one of our customers in a box which made us smile, so I just had to post it here.

Thanks for the kind words.

Prescription Glasses by Ferrari and Playboy

If you are looking for a hot new look for 2009 why not choose a new pair of glasses from one of our new fashionable ranges?  We have now updated our vast catalogue to include 2 new fashionable ranges, these are Ferrari Glasses and Playboy Glasses.

Ferrari Prescription Glasses

Ferrari who are famous for their success in Formula 1 racing with drivers such as Michael Schumacher have now turned their hand to designing various styles of prescription glasses including the following:

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