{"id":5132,"date":"2012-08-30T12:24:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2012-08-30T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T11:24:51","slug":"contact-lenses-and-glasses-a-match-made-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/contact-lenses-and-glasses-a-match-made-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Lenses and Glasses: A Match Made in Heaven?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of articles floating around the web which try to compare contact lenses and glasses. But do they miss the point? Contact lenses and glasses have different qualities, making them well suited for different situations. But really they work great together. Even if someone prefers to wear their contacts all the time, they should still have a pair of specs handy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5136 aligncenter\" title=\"Wearing Contact Lenses to Play Sport\" alt=\"Wearing Contact Lenses to Play Sport\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Football_Player.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the main strengths of buying contact lenses is that they\u2019re great for people who play sport. When you\u2019re running around, playing football, rugby etc., contacts do seem to have an advantage. They can provide better peripheral vision and could potentially improve performance as a result. They also have safety benefits in these situations.<\/p>\n<p>That said, contact lenses shouldn\u2019t be worn all the time. It\u2019s good to take a break sometimes and sport your specs. Constantly wearing contact lenses can increase the risk of eye infection, so wearing your glasses a few days a week and not wearing your contacts all day long can be great for your eyes.<\/p>\n<h3>Mixing Things Up a Bit<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5137 aligncenter\" title=\"Woman Looking Very Sexy Wearing Glasses\" alt=\"Woman Looking Very Sexy Wearing Glasses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Woman-Wearing-Glasses.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the same time as health considerations, it\u2019s great to mix things up a bit, and sporting your glasses for a change can offer a fresh look. With popular brands of eyewear such as Ray-Ban, Oakley or Prada, and celebrities wearing glasses in public more often, glasses aren\u2019t just a way to see clearly. They\u2019re now much more of a fashion accessory, and wearing glasses some days and contact lenses another is a great way of mixing things up.<\/p>\n<h3>A Combination of Coloured Contact Lenses &amp; Glasses<\/h3>\n<p>To add an extra dimension to your look and spice things up, combining coloured contact lenses with your glasses can be a great way to go.\u00a0 Coloured lenses can be bought in plano (which means they won\u2019t correct your vision), allowing you to change your eye colour and wear your glasses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5144 aligncenter\" title=\"Coloured Contact Lenses for Fashion\" alt=\"Coloured Contact Lenses for Fashion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Colorblends.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the fashionistas out there, this technique offers endless combinations to vary your look. There are a variety of different colours available for contact lenses, from your standard blue to more distinctive colours such as amethyst. The lenses have also been designed for a range of eye colours, either to provide a subtle or dramatic change in eye colour.<\/p>\n<p>So why do contact lenses and glasses work great together? Well firstly, they both work great in different situations because they have different qualities. At the same time, it\u2019s just good to mix things up a bit for a fresh look by wearing contact lenses some days and glasses another. To add even more variation, contact lenses can be bought in a range of colours, and you can experiment with different colours while wearing glasses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Post written by Katie Grove.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of articles floating around the web which try to compare contact&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[497,778],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}