We’re open and committed to keeping you safe. All our stores are OPEN and our clinical rooms and retail spaces are COVID-19 compliant ensuring your, the team’s and community’s safety. Here’s what we are doing to keep you safe during the pandemic: IN-STORE All staff have Covid-19 training Social distancing – stores have limited number of persons signage Hand sanitiser and hand washing with soap provided at multiple locations throughout our stores All frames & sunglasses are cleaned after every try on Hard surfaces are disinfected after contact throughout the day Eftpos facilities are alcohol swabbed after each use Aerosol...

Kids and Myopia In the past few months, most of us (adults and kids) have been working, learning and preoccupying ourselves at home.  We are spending a lot more time with near work. This is especially a big shift in environment for our kids. Spending more time with close work, including electronic hand-held devices, computer games and reading, puts our kids at a higher risk of developing myopia (or short-sightedness). Kids who are short-sighted can be managed with glasses and contact lenses. These days with a world full of technology, our kids are becoming short-sighted earlier than before, with their...

With Spring around the corner and our beautiful sunny long winter days it’s time to update your sunglasses. BUT………..How do you choose a tint? Here’s a sunglass Lens Colour Guide we’ve put together to help you Grey – grey is the most popular lens colour catering for bright conditions like day driving, boating, skiing, beach activities and general outdoor activities. It provides the strongest light reduction and is a neutral colour so won’t interfere with colour perception. It is the best choice for anyone who is colour blind. For a slightly softer view of the world order a graduated grey tint, it starts...

Fogged up glasses when working is annoying because you need to stop to wipe the lenses and your work can take extra time. There are a couple of things you can do to reduce the fogging. Work in a well ventilated area. Cover lenses with a drop of an anti-fog formula and wipe off with a clean lens cloth. The anti-fog effect will last up to 24 hours and the bottle and cloth lasts for 300 doses. Come in store and ask for the Magic Anti-Fog kit. Hoya cloth. This is a simple cloth impregnated with anti fog droplets of...

Mask induced dry eye (MIDE) is a new type of dry eye coined during 2020 due to the Covid-19 super-spreader virus and it effects anyone including kids wearing masks. If wearing a mask causes you ocular irritation and dry eye read on… The delicate eye surface dries out when a poorly fitting mask allows propelled air to flow upwards forcing a stream of warm air to cover the surface of the eye, leading to irritation. This can occur while working long hours on screens in air- conditioned offices, and for people already suffering from dry eye the effects are worse....

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