From the category archives:

What You Need to Know About Sunglasses

Reason No. 6: You Lost Yours

Bummer. Two suggestions: 1.) Buy better ones this time. People lose Timexes, not Rolexes. You’re more likely to lose bargain shades than a good pair of Maui Jims. 2.) Croakies.
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Reason No. 7: Wrong Shades for the Job

Example: If the “job” is outdoor sports, you shouldn’t wear nice glass fashion lenses. They don’t wrap enough to provide peripheral protection, and an impact could shatter them and damage your eyes. Vice versa: Oakley Radar is a great model, but do you really want to rock the triathlete look on a stroll down Park Ave?
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Reason No. 8: Yours Are Too Light

If you bought sunglasses with a delicate fashion tint as a fashion statement, that tint is probably too light to do you any good. The Ozzy Osbourne look makes about as much sense as, well, Ozzy Osbourne. If you take your vanity seriously, listen up: Your wimpy shades might transmit 50% or more of visible light. That’s way too much. Over time, all that squinting and straining can lead to permanent crow’s feet—huge, unsightly wrinkles radiating from the corners of your eyes down the length of your body. If that’s not enough to make you aghast, know that excess visible light also harms your night vision.

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Reason No. 9: Yours Are Too Dark

If you bought cheapies at a discount store, they might be too dark. Your pupils are fighting to open widely enough for you to see—which is really bad if the lenses don’t provide 100% UV protection. Because as your pupils crank open, they invite the bad rays in with the good.

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Reason No. 10: Yours Are Uncomfortable

Wearing so-called fashion sunglasses? You may like the look, but why suffer with such austere frames? Look for some comfort factors: nonslip rubber inserts at the temple ends and in the nosepiece; lightweight frames (big fashion pieces are absurdly heavy); adjustable nose pieces. Why should YOU have to adjust to the sunglasses? It should be the other way around.

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