We have certainly noticed that over the last 6 months retro styled frames and indeed vintage frames have become more popular. This is certainly helped by some high profile personalities wearing them, they are often much cheaper than buying the ‘real thing’. Many high street opticians will though refuse to reglaze vintage frames due the increased risk of breakage. There are some that we have had to refuse because they were so brittle, but this happens rarely! There was even an article in the Mail on Sunday on this subject. So buy them if you can and we will endevour to glaze them for you.

Contact us on 01455 293417     Email info@ciliaryblue.com

For the next two weeks we will be offering upgrade from MAR/HC to MAR/UC (ultra-clean worth £10) on all varifocals. This coating is worthwhile it makes the lenses easier to clean and keep clean, water runs off and they don’t steam up so much going hot to cold.

This is a must have for all spectacle wearers!

Ring to order if you would like the upgrade on 01455 293417

Also on twitter and facebook.

Ciliaryblue are on Facebook and Twitter, we have decided to use this medium as a way of offering a discount that will only be available for that day, but it will give a bigger discount than that available anywhere else with us. If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook then you’ll know when they become available. They will be offered randomly, so watch and see! You’ll have to ring and order, but just quote the code and we’ll process the order for you.

Email : info@ciliaryblue.com  or ring on 01455 293417.

The debate about the p.d continues to rage on in Optics! When you have an eye test and they either use a ‘trial-frame’ (that odd looking pair of adjustable specs that opticians use) or the automated machine that swings down in front of you with all the lenses inside it (phoropter), the Optician must set the instrument up with the correct p.d to be able to test you properly, so it is routinely measured during a sight test, but it is never noted! So much so that if you request the measurement in most cases it is refused.

The p.d is needed so that the optical centre (the optimum vision point of the lens) is positioned directly in front of your pupils when your wear the specs as intended. This is very important both for visual comfort and clarity. If this is set incorrectly there may be visual consequences the higher the prescription the more important it is.

Some online retailers use average values depending on the gender of the customer, this may mean that the p.d could be many mm out! Some will give you videos and demonstration how to measure it yourself. It isn’t difficult to do, but it does need to be accurate. You can see this on You Tube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvO2gwt3Rak&feature=related 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18-PIaIro4            

There is even now an ‘app’ for the iphone for measureing the p.d it will cost £3 to download and seems to work quite well.    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id381060059?mt=8   This seems allot to pay when we can do it for nothing!     

As the p.d is a measurement between your eyes this is generally fixed during adulthood unless there have been changes in facial structure or characteristics. This is why ciliaryblue are happy to take this measurement from your existing glasses, old or new. We prefer to use p.d’s measured by your Optician, but this isn’t always possible. When we measure it we tell you what it is so that you can use it in future with us or other online retailers.

So please ask for your p.d during the eye test, as it has to be measured and the Optician will find it very difficult to refuse the information when put on the spot!

Failing all of the above you can always email us a photo with you wearing the frame to be reglazed and we can use a scaling program to measure the p.d from the photo.

You can have your varifocals reglazed!  If it is an existing frame we can take the measurement from them and position the new lenses in exactly the same position. If it is a new frame that you want reglazing we can take the positional measurements from an existing pair and duplicate for the new frame. If you are a first time wearer, then we suggest you utilize the services of your Opticians to do this, when you want another pair come to us. We rang around today to give you an idea of the equivalent High Street costs in Red and ciliaryblue in Blue      

Premium Varifocal  uncoated                                       £80-130                           £45       

Premium Varifocal standard index MAR/HC                  £160-270                         £75

Premium Varifocal Reactions MAR/HC                           £200-310                         £120

Elite Varifocal Standard Index MAR/HC                         £180-270                         £100

Elite Varifocal 1.60 Index MAR/HC                                £230-340                         £140

Elite Varifocal 1.67 Reactions MAR/HC                          £300-490                         £200

The Elite varifocal is from the new ‘Free form’ design that has the best visual performance less distortions and  are currently the best lenses available, we use WLC lenses or Jai Kudo for these. The premium varifocal offer great value but without the ultimate visual performance of the Elite lenses. This is only a few examples so  go to the varifocals pricelist at  link:   http://www.ciliaryblue.com/varifocal_pricelist.html    or email to info@ciliaryblue.com for details.

28/02/11  One cusotmer today order two pairs and saved an astonishing £340 on the quoted high street price!

Jeeper Peepers Retro Eyewear are selling retro styled frames that can be glazed with your prescription. Many of them are sold as ready readers and come with reading lenses, these can be removed easily and replaced with new lenses. The frames sell for as little as £14 and look fab. If you purchase from them they will give you a discount code to use with us so our lenses are even cheaper!

They can be found at http://www.jeeperspeepersretro.co.uk/

Please contact us on 01455 293417

We are often asked what do different levels of tint look like? As we are internet based it is very difficult to describe, so we thought we would give you some idea, with comparative photos.

A very light tint, say 5% is only just visible, the more the percentage the darker the tint. The darkest tint we do is a full suntint at 85%, which is really quite dark. The darkest one on the photo is 75%.

The lenses available on the website for £22 are a full suntint, but you can always ring and specify a different level of tint, it won’t affect the price at all. All our tinted lenses have a UV coating applied too, this does not affect the appearance of the lenses but will block all harmful UV.

We do hope this helps.

Pleas ring on 01455 293417 or email info@ciliaryblue.com

Persol frames are regarded as being some of the best made and certainly the most iconic in nature, the likes of James Bond, Steve McQueen and various ‘A’ list stars wear them. We have recently had customers wanting the lenses of their Persol frames changed for blue tinted lenses. We can do this of course, replacing them with ophthamlic quality lenses tinted blue with anti-scratch and UV coatings also. They cost £30 and can be ordered over the phone, please ring on 01455 293417 or email info@ciliaryblue.com.  The effects are fantastic as you can see rom the picture below.

What a brilliant few days of sun most will have had this weekend. It will come as no surprise that  the most searched for optics product was sunglasses! We get asked all the time if we can supply prescription tinted lenses, we can. They are for sale on the website for £22, most high street opticians will be wanting over £70 for the same thing. These are full UV blocking lenses and will block over 80% of the light and come in different colours, the most popular being grey, green and brown.

We can also replace damaged lenses in your non-prescription sunglasses too. You know, your favourite pair, they may not be expensive but they fit and you don’t want to change them but the lenses are all scratched. We can bring them back to full working order for the same £22.

Reactions lenses are always an option, the ones that go darker in sunlight and go clear again inside, we sell them for as little as £45!

There are many other options too, high index tinted, bifocal tinted, varifocals also. We started supplying mirror coated prescription lenses last year with great results. They look amazing and work even better!

Please ring on 01455 293417 and ask for details, or email to info@ciliaryblue.com

Ciliaryblue have been selling our ultra-clean coated lenses now for 5 years, these come with anti-scratch, anti-reflection and the ultra-clean. they cost slightly more, but stay cleaner, are easier to clean, are water-proof and don’t steam up as much as standard lenses. Essilor have been advertising thier equivalent lens on TV recently. If you want the equivalent lens then look no further than the MAR/UC lens with ciliaryblue.

Link to the advert: http://bit.ly/h8aZE1

You can order online or over the phone.