Question:
The gentleman selling me my new rimless glasses suggested I have a tint
put on them. I chose not to, but could still change them. How do tints
affect eye makeup (not that I wear a lot of it or very often, but I do
cover the dark circles under my eyes)? Also, if you put a tint on
glasses, does it color how you see things to a point it's at all
noticeable? That would bother me, I think.
I'm nervous about the new glasses and would appreciate any insights.
Answer:
Personally, I like rimless glasses but would never get tinted rimless
glasses. One of the whole points of them (at least for me) is that it's
as I'm going to get to not looking like I'm wearing glasses without
wearing my contacts. Sometimes I want my glasses to be a part of my
"look of the day", which is why I own a pair of black cat eye glasses. I
tend to like to wear them I'm wearing darker clothing with darker eye
makeup and red lips. Sometimes I want my glasses to have as minimal an
impact as possible on my look, especially if my allergies are acting up,
I'm avoiding my contacts but I still don't want my glasses to be a
prominent part of my look. Adding a tint will only emphasize the fact
that you're wearing glasses by making the lenses much more noticeable.
If you're only getting rimless glasses because of the light weight or
other qualities, then I don't see a problem with tinting them. If you
like the actual look of the rimless glasses, the tint may affect how
they look on you a lot more than you realize.
Some tints will affect how you see things more than others, depending on
how deep they are. How much of a problem that is is individual. I loathe
yellowish tints to my vision and can't handle brown-lensed sunglasses
for that reason. Any level of brown or yellow tint would probably get on
my nerves, however subtle it may be. A grey, blue or pink tint may have
an equal effect but since I don't mind how those colors impact my
vision, I may not notice them as much.
