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Drive progressives help you stay safe on the road! Signs, headlights, and weather, oh my! The act of driving can be rough in itself, which is why it’s paramount to be able to see clearly. With driving progressives, they will ease your mind and improve your vision at the same time! What They Are We designed our driving progressives to keep your vision clear and help you drive without u...

Sunglass tinted prescription eyewear Sunglasses are great. They shield your eyes from the sun, they help you see clearly, and they look great. Unfortunately, if you wear prescription glasses, you know how hard it can be to find a pair of sunglasses that works well for you.  Luckily for you, any pair of Payne Glasses can be ordered with a sunglass tint by making a few extra clicks. W...

Wedding Glasses 101 You said yes! Yes to the love of your life, yes to the dress, and now thinking of saying yes to the glasses. It is a common myth that the bride either has to wear contacts on the wedding day or else be blind. If you feel most comfortable and the most "you" when wearing glasses (like us), you should definitely enjoy those good vibes on your big day! Here’s a few of our st...

How do you correct for Prism when buying glasses online? An essential part of achieving a clear vision is ensuring that both eyes work together to properly converge individual images into one final image. This is the final product of what you “see”. But there are a lot of things that can go wrong. One thing maybe a double vision. Luckily, prism correction in prescription glasses can co...

Not only are glasses a necessary medical tool, they are a great way to showcase your style and personality. Throughout the ages we’ve seen iconic styles worn by celebrities as well as the everyday spectacle wearer. Taking a look back through the history of eyewear can provide some fun fashion inspiration for your next glasses purchase (and some good laughs!). Origins The first wearable g...

A guide to choosing the right eyeglass lenses - single vision, bifocal, and progressive lenses comparison.

Photochromic lenses stay clear indoors and darken when exposed to UV rays from sunlight. Some other names for these lenses include “light-responsive lenses”, “Transitions®”, “photograys”, or “auto-tint lenses”.  Photochromic lenses are convenient because they change to a tint when the molecules in the lens come in contact with Ultra-Violet rays from the sun. This means that even on a c...

Getting a new pair of glasses is one of the most exciting things! The anticipation of a new frame style and clearer vision makes it almost unbearable to wait for your new specs. But oh no, after you receive them and put them on, you notice a weird feeling. This is common with new glasses, as your eyes may take some time to adjust to the new lenses. Here are some helpful tips for what to ex...

Light is much more complicated than what you might think. All sources of light work by exposing our eyes to a variety of visible and invisible energy. What we see is called the Visible Light Spectrum. Visible light is composed of energy with wavelengths from roughly 380 – 700 nanometers. Energy with shorter wavelengths are called Ultra-Violet (UV) and energy with longer wavelengths are k...