How to Choose the Right Eyeglasses to Buy

I bought eyeglasses to ease eye strain and itchiness. I also get headache and experience eye pain from time to time. These are the symptoms of computer vision syndrome (CVS) - a relatively new condition and brought about by excessive computer use.

At any rate, there are some things to remember when buying eyeglasses. Firstly, keep in mind that the frame must enhance the features and shape of your face. Therefore, determine the shape of your face before trying on a pair of eyeglasses.

Here’s a guide to find the eyeglasses that will suit you face shape

The oval face

Many call this the ideal shape. The jaw is as wide as the forehead. The chin is round and the cheekbones are usually high. You can try on all styles, but keep the oval’s natural balance with frames proportion to or a bit wider than the broadest part of the face.

The round face

Your face has the same proportions for both width and length. It is shorter and wider than oval. To make a round face appear thinner and longer, try angular, narrow eyeglasses, a clear bridge, and frames that are wider than they are deep, such as the rectangular shape.

The oblong face

This shape is longer than it is wide, has a long, straight cheek line, and sometimes a longer nose. To make the face appear shorter, consider frames that are either curved or rounded to emphasize the width rather than the depth of your face.

The square face

Characterized by a strong jaw line and a broad forehead(width and length in proportion), the square face can look longer and softer with narrow frames. You can also try rounded, cat-eyed, or oval styles.

The diamond face

The rarest, this type is narrow at the eye line and jaw line, with cheekbones high and dramatic. If you want to bring out your eyes and cheekbones, check out frames that have distinctive brow lines, or try the rimless, oval, or cat-eye shapes.

The rectangular face

To make your face look shorter, wear frames that are either curved or rounded with the same width as your face, and have deep lenses.

The triangular face

A base-down triangular face has a narrow forehead that widens at the cheek and chin areas. Add with and emphasize the narrow upper third of the face with frames heavily accented with color and detailing, or with cat-eye shapes. A based-up triangle has a very wide top third and small bottom third. Minimize top width with frames that are wider at the bottom, have very light colors and materials, and have rimless frame styles. Aviators can add width to the lower part of the face.

The Feast of All Saints' Day

Today is All Saints' Day. This occasion was initially observes as a remembrance of all martyrs who surrendered their lives for their faith in God.

This practice went on until the 8th century. It is also at this time when Pope Gregory III decreed November 1 as All Saints' day after he offered a chapel in St. Peter for all the relics of saints and apostles to be securely kept.

Then again, for the duration of the Reformation period, devoutness to the saints has turned into a debatable issue because of the overstated worship and adoration efforts of the believers.

Later, after 500 years and more than 40 years past the Second Vatican Council, the standpoint about the saints became more collective; community oriented which tell us again that our faith can’t be personal because we are called to have a hand in the community of Saints.

Perchance when you think of saints, the individuals who were canonized by the church instantly come to mind, right?

But really, saints are exemplars of greatness, dead or living, famous or unheard of. Everyone who tries to imitate Christ and live in a way that He wants us to be has the right to be called a “saint.” The saint in us gives us a peek of God in the midst of our lives.