Tints (eyeglasses)

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.
beeswing

In article <1131296448.320947.283...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
beesw...@aol.com wrote:
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.
Stacy

Stacy Ferguson wrote:
Thanks. I had a hunch that was the case. And yes, my main attraction to
rimless glasses is that they practically disappear on my face.
I wondered about that. I don't like things being off color... The pair
I tried on had a slight blue tint to it...they weren't bad, but they
still affected how I looked behind the glasses...and I imagine,
everything I looked AT as well.
Thanks so much for your input!
beeswing

On 6 Nov 2005 09:00:48 –0800, beesw...@aol.com wrote:
I have a couple of pairs of tinted lenses. Because of a medication I
take, there are times when I'm extremely sensitive to light and wear
these at night when sunglasses are a bit much. Any little bit helps
in this circumstance.
One is rimless and the lenses are tinted pink. The edges look
somewhat 'neon', if you know what I mean, and are definitely
noticable. If you really want the invisible look, I think skipping
the tint is a good idea.
They do affect eye makeup. When my light sensitivity is bothering me,
I usually skip eyeshadow because I know I'll be wearing the tinted
lenses. One time I put them on while wearing green eyeshadow and the
result was a pretty odd "muddy" look which I didn't like.
Now mine are probably tinted to a greater degree than you were
considering, but even so I can only tell that the tint is there when I
happen to look over my glasses for some reason. The sky looks "blue"
even behind the pink lenses, until I see the color without the lenses
and then I think "oh yeah, my glasses are pink". :)
Another pair is tinted gradient blue with those really flex–y
Silhouette frames. Pretty much the same thing as the pink ones except
the gradient makes it more obvious when wearing them that there is a
tint. These are especially good at night because they filter out the
headlight glare when on the road.
My optometrist has demo lenses that are tinted to various degrees and
I looked through those to decide how much color to add. Perhaps you
could find someone with those lenses and test them out, too? I chose
between two – lighter than this one, darker than that, and she had no
problem fixing me up.
Leigh
––
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. – D. Duck

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:59:17 –0500, Stacy Ferguson
<stac...@stacyef.net> choked out these words:
i have a rose tint (very, very light) added to all my lenses.
mine are not rimless. and no one has ever said, "wow, the tint
on your lenses is very noticeable!" IOW, i'm inclined to believe
that no one would know my lenses are tinted unless i told them.
it does change the way i see things thru them; but since i'm
nearly "blind" (20/200) without them, it doesn't make much
difference to me. i wouldn't be able to see anything clearly
without them.
david
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in lbs:
213/194/190

Also, if you put a tint on
I've got pink tinted glasses. Very very very deep pink. As far as I'm
concerned, I see no color change difference, however, everything just takes
a warmer tone. They're my 3rd tinted glasses in about 8 years of wearing
glasses. First were light dusty rose, then a light blue (blue faded quickly
though. boo), light pink again, and now my bright pinkies (same frames as
light pinks, new lenses). As for eye makeup... erm.... I don't wear much
aside from mascara and white eyeshadow, so I don't really worry about it.
And of course, when I'm properly made up, i really don't care if the lenses
clash or not.
patricia

Thanks for all the thoughts regarding tints. I appreciated hearing
various point of view. I did always wonder how much you could see the
tint from the inside! I think I'm most in sync with the thought that I
chose rimless so that they would disappear...so I'm going to stick with
tintless, this time. Thanks for helping me to decide for sure.
beeswing