Blue Light Blocking Glasses

When I ordered new glasses back in May, I told the optician that I was a graduate student (and blogger, aha). I said that I spent a lot of my time in front of a screen whether that be in lecture, studying, or writing. She instantly recommended that I have blue light blocking in my new lenses. I totally agreed! It has now been about 2 months wearing my everyday glasses with blue light blocking lenses, and I wanted to give you little review/insight into how they have been working for me so far.

When I first picked up my glasses, I was SO excited. (I love picking out new glasses because it is like a fun new accessory!) I put on the glasses so they could be adjusted, and they just seemed like I was looking through normal glasses! I instantly noticed a difference when looking at my phone screen, though. It looked/s like the "night shift" setting was on all the time, but not in a bad way. That first day felt almost life changing, yes one day felt like a world of difference for my eyes.

I really did feel a difference in how my eyes felt after I started wearing the blue light blocking glasses everyday. My eyes feel less strained, tired and dry. I feel like I can fall asleep a lot easier, too. I am guilty of some screen time before bed, so I make sure to put my laptop and phone on "night shift" and wear my glasses. The softer lighting really starts to lull me to sleep, haha.

I think there is always at least one negative when there are a lot of positives. I would not call this a complete negative about the blue light blocking lenses, but more of an annoyance. The first day, actually, I noticed that certain colors did not appear as sharp or saturated. You can guess that blue was one of the colors, but also like brighter colors did not seem as vibrant. This was especially bothersome to me when I would edit pictures on my phone (I mostly edit on my phone). This is something I learned to live with in the past couple of months because it is easy to pop my glasses off to edit pictures. I have also adjusted to how some colors look while I wear my glasses day to day, and do not notice that much of a difference any more!

Blue light blocking glasses have become somewhat trendy, which is good because their are so good for your eye health. Here are some cute affordable non prescription blue light glasses. If you normally wear glasses, I would definitely ask about getting blue light lenses in your next new pair! (here are my Kate Spade Frames)

• J. Crew Factory glasses (on sale!!)
• Amazon glasses (under $30)
• Amazon glasses (2-pack under $20!) 

I am excited to continue to test my glasses, and see how they fare when the school year starts when I am looking at a screen non stop!

As always,

#dontforgetyourpearls