Hilco- One Stop Shopping For All Your Optical Supplies

Hilco

One of the most impressive things about Hilco, is they make it very easy to make a one stop shop for all your optical and lab supplies needs. The eyecare products they offer fill up a 500 page catalogue! It is with great pleasure and honor that Hilco, the worlds largest supplier of optical accessories and product has SIGNED WITH US as a … [Read more...]

Hilco- One Stop Shopping For All Optical Supplies

Hilco

One of the most impressive things about Hilco, is they make it very easy to make a one stop shop for all your optical and lab supplies needs. The eyecare products they offer fill up a 500 page catalogue! It is with great pleasure and honor that Hilco, the worlds largest supplier of optical accessories and product has SIGNED WITH US as a … [Read more...]

Duality Eyewear and Essential Sun Protection

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This is new product that Cathy and I think is interesting, maybe because we fall right in the target market and I often find myself in the car with all my sunglasses left in the house! Also, living in southern California we are well aware of the need for sun protection. But I have always shunned this type of product before as I thought they were … [Read more...]

New iPhone Telescope Launched

iPhone Telescope

We all know how many iPhones have been sold. (over 21 Million) It seems that with each new iPhone sold there is a new application,(over 1 Billion) or optical accessories to give more functionality to increase our phone addictions. USB Fever has just launched a 8x Telescope with Hard Case for the iPhone.  I even think this is cool and would … [Read more...]

Jitterbug Contact Lens Case Automatically Cleans Contacts

Jitterbug Contact Lens Cases

KITCHENER — Dave Zakutin has a simple explanation for his latest invention. “I wear contact lenses,” he says. “Every day I wake up and try to figure out how I can make life better.” He pulls out a small device that resembles a child’s toy. Flipping open two small receptacles, each about the size of a quarter, he pops in two imaginary … [Read more...]

DYI Microscope Built For $10 And A Cell Phone

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First there was the One Laptop Per Child laptop for under $100, now an engineer has created a $10 do it yourself microscope out of a cellphone! The vision of engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA, the microscope uses a cellphone and ten dollars ($10) of off the shelf parts. The idea is pretty groundbreaking and could help doctors who seek … [Read more...]

Recycled Eyeglass Brooches- An Opportunity

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What do you do with all of those old lenses? Donate to Lions Club is definitely the first thing, but many are unusable. Jewelry designer Jen Mazer has taken old lenses and recycled and reused them into Jewelry, primarily brooches and necklaces. I look at this as an opportunity for an optical store. You have the product (lenses) pins are readily … [Read more...]

EyeCare and Optical Trends- ‘Green Medicine’

green medicine

For the sake of simplicity I am using the term 'Green Medicine' to encompass the following: Alternative Health, Integrated Health, Natural Health, Holistic, Nutraceuticals, Bio Medicine, Non-Toxic, Eco Friendly, Organic Health, Sustainable health... As the consumer is becoming more knowledgeable and takes a DIY approach to medicine, has easier … [Read more...]

Verilux ReadyLight Solar Rechargeable Flashlight For Safety

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Coming into winter- it is always good to be prepared as the days get shorter and of course winter storms. This solar rechargeable flashlight might be a handy little device to keep around the home, office and car. (It also makes a great gift)- at least it's on my Christmas list- you can never have enough flashlights! Using an oversized solar … [Read more...]

Important Fashion Accessory-Colored Contact Lens

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Amber Rose, the girlfriend of Kanye West was seen wearing this blue contact lenses at The Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas. (August 29) The point of this-Amber Rose is wearing colored contact lens as an important FASHION ACCESSORY. People, especially women, consider purses, shoes and jewelry as important fashion accessories- but the most … [Read more...]

Eyeglasses Not Allowed in Seatback Pockets

“Seatbacks in Position and Empty, Please” (From the New York Times ...“The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that airlines whose flight attendants had been telling passengers that no personal items of any kind could be placed in seatback pockets were “following our guidance, if they are enforcing this with travelers.”... The … [Read more...]

Eye-treme Readers For the Fashion-eyesta!

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These are fun readers for the fashion-eyesta! Why should you have those same old boring readers like everybody else, when you can have these multi-tasking readers that also can be used for a necklace! Filao Paris and are being distributed in North America by French Malady. … [Read more...]

Oh M__DE! We Have To Go To Paris!

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C an you imagine anyone uttering those words? Well, we’ve been working our tails off in New York City in this frustrating economy and haven’t been able to go on one of our amazing vacations/jewelry component buying trips in a while. To Ethiopia. To Yemen. To Burma. Or Algeria. Or, as one friend claims, anywhere where we have to go to … [Read more...]

Vintage Eyewear Accessories

Vintage Eyewear Accessories

From Trash or Treasure … [Read more...]

Red Wine and Eyewear Jewelry

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The best news I’ve heard in a long time. Because I’m really much more than just a fashion conscious jewelry designer, I read about other important things as well. I recently came across the following article that caught my attention.  Troy Bedinghaus, O.D., in his About.com, Guide to Vision blog, reports that “Red Wine May Ward Off … [Read more...]