The Truth about UV

I have been in the optical industry for years and can remember when we started putting UV protection on all of our glasses and sunglasses that were being made in the lab for our customers to block UV and protect eye health. UV Rays are aging us every day. Sun, no sun, Winter, Summer, UV is there and you need to wear great sunglass lenses to protect the delicate skin around your eyes and of course to protect your eye health too. The optical industry has done a great job at educating about UV protection for eye health. Now lets go a step further and start talking about preventing crow’s feet, fine lines, and wrinkles around the eyes with great UV protective Velvet Sunglasses.

This slide and experiment was simple and to the point. I wanted an easy way to SHOW the effects of UV. I had an idea it might work to demonstrate my point, but I had NO idea it would be so quick. After just 4 days and very little sun the leaf without the protection of our Velvet {BB} Lens started to deform, discolor, and dry out, significantly more than the leaf that was protected with our Velvet {BB} Lens.

Let’s tell and SHOW all of our customers and patients about the benefits of wearing UV protection. Using BB creams for the face, and {BB} Lenses for your sunglasses on a daily basis will help reduce crow’s feet, fine lines, and the signs of aging in and around your eyes.

Cindy Hussey-Founder Velvet Eyewear

 

Velvet at Aston Martin’s 100th Anniversary

Velvet Eyewear & Aston Martin
Velvet Eyewear & Aston Martin

Velvet celebrated Aston Martin’s 100th year anniversary this past weekend at the Lily Lane estate in Bridgehampton.  There was amazing food, incredible cars, and fabulous people at the event which made the celebration unforgettable. Thank you Rand Luxury!

Velvet Eyewear featured in Vision Consultants of Greenwich

Looking for Velvet Eyewear in CT area? We are happy to collaborate with Vision Consultants of Greenwich located on 45 East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, CT. Come and try our new Velvet Mosaic Sunglass Collection. Find our optical frames in beautiful soft colors all hand made in Italy.

Fourth of July Festive


With the Fourth of July tomorrow one can’t help but worry how to dress patriotic, yet stay fashionable.  For those of you trying to be festive and dress in red white and blue but don’t want to go over the top, be sure to use the Velvet Jami in Red Mosaic, Joni in Blue Mosaic, and Sophie in white! They are the perfect source of color for that will make your outfit come together perfectly! Have any fun Fourth of July plans? We would love to hear all about them!