REVIEW : OSCAR WYLEE GLASSES

A brand that recently caught my attention when a college of mine had purchased new prescription glasses from Australian brand Oscar Wylee.

Right: Brooke in dark tortoise shell// Left: Graham in dark obre brown

They have a store based in Sydney CBD on Sussex Street, I am frequently close to this location so decided to have a look, The store is very different to a regular optometrist and has a very hip and indie feel to it.

The company also has an option for an at home trial where frames will be delivered to your door to try and then you just post them back after a specified number of days ( 5 to be exact ).

The style of the frames are quite of a vintage/retro style and mostly made from plastic. They are quite different and reasonably priced.

You can have eye tests also done at the store, however i came with my most recent prescription, tried on a few frames and the ordering process was very quick . My glasses arrived in 7 days and were ready for pick up. A quick fitting and I was all done.

So far so good, I find the quality of the lens allot better than that of my older Spec savers glasses and have had many compliments so far.

There are a few different specials , i chose one pair of prescription glasses and one pair of prescription sunglasses.( Pictured above)  One a obre style brown ( this also comes in an ice blue and light transparent brown) and the other is a dark tortoise shell as pictured below.

Frames in : Brooke 

The company also works with an I Care for Eyecare program charity supporting those who need vision world wide, which is great!  It is around a " buy 1 pair give 1 pair ".

To learn more about this great brand the link is as follows:
http://www.oscarwylee.com.au/










Disclaimer: All information is based on personal opinion and experience. Items have been purchased with my own money and at own digression.

The Beauty of minimalism

The emotionally fueled shopping sprees and impulsive buying, the thrill of a new dress ,new make up to add to my ever growing pile of unused cosmetics. Did I ever think I could possibly sway the other way to a minimalist life?  NO… never.

That was until I started to really research this topic and understand why a person would want less. In my early twenties as many do, I had decided to grab a overly sized back pack one small suitcase and travel! Around Europe! I was a backpacker to be brief. During this moment of my life I had come to realized just how little I actually needed.. (now the key word here is needed ) to live. 

After 6 countries and many hostels I realized less is actually more. I wanted to rid of the extra kgs I had been lugging around with me, much being items I had not used over the entire duration of my travels.

To give you a better understanding of my work then shop slavish habits, I had spent majority of my teenage years working casual customer service jobs, a cashier or retail assistant, as soon as that pay came into my bank account it was as though the dollars were on fire. I had to spend it. Some call this “stripper money” it just fly’s out of your hands.  Money badly spent on impulses. Things that eventually did not matter to me and provided minimal value to my life.

Backpacking taught me a great life lesson, regardless of where you are in life and what you are doing you most likely won’t need those things you have spent many years obtaining they will gather dust in your room or apartment and eventually find their way on ebay, earning you little less than 40% of what you paid for the item.  So don’t waste your time spending then trying to rid of things your spending has gathered.

The older I got the more income I received and I developed a taste for less is more, this new lifestyle of mine developed into a thought process of "if I spend less on 50 hand bags I can save and purchase 1 -2 luxury hand bags!" 

Needless to say, I reached my goal, I had my dream hand bag. The thing was that It didn’t make me feel any better as a person and the bag didn’t feel any different than any of the other bags I owned at the time. It was just a bag. Like all the others a physical object that served its purpose.  I felt slightly gypped. That was life lesson number 2, luxury items are just that. Beautiful, great quality items but they won’t make you feel better, they won’t make your life of any better value. You will just hold another item. 

Through my experience the best place for investment is in yourself, your mind, your education even your beauty. Because regardless of where you are in the world and what you are doing or aspiring to do , you will always bring yourself ,not your belongings. 

You are your greatest investment! x-o-x

image courtesy of http://the-fit-foodie.com/top-5-nutrition-myths-busted/