Shape, Color and Material, think about it. If you spend a few moments considering these three characteristics you might find your first reading glass shopping experience is not only painless, but fun. Who doesn’t like an opportunity to express who they are, your new reading glasses can do just that!

Take a look in the mirror and focus on the area above your eyes. What shape do your brow bones and eyebrows create? This area may look very oval, round, flat, curved inward, curved outward, etc.. The point is that this feature is unique to you.

Reading glasses are for those who would be closely looking at objects for a long time. However they are not the same as computer glasses, which are different in design. These glasses will be blurry if you try looking across a room through them.

Combine the lightweight plastic material frames with lightweight lenses available from your doctor. Clear plastic reading glasses are available in full size or half size as well as many different styles. The invisible allure of clear plastic reading glasses is what keeps them a popular choice for new wearers.

Go for the lightweight glasses as to not burden you face with the weight, it may not bother you wearing heavy glasses for a few minutes but it will surely bother you when you are wearing it for at least 12 hours every day.

You can also find compact magnifying lenses that come in the size of credit cards but which are provided with a tough polymer-coated acrylic frame to withstand wear and tear. These lenses can fit inside a small wallet or hooked in a key chain. Some come in as fancy pendants that you could swing around your neck.

Most of these compact reading glasses now also come in a variety of designs, textures and colors. With such variety, you are bound to find a reading glass that suits you and the purpose for which you require reading glasses.

Rimless or frameless eyeglasses have become a very popular choice. They are lightweight, simple, and fashionable. When selecting your pair you may have options regarding metal frame color, hinge style, and lens shape.

These eyeglasses will give a much wider viewing area than other glasses so working with them is easy. Perfect for those who are constantly into close-up work, these frames and lenses allow a real wide range of magnified vision.

You can find many styles to choose from slim frames for an elegant look or chunky frames for a bold look. You could even try rimless frames. There are very traditional looking, round frames or narrow angular frames.