Eyewear & Optician Tips — Bali

Professional vision test at the Maison Mata eyewear boutique in Canggu, Bali

How Your Eye Turns Light Into an Image

Cornea, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve: the five steps light takes before it becomes an image, and what happens when the focus lands slightly off target.

How Your Eye Turns Light Into an Image

Cornea, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve: the five steps light takes before it becomes an image, and what happens when the focus lands slightly off target.

Maison Mata artisan shaping an acetate frame by hand in the Canggu workshop in Bali

What You Actually Pay For When You Buy Glasses

Frame, lenses and optician's work: the three line items behind the price of a pair of glasses, and the four questions that let you read any quote correctly.

What You Actually Pay For When You Buy Glasses

Frame, lenses and optician's work: the three line items behind the price of a pair of glasses, and the four questions that let you read any quote correctly.

Couple wearing Maison Mata sunglasses on a Bali beach at sunset

Seeing Sharp On and Under the Water: Glasses, L...

Surf, snorkelling, boat trips. How to see sharp in and on the water when you wear a correction, and how to keep a pair alive through a salt season.

Seeing Sharp On and Under the Water: Glasses, L...

Surf, snorkelling, boat trips. How to see sharp in and on the water when you wear a correction, and how to keep a pair alive through a salt season.

Woman wearing clear Maison Mata optical glasses in natural daylight in Bali

Ready-Made Reading Glasses: What They Correct, ...

Ready-made readers cope well, within a precise perimeter. They also ignore three things an optician measures. Here is when to move to a real correction.

Ready-Made Reading Glasses: What They Correct, ...

Ready-made readers cope well, within a precise perimeter. They also ignore three things an optician measures. Here is when to move to a real correction.

Man wearing dark Maison Mata acetate sunglasses under strong Bali sunlight

From Inuit Snow Goggles to UV400: The Real Hist...

Before the lens, there was bone. From Inuit snow goggles to UV400, the history of sun protection, and what actually separates a fashion accessory from a real sun lens.

From Inuit Snow Goggles to UV400: The Real Hist...

Before the lens, there was bone. From Inuit snow goggles to UV400, the history of sun protection, and what actually separates a fashion accessory from a real sun lens.

Woman with clear, bright eyes wearing contact lenses in Bali

Daily or Monthly Contact Lenses: How to Choose ...

Daily or monthly contact lenses? Maison Mata helps you choose the formula that fits your routine, budget and comfort, in Bali and beyond.

Daily or Monthly Contact Lenses: How to Choose ...

Daily or monthly contact lenses? Maison Mata helps you choose the formula that fits your routine, budget and comfort, in Bali and beyond.