Eyewear & Optician Tips — Bali

Artisan hand-filing a tortoise acetate frame in the Maison Mata workshop

Acetate or metal: how to choose (and care for) ...

Guide, 4 min read, July 2026 The material sets the weight, the comfort and the way your glasses age. Here's how to choose between acetate and metal, and keep either...

Acetate or metal: how to choose (and care for) ...

Guide, 4 min read, July 2026 The material sets the weight, the comfort and the way your glasses age. Here's how to choose between acetate and metal, and keep either...

Opticien Maison Mata realisant un examen de vue au refracteur en boutique a Bali

Understanding Your Glasses Prescription, No Jargon

OD, OS, SPH, CYL, addition: your glasses prescription decoded line by line, in plain language, by the Maison Mata opticians in Bali.

Understanding Your Glasses Prescription, No Jargon

OD, OS, SPH, CYL, addition: your glasses prescription decoded line by line, in plain language, by the Maison Mata opticians in Bali.

How to Clean Your Glasses Without Scratching Them

How to Clean Your Glasses Without Scratching Them

Eyewear care, 4 min read, July 2026 We tend to blame scratches on an accident. Nine times out of ten they come from an everyday habit: wiping a dry lens...

How to Clean Your Glasses Without Scratching Them

Eyewear care, 4 min read, July 2026 We tend to blame scratches on an accident. Nine times out of ten they come from an everyday habit: wiping a dry lens...

Woman wearing Maison Mata sunglasses in bright daylight, category 3 tinted lenses

Sunglasses lens categories, from 0 to 4: which ...

Sun guide, 6 min read, July 2026 Not all sunglasses filter the same amount of light. A small number, from 0 to 4, tells you how much. Under a tropical...

Sunglasses lens categories, from 0 to 4: which ...

Sun guide, 6 min read, July 2026 Not all sunglasses filter the same amount of light. A small number, from 0 to 4, tells you how much. Under a tropical...

Maison Mata handmade eyewear, lifestyle detail in Bali

Why Your Glasses Fog Up (and How to Really Fix It)

Eyewear care, 5 min read, July 2026 You step out of an air-conditioned room, you lift a hot coffee, you get off the scooter into the humid Bali air, and...

Why Your Glasses Fog Up (and How to Really Fix It)

Eyewear care, 5 min read, July 2026 You step out of an air-conditioned room, you lift a hot coffee, you get off the scooter into the humid Bali air, and...

Thin Lenses (High Index): When They're Worth It

Thin Lenses (High Index): When They're Worth It

Lenses and coatings, 6 min read, July 2026 Your prescription is on the stronger side, and your lenses bulge past the frame, thick at the edges, heavy on the nose....

Thin Lenses (High Index): When They're Worth It

Lenses and coatings, 6 min read, July 2026 Your prescription is on the stronger side, and your lenses bulge past the frame, thick at the edges, heavy on the nose....