Eyewear & Optician Tips — Bali

Frames fitted by Maison Mata optometrists at the Canggu boutique, Bali eyewear services

Frame adjustment: what an optician really does ...

Services, 5 min read, August 2026 Two people can buy exactly the same frame and end up with neither the same comfort nor the same vision. The difference comes down...

Frame adjustment: what an optician really does ...

Services, 5 min read, August 2026 Two people can buy exactly the same frame and end up with neither the same comfort nor the same vision. The difference comes down...

Contact lenses and water: why you should never swim in them

Contact lenses and water: why you should never ...

Contact lenses, 5 min read, August 2026 It is the rule opticians repeat most and wearers ignore most. It deserves an explanation rather than another repetition. A contact lens is...

Contact lenses and water: why you should never ...

Contact lenses, 5 min read, August 2026 It is the rule opticians repeat most and wearers ignore most. It deserves an explanation rather than another repetition. A contact lens is...

Pupillary distance: the number that decides whether your lenses are properly centred

Pupillary distance: the number that decides whe...

Lenses, 5 min read, August 2026 A prescription gives the power of your lenses. It does not say where to place them. That is the job of pupillary distance, and...

Pupillary distance: the number that decides whe...

Lenses, 5 min read, August 2026 A prescription gives the power of your lenses. It does not say where to place them. That is the job of pupillary distance, and...

Cellulose acetate, from cotton fibre to frame sheet

Cellulose acetate, from cotton fibre to frame s...

Materials, 6 min read, August 2026 People say a frame is "acetate" the way they would say it is plastic. The two have almost nothing in common. Here is what...

Cellulose acetate, from cotton fibre to frame s...

Materials, 6 min read, August 2026 People say a frame is "acetate" the way they would say it is plastic. The two have almost nothing in common. Here is what...

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.