Eyewear & Optician Tips — Bali

Best Sunglasses for Small Faces

Best Sunglasses for Small Faces

Maison Mata’s guide to the best sunglasses for small faces: comfort, style, and UV protection in one curated selection.  

Best Sunglasses for Small Faces

Maison Mata’s guide to the best sunglasses for small faces: comfort, style, and UV protection in one curated selection.  

Maison Mata sunglasses in Canggu, Bali

Polarized lenses or UV protection: what actuall...

Guide, 4 min read, July 2026 Polarized and UV protection are not the same thing. Understanding the difference takes two minutes and changes the way you buy sunglasses. “They're polarized,...

Polarized lenses or UV protection: what actuall...

Guide, 4 min read, July 2026 Polarized and UV protection are not the same thing. Understanding the difference takes two minutes and changes the way you buy sunglasses. “They're polarized,...

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...