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Love Your Eyes! (And Win a Prize!)

September 6, 2013 By Lena

HEY YOU! FOUR EYES!

Yeah you. The one with the glasses. Thinking you look all cool and trendy with your Gucci frames.

Well, you kind of do. Actually, you look really hot. And since glasses have long been a fashion statement, I’m really digging your style. It’s obvious you love your eyes, and I do too.

It’s no surprise that I’m a huge supporter of Licensed Opticians across Canada. In fact, if you caught my Love Your Eyes posts last year, you’ll know that if there’s one thing I’m particular about, it’s eye health. And that’s why I’d never trust my pretty peepers to anyone but the pros.

Licensed Option 101:

An Optician is a licensed professional trained to help people see better – whether they’re near or far-sighted, or have low vision due to more complex eye health issues.

Opticians interpret vision prescriptions in order to fit and develop perfect lenses. They’re highly skilled, working to exact standards and precision, because creating the perfect lens requires attention to extremely fine detail. Using the latest technology, Licensed Opticians ensure lenses and frames have been created to meet national and international standards of precision.

(Translation: Although purchasing glasses off the Internet seems like a great money-saving idea, the truth is, buying prescription eyewear is not like shopping for books or clothes. In Canada, Licensed Opticians are regulated and guaranteed to be highly trained, follow a standard of care, ethical and accountable. And who wants to tamper with their eye health? That would be like biting the hand that feeds. Or poking the eye that sees. #badjoke #yougetmydrift)

Okay, so why all this talk about eyes? World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. As a countdown to the celebration of World Sight Day, Love Your Eyes is giving away prizes every week – for five weeks – from Friday, September 6th to Thursday, October 10th.


So, here’s the scoop. Head on over to www.weloveyoureyes.ca. Answer the daily questions on vision care. Every question you answer garners you an entry into the current and all the following week’s prize draws. Answer as many questions as you can to increase your chances of winning!

Not only will you have the opportunity to win fabulous prizes, you’ll also learn a ton about vision care, eye treatments, myths, facts and more. The first prize up for grabs is an Apple iPad mini – not too shabby! (Between you and I – I’m going for the MacBook Air. After all, hipsters wearing designer frames need a designer laptop too, no?)

And the GRAND PRIZE? A $3,000 President’s Choice Shopping Spree! SHAZAM! 

Be sure to pop by daily – and take care of those peepers!

 

This post is sponsored by the Opticians Council of Canada. I Love My Eyes and encourage everyone to regularly stay on top of their eye health.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: contests, eye health, Love Your Eyes, Opticians Council of Canada

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Comments

  1. Savanah

    September 6, 2013 at 10:23 am

    Thanks for letting us know about this awesome #LoveYourEyes contest

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      You’re very welcome Savanah – good luck!

  2. paula huie

    September 6, 2013 at 10:31 am

    Excellent!! I’m in the market for some new eye wear.. the #Toddler broke mine lol Oh and the contest is great too! lol Thank You !

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      Oh no! Those darn toddlers! Good thing they’re cute :)

  3. Judy C (Cowan)

    September 6, 2013 at 11:44 am

    Thanks for letting us know about this, looks like they have some awesome prizes!

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 8:58 pm

      NP Judy – good luck!!

  4. Anne Taylor

    September 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    This looks like a fantastic contest! Thanks for the heads up!

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 8:59 pm

      You’re welcome Anne! Love the prizes too!

  5. Debbie Bashford

    September 6, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Thanks, and you look good in glasses. Hope they are giving away glasses, I need a new pair

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 9:00 pm

      They are Debbie! A $500 shopping spree!

  6. Flora M

    September 6, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Thank you for the contest heads up ! I am headed to my opticians in December for my annual checkup, and I will be caving and getting prescription reading glasses. I already have ones for driving but although they suggested bifocals back then, they would make me so dizzy (as if I’m not dizzy enough already LOL). :o)

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 9:00 pm

      No problem Flora! You just reminded me that I need to book my annual checkup, so thank you for that!

  7. Chandra Christine O'Connor

    September 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    ok i registered now I see the week saying o questions answered but I have no idea where I am suppose to find the questions to answer

  8. Chandra Christine O'Connor

    September 6, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    ok nevermind it wasnt working for me found diff spot off of twitter

    • Lena

      September 6, 2013 at 9:01 pm

      Awesome. Don’t forget to stop by every day! And good luck!

  9. Doris Calvert

    September 7, 2013 at 1:16 am

    thank you so much! Looks great and exciting!

    • Lena

      September 7, 2013 at 7:24 am

      You’re welcome Doris – and good luck!

  10. Lisa H

    September 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    Laser Surgery was the best thing I did for my eyes… but thanks for the heads up on the contest! Who couldn’t use a $3000 shopping spree!?

    • Lena

      September 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm

      Jealous… because of my strong family history of glaucoma, I’m not a candidate. Happy you have 20/20!

  11. Victoria Ess

    September 8, 2013 at 10:01 am

    I love your glasses!

    • Lena

      September 9, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      Thank you Victoria! I love them too!

  12. Marissa

    September 8, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    You look great Lena and thanks for the heads up on the contest! I need a new pair of glasses soon so I hope I win!

    • Lena

      September 9, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      Good luck Marissa!

  13. Jason

    September 10, 2013 at 7:51 am

    I’m so glad I came across your post for this, I’m near sited and hate wearing my glasses because of how drastically it changes my looks, maybe with a sleek new look I won’t mind wearing them? Who knows :)

    • Lena

      September 12, 2013 at 3:15 pm

      I think glasses can definitely be a fashion statement, Jason! Just need to find the perfect pair :)

  14. William Stewart

    September 18, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    Nice frames!

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