Take the Quiz: Lens or No-Lens?
Take the Quiz: Lens or No-Lens? Unfortunately, not all of us are blessed with the ability to wear glasses every day. Some people want the fashionable frames, but can't use the lenses to back them up. These poor souls are cursed with perfect vision and although they...
2015 Men’s Fall Style Guide
Fall is the most fashionable time of the year and our fall style guide will keep your style trending. It’s not too hot to wear pants or a long sleeve shirt, but it’s also not to cold that you have to wear a puffy, goose-down jacket. There is an art to fall fashion -...
Design Your Dream Hakims for a chance to win $1,000 cash and more!
Finding the right pair of frames can be a difficult task. Sometimes the ones you like don’t fit your face, other times they don’t fit your style. Maybe the frames you’ve always wanted don’t even exist? That’s why we’re asking you to Design Your Dream Hakims. Whether...
Design Your Dream Hakims Contest, Terms and Conditions
Contestants must submit their designs by 11:59pm EST on December 13, 2015. Ten finalists will be selected. Five of these said finalists will be selected based on the number of likes, retweets, favourites, shares, and comments on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....
2015 Women’s Fall Style Guide
Fall is the best fashion time of the year! It fluctuates in temperature to provide you with the flexibility to wear all of your favourite outfits, it offers beautiful background scenery for your selfies and it really pumpkin-spices up our lives. If you’re looking for...
Turn heads with coloured contacts
Whether you're making a fashion statement or seeking therapeutic benefits, coloured contact lenses are worth considering. Tinted lenses have dye incorporated into the lens material that can change the appearance of your eyes. At the extreme end of the style scale,...
How to Read Your Contact Lens Prescription
We previously wrote about how to understand your eyeglass prescription. This week, we’ll be writing a similar article teaching you how to read your contact lens prescription because there are slight differences. Overall, the prescription layout is pretty similar as...
How to read your eyeglass prescription
Sometimes when you walk out of an eye exam, it feels like you need a prescription to read your prescription. Your eye doctor provides you with a sheet filled with acronyms and numbers that seem like a different language. Luckily, we’ve got the translation from eye...
2015 Women’s Summer Style Guide
Last week, we wrote about our favourite frames from the men’s 2015 summer line, this week we’ll show you our picks for women! We’ve featured some of our favourite frames and shades from the women’s line with a wide range of styles. From the beach to a music festival...
2015 Men’s Summer Style Guide
Our summer frames have arrived! And we’ve picked out our favourites for our 2015 Men’s Summer Style Guide. As always, we feel that these picks are the most fashion-forward for this season. And of course, we have also featured sunglasses that are also available with...
Are your glasses clean?
Cleaning your glasses is a never ending battle. It often seems like the moment you remove your glasses from their case, they’re covered in dirt. To be fair, it’s not the glasses fault. Especially during the spring there is dirt and dust floating around everywhere,...
New website launch!
Hakim Optical is excited to announce the launch of our new website! www.hakimoptical.ca We have built an elegant new website to improve our customers’ experience when looking for the latest and greatest in eyewear trends, technology and promotions. We have also...
Try Hakim Optical’s Featherlite Unbreakables Lenses
When looking for eyeglasses, most of your time is spent deciding on the frames and how your glasses will look, but rarely is enough thought put into the lenses. As discussed in a prior week’s blog, the lenses are the most important part of your glasses. Lenses are...
Buy prescription protective eyewear from Hakim Optical and receive free eyeglasses!
A common misconception with everyday glasses is that they can double as safety eyewear. This is incorrect. Just because you’re wearing frames doesn’t mean they are protecting you. Most eyeglasses sit a little bit off of your face, leaving vulnerable gaps all around...
Guide: Types of Lenses
When getting glasses, most of the focus is put on the frames and picking the right pair. However, it’s not quite as simple as getting the proper prescription and picking out a pair of glasses. There are different types of lenses available. Depending on your age and...
Women’s Style Guide for Spring 2015
Spring is here! The days are longer, your allergies are acting up and you want to enjoy each day to the fullest. But spring brings on a wealth of eye care issues. Your contacts become irritated in allergy season, eyeglasses can get dirtier quicker and everyone has to...
Men’s Style Guide for Spring 2015
Eyeglasses are the perfect complement to any outfit. They can be the wrapping that puts everything together but could just as easily send the wrong message based on what environment you are in. That’s why we have put together our 2015 Spring Style Guides. Here are our...
Find the right eye drops for you
Eyes are one of the most important and sensitive parts of your body. Whether your eyes are dry, red, or even suffering from an infection, eye drops can be part of the solution. The first step is to find the right type of eye drops for your specific needs. Different...
1-year frame guarantee on all Hakim frames
When you purchase a pair of Hakim Optical frames, you can rest easy. In a world of extended warranties, full coverage, half coverage, only manufacturer defect coverage etc. - Hakim makes your decision easy. We offer a free 1-year guarantee on all Hakim Designer...
Keep your eyes healthy with Hakim’s Eye Health 101
We’re sure we don’t need to tell you that your eyes are very important. What you may not be aware of is that taking care of your eyes can often mean taking care of the rest of your body. There is an obvious link between eye health and your vision. Eye shape is a...