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Some of the team here at Vivid were lucky enough to attend the Optician Awards the other week! We thought we would share some of our favourite pictures from the night. Enjoy… 🙂 The venue The Team… The Awards Special thanks to our two competition winners, Anthony Blackman and Kaye Naraine, for joining us at the awards! The team loved

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I have one too many times sped into an opticians with a determined idea of the style of glasses I want, simply because I’ve seen someone wearing them on Instagram. On most of those occasions though, I have been disappointed to find out that the glasses I had in mind don’t actually suit me at all…in fact, they normally look

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You and I are very lucky to be living in an age where Tinder and Instagram DMs, give us the ability to tell someone that we are attracted to them without actually having to look them in the eye. BUT, what about those of us who are a little more old fashioned? How can you tell if someone is interested

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With only 5 days left to enter, I thought it was only fair to dedicate one last blog post to our competition for one lucky winner to attend the Optician Awards next month! We would as many of you as possible to get involved and to guarantee you have an amazing time, we’ve even thrown in free food and drink

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As I’m sure a lot of you know, the Opticians Awards are just around the corner and we thought it was only right to get involved in some way this year. Vivid Optical have decided to sponsor the event, along with some other well-known faces such as Asda Opticians, Johnson & Johnson and CooperVision! To celebrate, we have decided to

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Vivid Optical are sponsoring the Opticians Awards this year and on top of that, we have decided to give away 2 tickets to attend the annual event for you and one of your friends! The Optician Awards has been established for over 20 years and is the highlight of the year for Optical practices, attracting the UK’s most talented Opticians,

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Now with University of Hertfordshire rolling out an integrated Masters of Optometry courses, Vivid Optical’s Danny Alaimo caught up with lecturer Dr Joy Myint and student Niraj Shah to ask a few questions. Here’s what followed: Why did you choose University of Hertfordshire, and why this course? (N.S): I chose University of Hertfordshire after seeing the new course advertised. The idea

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I was recently indulging myself in some (online) retail therapy when I came across a dress that, although could be described as absolutely hideous by some, had a strong resemblance to the opt art-influenced trend Bridget Riley made popular all those years ago. (See below!)   Op (Optical illusion) art seems to be a reoccurring theme in the fashion industry

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When looking at an optical illusion, your brain can give a perception that differs with the actual measurement of the image or object .There are three different types of optical illusions- literal, physiological, or cognitive. Today, we’ll be looking into the last type. Cognitive illusions are usually divided into ambiguous illusions, distorting illusions, fiction illusions or paradox illusions:   Ambiguous

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1.Male and female brains process colours slightly differently. When it comes to colour, men and women don’t seem to see eye to eye. If you and your partner have ever bumped heads when choosing the perfect paint colour, you wouldn’t be the first. It is believed that this has to do with the different levels of testosterone in men and

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