Sunglasses, UV Protection, and Black Owned Brands

Updated June 23, 2023

National Sunglasses Day, brought to you by The Vision Council is June 27. The purpose is to promote the importance of wearing sunglasses with enough ultraviolet (UV) protection throughout the year. UV protection is important for eye health in that it safeguards against vision deterioration, eye cancer, and cataracts. In choosing sunglasses, look for labels such as UV400 or 100% UV protection. These labels can be found on stickers attached to sunglasses, and in product and company descriptions.

Neither price, color, tint, nor darkness of the lens are relevant to sufficient UV protection. One hundred percent UV protection can be found with lighter, darker, inexpensive, and expensive sunglasses. Price is affected by the quality of materials (e.g., type, durability, and scratch resistant).

Also some styles are more protective. These include “wraparound” style sunglasses that protect the outer edges of the eyes (pictured below) and sunglasses with larger frames as they provide more coverage. In this post, we review sunglasses labeled UV400 and 100% UV protection from black owned brands. See the links below and product tabs for more information.

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Bôhten (advertisement) offers sunglasses in diverse styles an textiles. You can choose from among several lenses with 100% UV protection. Bôhten sunglasses are also available at Nordstrom (advertisement).

Coco and Breezy on Amazon (advertisement) has a diverse selection of sunglasses that offer 100% UV protection.

Foxx Stylez (advertisement) has a selection of sunglasses that offer UV 400 protection.

Nroda (advertisement) offers a diverse selection of sunglasses. These include wraparound styled goggles, aviator styled and bumblebee embellished sunglasses, and even more sunglasses in a variety of shapes and styles. Nroda incorporates luxury materials into their designs such as crystals and fine metals. Sunglasses come with 100% UV protection, a microfiber pouch, and hard clam shell case.

[3]rd.Eye.View has a diverse selection of sunglasses with UV 400 protection.

Eliza Johnson offers a large and diverse selection of UV400 sunglasses.

Hyve-Life has a diverse selection of sunglasses that off UV 400 protection.

SWAV Eyewear has sunglasses in several stylesthat offer 100% UVA/UVB protection.

Vuliwear offers a selection of sunglasses with multicolored lenses that provide 100% UV protection.

Orijin Culture has a selection of tribal themed UV400 sunglasses.

Perfect Haze has a diverse selection of sunglasses with UV 400 protection.

Shade of Shades has a diverse selection of sunglasses with 100% UVA and UVB protection.

In reviewing these products, I hope you find sunglasses that work for you.

Happy shopping!

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