Seeing is Believing: Spex Eyewear Is Eyewear with a Purpose
Join Isabel for an insightful conversation with Christy Chand, the visionary behind Spex Eyewear. Spex Eyewear is an online eyewear retailer that offers high-quality glasses and sunglasses and donates 10% of each sale to animal welfare. In this episode, Isabel and Christy delve into the inspiration behind Spex' unique eyewear, which is not just about providing stylish frames but also giving back to the community. Discover how Spex Eyewear is making a difference by supporting rescue organizations and learn about Christy's passion for pets and better eyewear. Tune in as they explore the details of Spex Eyewear's collection, including how to find the perfect pair of glasses to suit your individual style and needs.
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BIO:
Christy Chand, the founder of SPEX Eyewear, embarked on an unexpected career path after a lifetime dedicated to dance. With a background in dance education and performance, she sought a new venture that would allow her to combine her passions for research, organization, and helping animals. A chance encounter with a seasoned lens manufacturer, Bruce, provided the catalyst for SPEX. Recognizing the potential to create a unique eyewear brand that could give back to animal welfare organizations, Christy and Bruce joined forces. Their shared commitment to quality, customer service, and animal rescue led to the establishment of SPEX Eyewear, a company that not only offers stylish eyewear but also supports charitable causes.
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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: welcome to Covered In Pet Hair, a boozy show for pet lovers on Pet Life Radio.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm your host, Isabel Alvarez Arata, and today, I have the pleasure of having a drink and a chat with a pet lover that's going to help us style in her amazing eyewear.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I will tell you all about her and introduce you as soon as we come back from these messages from our sponsors.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Hi, I'm Isabel Alvarez Arata, the host of Covered In Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You know the expression, cats have 9 lives?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, what if you could give them one more?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: The Give Them Ten movement is on a mission to help give cats an extra life.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: How?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: With spay and neuter.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Spaying and neutering your cat helps them live a longer, healthier life.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And it helps control re-roaming cat populations too.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Learn more about the benefits of spay and neuter and meet scooter, the neutered cat, at givethemten.org.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets on petliferadio.com.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: welcome back to Covered In Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm your host, Isabel Alvarez Arata, and today I have the pleasure of having a drink and a chat with a pet parent, an entrepreneur.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's a former professional dancer, a wine snob, and a boxed wine drinker.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's a cocktail connoisseur, a coffee lover, a tea drinker, and a world traveler.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's married to Sid, who was a guest on the show promoting Boos for Paws.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: If you did not check out that episode, please do.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: He is amazing and his spirits are helping rescues in California right now.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I can't wait to see them expand.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She is cat mom to Pookins, Elbie, Linus, George, and Franklin.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's dog mom to Freddie and Abbey.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's founder of Spex Eyewear incorporated, an online eyewear shop that donates 100% of their profits to animal welfare organizations.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's Christy Chand.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: welcome.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's so good to see you and finally have you on the show, Christy.
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Christy Chand: Thank you so much for having me.
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Christy Chand: I'm really excited to be here today.
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Christy Chand: Thank you.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh my goodness.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: We've been meaning to do this for a long time.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm so happy because I have to get new glasses and I'm going to do that with Spex.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: As soon as I have my new prescription this year, I am in my early 40s, heading toward my mid-40s and the eyes are changing very quickly.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It is very good to know that I have an expert in eyewear, right at my fingertips and right online and I love your brand.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: We're going to talk all about it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But before we get into it, let's talk about our drinking game today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Anybody at home participating in our drinking game today, anytime you hear this word, the secret word is bridge.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Take a drink of whatever you're enjoying, but please be over 21 to partake.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Never drink and drive.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Always drink responsibly and don't trip over anything if you don't have your glasses on, okay?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Be very cautious.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Those of us heading to our mid to late 40s need to be extra careful because this is sprung.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: This has just come out of nowhere for me.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I mean, I don't know if that's the experience for all 40 some year olds, but this that I'm doing all the time, like kind of moving my phone closer and further away.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I like read stuff and I can't figure out what's in it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I am so excited to talk about this.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Those of you who are trying to learn about pets today, you're probably not going to learn anything about pets today because I'm going to dig in all eyewear stuff today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's lifestyle day at Covered In Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, Christy, what are you drinking today?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are you drinking anything perhaps to do with booze for paws?
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Christy Chand: I sure am.
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Christy Chand: I am drinking a little rye action from my husband's line, which is my favorite of the five spirits.
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Christy Chand: I put it in this little tiny glass because it makes it look like I'm drinking a lot more.
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Christy Chand: Because I noticed when I put it in a larger glass, I'm like, that's it, and then it goes a lot faster.
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Christy Chand: But if I put it in this tiny glass and take sips, it goes slower.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, smart, no, smart, smart.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: We don't want to drink rye like it's water.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Definitely not.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: At least I couldn't.
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Christy Chand: It's very easy for me to do because it's so good.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So one thing I will add that both Sid and Christy, these businesses that they've created, Boos for Paws and Spex Eyewear, they donate 100% of their profits to animal welfare.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So they are doing this out of the kindness of their heart, but they also have a huge dedication to quality.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I am so happy that you brought something from the line from Boos for Paws because I have not yet tried it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I want to try it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's not available near me.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: We have to talk about how do I get my hands on that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But in the meantime, I'm just keeping it really cash today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm having a corona tropical punch.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It is something that was leftover from my kid's birthday party when we had adult beverages at the park.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So this is in my fridge.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's got to be consumed.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I figured today was a good day to do it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It is passion fruit flavor.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And it's actually quite good.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But you know what?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I could see this being used as kind of like a mixer with like some vodka, maybe some muddled fruit, something to make it a little bit stronger because it's a little sweet.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And cheers.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Thank you for being on the show.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm so happy to finally meet you in somewhat person.
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Christy Chand: Thank you.
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Christy Chand: Me too.
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Christy Chand: Same.
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Christy Chand: See, tiny sip.
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Christy Chand: Otherwise, we're going to be in trouble.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, exactly.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I have to like, I told you before we hit record, I have to go volunteer in my kid's school.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So that's why we're keeping it light today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I have been wearing glasses since I was 14 years old or refusing to wear glasses since I was 14 years old.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because when I was 14 years old, for the younger listeners and viewers, glasses were not what they are today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like they were not cute.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They were not fun.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They were heavy, uncomfortable, functional, not stylish at all.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I refused to wear them for most of my life.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Now, I can't wear contacts as long as I used to because I just can't tolerate it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So now I need a really cute pair of glasses.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Obviously, you have an adorable pair of glasses on right now.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: We're going to talk about your line specifically in the second part of the show.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But I want for us to start universal, start big and then narrow it down.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I'm going to invite you to play a game of me called Styled by Spex.
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Christy Chand: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I'm going to name some random parts of our person.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And you're going to tell me if they play any role in the decision to buy a certain type of frame, a certain color frame, what looks good, what works with this, it doesn't matter at all.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are you ready to play?
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Christy Chand: Yeah, let's go.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right, let's do it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Do your eyebrows matter when you're choosing a frame?
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Christy Chand: Yes, absolutely.
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Christy Chand: You know, it's funny, some people, and I tend to agree with this, think that the eyebrows should always be visible from above the frame.
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Christy Chand: So, but I have seen this trend of a lot of people wearing glasses that are much larger on their face so that their eyebrows are like underneath.
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Christy Chand: Covered.
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Christy Chand: Or covered, yeah, which I also just think it's a little bit odd.
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Christy Chand: I think proportionally, it's helpful, and I think it just makes more sense when you look at a human, like the eyebrows are on top.
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Christy Chand: So if I have glasses here that are supposed to be surrounding my eyes so that I can see better, I would feel like your eyebrows should be then on top of that to properly show emotion.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, exactly.
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Christy Chand: Yeah, I'm a huge fan of the eyebrows definitely being visible on top of the frame.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I agree with you.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I spend a lot of money on my eyebrows.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I like my eyebrows, so I want to show them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I want to cover them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't want them, like, you know, disguised by some frame.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, skin tone.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Does that make any kind of a difference on the maybe the color of the frame you choose?
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Christy Chand: Yeah, absolutely.
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Christy Chand: So color and whether you wear a metal frame or an acetate or a plastic type frame, it's the same thing as, you know, jewelry.
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Christy Chand: So, like, if you tend to prefer gold tones, you're going to want to go with more of a gold frame as well as opposed to a silver frame.
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Christy Chand: If you like metal and if you like more of an acetate, of course you want to think about your skin color, your hair color.
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Christy Chand: Sorry if that's one of the questions you're going to ask.
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Christy Chand: No, that's fine.
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Christy Chand: You want to find something that's, it's the same as, you know, if you wear eyeshadow or lipstick, you want to find something that's complimentary to you.
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Christy Chand: Or again, I'm seeing trends where people are finding something that is more crushing with them because they also wear bright clothes and they want to be seen as more of like a funky time.
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Christy Chand: So they're going to wear something that doesn't necessarily match or fit their skin tone as well as it possibly could.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: To make a statement.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But obviously, the vast majority of us kind of want the glasses to blend into what we're wearing and doing with our look, not necessarily be like the focal point.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: At least that's for me, how I feel about glasses.
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Christy Chand: And I think that as you're saying that trends have changed over time and how we view our eyewear has changed over time, I think that's one of the things that people are like, well, if I'm going to wear glasses, I might as well make a statement with them.
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Christy Chand: So whether that is color or style or chunk, you see these glasses now, then like, do those weigh eight pounds on your face?
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Christy Chand: Like, they're so chunky and heavy.
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Christy Chand: I don't understand, but I think people are using that as more of a fashion statement than previously.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Perfect.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: How about your nose size?
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Christy Chand: Absolutely.
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Christy Chand: So that can come into play with the bridge size.
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Christy Chand: So when you are looking at sizing of a frame, there's usually three different numbers that are listed inside of the frame.
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Christy Chand: And the second of those numbers is the bridge size.
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Christy Chand: And so if you want to think about what's going to fit best on your actual bridge, so if you have a wider bridge, you're going to need that space between the lenses to be wider.
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Christy Chand: If you get too small of a bridge width, the frame is going to sit up higher on your face, which then gives you less real estate for where you can see out of.
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Christy Chand: So you want your eye to be pretty much centered in the lens.
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Christy Chand: So it's really important to make sure that that bridge width is appropriate.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You know what's interesting?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've gotten my eye checked a million times.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have purchased glasses a million times and nobody has ever measured my bridge.
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Christy Chand: Me neither.
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Christy Chand: And same thing.
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Christy Chand: I've had a ton of pairs of glasses as well and I've never had any of this measured either.
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Christy Chand: I've learned this all on my own and then try and help educate people with it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: How frustrating.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, how about chin?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Your chin angles, their chin shape, does that play any role?
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Christy Chand: Yeah, I think just great or maybe your entire face shape.
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Christy Chand: So, you know, like, which I have a hard time with because they'll like, I look at like, are you a rectangle or a heart or a diamond or all these different things?
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Christy Chand: And I look and I'm like, I don't really know.
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Christy Chand: It's hard.
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Christy Chand: It is hard.
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Christy Chand: But there's some YouTube video that I watched one time that was talking about that it's actually like whether, you know, this is wider than this and, you know, this is longer than this, that kind of stuff that again can play into proportions.
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Christy Chand: So if you have a longer face, sometimes you don't want or you want to make sure that you have a little bit of more of a greater lens height.
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Christy Chand: So it's not this little tiny frame on your longer face or like I have more of have more width here.
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Christy Chand: So if I wear something that's more rectangular, it widens me here.
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Christy Chand: So doing something that has a little bit more of a round, even though this isn't necessarily round, but it's rounder than like a square or rectangle.
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Christy Chand: So it helps me not be white is wide.
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Christy Chand: So yeah, so face shape in general can play a big role in choosing a frame.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, perfect.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: How about hair length or lack of hair entirely, like people who have no hair?
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Christy Chand: Yeah, absolutely.
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Christy Chand: This comes into play, I think a lot with like color.
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Christy Chand: So like if you have darker hair, I have somewhat darker hair that at least I think is complimentary to my frame color right now.
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Christy Chand: If you don't have hair, then you have more of your skin showing.
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Christy Chand: So again, then you need to be thinking about, are you trying to be complimentary to your skin tone or not?
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Christy Chand: And then if you have longer hair, you want to think about, even little things like are you one of those people that puts your glasses in up here, which you're supposed to not really do.
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Christy Chand: But so maybe if you do that, you shouldn't get nose pads because you're going to always have that tangle.
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Christy Chand: If you're trying to get your glasses out of your hair, they get tangled up in your nose pads.
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Christy Chand: So little things like that can be important when you're thinking about hair as well.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is so smart.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Very practical tip there.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: How about your height and your weight?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Maybe you're feeling like your face is a little fuller than usual.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is there any slimming shape that we should consider?
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Christy Chand: Yeah.
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Christy Chand: If you have more of a round face, the word is to stay more away from round shapes of your frame as well.
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Christy Chand: Okay.
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Christy Chand: Usually if you have a rounder jawline or face shape, whether that's from weight or genetics, whatever, then it's usually said that maybe go with more of a cat eye to bring the look up in the face a little bit more or a rectangular shape as well.
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Christy Chand: It will again bring the eye higher as opposed to coming down on the face at all.
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Christy Chand: If that's something that you would like to bring anyone you come in contact with away from your jawline or you want to bring it up, those are kind of two ways to do that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And how about very tall people?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Very tall people, are they going to consider the same kind of frame based on all this that we've talked about?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Or are there any considerations for the very tall?
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Christy Chand: I would say probably the same as thinking about if you're very tall, then is your face also very tall?
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Christy Chand: So thinking about that lens height, I think would be important at that point as well.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's what I was thinking.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I was thinking like, you know, if I'm always like already, I'm forced to kind of look up or have less up here, then that might make it hard for me to see.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: OK.
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Christy Chand: Oh, you know what?
00:14:40.804 --> 00:14:44.044
Christy Chand: With tall people, too, the temple length is going to be important.
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Christy Chand: Sorry.
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Christy Chand: Making sure that the temple length isn't too long, because if you're really tall, you're probably looking down at people all day.
00:14:49.344 --> 00:14:53.024
Christy Chand: And you want your glasses to be like sliding down off your face the entire day.
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Christy Chand: So make sure that this fits well behind your ears.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh, oh, my goodness.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's so funny because I always thought that it fell because it wasn't tight enough around the bridge.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But it's really how long it is.
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Christy Chand: Yeah, it can be a combination of both.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Exactly.
00:15:05.704 --> 00:15:07.704
Christy Chand: This is definitely at play.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh, my gosh.
00:15:08.384 --> 00:15:08.904
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So funny.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Last but certainly not least, how thick those lenses are.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Does that affect the frame choice?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because I am white, white visually impaired.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So my frames, I pay the extra to get them thinner.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And even then, they're way thick.
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Christy Chand: Yeah, getting high-end becks can be really helpful for bringing down the thickness.
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Christy Chand: But if you know that you're going to have a thicker lens, it's usually smart to one, go with a full frame, as opposed to, you know, there's a lot of like the null frame that just have the temple and the bar between.
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Christy Chand: Sorry, I think that's a cat hair.
00:15:47.304 --> 00:15:48.624
Christy Chand: Oh, I just, there we go.
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Christy Chand: Um, you want to, yeah, you'll want to avoid that because it's going to be really obvious from the side.
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Christy Chand: So finding a frame that is fully surrounding the lens would be important.
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Christy Chand: And then also staying away from those like really thin, a lot of times they're like that flexible titanium, like we've got one like that in our collection.
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Christy Chand: But the kind of thin wire frames, because again, you know, if it's too thin, the lens is going to kind of pop out on either side.
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Christy Chand: And you may maybe tone that down with a full frame.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Pet hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Does pet hair haven't play any part in it?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like if you're always covered in pet hair, maybe you want to match the frame to the pet, the color of your pet.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Maybe not.
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Christy Chand: Maybe, maybe not.
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Christy Chand: Maybe a good tortoise, you know, that would go with everything.
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Christy Chand: If you've got it, I've got a little tortoise right here, not tortoise, she's a tabby right here that she goes well with some of my tortoise shell glasses.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So yeah, of course, I have to ask, just out of curiosity, how many pairs of glasses do you own?
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Christy Chand: You know what?
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Christy Chand: Not too many at this point.
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Christy Chand: The ones that I actually have in current rotation, I've got one, two, three and two on the way actually.
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Christy Chand: Okay, so that's not too many.
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Christy Chand: Right now, so not too many right now.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, I have two in rotation because one of mine broke and I have to take it back to the thing I just haven't made the time.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then one of the ones in rotation, I don't know, something's funky with it, you know.
00:17:13.344 --> 00:17:15.164
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't know if they got the prescription wrong.
00:17:15.164 --> 00:17:17.484
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't know what happened, but it's funky.
00:17:17.484 --> 00:17:20.344
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I put on those glasses and I feel like I'm in like a fun house.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't know.
00:17:20.884 --> 00:17:24.164
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I mean, I can still see, but you know, it's not quite right.
00:17:24.164 --> 00:17:29.984
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So those are also going back for a little Q&A with the optometrist.
00:17:29.984 --> 00:17:34.364
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But anyway, do you have a background in eyewear?
00:17:34.364 --> 00:17:37.944
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because like eyewear, there's such a need, obviously.
00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:43.644
Isabel Alvarez Arata: We all know this, especially those of us underserved in our past experiences.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Where did the idea come from?
00:17:45.424 --> 00:17:46.164
Isabel Alvarez Arata: What's your background?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Tell me everything.
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Christy Chand: I do not have a background in eyewear until, let's see, let's say January of 2022.
00:17:54.084 --> 00:17:56.744
Christy Chand: I kind of started getting interested in it.
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Christy Chand: No, I mean, before that, I was a professor at a university here in California.
00:18:03.944 --> 00:18:08.464
Christy Chand: For about nine years, prior to that, I was a– I'm still with that.
00:18:08.464 --> 00:18:10.564
Christy Chand: I was a professional dancer, choreographer.
00:18:10.564 --> 00:18:15.364
Christy Chand: I've been in the world of dance since I was three and professionally since I was 15.
00:18:15.364 --> 00:18:18.604
Christy Chand: So this is a huge leap to go into the eyewear world.
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Christy Chand: And this just happened by kind of some weird chance encounters and circumstances that led me to a meeting with Bruce, who is our lens manufacturer and optician.
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Christy Chand: And we had a great conversation and talked a lot about animals.
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Christy Chand: And he had been working for another eyewear company that had planned to close.
00:18:38.564 --> 00:18:40.784
Christy Chand: And he's like, I'd still like to do something.
00:18:40.784 --> 00:18:45.344
Christy Chand: And I was like, well, I feel like I still want to do something, even though I'm not teaching anymore.
00:18:45.344 --> 00:18:46.584
Christy Chand: What do I want to do?
00:18:46.584 --> 00:18:59.324
Christy Chand: And decided to open an eyewear brand with Bruce and take a chance on this guy that I am just like, just take a big leap.
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Christy Chand: And it mainly comes from this is a bigger story.
00:19:01.944 --> 00:19:05.844
Christy Chand: But during COVID, I started walking dogs at our shelter.
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Christy Chand: And it's one of those things that had been kind of on my list for years and years, like, I really want to volunteer, I want to volunteer.
00:19:12.384 --> 00:19:15.904
Christy Chand: But I'm not going to say I didn't have time because that's not a thing.
00:19:15.904 --> 00:19:21.064
Christy Chand: It was more of like, it just didn't fit into the schedule in a way that would work.
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Christy Chand: So finally, during COVID, I started walking dogs.
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Christy Chand: And I say this in one of the videos that we have for Spex, but it felt like that time at the shelter was more impactful and meaningful in my life than anything else I felt like I was doing besides my life at home.
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Christy Chand: And so there was something in me that was like, gosh, if I could do this full-time or if I could do something that helps animals full-time, I would be really happy with that.
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Christy Chand: And then things kind of happened.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So do you wear glasses, obviously?
00:19:58.544 --> 00:20:00.044
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Have you always worn glasses?
00:20:00.044 --> 00:20:03.684
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Have you always wanted more options?
00:20:03.684 --> 00:20:08.384
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Or was wearing this just like an opportunity presented itself and you jumped on board?
00:20:08.384 --> 00:20:09.204
Christy Chand: A little bit of both.
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Christy Chand: I mean, I started wearing glasses.
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Christy Chand: I was in grad school in 2010.
00:20:14.424 --> 00:20:16.384
Christy Chand: There was a gap, not that young.
00:20:16.384 --> 00:20:20.484
Christy Chand: So there was a gap between undergrad and grad school for me.
00:20:20.484 --> 00:20:23.684
Christy Chand: But I was getting horrific headaches.
00:20:23.684 --> 00:20:30.204
Christy Chand: And so I had to take my first visit to an eye doctor and got some reading glasses, prescription reading glasses.
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Christy Chand: And then that kind of shifted to what you were talking about.
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Christy Chand: I suddenly need more light to see small prints.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
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Christy Chand: I was trying to find like, how can I see this?
00:20:42.524 --> 00:20:48.124
Christy Chand: My husband has this little thing that he does with his hand that his mom taught him, that somehow lets you really focus it.
00:20:48.124 --> 00:20:49.344
Christy Chand: We're trying everything.
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Christy Chand: I was like, okay, we need to probably get some other glasses.
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Christy Chand: So yeah, I haven't been a lifelong glasses wearer by any means.
00:20:57.764 --> 00:21:07.904
Christy Chand: It was something that when I was little, I kind of wanted braces and I kind of wanted glasses, but I never got either, which you can't complain about that, I realize.
00:21:07.904 --> 00:21:10.224
Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, you have very good genes.
00:21:10.224 --> 00:21:13.464
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is just an indication that you had excellent genes.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I had both, glasses and braces.
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Christy Chand: Yeah, you were the cool kid to me.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Apparently.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, tell us about the organizations you partner with, the rescues that benefit from all the work that you and Bruce put into this.
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Christy Chand: Yeah.
00:21:30.724 --> 00:21:35.744
Christy Chand: So we have a group of, I think I'm up at 18, 18 right now.
00:21:35.744 --> 00:21:42.184
Christy Chand: We call them our Spex Friends and we, they just have to be non-profit and US based.
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Christy Chand: But the most important thing to me is that they are more on that small to medium, maybe mid-size, but really just like helping their community more than anything.
00:21:53.664 --> 00:21:58.044
Christy Chand: So not these big nationwide, not that there's anything wrong with giving to some of these.
00:21:58.044 --> 00:22:04.084
Christy Chand: Although I keep seeing these stories of one of the biggest organizations that I don't have to name.
00:22:04.084 --> 00:22:18.204
Christy Chand: I'm sure people have all seen this now, that their CEO is a millionaire and that only 2% of what they bring in actually goes out to local rescues, that kind of stuff that makes me a little bit ill.
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Christy Chand: So I wanted to avoid those bigger corporations and really focus in on community based.
00:22:27.424 --> 00:22:31.504
Christy Chand: I already followed a bunch of rescues because I like sharing for people.
00:22:31.744 --> 00:22:37.404
Christy Chand: I don't have a huge social media presence personally or even with Spex, but just sharing animals.
00:22:37.804 --> 00:22:46.844
Christy Chand: So I kind of started reaching out to some of these smaller rescues that I knew about and that led me down to see how many more exist out there.
00:22:46.844 --> 00:22:57.564
Christy Chand: I just started following, following, following and then reaching out to ones that resonated with me somehow and a lot of them have not responded, which is fine.
00:22:57.744 --> 00:22:59.024
Christy Chand: They're busy helping animals.
00:22:59.024 --> 00:22:59.904
Christy Chand: That's great.
00:22:59.904 --> 00:23:04.544
Christy Chand: A lot of them have responded being like, you know, you're not really that big yet.
00:23:04.544 --> 00:23:06.184
Christy Chand: Like, I don't know how much you're going to give us.
00:23:06.184 --> 00:23:08.004
Christy Chand: So maybe later.
00:23:08.004 --> 00:23:08.624
Christy Chand: Great.
00:23:08.624 --> 00:23:10.804
Christy Chand: Thank you so much for talking to me.
00:23:10.804 --> 00:23:26.124
Christy Chand: And then, like I said, we've got 18 that we do actually work with right now that I'm super proud to be a part of their, their mission to help animals, whether it's we have some that really focus in on animal rescue.
00:23:26.864 --> 00:23:35.724
Christy Chand: We have some that focus in more on veterans issues, whether it's actually like canine working dogs or human veterans or both working together.
00:23:35.724 --> 00:23:38.384
Christy Chand: We work with a couple TNR organizations.
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Christy Chand: I just try and really find things, like I said, that resonate with my heart and feel excited whenever I give, even if it's only $17 or whatever it is that we're getting from.
00:23:52.964 --> 00:23:58.204
Christy Chand: Because we get 10 percent of every purchase and you get to choose which Spex friends we donate to.
00:23:58.204 --> 00:24:06.844
Christy Chand: So, when I give that donation, that's the best part of the job, that and helping people obviously find a perfect pair of glasses.
00:24:06.844 --> 00:24:07.704
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Which you're going to help me.
00:24:08.484 --> 00:24:09.144
Isabel Alvarez Arata: We're going to do it.
00:24:09.904 --> 00:24:10.304
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
00:24:10.304 --> 00:24:13.284
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So, I saw that you partner with Mission Meow.
00:24:13.284 --> 00:24:14.704
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love Sally.
00:24:14.704 --> 00:24:16.264
Isabel Alvarez Arata: She has been on the show too.
00:24:16.264 --> 00:24:22.104
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I saw that you have some really big organizations in California, like the House on Cat Hill.
00:24:22.104 --> 00:24:24.164
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is that one of them?
00:24:24.164 --> 00:24:25.464
Christy Chand: Cattle House on the Kings.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Cattle House on the Kings.
00:24:26.664 --> 00:24:27.264
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's the one.
00:24:27.264 --> 00:24:28.244
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
00:24:28.244 --> 00:24:32.484
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That one's, I mean, I've been following them for ages and they do so much.
00:24:32.484 --> 00:24:36.344
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They have the biggest in California, I feel like, the biggest cat.
00:24:36.384 --> 00:24:38.624
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I think, I believe, something like that.
00:24:38.624 --> 00:24:39.104
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
00:24:39.104 --> 00:24:39.324
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
00:24:39.324 --> 00:24:41.764
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They do so much volume.
00:24:41.764 --> 00:24:42.044
Christy Chand: Yeah.
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Christy Chand: I didn't even know how big they were before I reached out to them because they're not that far from us.
00:24:46.824 --> 00:24:51.324
Christy Chand: And Sid and I actually went out there for, they were having an open house and we were like, let's go see this.
00:24:51.324 --> 00:24:52.364
Christy Chand: We had just moved to Fresno.
00:24:52.364 --> 00:24:53.404
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I was like, let's go see it.
00:24:53.404 --> 00:24:57.164
Christy Chand: So we went out there and I got a tour of the facility and it was awesome.
00:24:57.164 --> 00:24:58.004
Christy Chand: And there's peacocks.
00:24:58.004 --> 00:25:03.944
Christy Chand: There's a run on the river and like, there's so many cats everywhere and it's the coolest place.
00:25:03.944 --> 00:25:06.544
Christy Chand: And then I was like, oh, I should see if they want to be a Spex friend.
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Announcer: I didn't even know that they were that big.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've been following them for a really long time.
00:25:09.664 --> 00:25:13.284
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And it was in researching this that I realized you were partnered with them.
00:25:13.284 --> 00:25:16.204
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I saw a bunch of really great organizations.
00:25:16.204 --> 00:25:29.764
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And like you said, I don't think a lot of consumers are savvy enough to know that the big, big organization, so much of the money they raise really goes into their staffing and their marketing.
00:25:29.764 --> 00:25:34.684
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And it doesn't really actually go to the cause that you think you're supporting.
00:25:34.684 --> 00:25:37.824
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I worked as a group sales manager on Capitol Hill.
00:25:37.824 --> 00:25:45.384
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And so many groups, these huge organizations would come to lobby, right, on the Hill in Washington, DC.
00:25:45.384 --> 00:25:51.704
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I remember my then director of sales showing me how much each of those CEOs made.
00:25:51.704 --> 00:25:56.304
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I remember being like, wow, that's a lot of money going to the leadership.
00:25:56.664 --> 00:26:07.404
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Whereas, you know, and here we are like spending money on the lobbying and who's helping the homeless or who's helping the pets or who's helping everybody, the cancer patients, et cetera, et cetera.
00:26:07.404 --> 00:26:11.464
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I'm so happy you mentioned that because that's really important to know where the actual money is going.
00:26:11.464 --> 00:26:14.044
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And most of us don't want to just pay somebody's yacht.
00:26:14.044 --> 00:26:14.584
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's for sure.
00:26:17.324 --> 00:26:20.544
Christy Chand: Yeah, without at least having the benefits of using it.
00:26:20.584 --> 00:26:21.284
Christy Chand: Exactly.
00:26:22.244 --> 00:26:25.744
Isabel Alvarez Arata: We need at least a time share on the yacht if we're going to do that.
00:26:25.744 --> 00:26:27.524
Christy Chand: Exactly.
00:26:27.524 --> 00:26:28.964
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, we're going to take a break right now.
00:26:28.964 --> 00:26:38.284
Isabel Alvarez Arata: When we come back, I'm going to ask Christy to dive in deeper into specs, how they do, what they do, what kind of frames we have to choose from, et cetera, et cetera.
00:26:38.284 --> 00:26:39.124
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So don't go anywhere.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I will be right back.
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Announcer: Let's Talk Pest on PetLife Radio.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Welcome back to Covered In Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm your host, Isabel Alvarez Arata.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And today, I'm having a conversation with an online friend.
00:28:26.635 --> 00:28:30.715
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I consider her and Sid her husband online friends because I've been following them.
00:28:30.715 --> 00:28:31.975
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They've been following me.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I want nothing but success for both of their brands.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Christy's here representing Spex Eyewear.
00:28:37.635 --> 00:28:46.955
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Sid was on the show last year in 2023, representing Booze For Paws, obviously, boozy pet lover right here, right up my alley.
00:28:46.955 --> 00:28:53.335
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So we are going to dig in a little deeper into what Spex Eyewear is all about with a second game, Christy.
00:28:53.335 --> 00:28:58.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I'm going to invite you to play a game that I've named after one of your frames.
00:28:58.375 --> 00:29:00.595
Isabel Alvarez Arata: This is called Labrador.
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Christy Chand: Great.
00:29:04.295 --> 00:29:06.275
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that frame, by the way.
00:29:06.275 --> 00:29:10.075
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I'm going to give you one minute on this handy dandy clock.
00:29:10.075 --> 00:29:14.655
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I just want you to tell us some of the names of your frames.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Do you think you can recall some of these names?
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Christy Chand: I'll do my best.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: These are some creative names for frames.
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Announcer: I love them so much.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Ready to go?
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Christy Chand: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Ready?
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Christy Chand: Three, two, one.
00:29:29.095 --> 00:29:30.855
Christy Chand: This is no cheating.
00:29:30.855 --> 00:29:31.975
Isabel Alvarez Arata: No cheating.
00:29:31.975 --> 00:29:34.215
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Three, two, one, go.
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Christy Chand: Cool cat, city cat, city dog, adventure cat, the zoomies, hyperspeed tail wags.
00:29:44.415 --> 00:29:48.335
Christy Chand: There's a cat on my lap, a crack of the can.
00:29:48.335 --> 00:29:49.755
Christy Chand: Oh my gosh.
00:29:51.955 --> 00:29:55.015
Christy Chand: Just because it's called fetch, doesn't mean I'm going to bring the ball back.
00:29:56.875 --> 00:29:57.615
Christy Chand: Oh my gosh.
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Announcer: So hard.
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Announcer: I know them all.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I know you do, but that's what's funny about them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They're very, very memorable.
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Christy Chand: But there's a lot.
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Christy Chand: Off the counter, keep going.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Off the counter made me laugh out loud.
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Christy Chand: On the catwalk, naptime on my dad's favorite book, lounging in the perfect sunny spot, lounging in the sunny spot, playtime at the park, paw prints on the beach, watch.
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Christy Chand: I always forget this one, watching the birds on the windowsill or something like that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: There's so many.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: There's so many.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: There's so many.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You did a great job.
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Announcer: I'm going to go.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, you did an amazing job.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So let me tell you some of them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So that for our listeners and our viewers.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Did you say Sir Barks a lot?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, I forgot.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That one's a good one.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Odd-eyed cat, vertical space, my first dog, ear floofs.
00:30:47.695 --> 00:30:50.515
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I think you said city dog, but I don't think you said dog park.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Agility course champ.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Those are really cute, by the way.
00:30:54.015 --> 00:30:57.355
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Treats time, tiny snores, the longest whiskers.
00:30:57.355 --> 00:30:58.995
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You did say there's a cat on my lap.
00:30:58.995 --> 00:31:01.295
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Not fat, just fluffy is another one.
00:31:01.295 --> 00:31:02.715
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Those are really funky shaped.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Cat condo dweller, I love off-the-counter.
00:31:07.215 --> 00:31:10.775
Isabel Alvarez Arata: off-the-counter made me laugh because we say that constantly here.
00:31:10.775 --> 00:31:13.255
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You did say adventure cat, new box.
00:31:13.255 --> 00:31:14.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Who this?
00:31:14.455 --> 00:31:15.755
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So funny.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Circle up and plop.
00:31:18.535 --> 00:31:21.095
Isabel Alvarez Arata: My dog literally just did that.
00:31:21.095 --> 00:31:24.875
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Rescue rocks, feather wand, sit down, stay.
00:31:24.875 --> 00:31:26.335
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You did say that one, I think.
00:31:26.335 --> 00:31:27.835
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh my God, there's so many good ones.
00:31:27.835 --> 00:31:30.335
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Loud meows, crack of the can.
00:31:30.415 --> 00:31:31.155
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You did say that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Labraca d'abrador.
00:31:32.355 --> 00:31:34.135
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh, I said it wrong.
00:31:34.135 --> 00:31:36.215
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Labraca d'abrador.
00:31:36.215 --> 00:31:39.955
Isabel Alvarez Arata: On the catwalk, whisker tickles, oh, big stretch.
00:31:39.955 --> 00:31:40.615
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So good.
00:31:40.615 --> 00:31:42.115
Isabel Alvarez Arata: These are so good.
00:31:42.115 --> 00:31:51.755
Isabel Alvarez Arata: New scratching post vibes, toe bean, matching collar and leash, couch cuddles, round the block, long hair, short hair, don't care.
00:31:52.435 --> 00:31:58.195
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Dream patio, adopt don't shop, which I know is a huge value for you all.
00:31:58.195 --> 00:32:03.815
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Fancy cat, car ride with the windows down, the Midas paw.
00:32:03.815 --> 00:32:06.915
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You have a Midas paw bubbles collection, which I love by the way.
00:32:06.915 --> 00:32:13.115
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I have to ask, can a person with dark hair pull off like pink frames?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, why not?
00:32:13.375 --> 00:32:14.495
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because I love it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes?
00:32:15.035 --> 00:32:15.915
Christy Chand: Why not?
00:32:15.915 --> 00:32:19.015
Christy Chand: Yeah, if you like pink, that's the thing.
00:32:19.015 --> 00:32:28.615
Christy Chand: I mean, as far as like trends go right now, too, I think that, okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like we're in this world of fashion right now where anything goes.
00:32:28.615 --> 00:32:36.375
Christy Chand: We're like, I remember growing up and being like, if you were caught with like high-rise jeans for a while, like that was a problem.
00:32:36.375 --> 00:32:40.915
Christy Chand: There were things that if you wore them, people would look at you funny.
00:32:40.915 --> 00:32:47.535
Christy Chand: Now I feel like the things that I see, I'm like, is there anything that is not in style anymore?
00:32:47.535 --> 00:32:50.735
Christy Chand: Because I don't even understand what people are wearing these days.
00:32:50.735 --> 00:32:54.415
Christy Chand: Myself included, I don't match it all right now.
00:32:54.415 --> 00:32:56.935
Christy Chand: Anything goes and I think the same thing with classes now.
00:32:56.935 --> 00:32:59.935
Christy Chand: If you like it and you think it fits your face, wear it.
00:32:59.935 --> 00:33:00.535
Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, it's true.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't know what the...
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You know what's funny?
00:33:01.955 --> 00:33:05.075
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I go to Spain a lot because my sister lives there and I get the fashions there.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They haven't really changed.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They're classic, right?
00:33:07.255 --> 00:33:12.935
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They're very functional jeans because they walk a lot, functional shoes.
00:33:12.935 --> 00:33:15.555
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They always look great with their coats in the winter.
00:33:15.755 --> 00:33:19.655
Isabel Alvarez Arata: They're very chic without trying to be chic.
00:33:19.655 --> 00:33:27.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But here in El Paso, for example, I see the youths walking to school and I am like, what is that?
00:33:27.455 --> 00:33:28.695
Isabel Alvarez Arata: What is that fashion?
00:33:28.695 --> 00:33:30.155
Isabel Alvarez Arata: What is that?
00:33:30.155 --> 00:33:33.395
Isabel Alvarez Arata: My grandmother is in assisted living, so we'll watch TV together.
00:33:33.775 --> 00:33:45.035
Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's always commenting on the fashions of like, especially on the Latin channels where there's a lot of skin showing, there's a lot of minimalist I guess outfits.
00:33:45.035 --> 00:33:47.315
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You can call them minimalist because there's not a lot of it.
00:33:47.315 --> 00:33:51.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I agree, like things are a little crazy in the fashion world.
00:33:51.455 --> 00:33:52.415
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm more classic.
00:33:52.415 --> 00:33:59.615
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I like my, you know, DBF and like my, I don't know, like my cloth, like Ralph Lauren type aesthetic.
00:33:59.615 --> 00:34:00.815
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So that's just me.
00:34:00.815 --> 00:34:10.235
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I want to dig in to how Spex does what it does because you, you know, we all have access to online eyeglass retailers.
00:34:10.235 --> 00:34:12.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Everybody does things a little bit differently.
00:34:12.455 --> 00:34:17.755
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You do things differently as in you don't send like try on pairs.
00:34:17.915 --> 00:34:26.235
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You also have really great price points, which I think is a huge bonus for those of us that need to have multiple eyeglasses.
00:34:26.235 --> 00:34:29.895
Isabel Alvarez Arata: We have to invest in like the thinner lens and all that.
00:34:29.895 --> 00:34:32.735
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So it really is important that we find something affordable.
00:34:32.735 --> 00:34:34.315
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I think you've done a great job of that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So tell us about how just how it works and how you're different from other online retailers.
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Christy Chand: Yeah, thank you.
00:34:40.935 --> 00:34:48.715
Christy Chand: We, I think what I hope makes us stand out the most is more of a personalized service.
00:34:48.715 --> 00:34:51.095
Christy Chand: Like it's literally just Bruce and I.
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Christy Chand: Bruce handles everything.
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Christy Chand: So like if somebody writes to me or if we're on the phone or whatever and they have a specific question about like their lenses, their vision, their prescription, prescription stuff I can usually handle.
00:35:01.595 --> 00:35:08.055
Christy Chand: But like a lot of this stuff, I'll be like, I'll take notes, let me talk to Bruce or let me connect you with Bruce.
00:35:08.055 --> 00:35:13.635
Christy Chand: Like we just had a Bruce had a phone conversation with one of our customers the other day that was having a problem with her lenses.
00:35:13.635 --> 00:35:17.055
Christy Chand: And we're still trying to figure out if that was a prescription issue or what it was.
00:35:17.055 --> 00:35:20.075
Christy Chand: But so like they have a conversation directly.
00:35:20.075 --> 00:35:31.635
Christy Chand: So it's that actual access to the people that run the company and that actually make your lenses that are he's the one that is the order that's the crafter that does everything.
00:35:31.635 --> 00:35:35.135
Christy Chand: So if there's a problem, it was his hand that did it.
00:35:35.135 --> 00:35:39.835
Christy Chand: Or if you want to give them a compliment on how great they are, it's Bruce that does it for you.
00:35:39.835 --> 00:35:46.415
Christy Chand: So that access, I don't know of another company that does that, at least on the online world.
00:35:46.415 --> 00:35:49.075
Christy Chand: If you're going to a small business in person, obviously different.
00:35:49.075 --> 00:35:55.555
Christy Chand: But we want to give you kind of that small business in-person experience and be as helpful to you or not.
00:35:55.695 --> 00:35:58.855
Christy Chand: So that's another thing that I think about when you shop online.
00:35:58.855 --> 00:36:02.955
Christy Chand: Some people want to be like, I get orders sometimes from like, who the heck is that person?
00:36:02.955 --> 00:36:04.135
Christy Chand: I've never seen that person.
00:36:04.135 --> 00:36:05.295
Christy Chand: I don't know who that person is.
00:36:05.295 --> 00:36:06.255
Christy Chand: They've never contacted me.
00:36:06.255 --> 00:36:08.495
Christy Chand: I don't think they follow us on social media.
00:36:08.495 --> 00:36:10.035
Christy Chand: How do they find us?
00:36:10.035 --> 00:36:21.615
Christy Chand: And then there's people that I've had, like, you know, I've emailed back and forth for three weeks and they filled out our Spex forum that that started off the conversation back and forth.
00:36:21.615 --> 00:36:24.515
Christy Chand: Or I've done Zoom calls and, like, literally are on the phone.
00:36:24.515 --> 00:36:27.215
Christy Chand: Like, I'm like, OK, now press buy.
00:36:27.215 --> 00:36:27.755
Christy Chand: Great.
00:36:27.755 --> 00:36:32.315
Christy Chand: Now pick a Spex friend, you know, like where you walk them through the entire process.
00:36:32.315 --> 00:36:34.815
Christy Chand: Or I can write up an invoice and send it directly.
00:36:34.815 --> 00:36:41.315
Christy Chand: So, like, when you want the buying experience to feel personal and truly be personal, it's not an act.
00:36:41.315 --> 00:36:43.975
Christy Chand: Like, Bruce and I both really love helping people.
00:36:44.195 --> 00:36:47.635
Christy Chand: And so that's something that I think sets us the most apart.
00:36:47.635 --> 00:36:48.255
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I agree.
00:36:48.255 --> 00:36:48.775
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I agree.
00:36:48.775 --> 00:36:49.855
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've tried.
00:36:49.855 --> 00:36:59.835
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've actually, I won't say the names everybody knows, like the big online retailer where they have shops now and like you can get five of them mailed for free, whatever.
00:36:59.835 --> 00:37:02.075
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've never ordered from there.
00:37:02.075 --> 00:37:05.215
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have gotten the frames twice I've done this.
00:37:05.215 --> 00:37:11.275
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Where I've gotten the frames sent to me, I chose frames randomly on what looked good on the screen.
00:37:12.415 --> 00:37:15.695
Isabel Alvarez Arata: The frames arrived, I didn't love any of them.
00:37:15.695 --> 00:37:21.055
Isabel Alvarez Arata: It was so impersonal that I felt like nobody cared if I ordered or didn't, so I just shipped them back.
00:37:21.055 --> 00:37:22.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That was my experience.
00:37:22.375 --> 00:37:31.235
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I mean, I've never lived somewhere where they had a store or spent enough time somewhere where they had a store, so I didn't make it a thing to go.
00:37:31.235 --> 00:37:37.095
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But I feel like that in-person, that does this look right, what do you recommend?
00:37:37.095 --> 00:37:39.695
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have a question about why this is uncomfortable.
00:37:40.015 --> 00:37:50.895
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I feel like that's such an important part of this process, because you might be wearing these all day, you might be wearing these all evening, you might be wearing them all day Saturday, because you're too lazy to put in your contacts.
00:37:50.895 --> 00:37:54.635
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So they need to be comfortable, functional, and they need to make you feel like yourself.
00:37:54.635 --> 00:37:57.535
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You don't want to look in the mirror and be like, what's that?
00:37:57.535 --> 00:37:57.835
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
00:37:57.835 --> 00:38:04.295
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So speaking of, do you go parties and say, oh, these are terrible for her.
00:38:04.755 --> 00:38:07.855
Isabel Alvarez Arata: She'd look better off the counters.
00:38:07.855 --> 00:38:08.355
Christy Chand: I do.
00:38:08.355 --> 00:38:14.555
Christy Chand: I've noticed that my eye for eyewear has become distracting for myself.
00:38:14.555 --> 00:38:23.815
Christy Chand: It used to be the same with, I can't go to dance performances anymore because I just don't enjoy myself, because it's just the whole time from the line out front.
00:38:24.915 --> 00:38:33.175
Christy Chand: I mean, just from the very beginning to the very end, it's not a fun experience because I can't take my critical eye away.
00:38:33.175 --> 00:38:35.355
Christy Chand: And now I'm starting to do the same thing.
00:38:35.355 --> 00:38:43.635
Christy Chand: My husband and I love watching Bollywood movies, and eyewear is huge in Bollywood right now.
00:38:44.355 --> 00:38:50.355
Christy Chand: I can't even say right now, maybe it's been a while, I don't know, but their styles are so cool.
00:38:50.355 --> 00:38:57.655
Christy Chand: And I actually ordered these actually from an eyewear company in India because I was like, there's so many very, very cool frames and shapes that are being produced there.
00:38:57.855 --> 00:38:59.055
Christy Chand: I want to be a part of that.
00:38:59.055 --> 00:39:04.455
Christy Chand: So now I'm watching movies and I'm like, I'm already struggling because I'm not understanding the language.
00:39:04.455 --> 00:39:06.755
Christy Chand: I'm trying to read the subtitles so fast and see the action.
00:39:06.755 --> 00:39:08.735
Christy Chand: And then I'm distracted by the person's glasses.
00:39:08.735 --> 00:39:09.975
Christy Chand: And I'm like, babe, you got to go back.
00:39:09.975 --> 00:39:12.855
Christy Chand: I don't know anything that happened in the last five minutes.
00:39:14.295 --> 00:39:15.535
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
00:39:15.535 --> 00:39:22.855
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So apart from the fact that anything kind of goes, are we seeing trends for bigger?
00:39:22.855 --> 00:39:24.475
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are we going to stay with the big?
00:39:24.475 --> 00:39:26.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are we going to go back to the little glasses?
00:39:26.495 --> 00:39:28.335
Isabel Alvarez Arata: What do you think is to come?
00:39:28.335 --> 00:39:35.975
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because if I invest in a pair of glasses, I know that I'm going to get a new one every year because my eyesight is changing that rapidly, unfortunately.
00:39:35.975 --> 00:39:37.735
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But I want it to last, right?
00:39:37.735 --> 00:39:39.435
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like it could be like my spare.
00:39:39.435 --> 00:39:40.215
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So what am I buying?
00:39:40.415 --> 00:39:43.775
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Am I investing in bigger frames, smaller frames?
00:39:43.775 --> 00:39:47.415
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is there any shape that's like particularly in right now?
00:39:47.415 --> 00:39:47.675
Christy Chand: Okay.
00:39:47.675 --> 00:39:49.295
Christy Chand: So this is my problem with trends too.
00:39:49.435 --> 00:39:58.735
Christy Chand: I keep talking about trends, but I think that you can look at every blog or magazine or whatever that's out there right now, and they're all going to say something a little bit different.
00:39:58.735 --> 00:40:07.495
Christy Chand: So I think that the things that seem to be kind of constant are color, like just being more bold with color choices.
00:40:07.495 --> 00:40:08.635
Christy Chand: Got it.
00:40:08.635 --> 00:40:19.215
Christy Chand: The cat eye seems to be back quite a bit, but also just kind of like interesting shapes, like more of like the polygon or just these.
00:40:19.215 --> 00:40:20.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, you have a lot of those.
00:40:20.375 --> 00:40:22.515
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I was impressed with how cool your I really like fashion.
00:40:22.515 --> 00:40:23.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: your frames are.
00:40:23.455 --> 00:40:24.535
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
00:40:24.535 --> 00:40:25.655
Christy Chand: Thank you.
00:40:25.655 --> 00:40:29.735
Christy Chand: Yeah, just like something that again, is a little bit more of a statement piece.
00:40:29.735 --> 00:40:50.135
Christy Chand: But because you keep saying that with like your fashion choices and you are saying that you want something that is more classic, then I would urge you gently to find something that is more of that classic frame for your daily wear, so that it's something that it's like your little black dress.
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Christy Chand: It's something that you're going to always have, that's going to be in the closet that you can wear 10 years from now and be like, I still love that dress and it still looks good and it's still in fashion.
00:40:58.115 --> 00:40:59.215
Christy Chand: We're good to go.
00:40:59.215 --> 00:41:03.515
Christy Chand: There's plenty of frames that exist like that as well, that you can find.
00:41:03.515 --> 00:41:08.235
Christy Chand: Don't feel like you have to succumb to the trends because you're going to get them and be like, what have I done?
00:41:09.375 --> 00:41:10.235
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, for sure.
00:41:10.235 --> 00:41:12.775
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've never really been trendy.
00:41:12.775 --> 00:41:18.835
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Maybe I'll try a trend once or twice, a very mild iteration of a trend.
00:41:18.835 --> 00:41:28.255
Isabel Alvarez Arata: The ones that you're wearing right now, which I would say are somewhat rounded off square, I would say, and they're dark, they look black.
00:41:28.255 --> 00:41:34.855
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are those what you would call trendy or those are more on the little black dress classic?
00:41:35.215 --> 00:41:38.235
Christy Chand: And that's where I think that this could be either or.
00:41:38.235 --> 00:41:41.175
Christy Chand: So I do, yes, you are right, that these, that's why I like these.
00:41:41.175 --> 00:41:42.675
Christy Chand: I'm going to look at them over.
00:41:42.675 --> 00:41:44.115
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, now please.
00:41:44.115 --> 00:41:47.055
Christy Chand: But yeah, they do have a little bit of a roundedness, which is why I like them.
00:41:47.055 --> 00:41:49.535
Christy Chand: They also have, how can I do this?
00:41:49.535 --> 00:41:49.955
Christy Chand: Okay.
00:41:49.955 --> 00:41:54.075
Christy Chand: They have what's called a keyhole bridge here, which I also really like.
00:41:54.075 --> 00:42:00.555
Christy Chand: So your nose sits here as opposed to sitting on the top of the bridge here.
00:42:00.555 --> 00:42:05.235
Christy Chand: And that's, I mean, like I've got another pair right here that I think are quite dirty, but like that's more of it.
00:42:05.235 --> 00:42:06.555
Christy Chand: This is called a saddle bridge.
00:42:06.555 --> 00:42:09.075
Christy Chand: So your nose actually hits all the way up there.
00:42:09.075 --> 00:42:11.015
Christy Chand: That's just personal preference and comfort.
00:42:11.015 --> 00:42:14.335
Christy Chand: But I actually really like the look of the keyhole bridge as well.
00:42:14.335 --> 00:42:23.195
Christy Chand: And these ones, I think, are really comfortable because they have, it's not a nose pad because there's not an adjustable nose pad, but it is a bigger piece here that fits nicely on my nose.
00:42:23.195 --> 00:42:29.755
Christy Chand: And then the temple I really like, because this is also a little bit unique, that it's like wider and then squared or thinner here.
00:42:29.755 --> 00:42:31.855
Christy Chand: So like there's just, and it's actually not black.
00:42:31.955 --> 00:42:35.295
Christy Chand: It's like this, I don't know if I can maybe get it.
00:42:35.295 --> 00:42:39.335
Christy Chand: It's like kind of this like tiger-y color based in brown.
00:42:39.335 --> 00:42:42.075
Christy Chand: It's just, it's really pretty when it hits the light.
00:42:42.075 --> 00:42:50.655
Christy Chand: So I think that, you know, they can look classic, but if you really look at the details of the frame, they have some more contemporary detailing to them.
00:42:50.655 --> 00:42:55.315
Christy Chand: They also have like, you see that little like middle side on the temple.
00:42:55.315 --> 00:42:56.075
Christy Chand: Keep going the wrong way.
00:42:56.075 --> 00:42:57.475
Christy Chand: There we go.
00:42:57.475 --> 00:43:01.015
Christy Chand: That piece right there that kind of just makes it like stand out a little bit from the side.
00:43:01.315 --> 00:43:09.375
Christy Chand: So I think that these can be a little bit classic as well as more contemporary because of some of the stylings.
00:43:09.375 --> 00:43:10.735
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You wear them very well.
00:43:10.735 --> 00:43:13.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have one last question for you.
00:43:13.375 --> 00:43:18.255
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I sometimes tend to get a headache after wearing my glasses for too long.
00:43:18.255 --> 00:43:21.615
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is there, and it's not from the prescription, I don't think.
00:43:21.615 --> 00:43:23.155
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I think it's from the heaviness.
00:43:23.155 --> 00:43:23.975
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is that a thing?
00:43:23.975 --> 00:43:24.495
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Am I crazy?
00:43:24.495 --> 00:43:25.295
Christy Chand: Totally.
00:43:25.295 --> 00:43:25.675
Christy Chand: Yep.
00:43:25.675 --> 00:43:26.695
Christy Chand: They could be from the heaviness.
00:43:26.695 --> 00:43:29.175
Christy Chand: You mentioned that you need or you get thinner lenses.
00:43:29.315 --> 00:43:35.295
Christy Chand: So if you're getting, because you said thinner, it could be polycarbonate or it could be high index.
00:43:35.295 --> 00:43:36.475
Christy Chand: Do you know which ones you usually get?
00:43:36.475 --> 00:43:39.315
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I think it's high index because I think it's pretty bad.
00:43:39.315 --> 00:43:40.955
Announcer: Okay.
00:43:40.955 --> 00:43:42.595
Isabel Alvarez Arata: By the way, they're still thick.
00:43:42.595 --> 00:43:44.815
Christy Chand: Yeah, they still will be thick, especially on the edges.
00:43:44.815 --> 00:43:48.415
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But that's how bad my eyesight is.
00:43:48.415 --> 00:43:50.575
Christy Chand: It's okay.
00:43:50.575 --> 00:43:52.135
Christy Chand: But you could go up to it.
00:43:52.135 --> 00:43:53.655
Christy Chand: You could go to a different number of high index.
00:43:53.655 --> 00:43:55.215
Christy Chand: We can talk about this more.
00:43:55.215 --> 00:43:58.635
Christy Chand: This gets a little bit into the weeds, but to get them to be a little bit thinner.
00:43:59.115 --> 00:44:00.715
Christy Chand: And then lighter as well.
00:44:00.715 --> 00:44:04.975
Christy Chand: You could also try a poly card on it, which could go lighter as well.
00:44:04.975 --> 00:44:07.795
Christy Chand: It's again, it's just a different material.
00:44:07.795 --> 00:44:11.535
Christy Chand: It could also be if it's not the weight.
00:44:11.535 --> 00:44:20.715
Christy Chand: I have this issue that because my head is the widest right here at my temples, I have a really hard time finding a frame that is wide enough for me that doesn't hit the side of my head.
00:44:20.715 --> 00:44:22.735
Christy Chand: So like most of my frames, I actually can't wear.
00:44:23.015 --> 00:44:30.795
Christy Chand: Like this was a godsend to me because I was like, oh, I have this fit and these feel amazing because they start squeezing my head almost immediately.
00:44:30.795 --> 00:44:34.455
Christy Chand: They could also be too tight at the temple ends back here.
00:44:34.455 --> 00:44:36.175
Christy Chand: Sometimes they curve in too much.
00:44:36.515 --> 00:44:37.795
Christy Chand: And these are all adjustments.
00:44:37.795 --> 00:44:48.435
Christy Chand: So you could take your glasses to an optician, anybody, even if you got them online or whatever, and have sometimes the temples can be adjusted to alleviate some of that pressure.
00:44:48.435 --> 00:44:52.415
Christy Chand: And if they can't adjust that, then it might be time to get a little bit of a wider frame.
00:44:52.535 --> 00:44:55.315
Christy Chand: So looking at the frame width might be important for you.
00:44:55.315 --> 00:44:56.035
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
00:44:56.035 --> 00:44:56.435
Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right.
00:44:56.435 --> 00:45:00.355
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, how can my audience learn more about Spex?
00:45:00.355 --> 00:45:04.715
Isabel Alvarez Arata: How can they get their order started?
00:45:04.715 --> 00:45:07.155
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Get your input if they need it.
00:45:07.155 --> 00:45:07.775
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Tell us everything.
00:45:07.775 --> 00:45:08.315
Christy Chand: Yeah.
00:45:08.315 --> 00:45:13.855
Christy Chand: So we are at spexeyewearinc.com, and that's S-P-E-X, eyewearinc.com.
00:45:15.295 --> 00:45:19.615
Christy Chand: We're also on Instagram and Facebook at same thing, Spex Eyewear Inc.
00:45:20.735 --> 00:45:25.635
Christy Chand: And if you already are a glasses-buying expert, you can go on.
00:45:25.635 --> 00:45:27.515
Christy Chand: All of the frame sizing is listed.
00:45:27.515 --> 00:45:32.195
Christy Chand: We try and make it as easy as possible to hit a couple buttons and have them off to you.
00:45:32.195 --> 00:45:49.455
Christy Chand: But if you want a more personalized experience or if you need any help trying to figure out how to find your best frame or what prescriptions you need, blah, blah, blah, that's where I come in and can be a help of you via Zoom calls, phone calls, you know, IM, DM, whatever.
00:45:49.895 --> 00:45:54.415
Christy Chand: I'm there for you and want to get you into your perfect pair of specs.
00:45:54.415 --> 00:45:55.415
Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right.
00:45:55.415 --> 00:45:57.455
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I guess I have one last question for you.
00:45:57.455 --> 00:46:00.095
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Which is your most popular frame?
00:46:00.095 --> 00:46:01.395
Christy Chand: Oh, Big Stretch has been.
00:46:01.395 --> 00:46:03.015
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh, Big Stretch.
00:46:03.015 --> 00:46:03.215
Christy Chand: Yeah.
00:46:03.215 --> 00:46:03.495
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
00:46:03.495 --> 00:46:05.915
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Now, we're all going to go look at it.
00:46:05.915 --> 00:46:07.075
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have to.
00:46:07.075 --> 00:46:11.095
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm the kind of person that when I go online shopping, I'm always like best sellers.
00:46:11.095 --> 00:46:11.855
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Click first.
00:46:11.855 --> 00:46:14.395
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I feel like it narrows things down for me.
00:46:14.395 --> 00:46:14.675
Christy Chand: Sure.
00:46:14.835 --> 00:46:19.795
Christy Chand: Yeah, I think taking the tag off the new toy Joy is another best seller as well.
00:46:19.795 --> 00:46:21.535
Christy Chand: Both of those come in two different sizes.
00:46:21.535 --> 00:46:22.155
Christy Chand: So that's really helpful.
00:46:22.155 --> 00:46:24.295
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Which one is the second one you said?
00:46:24.295 --> 00:46:25.975
Christy Chand: It's the longest name, I think.
00:46:25.975 --> 00:46:28.615
Christy Chand: Taking the tag off the new toy Joy.
00:46:28.615 --> 00:46:40.915
Christy Chand: Like when animals like our cats get really excited when we get new tags or new toys for them, and they're just sitting there waiting for me to cut all the things off and make sure there's no plastic bits still into it and touching, touching, touching.
00:46:40.915 --> 00:46:43.675
Christy Chand: And they're just like, so it's that joyful.
00:46:43.855 --> 00:46:47.335
Christy Chand: All of the frames are named after like experiences with our animals.
00:46:47.575 --> 00:46:48.195
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, absolutely.
00:46:48.195 --> 00:46:55.195
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I love it because you can see, like you can read those and know that a person wrote this who understands pets.
00:46:55.195 --> 00:46:58.115
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's how you know that this is truly legit.
00:46:58.115 --> 00:47:04.375
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, I just want to propose a toast to you for being my guest, for being so wonderful, for bringing your talents to the pet industry.
00:47:04.375 --> 00:47:07.655
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You could have got anywhere with this, but I'm so happy that you're in the industry with us.
00:47:07.655 --> 00:47:08.295
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Cheers.
00:47:08.295 --> 00:47:09.135
Christy Chand: Thank you so much.
00:47:09.135 --> 00:47:13.195
Christy Chand: Thank you for everything that you do for pet lovers out there and animals.
00:47:13.515 --> 00:47:14.135
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Thank you.
00:47:14.135 --> 00:47:14.815
Isabel Alvarez Arata: My pleasure.
00:47:14.815 --> 00:47:15.915
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I try.
00:47:15.915 --> 00:47:19.355
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I also want to propose a toast to my executive producer, Mark Winter.
00:47:19.355 --> 00:47:20.155
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Thank you, Mark.
00:47:20.155 --> 00:47:24.855
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00:47:24.855 --> 00:47:32.995
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00:47:32.995 --> 00:47:40.175
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00:47:41.135 --> 00:47:46.455
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