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Styling My New Tomahawk Shades & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #193

October 20, 2020 / 72 Comments
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I am a girl who wears glasses. All day. Every day. Complete with prescription lenses that also include a bifocal. Because my eyes are as old as me, they need a lot of help to do regular things these days. Like reading, watching television, working on my laptop, driving, and well, seeing. I have had poor vision since I was 8 years old donning the ugliest 1980’s eyeglass styles you can imagine. Today, at 46 years old, if I am not wearing my glasses, none of you even have a face from my perspective. You would all just be shapeless blurry blobs of faded colors.

With vision as poor as mine, my sunglasses also require prescription lenses. I don’t wear contacts. I tried contacts 25 years ago and never was comfortable with them and so I just stopped and embraced the funkier styles of prescription glasses as the years wore on. But prescription glasses are always expensive when your vision is as impaired as mine. My lenses start at $400 even at budget places like Walmart.

In any event, I am always a bit hesitant about collaborating with eyewear brands because it is difficult to style and shoot photos when you can’t really see. But with Tomahawk Shades, I was intrigued by the sleek cool styles and classic eyewear shapes they offer and so I jumped on board. Plus I have an appointment with the eye doctor next month and I am considering perhaps trying contacts again so I can up my sunglass game! Contacts are also convenient for activities like swimming which I rarely do anymore because I simply cannot see without corrective lenses.

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*I am a Tomahawk Shades affiliate so any purchases made through my website will generate a small commission for me with no extra charge to you. For more details on affiliate programs, please visit my Disclosures page. The sunglasses were provided to me for purposes of this blog review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.

Tomahawk Shades sent me three pairs of sunglasses to try. I am styling two different pairs in this post, the Landfills and the Beholders. I will share the third pair, the Neuralyzers, next week.

The Landfills

Tomahawk Shades Landfills are a silver classic aviator frame with large smoky gray lenses that provide effective eye coverage and protection from harmful sun rays. They have a stainless steel frame and are super lightweight. The arms are equipped with internal spring hinges for ultimate comfort and the silver FDA approved impact resistance lenses feature Halcyon+ polarized protection.

Other classic aviator styles by Tomahawk Shades include the Stonewalls (black frame with a dark gray lenses) and the Afternoon Delight (silver frame with light blue lenses).

I have always loved aviator sunglasses but felt like they didn’t look right on me. Until I tried the Landfills. Now I think I really love this style on my face. What do you think?

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The Beholders

The Beholders by Tomahawk Shades boast a minimalist style with a bold unique shape. The black metal frames have box external hinges for durability, rubber nose pieces for comfort, and tortoise ear stoppers for style. The smoke lenses are also FDA approved impact resistant lenses with Halcyon+ polarized protection.

Similar Tomahawk styles include the Copperheads (black frame with amber lenses), the Longshots (gold frame with smoke lenses), and the Gatekeepers (gold frames with bottle green lenses).

I really like the minimalist style and the unique shape of the Beholders frames, but I think they might be a tiny bit too small for my face. Or maybe I just prefer a bit more coverage from the sun. I do like these sunglasses though for a simple, clean style. What are your thoughts?

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If you have been in the market for some new sunglasses, I encourage you to check out all of the different styles from Tomahawk Shades. I really like the lightweight materials they use which offer both comfort and durability in classic styles that will transcend trends. Be sure to use code Shelbee10 at checkout for an additional 10% off your purchase.

As for the rest of my outfit, I recently found this gorgeous red silk blazer on a recent thrift shopping trip. It was new with the tags on. I am not familiar with the brand but the retail tag said $98. I paid $6.99. And this adorable little velvet bag was $3 found on another recent thrift shopping trip. Everything else was shopped from my closet.

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Which sunglasses do you like better, the Landfills or the Beholders?

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Outfit Details: Sunglasses-c/o Tomahawk Shades / Jacket and Purse-Thrifted / Jeans-Old Navy / Turtleneck-Shelbee’s Shoppe / Boots-Payless / Hair Sticks-Amazon / Earrings-Gift from a friend

I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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