Tortoise shell or black frames for spectacles?

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I need to order new glasses today.
Strong prescription so need full rimmed.

I'm dark haired and pale - olive skin toned with hazel eyes.

Should I go tortoise shell this time or stick to black?

Hard to tell without pics.
You have the same colouring as me though. I have tortoiseshell ones. Never black. Far too heavy on me at least.

Thank you, I just looked in the mirror and he Black is quite harsh on my face

(Previous teen goth so used to picking black for everything! )

DP has same colouring and he has tortoishell and they suit him.
I think il give them a try 👍🏻

I have same colouring as Kate Middleton...

I'm just shorter and fatter, with worse hair (although less wrinkles )

Its always nice to have a change anyway rather than the same. Can you not try a few? I am sure that Glasses direct let you try before you buy.

I'm brown hair / hazel eyes/Celtic skin
Just ordered some tortoiseshell framed glasses myself , black was way too dark on me

Sounds just like my colouring, I’ve got the Kylie 02 glasses, they are a greyish tortoise shell for a change from brown , I really like them.

I'm the same. I went for a grey-black tortoiseshell type. Black are too harsh for me but tortoiseshell can be too reddish.

Black on the outside, tortoiseshell on the inner edges works for me (pale skinned blonde)

Here’s a picture.