{"title":"LED Mirror Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003eLighting a mirror is the one lighting job where the fixture is not the point — your face is. Get it wrong and every shadow lands in the wrong place. Get it right and you stop noticing the light at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe shadow problem\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single light directly above a mirror casts shadows downward, straight into your eye sockets and under your chin. It is the worst possible arrangement for shaving or applying makeup, and it is also the most common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fix is light from both sides.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two fixtures either side of the mirror at eye level cross their beams on your face and cancel each other's shadows. If the wall has no room for two, a wide bar above the mirror is second best — spread beats a single point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eGetting it right\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSide fixtures\u003c\/strong\u003e — mount at 60 to 66 inches from the floor, roughly 28 to 36 inches apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbove the mirror\u003c\/strong\u003e — the fixture should be about three quarters of the mirror's width, mounted 3 to 6 inches above it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour temperature\u003c\/strong\u003e — 3000K to 4000K. Warmer than that and you cannot judge colour; cooler and the room feels like a hospital.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCRI 90 or higher.\u003c\/strong\u003e Below that, skin tones read wrong and makeup applied at the mirror looks different in daylight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBacklit mirrors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn LED strip behind the mirror glass gives a halo of light on the wall. It looks excellent, but it is ambient light, not task light. Treat it as an addition to side fixtures rather than a replacement for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor damp-rated fixtures over a bathroom vanity, see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bathroom-vanity-lights\"\u003ebathroom and vanity lights\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1030\/5434\/4557\/collections\/led-mirror-lights-alvetto-lighting.png?v=1793016970","url":"https:\/\/alvettolighting.com\/collections\/led-mirror-lights.oembed","provider":"Alvetto Lighting","version":"1.0","type":"link"}