Beauty

[Shanus]

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@software wrote:

Many years ago I bought a set of silk sheets.   

I spent half the night chasing the pillow all over the bed.

Yours should help.

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@software  A slippery pillow case on the regular sheets=less chasing.

[lovesrecess]

My mother used these back in the '50s to keep her hair from getting tangled while she slept; not a new idea.

[Texasmouse]

An esthetician told me that sleeping on a silk pillowcase was better for your skin because, according to her, silk doesn't harbor bacteria the way cotton or other fibers do. I don't know if this is true but I sleep on silk pillowcases anyway. The only thing I dislike about them is that if I have any product on my face that leaves it feeling moist, my face sticks to the pillowcase. 

[ALRATIBA]

I tried satin pillow cases ... the pllows kept sliding off the bed.   But the pillow cases did come in handy when I cut them up and used them to line crochet totess.

Since I have to wash my hair every day anyway (enormous amounts of texturizer and spray)  ... decided bedhead was a non-issue.

[sarahpanda]

The silk pillowcase theory has been around for many years.  I tossed mine..waste of good money.

[sidsmom]

Logically speaking:

A human head weighs 10lbs. 

Roughly the weight of a medium-sized bowling ball.

If I put a bowling ball on cotton or a bowling ball on silk,

the weight is still the same. How is the underlying fabric changing

the hair structure under 10lbs of weight to prevent tangling?

I’ve had long hair...long thick super thick hair. 

Just pull it in a ponytail/braid & call it a night.

Even on sleepless, toss/turn nights, my hair was never ‘tangled’.

Even the curliest of curly hair...I can’t see getting ‘tangled.’

I do like the idea it’s 100% breathable silk, but it seems like a ‘bit’

that’s been around for decades. As for the ‘feel’...many higher count

cotton linens feel super soft...pricier, but worth it.

[Justice4all]

@lolakimono

silk and cats?!?

[Ms tyrion2]

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@sidsmom wrote:

Logically speaking:

A human head weighs 10lbs. 

Roughly the weight of a medium-sized bowling ball.

If I put a bowling ball on cotton or a bowling ball on silk,

the weight is still the same. How is the underlying fabric changing

the hair structure under 10lbs of weight to prevent tangling?

I’ve had long hair...long thick super thick hair. 

Just pull it in a ponytail/braid & call it a night.

Even on sleepless, toss/turn nights, my hair was never ‘tangled’.

Even the curliest of curly hair...I can’t see getting ‘tangled.’

I do like the idea it’s 100% breathable silk, but it seems like a ‘bit’

that’s been around for decades. As for the ‘feel’...many higher count

cotton linens feel super soft...pricier, but worth it.

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I don't think anyone is saying silk changes the hair structure.

Because of its texture, curly hair can get caught in the fibers of a cotton pillowcase. Tiny little catches that can fray the curls or flatten them. Silk allows the hair to glide more easily over the surface.

Much like the reason terry cloth towels aren't a good choice for curlies. The fibers are too rough. 

It's difficult for straight haired people to understand what curly hair does and doesn't like.  

Did you know we don't shed out hairs like straight haired people do? The shed hair stays wrapped in the curls until you get conditioner on it and de-tangle it. Then you get a clump of the hairs that were shedding all day.

[Thebig I]

and they are cold..........

[Shanus]

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

Logically speaking:

A human head weighs 10lbs. 

Roughly the weight of a medium-sized bowling ball.

If I put a bowling ball on cotton or a bowling ball on silk,

the weight is still the same. How is the underlying fabric changing

the hair structure under 10lbs of weight to prevent tangling?

I’ve had long hair...long thick super thick hair. 

Just pull it in a ponytail/braid & call it a night.

Even on sleepless, toss/turn nights, my hair was never ‘tangled’.

Even the curliest of curly hair...I can’t see getting ‘tangled.’

I do like the idea it’s 100% breathable silk, but it seems like a ‘bit’

that’s been around for decades. As for the ‘feel’...many higher count

cotton linens feel super soft...pricier, but worth it.

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I don't think anyone is saying silk changes the hair structure.

Because of its texture, curly hair can get caught in the fibers of a cotton pillowcase. Tiny little catches that can fray the curls or flatten them. Silk allows the hair to glide more easily over the surface.

Much like the reason terry cloth towels aren't a good choice for curlies. The fibers are too rough. 

It's difficult for straight haired people to understand what curly hair does and doesn't like.  

Did you know we don't shed out hairs like straight haired people do? The shed hair stays wrapped in the curls until you get conditioner on it and de-tangle it. Then you get a clump of the hairs that were shedding all day.

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@Ms tyrion2  I agree. As another curly haired girl, the slip of a silk pillowcase allows my hair to move without “catching” on the fibers of other fabrics. Women with straight hair, thick or thin who sleep with it pulled into a ponytail each night may experience breakage at that point where it’s held w/ coated elastic, scrunchie, etc. There can also be hair loss at the hair line from the tension of being pulled back. When my hair was longer, it was suggested that curly hair be piled on top of head in a “pineapple” at a bedtime to preserve the curl pattern for the next few days. It only took weeks for me to notice rows of broken, thinner hair across my forehead. I went back to wearing it down and just letting the silk pillowcase do its thing.

A side benefit is that your skin also slides on silk. Besides my skincare, I attribute this case to less wrinkling.