I find it's hard to sleep on satin. I slip around too much. I will try the silk. Thanks for asking this question as I was wondering if silk would work.
I wouldn't consider polyester for a second. Doesn't breathe well. About the cheapest silk pillowcase I could find when I was looking was the Dreamsack pillowcase for sale at LL Bean (www.llbean.com), which has held up very well to daily use.
There are several sellers on eBay UK who supply silk satin pillowcases and sheets direct from China, where all this stuff is made, after all. I bought a satin fitted sheet from alisilk recently (and it's held up well to its first washing), and the prices are considerably better than most retailers.
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I find it's hard to sleep on satin. I slip around too much. I will try the silk. Thanks for asking this question as I was wondering if silk would work.
I wouldn't sleep on anything synthetic. Heavywheight satin silk is difficult to come by and expensive, so I made myself some pillowcases out of medium weight lining satin viscose (derived from vegetable fibers, breathes well). I am very happy with them. That wasn't very cheap at €10 the meter, but I do really notice a difference in curl preservation (more) and frizz (less). My boyfriend who has 1C hair or so gets less tangles.
Deborah, that is the exact seller I was looking at, so it is good to hear a good review from someone one here. Here feedback is 100% positive on ebay, which is pretty amazing. Linens n'Things is going out of business, so I think I check them first, as things should be getting pretty discounted, and then if I can't find one buy the one ebay. thank you for all the replies!
I have a satin pillow case that I got from Wal-Mart. It works just as good as silkwould, atleast to me. My hair is so prone to tangles and breakage. Switching pillowcases really helped to decrease both of those problems.
I love my satin pillowcases; bought from a shop on Amazon (2/9.99)
I have the Spasilk one, I got it from Amazon, and I just hand-washed it and hung it to dry. I use "Soak" handwashing detergent, mostly because I have it around for my hand-knitted items. I've had this pillow case for a few years now and it's stood up well.
I really cannot believe how soft my silk pillowcase is. I wake out without hair sticking up all over the place. It's great!
My thoughts about pillowcases and hair wraps or bonnets are the same as about smoothness of combs and brushes - that is, ideally, you'd want to handle the material before buying. It's just that the smoothness of different silk products can be quite different. I've found some rough silk, even when it was charmeuse... so I'd recommend checking it out in person, especially if it's relatively expensive. (Personally, I've found some super-slippery polyester better for my needs, just because it was so smooth.)
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