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I heard that either a satin or silk pillowcase is better for your hair, or softer on it. Maybe it's less staticky, too. I'm not sure if it was satin or silk actually, which one is it? Or both or neither?
If anyone knows that'd be great. If it's true I'll probably go buy one tomorrow, assuming Walmart or Meijer will have one. =P
It's satin, but I guess silk would be fine as well. It's all about the thread count in the material. The higher the count, the softer the material.
I once had a bad experience with black satin pillowcases staining the pillows (bought from Meijer, I believe). I'm hoping it didn't rub off anything on my hair itself (black on black hair might be a little hard to tell). I suggest you ask about this sort of thing before you buy.
I just picked up a pair of satin pillowcases about two weeks ago from Bed Bath & Beyond's website (they were on clearance for about $13 a pair). They've actually made a huge difference in my hair!
I have very curly hair, so it's usually quite tangled when I get up in the morning, but using the satin pillowcases combined with a few new hair products has allowed me to wake up with my hair looking smooth, shiny and mostly tangle-free. I think the other big help was a spray-in hair polisher that I picked up at Wal*Mart. It's the only hair product that I've actually been able to use LESS than the bottle recommends and get a great result.
FYI, I picked out black pillowcases due to some colored hair products I use that would stain (or at least make a mess of) lightly colored pillowcases.
Gentlemen!
Silk is fiber (like wool, cotton, rayon, polyester etc) and satin is a weave of fabric (like velvet, gauze, twill etc).Satin is normally made from silk or cheaper man made fibers that imitate silk.
Silk satin feels and looks amazing. Depending on how it's made and finished, silk stain can have a near mirror like gloss or a rich, dull sheen. Satin made from polyester, rayon, etc is often very shiney and doesn't feel as nice. Silk satin has a pliant, sensual feeling, while polyester satin tends to be either too drippy or too crisp.
In the past, some women slept on stain pillow cases becase the slickness of the fabric was supposed to be better for the hair and face. Supposedly, the smoothness of the satin kept the hair and skin from being pulled and roughed up.
I like the idea of a silk satin pillow case, but silk is wamer and less absorbant than cotton. And I hate waking up with a sweaty neck.
My bed sheets and pillow cases are Egyptian cotton with a comicly high thread count (200 is great [assuming it's fine cotton], anything over 400 is silly). The fabric feels nice and smooth, but not a smooth as satin. Maybe I shoud get a satin pillow case...
BTW, Target has some inexpensive silk satin pillow cases. I'm assuming they are pretty thin, so you'd might want a nice pillow protector/allergy barrier thing to put underneeth it.
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