{ "store": "Mulberry Silk Company", "website": "https://mulberrysilk.irish", "currency": "EUR", "count": 31, "products": [ { "id": "black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap", "sku": "black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap", "title": "Black 22 Momme Double Layer Mulberry Silk Sleep Cap", "slug": "black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap", "price": 59.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap/main-black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk inside and out, with a smooth 22 momme weave, roughly 32 cm across and an adjustable buckle band so it sits where you want it.", "description": "The problem nobody warns you about\n\nYou wash your hair, you dry it properly, you go to bed happy with it. Eight hours later it looks like it lost a fight. Frizz on one side, a flat patch where you slept, the ends looking rougher than they did last night.\n\nThat is friction. A cotton pillowcase has a textured surface, and your head moves against it dozens of times a night without you knowing. Every one of those small drags pulls at hair. Multiply it by seven nights a week and the effect adds up.\n\nA silk sleep cap takes the pillowcase out of the equation. Your hair sits against a smooth surface instead of a rough one, and the hair moves with the cap rather than catching on the bed.\n\nWhat silk actually does\n\nSilk fibres are long and smooth. Cotton fibres are short and fuzzy, which is what gives cotton its grip and its absorbency. Those are useful qualities in a towel. They are less useful under your head at three in the morning.\n\nHair glides over silk with less friction than it does over cotton. That is the whole mechanism. It is not complicated, and it is not magic. It is just a smoother surface doing less to your hair while you sleep.\n\nThe double layer construction matters more than it sounds. Plenty of caps are silk on the outside and something else inside, which is the wrong way round if you think about it for a second. The inside is the bit that touches your hair. This cap is 100% mulberry silk on both faces, so it does not matter which surface ends up against your head.\n\nReading momme properly\n\nMomme is the number that tells you how heavy a silk is. It is an old Japanese weight measure, and silk has been sold by it for a very long time. Higher momme means denser fabric.\n\nFor context, lightweight silk scarves often sit around 12 to 16 momme. Bedding silk tends to run 19 to 25. At 22 momme, this cap sits in the solid middle-upper part of that range.\n\nWhat does that mean in your hand? It means the fabric has body. It drapes rather than drifts. It does not feel like it will tear the first time you tug it over a bun. Thin silk feels lovely for about a fortnight and then starts looking tired. Heavier silk holds up to being handled every single night, which is the real test for a best 22 momme silk bonnet.\n\nIt also means the cap is less likely to slide off your head, since the fabric has enough weight to stay put once the band is set.\n\nWho gets the most out of one\n\nAnyone with textured, curly or coily hair tends to feel the difference fastest. Those hair types rely on definition, and friction is the fastest way to lose it. Waking up with curls still in shape rather than fuzzed out is the single most common reason people pick up a best double layer silk cap.\n\nLong hair benefits too, especially at the ends where damage shows first. Tuck it into a loose bun or a soft braid before the cap goes on and the whole length is protected rather than just the top.\n\nIf you use leave-in products, oils or overnight treatments, a cap keeps them where you put them instead of transferring half of it to your pillow. Your bedding will thank you.\n\nShort hair is not excluded. People with fine or short hair often use a cap simply to keep a style from flattening on one side, and they usually just need the band a touch tighter since there is less bulk underneath to grip.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThis is where most people go wrong, and where the buckle earns its place.\n\nThe cap measures about 32 cm (12.6 inches) across. That is a standard adult size with room for hair underneath. The band adjusts with a buckle, which means you slide it to the tension you want and leave it there. No tying, no knot digging into the back of your skull.\n\nSet it too tight and you will wake up with a line across your forehead and possibly a mild headache. Set it too loose and you will find it on the floor at four in the morning. The sweet spot is snug enough that it does not shift when you turn over, loose enough that you forget you have it on.\n\nSpend the first two or three nights adjusting it. Most people land on their setting quickly and never touch the buckle again.\n\nA practical tip: put your hair up first, then pull the cap on from the front and sweep it back. Trying to stuff hair in after the cap is on is how things get tangled.\n\nWashing it without ruining it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. Some of that is earned and some of it is just people treating it like a tea towel.\n\nThis cap is machine washable, which removes the main excuse not to clean it. Use a cool gentle cycle, a detergent made for delicates, and a mesh laundry bag. The bag is the important bit, because it stops the band and buckle snagging on zips or hooks elsewhere in the drum.\n\nLeave out the bleach and the fabric softener. Softener coats fibres, which is exactly the opposite of what you want on a fabric you chose for being smooth.\n\nHand washing is an equally good option if you prefer. Cool water, mild detergent, gentle swishing, no wringing. Press the water out between your palms or roll it in a towel.\n\nDry it flat and away from heat. Radiators and direct sun are both rough on silk over time, and dark colours in particular hold their depth better out of strong light. If it needs a press, lowest heat with a cloth in between.\n\nWash it about weekly under normal use, more often if you use heavy products at night. It is sitting against your scalp for eight hours a night, so treat it like bedding rather than like a scarf.\n\nSpotting a good one\n\nA few things separate a decent silk cap from a disappointing one.\n\nCheck whether the inside is actually silk. Plenty of listings say silk and mean the outside only. Silk inside and out is the spec to look for.\n\nCheck the momme. If a seller does not state it, that usually tells you something. Anything in the high teens and above is reasonable for a cap. Below that and you are into scarf weight, which will not last.\n\nCheck how it fastens. Elastic stretches out and eventually goes slack. An adjustable buckle keeps working, and it lets you choose your own tension rather than living with whatever the factory decided.\n\nCheck the width. Around 32 cm is a sensible adult size. Much smaller and you are compressing your hair, which partly undoes the point.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk sleep cap solves a small, repeated, annoying problem: your hair dragging against cotton all night.\n\nThis one is 100% mulberry silk on both layers, woven at 22 momme so it has real weight to it, about 32 cm (12.6 inches) across, with a buckle band you set once and forget. Plain black, so it goes with nothing and offends nothing. Machine washable on a cool gentle cycle, dried flat.\n\nSet the fit on the first night, wash it weekly, keep it out of the tumble dryer. That is the whole care routine, and it is the main reason a well-made cap stays good for years rather than months.", "llm_summary": "A black sleep cap made from 100% mulberry silk on both the outer and inner layer, described as double layer with silk inside and out. The silk is woven at 22 momme, a mid-to-heavy weight. The cap measures about 32 cm (12.6 inches) across and fastens with an adjustable buckle at the band, so the fit can be tightened or loosened. The colour is plain black. Care is machine wash, best done on a cool gentle cycle in a mesh bag with flat drying. Brand, country of origin, weight and packed dimensions are not specified. No certifications, ratings or warranty are stated. Delivery and returns follow the storefront's standard terms.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-22-momme-double-layer-silk-sleep-cap.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "title": "Black 22 Momme Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet with Scrunchie", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "price": 83.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/main-black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 22 momme, 100% mulberry silk with an adjustable fit and a matching silk scrunchie, so your hair sits against silk instead of rougher cotton bedding.", "description": "The problem with sleeping on cotton\n\nMost of us do not think much about what our hair touches for eight hours a night. It touches a cotton pillowcase, usually, and cotton has a textured weave. Under a microscope it looks like a basket. Hair catches on that texture every time you turn your head, and over a night of ordinary tossing that is a lot of small tugs.\n\nThe result is familiar. Frizz on the surface. Flattened curls that took effort to form. Tangles around the nape that take five minutes to work out in the morning. None of it is dramatic on any one night, but it adds up into a routine of fixing hair that was fine when you went to bed.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this by changing the surface. Silk is a smooth, continuous filament rather than a spun staple fibre, so the fabric it makes has far less grab than cotton. Hair slides across it instead of snagging on it. That is the whole mechanism. No treatment, no coating, just a different fabric.\n\nWhat momme weight tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, not thread count. The number describes how much a standard piece of the fabric weighs, and higher means denser and heavier. You will see silk accessories anywhere from about 12 momme up to 30.\n\nAt the low end, around 12 to 16 momme, the silk is thin and translucent. It feels light and it is cheap to make, which is why a lot of budget bonnets live there. It still feels smooth, but it collapses on your head and it wears through faster.\n\nThis bonnet is 22 momme. That is a solid, substantial silk. It has enough weight to hold its shape when you put it on, enough body that it does not cling flat to your scalp, and enough density that it will take regular washing without going thin at the seams. If you have handled a good silk pillowcase, 22 momme is roughly that same hand feel.\n\nAbove about 25 momme the silk starts to feel quite heavy for a sleep cap. It is lovely for bedding but it can be warm on your head. For a bonnet, the low twenties is the sweet spot most people land on.\n\nWhy two layers matters\n\nPlenty of bonnets advertise silk and deliver silk on one side only. The outside is silk, the inside is polyester, and the inside is the part doing the actual job. It is a common corner to cut because nobody checks the lining in a photograph.\n\nThis one is double layer, and both layers are 100% mulberry silk. So the surface against your hair is silk, and the surface against your pillow is also silk. That second part is less talked about but it helps the bonnet glide on the pillowcase rather than dragging and twisting, which is one of the reasons bonnets work loose overnight.\n\nTwo layers also gives the cap more structure. A single thin layer flops. Two layers of 22 momme sit properly over your hair and keep a little bit of space, which is what you want if you are protecting a curl pattern or a set.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThe most common complaint about any sleep bonnet is that it ends up on the pillow by morning. The second most common is a red line across the forehead. Both come down to how the bonnet holds on.\n\nA fixed elastic band is one size of tension for every head, which means it is too tight for some and too loose for others. An adjustable closure, which is what this bonnet uses, lets you set it yourself. The trick is to tighten it mainly at the back, around the nape, and leave the front relaxed. The nape is where a bonnet slips from. Get that secure and the front does not need to grip at all.\n\nGive it two or three nights before you decide. Most people adjust a notch tighter after night one, then leave it alone permanently.\n\nThe flat measurement is about 26 by 24 cm. That gives you a sense of the internal volume. If you want to check, pop a tape measure over your crown and down to just above your ears. It is a rough test but it tells you whether you are in the ballpark.\n\nWho it suits, and who it does not\n\nThe maker is upfront here, and that is worth repeating. It suits short to long hair, and it handles curls and waves. It is not recommended for very thick or voluminous hair.\n\nThat honesty is useful. If you have a large braided set, long locs, a very dense wash-and-go, or a big twist-out you want to preserve at full volume, this cap will compress it. You want a deeper, wider style for that, or a scarf wrap. There is no point squeezing hair into a bonnet that is too small, because the compression undoes the point of wearing one.\n\nFor straight hair, wavy hair, looser curl patterns, bobs, lobs, and medium to long hair worn loose or in a pineapple, there is room. Gather hair loosely on top first, settle the bonnet over, adjust the back, done.\n\nLiving with silk\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is not really, it just dislikes three specific things: hot water, harsh detergent, and the tumble dryer.\n\nWash it in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. By hand is easiest, two minutes in the sink, but a gentle machine cycle inside a mesh laundry bag is fine too. Skip bleach entirely and skip fabric softener, which leaves a film on silk and dulls the surface.\n\nDo not wring it. Lay it in a towel, press gently, then reshape it and leave it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from a radiator. It dries quickly. If you want it crisp, iron on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse side.\n\nWith black silk, wash it separately the first couple of times. That is standard sense with any dark dyed fabric and costs you nothing.\n\nHow often? Every week or two is a reasonable rhythm. Sooner if you use oils or leave-in products overnight, since those transfer to the fabric and build up.\n\nThe scrunchie is not just a freebie\n\nIt is easy to dismiss an included accessory, but a matching silk scrunchie gets more use than you would think. If you tie your hair back before the bonnet goes on, the tie itself is a friction point. A silk scrunchie removes it. It is also wide and soft, so it does not leave the crease a thin elastic does.\n\nDuring the day it works as an ordinary hair tie, and it lives happily on your wrist. Wash it alongside the bonnet in the same bag.\n\nBuilding a routine around it\n\nA bonnet does not need to be part of an elaborate system. Put it on last thing, take it off first thing. That is enough for most people.\n\nIf you want more from it, a few small habits help. Let hair dry to at least slightly damp before putting the bonnet on, because silk does not wick moisture the way a towel does. Gather longer hair loosely on the crown rather than letting it pile at the nape, where it gets compressed. And if you are protecting a style, set the bonnet on from the front of your hairline and roll it back, which keeps the shape instead of flattening it.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a black sleep bonnet in two layers of 22 momme, 100% mulberry silk, with an adjustable closure and a matching silk scrunchie in the box. It measures about 26 by 24 cm laid flat.\n\nThe 22 momme weight means it feels substantial and should last. The double silk construction means the layer touching your hair is the real thing, not a lining. The adjustable closure is what keeps it on your head without pinching.\n\nIt is a good fit for short to long hair, curls and waves. It is not the right choice if your hair is very thick or very voluminous, and the maker says so plainly, which is the sort of thing worth listening to before you buy.", "llm_summary": "This is a black sleep bonnet made from two layers of 22 momme, 100% mulberry silk. Both the outer and inner layers are mulberry silk. The bonnet has an adjustable closure and measures about 26 x 24 cm laid flat, offered as one size. A matching 100% mulberry silk scrunchie is included. The maker states it suits short to long hair, including curls and waves, and says it is not recommended for very thick or voluminous hair. The colour is a solid black. Care is hand wash or gentle machine wash in a mesh bag, no bleach, dried flat away from direct heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-single-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "black-single-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Black Single Layer Silk Bonnet", "slug": "black-single-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 47.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet/main-black-single-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in one thin layer, cut extra large for thick or long hair, with an elastic edge and a tie so you can set the fit yourself.", "description": "The problem with waking up to flattened hair\n\nMost people do not think about what happens to their hair for the eight hours they are asleep. Then they look in the mirror, see one side pressed flat, a crease where the pillow met the crown, and frizz where there was none the night before. If you spent time on a wash-day set or a blow-dry, that is a frustrating way to lose it.\n\nThe cause is mostly friction and movement. You turn over a few dozen times a night. Each turn drags hair against the pillow surface. Cotton, which is what most pillowcases are made of, has a textured fibre that catches. A bonnet solves it a different way to a silk pillowcase does, by containing the hair and giving it a smooth surface to sit against no matter which way you roll.\n\nThat is the whole idea behind a black single layer silk bonnet. It is a simple object. Getting the right one is mostly about three things, the fabric, the size and the fit mechanism.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually brings to it\n\nSilk gets talked about in vague terms, so it is worth being plain. Mulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and the filaments they spin are long and consistent. That consistency is what makes the woven fabric so even and so smooth to the touch.\n\nSmoothness is the practical bit. Hair moves across silk with less resistance than it does across cotton or a brushed synthetic. That is a property of the fibre, measurable and not controversial. It is not a promise about anything else, and anyone selling you a bonnet on the strength of dramatic claims is overreaching. The fabric is smooth, hair slides, that is the honest version.\n\nThis bonnet is 100% mulberry silk. Not a blend, not a satin-finish polyester that looks similar in photos. Polyester satin is cheaper and has a sheen, but it behaves differently against the skin and in the wash, and it holds heat. If you have been looking for the best pure silk hair bonnet rather than a satin lookalike, the fibre content is the first thing to check on any listing.\n\nWhy single layer, and when you might want double\n\nBonnets come in two broad builds. A lined bonnet uses two layers of fabric, typically silk against the hair with a second layer outside. It feels more substantial, holds a rounded shape and keeps a bit more warmth in.\n\nA single layer bonnet, which is what this is, uses one thin thickness. It is lighter, cooler, and it drapes rather than holding a shape. You notice it less on your head.\n\nWhich is right depends mostly on your bedroom and your tolerance for warmth. If you run hot at night, or you live somewhere that gets properly warm in summer, a double layer can feel like too much. If you like the reassuring weight of something more structured, you may prefer a lined one. Neither build is objectively better. People searching for the best lightweight silk bonnet usually land on single layer for exactly the reason above.\n\nSize is the thing people get wrong\n\nHere is the mistake most first-time buyers make. They buy a standard-sized bonnet, pack all their hair into it, and wonder why they still wake up with a flat crown and a crease.\n\nA bonnet that is too small does not prevent compression, it causes it. All that hair gets pushed into a tight dome, then you lie on it for hours. The shape it comes out with is the shape the bonnet forced it into.\n\nThis one is cut extra large specifically so that does not happen. Hair sits loosely inside with room to spread. If you have long hair, dense hair, braids, twists or a set you want to protect, the extra volume is doing real work. Anyone hunting for the best extra large silk bonnet is usually hunting because they already learned this lesson with a small one.\n\nIf your hair is short or fine, the extra room is not a problem. You just take up the slack with the tie.\n\nHow the fit works\n\nTwo mechanisms, working together.\n\nThe elastic edge is the baseline hold. It keeps the opening gathered and sitting against your head. On its own, elastic is a compromise, because a loose elastic lets the bonnet travel and a tight one presses into your forehead by morning.\n\nThe tie is what fixes that compromise. You set the tension yourself. Pull it in if the bonnet feels loose, slacken it off if you feel pressure at the hairline. Most people find their setting on the second or third night and then leave it alone.\n\nIf you have tried a bonnet before and given up because it ended up on the pillow by 3am, the adjustable version is worth another go. An adjustable silk bonnet solves the single most common reason people abandon them.\n\nGetting the most out of it\n\nA few practical habits make a difference.\n\nGather your hair first. A loose gathering at the nape or on top, depending on your hair, makes the bonnet easier to put on and stops strands escaping around the edge. A matching scrunchie comes shown with this one, which is convenient since a hard elastic tie defeats the purpose a bit.\n\nDo not twist your hair up tight before you cover it. Loose is the aim throughout.\n\nPut the back on first, then pull it forward over your hairline. Trying to drop it straight down over the top usually means something ends up outside the edge.\n\nIf you use oils or leave-in products, expect to wash the bonnet more often. Product builds up on fabric, and silk feels less smooth when it is coated.\n\nCare, which is simple but not optional\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a mild detergent meant for delicates, a gentle squeeze rather than rubbing or wringing. Rinse until the water runs clear.\n\nTo dry, press the water out between a towel, reshape the bonnet and lay it flat. Keep it away from radiators, hot presses and direct sunlight. Heat is what does the damage to silk over time, both to the fibre and to the elastic in the edge.\n\nNo bleach, no tumble dryer, no hot iron. If you want to press out a crease, use the lowest setting with a cloth in between, though most creases drop out on their own as the bonnet dries flat.\n\nWash a dark colour on its own the first time or two, which is standard advice for any deep dye.\n\nTreated that way, it will stay smooth and hold its colour through a long run of washes. Treated carelessly, silk will tell you about it quickly.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIt is a good match if you have long or thick hair and have outgrown a standard bonnet. It suits warm sleepers who found a lined bonnet too much. It suits anyone who wants an adjustable fit rather than hoping a fixed elastic happens to match their head.\n\nIt is less ideal if you specifically want the structure and weight of a double layer, or if you are not prepared to hand wash. Those are both fair reasons to look elsewhere, and better to know up front.\n\nThe short version\n\nA black single layer silk bonnet in 100% mulberry silk, cut extra large, held by an elastic edge plus a tie, with a matching scrunchie shown alongside. One thin layer keeps it light and cool. The roomy cut means hair is contained rather than compressed. The tie means you set the fit instead of accepting whatever the elastic decides.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, keep it out of the heat. That is the whole maintenance routine, and it is the only real demand the product makes of you.", "llm_summary": "A black single layer silk bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk in a solid black colour. It uses one thin layer rather than a lined double layer, which keeps it light on the head. The cut is extra large, with room for long or thick hair. Fit is adjusted with an elastic edge combined with a tie, so the wearer can set the tension. A matching scrunchie is shown alongside the bonnet in the product photographs. Care is hand wash only. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair moves across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-single-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Blue 22 Momme Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 76.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 22 momme grade 6A mulberry silk, a wide front-tie band and a roomy L-XL fit of roughly 33 cm (13 inches) across.", "description": "The problem with waking up to flat, fuzzy hair\n\nYou go to bed with your hair looking decent. You wake up and one side is pressed flat, the ends look roughed up, and if you had braids or a twist-out, the definition has gone soft and fuzzy. Nothing happened except seven hours of your head moving against a pillow.\n\nThat is friction. Cotton bedding, even good cotton, has a textured surface at a microscopic level. Every time you turn over, your hair drags across it. Multiply that by a few hundred movements a night and a few hundred nights a year, and you get exactly the result most people complain about, which is hair that never quite looks the way it did when they styled it.\n\nA bonnet solves it in the simplest possible way. It puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else. Your hair moves against silk instead of cotton, and silk is a long, smooth filament rather than a short, textured one, so there is far less drag.\n\nWhat 22 momme and grade 6A actually mean\n\nThese two numbers get thrown around a lot, and they measure different things.\n\nMomme is a weight measure, borrowed from the Japanese silk trade. It tells you how heavy a fixed area of the fabric is. Lower momme silks, around 16, feel light and slightly flimsy. Higher momme silks, 22 and above, have body. They drape properly, they feel substantial in the hand, and they tend to hold up better to washing. At 22 momme, this sits in the weight range most people land on when they want a silk that feels like a real textile rather than a lining.\n\nGrade 6A refers to the raw silk filament itself. The grading scale runs A, 2A, 3A and so on up to 6A, and it reflects how long, even and clean the filament is. Longer, more uniform filaments weave into a smoother and more consistent cloth with fewer slubs. So 6A is the top grade in common use.\n\nPut together, 22 momme and grade 6A describe a fabric with decent weight and good filament quality. Neither number alone tells the whole story, which is why it is useful to see both.\n\nWhy double layer matters more than people realise\n\nHere is a thing worth knowing when you shop for the best mulberry silk bonnet. A lot of bonnets are described as silk, and they are, on the outside. The lining that actually touches your hair is often polyester satin. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, so \"satin lined\" tells you nothing about what the material is.\n\nThis bonnet is a double layer of silk. Both the outer and the inner are mulberry silk. That matters because the inner surface is the one doing the work. If your hair is resting against polyester all night, the silk on the outside is mostly doing a job for your pillowcase.\n\nThe second benefit of two layers is structure. A single-layer cap can feel insubstantial and collapse against your head. Two layers hold a little more shape, which helps the cap sit over your hair rather than squashing it.\n\nThe band is the part that decides everything\n\nAsk anyone who has given up on bonnets why they stopped, and the answer is almost always that it came off in the night, or that it left a red line on their forehead.\n\nBoth problems come down to the band.\n\nThin elastic concentrates all its pressure into a narrow strip. That is what marks your skin. It also tends to either grip too hard, which is uncomfortable, or too lightly, which means the cap migrates off your head by 3am. And elastic degrades. After a few dozen washes it slackens, and a bonnet that fit fine in January is sliding off by June.\n\nA wide tie band behaves differently. The width spreads the pressure out over a broader area of your forehead and nape, so you are far less likely to get a mark. And because you tie it, you choose the tension every single night. Loose on a warm night, snugger when you are sleeping restlessly. The tie also does not wear out. A knot in January is a knot in June.\n\nThe trade-off is a few extra seconds getting it on. For most people that is a fair swap for something that actually stays put.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is an L-XL, roughly 33 cm (13 inches) across. That is a genuinely roomy cap, and the size exists for a reason.\n\nIf you have long hair, you need somewhere for the length to go. If you have thick, curly or coily hair, you need volume, because compressing a curl pattern flat against your scalp for eight hours undoes everything you did to define it. If you sleep in braids, twists, or rollers, you need the cap to clear the style rather than press down on it.\n\nFor all of those, larger is better. Those looking for the best large silk bonnet or the best silk bonnet for long hair should be aiming at this end of the range.\n\nIf your hair is short or fine, you will have spare fabric. That is not a fault, it just means you gather a bit more when you tie. Some people with short hair deliberately pick a bigger cap because it is more comfortable to sleep in and does not sit tight on the skull.\n\nA quick way to check: style your hair the way you normally would at bedtime, then measure across the widest point. If that number is comfortably under 33 cm, you are fine. If you are right on the line, go roomier. A slightly loose bonnet that you tie down is better than a tight one that pops off.\n\nHow to actually put it on\n\nGather your hair at the crown if it is long. Loosely, not in a tight bun, because a tight bun creates a pressure point and a crease. Hold the cap open, tip your head forward slightly and bring the cap up and over from the nape. Settle the band so the wide part sits flat against your forehead and the back sits at the base of your skull. Then tie at the front.\n\nIf it still slides, try moving the band a little lower at the back. The nape gives the band more to hold onto than the crown does.\n\nCaring for silk so it lasts\n\nHand wash only. That is the stated care, and it is worth following.\n\nCool water, a small amount of a mild detergent made for delicates, and a gentle swirl. Do not scrub, do not wring, do not twist. Rinse in clean cool water, then press the water out by rolling it in a dry towel.\n\nDry it flat on a towel or hang it somewhere airy. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from radiators. Heat and UV are what dull silk's finish over time, far more than washing does.\n\nSkip the bleach, skip the tumble dryer, and if you ever need to press it, use the lowest iron setting on the inside of the fabric.\n\nHow often? Every week or two is reasonable for most people. If you apply oils, leave-in creams or treatments at night, wash more often, because product build-up is what makes silk start to feel sticky instead of slippery. A clean bonnet is a slippery bonnet, and slippery is the whole point.\n\nA few honest expectations\n\nA bonnet reduces friction. That is a material fact about how silk behaves compared with cotton, and it is the reason to buy one. It is not a treatment and it does not replace whatever your hair routine already is.\n\nIt also takes a few nights to get used to. Almost everyone finds a bonnet slightly odd for the first two or three nights and then stops noticing it entirely.\n\nAnd it will not make a styled look last forever. It helps a twist-out hold its definition for an extra day or two, which over a week is a meaningful difference in how much time you spend restyling.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a blue sleep bonnet in 100% mulberry silk, 22 momme, grade 6A, built in two silk layers rather than silk over a synthetic lining. It closes with a wide band that ties at the front, so the tension is yours to set and it will not slacken the way elastic does. The size is L-XL at about 33 cm (13 inches) across, which suits long hair, thick or coily hair, braids, twists and rollers.\n\nCare is hand wash only, cool water, dried flat away from heat.\n\nIf you have been waking up to flattened, fuzzy hair and you want the simplest fix, this is it. Measure your styled hair, pick roomy if you are between sizes, and tie the band only as firmly as you need.", "llm_summary": "A blue sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk, graded 6A, with a 22 momme weight and double layer construction (both layers silk). It fastens with a wide adjustable band that ties at the front, letting the wearer choose the tension rather than relying on elastic. The size is L-XL, measuring approximately 33 cm (13 inches) across, which accommodates long hair, thick or coily hair, braids, twists and rollers. The colour is a solid blue. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, dried flat away from heat. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Brand, country of origin, exact dimensions and shipped weight are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "sku": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "title": "Caramel 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet with Matching Scrunchie", "slug": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "price": 83.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/main-caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, an adjustable fit and a matching silk scrunchie, so your hair slides instead of snagging all night.", "description": "The problem with waking up to hair you have to fix\n\nMost of us accept a certain amount of morning repair work. Hair that looked fine at bedtime turns up flattened on one side, roughed up at the ends, or pulled into a shape that takes ten minutes and a lot of water to undo. Curls lose definition. Blow-dries lose their smoothness. Braids fray.\n\nA lot of that happens for a boring mechanical reason. You move in your sleep, probably more than you think, and every turn drags your hair across the pillow surface. Cotton is a relatively grippy fabric. Hair catches on it, gets pulled, and ends up disturbed.\n\nA silk bonnet solves the problem from the other direction. Instead of changing the pillow, it wraps your hair in a smooth fabric and keeps it contained. Whatever your pillowcase is made of, your hair spends the night against silk.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm, which measures fabric weight. The number comes from an old Japanese unit and it works in a simple way. The higher the momme, the more silk is packed into the same area of fabric.\n\nBonnets on the market sit roughly between 16 and 25 momme. Sixteen is light and a bit floaty. Nineteen is the common middle ground. Twenty-two, like this cap, is on the heavier side for a hair accessory. You notice the difference as soon as you handle it, because the fabric has drape and weight instead of feeling like a scarf offcut.\n\nWeight matters for a bonnet in a way it does not for, say, a silk ribbon. A heavier cap tends to settle onto the head and stay there. A very light one is more likely to ride up as you shift position. That is the practical argument for paying attention to momme rather than treating it as marketing shorthand.\n\nWhy double layer is worth checking\n\nHere is something that catches a lot of buyers out. Plenty of caps described as silk bonnets are actually silk on the inside only, with a polyester or satin-finish outer. The description is technically honest, but the piece is not all silk.\n\nThis one uses two layers of silk, so both surfaces are the same material. That changes a couple of things. The cap holds its shape a bit better than a single-layer version, which helps it sit evenly across the head. And because there is no synthetic outer, the whole thing washes and dries as one material with one set of care rules.\n\nThe trade-off is that a double layer silk cap costs more than a lined one. You are paying for twice the silk. Whether that is worth it depends on how much you care about the construction and how long you expect to keep the cap.\n\nWho this cap suits, and who it does not\n\nThe maker is specific here, which is helpful. It is listed as suitable for short through to long hair, including curls and waves. It is not recommended for very thick or voluminous hair.\n\nThat is worth taking at face value. A bonnet works by containing hair comfortably, not by squeezing it. If you have a lot of hair, an overfilled cap will bulge, sit unevenly, and work its way off during the night. You would be better served by an oversized or extra-deep cap.\n\nIf you are between the two, do a quick check. Gather your hair the way you would before bed and see how much bulk you are dealing with. The cap measures about 26 x 24 cm, roughly 10 x 9.5 in, laid flat. Hold a tape measure against your gathered hair and compare. It is a rough test but it catches most of the obvious mismatches.\n\nThe best silk bonnet for one person is not automatically right for the next. Hair volume is the variable that decides it.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThe cap is one size with an adjustable closure, which means you do the sizing yourself. It takes a couple of nights to find your setting.\n\nStart looser than you think. Put the cap on, tuck in any stray lengths at the nape and around the ears, then draw the adjustment in until the cap feels secure when you shake your head gently. Stop there. If you wake with a line across your forehead, you went a notch too far.\n\nTuck evenly rather than bundling everything to one side. A lumpy cap creates pressure points and those pressure points are where it starts to slide. Spreading the hair out gives you a flatter, more stable fit.\n\nIf the cap still comes off, the usual culprits are too much hair inside, or an adjustment that was set while your hair was damp and then loosened as it dried.\n\nThe scrunchie is more useful than it looks\n\nAn included accessory can feel like filler, but a silk scrunchie earns its place. Tying hair back in silk before the cap goes on keeps everything in the same smooth fabric, and it avoids the dent a tight elastic leaves.\n\nIt is also the half of the set you can use in daylight. A matching caramel scrunchie goes with most things and is a genuinely nice object in its own right. Some people buy a silk bonnet set mainly for the cap and end up reaching for the scrunchie more often.\n\nBoth pieces take the same washing routine, which keeps life simple.\n\nLooking after silk without overthinking it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is really not, as long as you avoid two things, heat and harsh detergent.\n\nWash in cool water, either by hand or on a cold delicates or silk machine cycle with the cap inside a mesh bag. Use a mild detergent intended for delicates. Skip bleach and skip fabric softener, which coats the fibres and dulls the surface.\n\nDo not wring it out. Lay the cap flat on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press gently, then unroll and dry the cap flat or hanging somewhere with air moving. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from radiators. If it needs a press afterwards, use the coolest iron setting on the reverse side with a cloth in between.\n\nWash every week or two under normal use, more often if you sleep in oils or heavy leave-in products. If you want a cap always ready to go, a spare is the simplest answer, because silk air-dries slowly.\n\nHow it fits into a wider silk routine\n\nA bonnet pairs naturally with a silk pillowcase, though it is not a requirement. The cap handles your hair. A pillowcase handles everything that touches your face. Some people use both, some use one.\n\nIf you are starting with just one item, the cap tends to give the more noticeable result for hair, because it keeps the hair contained rather than just giving it a smoother surface to move on. A pillowcase is the better first buy if your main concern is how your face rests overnight.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a caramel sleep cap in 100% mulberry silk, built in two layers at 22 momme, measuring roughly 26 x 24 cm flat, with an adjustable closure and a matching silk scrunchie in the box.\n\nIt suits short to long hair, curls and waves. It is not the right cap for very thick or voluminous hair, and the maker says so plainly, which is worth respecting.\n\nSet the fit snug and not tight. Wash cool, dry flat, keep it away from heat. Do that and you have a simple piece of bedtime kit that does one job well.", "llm_summary": "A caramel-coloured sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk, constructed in two layers at a 22 momme weight. The cap measures approximately 26 x 24 cm laid flat and is described as one size with an adjustable closure. A matching silk scrunchie is included. The maker states it suits short to long hair, curls and waves, and does not recommend it for very thick or voluminous hair. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair moves across it with less friction than across cotton. Care is hand wash cool or a cold delicates cycle in a mesh bag, dried flat away from direct heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm", "sku": "dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm", "title": "Dusty Pink 22 Momme Long Silk Bonnet, 80 cm", "slug": "dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm", "price": 72.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/main-dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut 80 cm (31.5 in) long in 22 momme 100% mulberry silk with a simple pull-on fit, so long, thick or curly hair sits inside the cap instead of being squashed against it.", "description": "The problem with most bonnets\n\nMost sleep bonnets are made for average hair. They are short, round and cut to sit on the crown of the head. If your hair ends somewhere around your shoulders, that works fine.\n\nIf your hair is long, thick, curly, braided or locked, it does not. You end up coiling the length into a bun just so it will fit inside the cap. That bun sits right where your head meets the pillow, so it gets squashed all night. The cap strains at the opening, creeps backwards and ends up on the floor by morning. Then you wake up, find the bonnet beside the bed, and wonder why you bothered.\n\nA long silk bonnet solves that in the most obvious way possible. It is simply longer. This one is cut 80 cm (31.5 in) from the opening to the tip, which means the hair goes in and lies down instead of being folded up on itself.\n\nWhat the fabric actually is\n\nThe material here is 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme.\n\nMulberry silk is silk from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves. The filaments come out long and even, which is why mulberry silk has that smooth, uniform surface people associate with good silk. It is the standard most silk bedding and sleepwear is made from.\n\nMomme is how silk weight is measured. It is an old unit based on mass per unit area, and it tells you how dense the fabric is. Very light silks sit around 12 to 16 momme and feel airy, almost fragile. Heavier silks climb towards 25 or 30 and feel dense. At 22 momme you are in the middle of the range most people pick for pillowcases, sleep masks and caps. It has body, it drapes rather than floats, and it does not feel papery between your fingers.\n\nThat weight matters for a bonnet. Too light and the cap collapses around your hair and does nothing. Too heavy and it feels like wearing a hat to bed. A 22 momme silk sleep cap for long hair sits in a comfortable place between the two.\n\nHow silk behaves against hair\n\nThis is the part worth being plain about. Silk is smooth. Cotton is not.\n\nLook at a cotton fibre and it has a rough, slightly fuzzy surface. Multiply that by a whole pillowcase, add seven or eight hours of head movement, and hair is dragged across texture all night. Silk has a far smoother surface, so hair slides over it instead of catching. That is a straightforward property of the fabric, nothing more exotic than that.\n\nA bonnet takes it one step further than a pillowcase. A silk pillowcase only protects the surface your head happens to be touching. Turn over, slide a bit, let your hair spill off the edge onto the sheet, and the benefit stops. A cap travels with you. Wherever your head goes, your hair is still against silk.\n\nThat is also why a mulberry silk bonnet is useful for travel. You cannot control hotel pillowcases. You can bring your own cap.\n\nWho this length suits\n\nThe 80 cm cut is aimed at people whose hair does not fit comfortably in a standard bonnet. A few situations where it earns its keep:\n\nLong hair past the shoulder blades. The length can lie down inside the body of the cap rather than being gathered into a ball at the crown. That means no lump behind your head and less strain on the opening.\n\nThick or high-volume hair. Volume needs somewhere to go. A long cap gives the hair vertical room so it is not compressed sideways.\n\nCurls and coils. Curl shape does not survive being crushed. A roomy cap lets the hair sit loosely rather than being pressed flat.\n\nBraids, twists and locs. These styles have real length and weight. A silk bonnet for braids needs a body long enough to hold them without folding them double.\n\nIf your hair is short or chin-length, this will be more cap than you need, and a standard size will sit better.\n\nWhy pull-on rather than a tie\n\nThe closure on this one is pull-on. There is no drawstring, no clip and no adjuster stated.\n\nThere is a real trade-off here. A tie or elastic band lets you tighten the fit, which some people like. But a band also presses on the hairline all night, which is exactly where a lot of people do not want pressure. Pull-on caps avoid that. They hold by shape and friction instead.\n\nPractically, it also means less to do at bedtime. Gather your hair, pull the cap on, lie down. In the dark, with tired hands, that simplicity counts.\n\nA tip worth knowing: a pull-on cap tends to stay put better if you gather your hair low and loosely rather than piling it high at the front. A tall pile at the crown gives the cap something to slide off.\n\nPicking a colour you will actually use\n\nDusty pink is a muted rose. It is not bright, not candy, not fuchsia. It reads as a greyed-down blush, which is a quiet enough tone to sit next to white, grey, oatmeal, navy or charcoal bedding without shouting.\n\nThat matters more than it sounds. A bonnet you are happy to leave on the bedside table is a bonnet you will use. One that clashes with everything ends up in a drawer and stays there.\n\nLooking after it\n\nThe stated care is hand wash or dry clean, and that is worth following.\n\nFor hand washing, fill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swirl the bonnet through the water with your hands. Do not scrub it, do not twist it and do not wring it out. Rinse in clean cool water, then lay the bonnet flat on a towel, roll the towel up and press to push the water out.\n\nDry it flat, somewhere out of direct sun and away from a radiator. Heat and strong light are what dull silk over time. If it needs pressing afterwards, a cool iron on the reverse side, ideally with a cloth in between, is enough.\n\nKeep it away from bleach and aggressive stain removers. Those are hard on protein fibres like silk.\n\nHow often to wash depends on you. If you use heavy oils or leave-in creams before bed, more often. If you go to bed with dry, clean hair, less. Every week or two covers most routines. Letting any product absorb for a few minutes before you put the cap on helps keep the inside cleaner.\n\nWhat is not stated\n\nBeing honest about gaps is more useful than filling them in. The maker gives the material, the momme weight, the colour, the 80 cm length, the pull-on closure and the care instructions. Head circumference, opening width, packed weight and country of origin are not stated.\n\nIf an exact fit is important to you, measure a cap you already own and compare it to the 80 cm length given here, and get in touch if you want help working out whether it will suit.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf your hair is long, thick, curly or worn in braids or locs, a standard bonnet is always going to be a compromise. This one is cut 80 cm (31.5 in) so the length has room to lie flat instead of being folded into a knot at the back of your head.\n\nThe fabric is 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, a mid-weight silk with enough body to hold its shape and a surface smooth enough that hair slides over it rather than catching. It pulls on, so there is nothing to tie or adjust. The dusty pink is quiet enough to live on a bedside table.\n\nWash it by hand in cool water or send it to the dry cleaner, dry it flat, and keep it out of the sun. That is the whole routine.", "llm_summary": "This is a long silk bonnet in dusty pink, made from 100% mulberry silk at a 22 momme weight. It measures 80 cm (31.5 in) long, a length intended for long, thick or curly hair so the full length can sit inside the cap rather than being folded at the crown. The closure is pull-on, with no ties, clips or drawstring. The colour is a solid, muted dusty pink. Recommended care is hand washing in cool water with a mild detergent for delicates, or dry cleaning, then drying flat away from heat. Brand, country of origin, packed weight and packed dimensions are not specified. Silk is smooth, so hair moves across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/dusty-pink-22-momme-long-silk-bonnet-80cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap", "sku": "light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap", "title": "Light Plum 22 Momme Pleated Silk Sleep Cap", "slug": "light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap", "price": 86.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/main-light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 22 momme mulberry silk on both sides, with a pleated crown, a front bow and a stretch band at the back, so it stays put while your hair slides over the fibre instead of dragging on cotton.", "description": "The problem with waking up to a nest\n\nYou go to bed with your hair looking reasonable. Eight hours later it is a different story. Curls have gone flat on one side, the ends are rough, and whatever you did before bed has been undone by a pillow.\n\nA lot of that comes down to friction. Cotton is a thirsty, slightly grabby fibre. As you turn over, your hair catches and drags against it. Over one night it is nothing much. Over a few hundred nights it adds up, especially at the ends where the hair is oldest and most fragile.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibre is smooth and the weave is tight, so hair slides across it instead of catching. That is the whole idea behind a sleep cap. You are not treating your hair with anything. You are just removing the thing that has been roughing it up every night.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm but pronounced \"mommy\". It measures the weight of the fabric. The higher the number, the denser the cloth.\n\nLightweight silk sits around 12 to 16 momme. It feels nice but it is thin, and thin silk tends to wear through at the seams faster. At the other end, 25 momme and above is heavy and lovely but costs considerably more.\n\nTwenty-two momme sits in the useful middle. It has enough body that it does not feel like a tissue, it holds its shape, and it stands up to regular washing. When people search for the best mulberry silk bonnet, 22 momme is the weight that comes up most, and for good reason.\n\nMulberry silk, by the way, refers to the type of silkworm and what it eats. Bombyx mori worms fed on mulberry leaves produce long, even, pale filaments. That evenness is what gives the finished fabric its smooth hand.\n\nWhy the lining matters more than the outside\n\nHere is the thing to check on any bonnet you are comparing. Plenty of caps are described as silk, and the outer shell genuinely is. The lining, the part touching your hair all night, is sometimes polyester or satin-finished cotton.\n\nSatin is not a fibre. It is a weave. You can weave polyester into satin and it will be shiny and feel slippery, but it does not breathe the way silk does and it tends to hold heat.\n\nThis cap is 100% mulberry silk on both sides at the same 22 momme weight. That means the surface against your hair is the same surface you can see. No compromise on the hidden side.\n\nThe shape question\n\nSleep caps come in roughly three shapes, and the right one depends on your hair.\n\nA flat, close-fitting cap is fine for short or fine hair. It is low profile, it does not move much, and it stays neat.\n\nA large, slouchy bonnet gives maximum room. It suits very long or very thick hair, locs, or anyone who sets their hair in rollers. The trade-off is bulk, and some people find the extra fabric shifts around.\n\nA pleated cap, like this one, sits between the two. The folds running up into the crown mean it has volume built into the structure rather than relying on sheer size. Curls, twists and a loose bun all have somewhere to sit without getting pressed down. For most people with medium to long hair this is the practical middle option, and it is why the best pleated silk sleep cap tends to be the one people reach for night after night.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThe cap measures about 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in) laid flat. That measurement is not the whole story though, because the elastic band at the back is what does the work.\n\nPutting it on properly makes a real difference to whether it stays on. Gather your hair first. Long hair does best coiled into a loose bun or a low pineapple at the crown or the nape, depending on where you want the volume. Then slide the cap on from the front, tuck the hairline in with your fingers, and pull the band down behind your ears so it sits on the bone rather than riding up.\n\nIf your cap is coming off at night, nine times out of ten it is because the hairline was not tucked in at the front or the band was sitting too high at the back.\n\nThe bow at the front has a practical use here as well. It tells you instantly which way round the cap goes, which you will appreciate at midnight.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf you have curls, coils, braids, twists or any kind of set that you want to preserve overnight, this is squarely aimed at you. The pleated crown protects the shape.\n\nIf you have long straight hair that tangles, it works too. Tucking the lengths up stops them being dragged across the pillow all night.\n\nIf you have very short hair, a cap is less necessary but some people still like it, particularly if they want the silk against their scalp or they are protecting a fresh cut or colour.\n\nIf you sleep extremely restlessly, be realistic. No cap is immune to coming off entirely. The elastic band helps a great deal, but technique matters, and some nights will be better than others.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less delicate than its reputation suggests, but it does have rules.\n\nWash it in cool water with a detergent made for silk or delicates. Hand washing is gentlest. If you prefer the machine, put the cap in a mesh laundry bag and run a delicate cycle. Both are fine.\n\nWhat to avoid: bleach, biological detergents with enzymes, hot water, wringing, and the tumble dryer. Heat is the main enemy. It makes the fibres brittle over time.\n\nTo dry, press the water out between your hands or in a towel. Do not twist. Reshape the pleats while the silk is damp, running your fingers along each fold, then dry it flat or hanging somewhere out of direct sun. The pleats come back nicely if you do this.\n\nHow often? Weekly is a sensible default. If you use oils, leave-in creams or heavy butters overnight, wash it more often, because product residue will build up on any fabric and silk is no exception.\n\nOne cap or two\n\nWorth thinking about. If you wash weekly, you need something to wear on washing night. Two caps in rotation means neither gets worn thin and you always have a clean one ready. It also means one can live permanently in a travel bag.\n\nWhat to compare when you are shopping\n\nWhen you put two caps side by side, look at four things. First, whether the silk content covers both sides or just the outer. Second, the momme weight, with anything under 16 likely to feel thin. Third, the closure, since an elastic band is faster than ties but ties are adjustable. Fourth, the shape, matched to your hair length and style.\n\nPrice follows the silk. Real mulberry silk at a decent momme weight is not cheap to produce, so a very low price usually means a thinner fabric, a non-silk lining, or both.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a one-size pleated sleep cap in 100% mulberry silk, 22 momme on both the outside and the inside, in a soft light plum pink with a small bow at the front and an elastic band at the back. It measures roughly 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in) flat and arrives in a gift box.\n\nIt suits curls, braids, twists and longer hair that you want to keep tidy overnight. Hair slides across silk instead of catching on it, which is simply what the fibre does.\n\nWash it cool, dry it away from heat, reshape the pleats while damp. Do that and it will be doing the same job in a couple of years that it does on the first night.", "llm_summary": "A pleated sleep cap made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides at 22 momme. The crown is pleated to leave room for curls, braids or a bun, there is a small bow at the front, and an elastic band at the back holds the cap in place. The colour is a solid light plum pink. One size, measuring about 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in). Hair and skin slide over silk with less friction than over cotton, which is a property of the fibre. Care is hand wash or machine wash in cool water, dried away from heat. It is supplied in a gift box. Brand, country of origin and item weight are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/light-plum-22-momme-pleated-silk-sleep-cap.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75", "sku": "dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75", "title": "Dusty Pink 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase 50 x 75 cm", "slug": "dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75", "price": 50.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75/main-dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75-2.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a standard 50 x 75 cm size, with a hidden zip closure and a smooth surface that hair and skin slide across with less friction than cotton.", "description": "The problem with a normal pillowcase\n\nNobody really thinks about their pillowcase. It is a square of cotton, you wash it with the sheets, you put it back on. But you spend somewhere near a third of your life with one side of your face pressed into it, and cotton is not a smooth fabric. Look at a cotton weave closely and you see a grid of raised threads. That texture grips. Hair catches in it, skin drags against it, and every time you turn over, the fabric pulls a little instead of letting you slide.\n\nSilk does not do that. The filament is long and even, and the woven surface is far smoother, so hair and skin move across it rather than snagging on it. That is the whole pitch. It is not complicated, and it is not magic. It is just a different surface to sleep on.\n\nThis particular pillowcase is 100% mulberry silk, woven at 19 momme, in a soft dusty pink, sized 50 x 75 cm with a hidden zip. The rest of this guide explains what those details mean and how to decide whether they suit you.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the unit the silk trade uses to describe fabric weight. It works a bit like GSM does for cotton. A low momme number means a thin, light cloth. A high number means a denser, heavier one.\n\nFor bedding, you will mostly see three numbers quoted. Sixteen momme is on the light side, cheap and perfectly usable but thinner than many people expect. Nineteen momme is the middle of the road and the most common choice for a standard silk pillowcase. Twenty-two momme is the heavy end, noticeably denser under the hand, and usually the most expensive.\n\nNineteen momme hits a sensible balance. It has enough body to lie flat on the pillow instead of rippling, it feels properly silky rather than papery, and it does not carry the price jump of the heaviest weaves. If you are shopping for the best 19 momme silk pillowcase, that is the reasoning most people land on.\n\nYou will also see thread count quoted on silk, as it is here at 600. Treat it as secondary information. Thread count is counted in different ways by different mills, and it was never really designed as a measure for silk in the first place. Momme is the number to compare.\n\nGrade 6A and what mulberry means\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms that are fed only mulberry leaves. That controlled diet produces a long, uniform filament, which is why mulberry silk is the type used for fine bedding rather than the shorter, coarser silks used elsewhere.\n\nGrade 6A is a maker grading for filament quality, taking into account things like length and evenness. The maker lists this fabric as 6A. It is a trade classification rather than an independent certification, so it is worth knowing what it is and what it is not. The useful facts here are that the fabric is 100% mulberry silk and that it is woven at 19 momme.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where most returns come from, so it is worth two minutes with a tape measure.\n\nIn Ireland and the UK, a standard pillow is around 50 x 75 cm, which is about 20 x 30 inches. That is what this pillowcase is cut for. If you bought your pillows locally and did not go looking for anything unusual, they are almost certainly standard.\n\nContinental pillows are different. They come in 50 x 70 cm, and in a 65 x 65 cm square. A 50 x 75 cm case on a 50 x 70 cm pillow will leave 5 cm of slack, and on a square pillow it will not go on at all. Hotel-style and king pillows are longer again.\n\nSo measure. Lay the pillow flat, run the tape across the width and then the length, and compare. A pillow slightly smaller than the case is fine, the silk just sits a little loose. A pillow larger than the case will strain the seams and the zip, which is the fastest way to damage a silk pillowcase.\n\nWhy the zip matters more than you think\n\nThere are two ways pillowcases close. An envelope style has an internal flap that you tuck the pillow behind. A zip closure has a proper zip, usually hidden in a seam along one edge.\n\nEnvelope flaps are cheaper to make and they look tidy at first. The problem shows up after a few nights, when the pillow has shuffled its way out and the flap is sitting half open at the end of the bed. Then it happens again in the wash, where the case unrolls and wraps itself around whatever else is in the drum.\n\nA zip solves both. The pillow stays where you put it, and the case comes out of the machine as a case rather than a tangle. Because the zip here is set into the seam rather than sitting proud of it, you do not feel it under your cheek. If you have been comparing pillowcases and wondering whether the closure is worth paying attention to, this is the part that affects daily use most.\n\nThe colour\n\nDusty pink is a muted rose. It is not a bright pink, and it is not a pale baby pink either. It reads as a warm neutral, which is why it works against white, ivory, grey, beige and natural linen rather than fighting with them.\n\nSilk has a natural lustre, so the shade moves as the light does. Where the fabric folds it looks a little deeper, and where it catches the light it looks lighter. That shifting quality is part of why silk looks the way it does. It also means screen photos never quite capture it, so expect the real thing to be slightly softer than the picture.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests, but it does want a gentler routine than cotton.\n\nWash it in cool water, either by hand or on the gentle cycle, with a mild detergent meant for delicates. Regular biological powders contain enzymes designed to break down protein, and silk is a protein fibre, so stick to something mild. Skip the bleach and skip the fabric softener, which coats the fibres and dulls the surface you paid for.\n\nPut it in a mesh laundry bag if you are machine washing. That keeps it away from zips, hooks and anything else that could snag.\n\nDo not wring it out. Press the water out between your hands or roll it in a towel. Then dry it flat or hang it in the shade. Direct sun and radiator heat are the two things that age silk fastest, and sunlight is also what pulls colour out of a dyed fabric over time.\n\nIroning is optional. If you want it crisp, use the lowest setting on the reverse side while the fabric is still slightly damp. Most of the time it falls smooth on its own once the pillow is inside.\n\nWashed this way, a pure silk pillowcase holds up for years of regular use.\n\nWho it suits\n\nPeople with long hair often come to silk first, because the smoother surface means fewer snags and less bedhead in the morning. People who sleep hot tend to like the cool initial feel of the fabric. And a good number of buyers simply want their bed to feel a bit nicer, which is a perfectly good reason on its own.\n\nIt also makes a straightforward gift. A silk pillow cover is the kind of thing people enjoy and rarely buy for themselves, and a muted shade like this one fits most bedrooms without having to ask about anyone's colour scheme.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a single pillowcase in 100% mulberry silk, 19 momme, standard 50 x 75 cm size, dusty pink, with a hidden zip. Measure your pillow before ordering, wash it cool and gently, keep it out of strong sun, and it will stay good for a long time.\n\nDelivery is tracked and takes 5 to 8 working days, free over 120 euro and 15 euro below that. If it is not right, you have 14 days from delivery to send it back.", "llm_summary": "A single dusty pink pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk, listed by the maker as grade 6A and woven at 19 momme with a stated 600 thread count. It measures 50 x 75 cm (about 20 x 30 inches), the standard pillow size in Ireland and the UK, and closes with a hidden zip rather than an envelope flap. The colour is a solid, muted dusty pink. Care is hand wash or machine wash on a gentle cycle. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair and skin move across it with less friction. Brand, country of origin, weight and packaged dimensions are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/dusty-pink-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x75.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "sku": "lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "title": "Lake Blue 23 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase 50 x 70 cm", "slug": "lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "price": 54.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/main-lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk at 23 momme, cut to the continental 50 x 70 cm size, with a hidden zip so the case stays put and the look stays clean.", "description": "The problem with most silk pillowcases\n\nPlenty of people buy a silk pillowcase, use it for a month, and quietly go back to cotton. Usually one of two things went wrong. Either the silk was too light and felt more like lining fabric than bedding, or the case did not fit the pillow and spent every night sliding off, bunching up, or pulling at the seams.\n\nBoth problems are avoidable. They just come down to two numbers that are easy to check before you buy: the momme weight and the finished size. This guide walks through both, plus what a hidden zip actually changes, how to wash silk without ruining it, and who this particular case suits.\n\nWhat momme really tells you\n\nMomme, sometimes written mm, is a weight measurement specific to silk. It describes how much a given area of the fabric weighs. Higher momme means more silk packed into the same space, which means a denser, heavier, more durable cloth.\n\nSilk bedding generally runs from around 16 momme at the light end up to about 25 at the heavy end. Below 19 you start to notice the fabric is thin, and it can feel almost papery when you handle it. Around 19 is the common sweet spot. At 23, which is what this case is, you get noticeably more body. The fabric falls instead of floating, it holds its shape on the pillow, and it handles washing better because there is simply more material there.\n\nWeight also affects how the case behaves on the bed. A heavier silk drapes over the pillow and stays where you put it. A very light one tends to shift and crease. If you have tried silk before and found it fussy, the momme number was quite possibly the reason.\n\nMulberry silk and what grade 6A means\n\nNot all silk comes from the same place. Mulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves, raised in controlled conditions. The result is a long, even filament, which is the key thing. Long filaments can be reeled into yarn with very few joins, and fewer joins means a smoother surface and a more even sheen.\n\nWild or tussah silks, by contrast, come from shorter and more irregular fibres. They have their own appeal, but they are coarser and the colour tends to be uneven. For a pillowcase, where the whole point is a smooth surface against your face, mulberry silk is the sensible choice.\n\nThe 6A grading refers to the quality of that raw filament. It is a mill grading scale, and 6A sits at the top of it. The maker lists this silk as grade 6A at 23 momme. Taken together, those two numbers describe a good quality silk with a decent amount of weight behind it.\n\nSizing, and why this one needs a tape measure\n\nThis is the part people skip, and it is the part that causes returns.\n\nThis case measures 50 x 70 cm, about 20 x 28 inches. That is the continental pillow size, standard across much of mainland Europe. It is not the standard Irish or British pillow size, which runs closer to 50 x 75 cm. There is also a square continental size, 65 x 65 cm, which is a different thing again.\n\nFive centimetres does not sound like much, but it is the difference between a case that slips on easily and one that fights you. A pillow that is longer than the case will stretch the seams and leave the fabric drum-tight, which is both uncomfortable and hard on the stitching.\n\nSo before you order, pull the case off your current pillow and measure the pillow itself, not the old case. If it comes in at or under 50 x 70 cm, you are fine. If it is closer to 75 cm long, look at a standard sized case instead. If your pillow is a bit smaller than 50 x 70, the case will just sit a little loose, which looks perfectly good on a made bed.\n\nThe hidden zip, and why closures matter\n\nSilk pillowcases usually close one of three ways. An envelope flap, where the fabric simply folds over. An exposed zip. Or a hidden zip, where the zip tape is tucked inside a fold so you cannot see it from the outside.\n\nEnvelope closures are cheap to make and they look clean, but they have a habit of letting the pillow creep out over the course of a night. If you move around in your sleep, you wake up with half a bare pillow. An exposed zip solves that but puts a visible strip of plastic or metal along one edge, which rather spoils the look of a nice piece of silk.\n\nA hidden zip, which is what this case has, gets both things right. The pillow stays enclosed and the edge stays clean. It is a small detail that makes a real difference to how the case performs over months of use, and for a lot of buyers it is the deciding factor when comparing the best hidden zip pillowcase options against the cheaper envelope style.\n\nOne small tip. Put the case on so the zip end sits at the foot of the pillow rather than the top. You will never notice it is there.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone who sleeps on a 50 x 70 cm pillow and wants a surface that is smoother than cotton. Silk has far less friction than a cotton weave, so hair and skin slide across it rather than catching. That is a property of the fibre, not a promise about anything else, but it is the main reason people switch.\n\nIt also suits anyone who has tried a lightweight silk case and been underwhelmed. At 23 momme this is a different experience from a 16 momme case, and the weight is immediately obvious when you take it out of the packaging.\n\nThe lake blue is a soft blue-green, solid, with no print. That makes it an easy accent rather than a statement. It works against white, pale grey or oatmeal linen, and the sheen of the silk shifts the tone slightly depending on the light. If your bedroom palette is already busy, a solid colour like this is usually the safer pick.\n\nCaring for silk without wrecking it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, which means it is closer to wool or hair than it is to cotton. Treat it accordingly.\n\nWash cool. Hand washing in lukewarm water with a detergent made for delicates is ideal. If you would rather use the machine, put the case inside a mesh laundry bag and run a cold gentle cycle. The bag stops it getting tangled around other items.\n\nSkip the bleach entirely, and skip anything with optical brighteners. Both will attack the fibre and dull the colour. Biological detergents contain enzymes that break down protein, which is exactly what silk is made of, so avoid those too.\n\nDo not wring it out. Press the water out gently between your hands, or roll the case in a towel and press. Then dry flat or hang it in the shade. Direct sun and radiator heat both damage silk and fade dye.\n\nIf you need to press it, use a cool iron on the reverse side while the fabric is still a little damp. Keep the iron moving and do not let it sit.\n\nWashing every week or two is a reasonable rhythm. If you use rich night creams or hair oils, go weekly.\n\nBuying a pair\n\nEach order is one pillowcase. If you want a matching pair for a double bed, add two. A lot of people start with one, try it for a week, and then come back for the second, which is a perfectly sensible way to do it.\n\nThe short version\n\nCheck your pillow measures 50 x 70 cm or less before you order. The silk is grade 6A mulberry at 23 momme, which puts it at the heavier, more substantial end of silk bedding. The hidden zip keeps the pillow in and the edge clean. The colour is lake blue, a soft blue-green solid that pairs easily with most bed linen. Wash it cool, dry it flat, and keep it away from bleach and heat, and it will stay good for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a single mulberry silk pillowcase in lake blue, a soft blue-green solid colour with no print. The maker lists the silk as grade 6A and the weight as 23 momme, which is at the heavier end of the range typically used for bedding. It measures 50 x 70 cm, about 20 x 28 inches, which is the continental pillow size rather than the standard Irish size of roughly 50 x 75 cm, so buyers should measure their pillow first. The closure is a hidden zip. Brand, country of origin, item weight and packed dimensions are not stated by the maker. Care is a cool hand wash or a cold gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, dried flat away from heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/lake-blue-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack", "sku": "sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack", "title": "Sage Green 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, Pack of 2", "slug": "sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack", "price": 53.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack/main-sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-2.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two standard-size pillowcases in 100% mulberry silk on both sides, woven at 19 momme with a hidden zip that keeps the pillow in place and the look plain.", "description": "The problem with a cotton pillowcase\n\nMost people never think about the surface their face spends a third of its life on. Then one morning you catch sight of the crease running up your cheek, or you spend five minutes untangling the back of your hair, and the thought arrives: the pillowcase is doing this.\n\nCotton is a short-staple fibre. Spin it into yarn, weave it, and you get a surface with real texture. Run your fingertip across a percale case and you can feel the grid. That grid is pleasant underhand and useful for breathability, but it is also a thousand tiny points of friction. When you roll over at three in the morning, your hair and your skin do not glide across it. They catch, pull slightly, release, and catch again.\n\nSilk works differently. A silk filament is one long, continuous strand, often hundreds of metres from a single cocoon. Woven, it makes a surface much closer to a flat plane than a grid. The practical result is that things slide. Hair slides. Your cheek slides. There is nothing mystical about it, just a smoother surface with less to grab onto.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you shop for silk bedding for more than about five minutes you will run into momme. It is pronounced \"moe-mee\" and it is a weight measure, specific to silk, that counts how many pounds a fixed length and width of the fabric weighs. The higher the number, the more silk there is in the cloth.\n\nThis pair is 19 momme, and that number sits in a useful spot. Below about 16 momme, silk gets thin. It still feels lovely, but it is more see-through, it snags more easily, and it does not last as long under weekly washing. Above 22 momme, you get into heavy, almost upholstered territory. The fabric is beautiful and it will outlive you, but it costs considerably more and some people find it feels stiff rather than fluid on a pillow.\n\nNineteen momme is the middle ground most regular silk sleepers end up at. It drapes properly over a pillow, it has enough weight that it does not slide off the bed in the night, and it stands up to being washed every week or two. If you are looking for the best 19 momme silk pillowcase for everyday use rather than for a guest room that gets used twice a year, that weight is a sensible place to land.\n\nBoth sides, not just the top\n\nHere is a detail worth checking on any silk pillowcase before you buy. Plenty of cases on the market are silk on one face and cotton or polyester on the other. It cuts the cost significantly, and from a photograph you cannot tell.\n\nThe problem shows up at two in the morning. You flip the pillow over because the top side has gone warm, and now your face is on cotton. You have paid for silk and you are sleeping on a blend half the time. Some people genuinely do not mind, but if the whole point of the purchase was the smooth surface, a single-sided case undercuts it.\n\nThese are mulberry silk front and back. Either face is the same. You can flip the pillow as often as you like and nothing changes.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where most silk pillowcase returns come from, and it is entirely avoidable.\n\nThe size here is listed as standard, and the maker does not give the measurement in centimetres. The word standard is slippery because it means different things depending on where the pillow was made. A standard Irish or British pillow runs roughly 50 x 75 cm (20 x 30 in). Continental pillows are 50 x 70 cm, or square at 65 x 65 cm. North American queen and king pillows are longer again.\n\nSo do this before you order. Take a pillowcase that currently fits your pillow well, lay it flat on the bed, smooth it out, and measure it corner to corner with a tape. Write the numbers down. If they land near 50 x 75 cm you are in standard territory and a standard case should work. If your pillows are square or continental, a rectangular standard case will not sit right no matter how good the silk is.\n\nSilk does have a small amount of give, so a case that is a centimetre or two snug will usually stretch onto the pillow without complaint. A case that is five centimetres short will not.\n\nThe hidden zip, and why it matters more than you'd think\n\nPillowcases close in one of three ways. An open end, which is the cheapest and lets the pillow wander out. An envelope flap, where a folded panel tucks the pillow in. Or a zip.\n\nThese use a hidden zip, sewn into the side seam so it does not show from the front. Two things come from that. The pillow stays fully enclosed all night, which matters more with silk because the fabric is slippery and a loose pillow will work its way out of an envelope closure by morning. And the face of the case stays unbroken, which suits a plain solid colour like sage green, where any fastening on the front would be the only thing your eye landed on.\n\nThe zip sits along the edge, well away from where your head rests. In practice you forget it is there.\n\nLiving with sage green\n\nSage is a quiet colour. It is green with grey in it, closer to a dried herb than to grass or emerald, and it behaves almost like a neutral in a bedroom. It sits comfortably against white cotton, cream, warm grey, oatmeal and natural linen. It works with wooden furniture and with painted furniture. It does not fight a patterned duvet the way a saturated colour would.\n\nIf your bedding is mostly white and you want a small amount of colour without committing to a whole new duvet set, a pair of sage green pillowcases is about the lowest-risk way to do it. And because there are two in the pack, both sides of the bed match, which looks considerably more deliberate than a single coloured case next to a white one.\n\nWashing silk without the drama\n\nThe care here is hand wash only, and people see that and assume it is going to be a weekly ordeal. It takes about four minutes.\n\nFill a basin or a clean sink with cool water. Add a small capful of a mild detergent made for delicates. Put the case in, swirl it gently with your hands for two or three minutes, and leave it to sit for another five if it needs it. Rinse in clean cool water until there is no soap left. Then lift it out, lay it on a dry towel, roll the towel up and press. Do not wring or twist, which is what breaks silk fibres.\n\nDry it flat on a fresh towel or hang it somewhere shaded with air moving. It dries faster than cotton. Keep it out of direct sun, because sunlight is the main thing that fades dyed silk, and keep it off radiators.\n\nSkip the fabric softener entirely. Softener coats fibres, and coating a silk fibre takes away the exact slip you paid for. Bleach and enzyme detergents are also out, as both attack protein fibres like silk and wool.\n\nIf you want to iron, use the lowest silk setting, work on the reverse side, and do it while the fabric is slightly damp. Most people find they do not bother, since the creases hang out once the case is back on the pillow.\n\nHaving two cases in the set is the practical answer to hand washing. One is on the bed while the other dries, and the rotation handles itself.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a pair of standard-size pillowcases in 100% mulberry silk, 19 momme, solid sage green, with a hidden zip. Both faces are silk, so flipping the pillow changes nothing. The weight is a sensible everyday one, heavy enough to last through weekly washing and light enough to drape properly.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order, because the case measurements in centimetres are not stated and standard varies by country. Hand wash in cool water, dry flat out of the sun, and skip the softener. Do that and a silk pillowcase set of 2 will still look right years after a cotton one would have gone grey and pilled.", "llm_summary": "This is a two-pack of standard-size pillowcases made from 100% mulberry silk on both faces, woven at 19 momme. The colour is a solid sage green with no pattern. Each case closes with a hidden zip set into the seam, which holds the pillow in place and keeps the front of the case plain. Care is hand wash only, in cool water with a mild detergent for delicate fibres, then dried flat away from direct heat. The maker does not state the case measurements in centimetres, the fill weight, the country of origin or a brand name, so buyers should measure their own pillow against a standard pillowcase before ordering. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair and skin slide across it with less friction.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/sage-green-19-momme-silk-pillowcases-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "sku": "silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "title": "Silver Grey 23 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase 50 x 70 cm", "slug": "silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70", "price": 54.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/main-silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk in a 50 x 70 cm continental size, finished with a hidden zip so the cover stays put and the look stays clean.", "description": "The small problem a silk pillowcase actually solves\n\nMost people do not go looking for a silk pillowcase because of bedding. They go looking because of something small and repetitive. Hair that looks slept-on no matter how carefully it was dried. Creases pressed into one cheek that take an hour to fade. A pillowcase that feels warm and slightly rough by three in the morning.\n\nWoven cotton, even good cotton, has texture. Thousands of short spun fibres sit at the surface, and every time you turn your head, hair and skin drag across them. It is a tiny amount of friction, but you repeat it a few hundred times a night, every night, for years.\n\nSilk changes the surface. The filament is long, smooth and continuous, so there is far less to catch on. That is the whole mechanism. No magic, just a different fibre with a different texture, and it is why the best silk pillowcase in a given price range is usually the one with the smoothest, densest weave rather than the one with the most marketing on the box.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is to silk what thread count is to cotton, except it is more useful. It measures weight, specifically how much a fixed area of fabric weighs. The higher the number, the more silk is packed into the cloth.\n\nSilk bedding tends to live between about 16 and 25 momme. Below that range you get something light and a bit flyaway that is better suited to scarves and linings. Above it, the fabric starts to feel heavy and stiff for a pillowcase, and the price climbs fast.\n\nThis pillowcase is listed by the maker at 23 momme, which sits near the upper end of the usual bedding range. In practice that means a fabric with some body. It drapes over the pillow and stays where you put it, rather than sliding about or bunching. It also holds up better to repeated washing, because there is simply more fibre there to wear through. If you have handled a thin silk pillowcase before and found it disappointing, a heavier weight is usually what was missing.\n\nGrade 6A, in plain terms\n\nSilk producers grade raw filament by length and consistency. The letter and number system runs up through grades, with 6A sitting at the top of the common scale. The practical meaning is straightforward. Long, even filaments make a smoother and more uniform fabric with fewer slubs and weak points. Short or uneven fibre makes a cloth that looks less consistent and tends to pill or thin sooner.\n\nIt is a measure of the raw material, not of the finished stitching, so it is worth looking at both. Here you have grade 6A mulberry silk at 23 momme, which is the combination most people mean when they talk about the best mulberry silk pillowcase rather than just a silk-feel cover.\n\nGet the size right before anything else\n\nThis is the step people skip, and it is the one that ruins the result.\n\nThis pillowcase is 50 x 70 cm, which is about 20 x 28 inches. That is the continental size, standard across much of Europe and widely used for the deeper, squarer pillows people like for reading in bed.\n\nA standard pillow sold in Ireland and the UK is often 50 x 75 cm instead. Five centimetres sounds like nothing. On a pillowcase it is the difference between a smooth, flat sleeping surface and a cover that is stretched tight at the ends with the zip under strain.\n\nSo take a tape measure to your pillow. Lay it flat, do not squash it, and measure seam to seam in both directions. If you get 50 x 70 cm, this is your size. If you get 50 x 75 cm, look for the longer case instead. If your pillow is square at 65 x 65 cm, you need a square cover. Guessing here is the most common reason a silk pillowcase gets returned, and it is completely avoidable.\n\nWhy the zip matters more than you think\n\nSilk is slippery. That is the point of it, and it is also why closure design matters more on a silk pillowcase than on a cotton one.\n\nAn envelope closure, where a flap of fabric folds over the open end, works well enough on cotton because the friction holds everything in place. On silk, the pillow can gradually work its way out over a few hours of turning. You wake up with half a bare pillow and a crumpled cover.\n\nA zip removes that problem. The pillow goes in, the zip closes, and nothing moves. On this pillowcase the zip is hidden inside the seam, so you get the security without a visible line of plastic teeth running across the face of the fabric. If you are comparing options and want the best hidden zip pillowcase for a neat bed, that concealed finish is what to look for.\n\nOne small habit worth adopting. Close the zip before you put the pillowcase in the wash. An open zip can catch on the fabric during the cycle and pull a thread.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair tend to notice the difference first and most clearly. Less drag across the surface means less of that slept-on, roughed-up look in the morning.\n\nAnyone who sleeps on their side or front spends hours with one side of their face pressed into the pillow, and a smoother surface is simply more pleasant for that.\n\nPeople who run warm often prefer silk, because it feels cool when you first lie down and does not trap heat the way some synthetics do.\n\nAnd it suits anyone who wants their bed to look finished without doing much. A solid silver grey silk pillowcase does a surprising amount of work next to plain white cotton, because the sheen does the decorating on its own.\n\nLiving with silk, practically\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is gentler than that, as long as you stick to four habits.\n\nWash cool. Hot water is the main thing that damages silk. Cool hand washing is ideal, and a cold gentle machine cycle with the case in a mesh laundry bag is perfectly fine.\n\nUse the right detergent. Silk is a protein fibre, and biological or enzyme detergents are built to break protein down. Use something mild and labelled for silk, wool or delicates. Skip fabric softener entirely, since it coats the fibre and dulls the surface you paid for.\n\nDry out of the sun. Press water out without wringing, then hang or lay the case flat somewhere shaded and airy. Direct sunlight and radiators are what fade the colour and stiffen the fabric over time.\n\nIron low, if at all. The lowest silk setting, on the reverse, while slightly damp. Most of the time a few light creases will relax on their own once the case is on the pillow.\n\nWashing weekly is a sensible rhythm. Gentle, regular cleaning is kinder to silk than leaving it for a fortnight and then scrubbing.\n\nBuying one or two\n\nA single pillowcase is the usual starting point, and plenty of people buy one to see how they get on with it. If you share a bed, though, two matching cases look considerably better than one silk and one cotton, and buying them together means they come from the same production run so the shade matches exactly.\n\nIt is also a reliable gift. The size is standard, the colour is neutral, and it is the kind of thing people enjoy receiving but rarely buy for themselves.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a single mulberry silk pillowcase in solid silver grey. The silk is grade 6A, the maker lists it at 23 momme, and the size is 50 x 70 cm, which is the continental pillow size. A hidden zip along one edge keeps the pillow in place and keeps the outside of the case clean looking.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order. Wash it cool with a mild detergent, dry it away from heat and sun, and it will keep its smooth surface for a long time. Country of origin and packed weight are not specified in the information supplied, so we have left those blank rather than guess.\n\nIf the size turns out to be wrong for your pillow, get in touch before you wash it and we will sort out a return or exchange.", "llm_summary": "This is a single mulberry silk pillowcase in solid silver grey, made from grade 6A silk and listed by the maker at 23 momme. It measures 50 x 70 cm (about 20 x 28 inches), the continental pillow size, and closes with a hidden zip along one edge. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than woven cotton. Brand, country of origin, product weight and packed dimensions are not specified in the maker information available. Care is simple, with cool hand washing or a cold gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, no bleach or fabric softener, and line drying away from direct heat and sunlight. One pillowcase is supplied per unit.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/silver-grey-23-momme-silk-pillowcase-50x70.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65", "sku": "white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65", "title": "White 19 Momme Square Silk Pillowcase 65 x 65 cm", "slug": "white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65", "price": 51.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65/main-white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% mulberry silk on both sides in a 65 x 65 cm continental square, with a tidy envelope closure and no zip to catch on hair.", "description": "The pillow nobody makes bedding for\n\nContinental pillows are the big squares that sit at the back of the bed. They are the ones you prop against the headboard when you read, and the ones that make a made bed look finished. They are also the ones most bedding ranges quietly ignore.\n\nWalk down a bed linen aisle and you will find rows of standard rectangular cases, a few oxford styles, and then nothing. If you want a square pillowcase you usually end up with whatever white cotton the shop happens to stock, in whatever square size they decided on. If you want that square case in silk, the choices narrow again.\n\nThat is the gap this one fills. It is a 65 x 65 cm square (about 26 x 26 inches), made from 100% mulberry silk, in plain white. One pillowcase per pack, with an envelope closure instead of a zip.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as \"mm\" on some listings, which is a weight measure rather than a thread count. The higher the number, the heavier and denser the fabric.\n\nVery light silks, down around 12 or 13 momme, feel thin. They are fine for scarves but they do not behave well on a bed. They slip, they crease sharply, and they wear through faster at the corners where the pillow pushes against the seam.\n\nAt the other end, silks of 25 momme and up are dense and expensive. They feel wonderful, but they cost a good deal more and they take longer to dry.\n\nNineteen momme sits in the useful middle. It has enough weight to lie flat over a filled pillow and stay put through the night. It still drapes and still feels cool and fluid when you first lie down. If you are comparing a dozen options and trying to work out which is the best mulberry silk pillowcase for everyday use, 19 momme is the weight most people land on, and for good reason.\n\nBoth sides matter more than you expect\n\nA detail worth checking on any silk case is whether both faces are actually silk.\n\nSome cases are silk on the sleeping side and cotton or polyester on the back. It cuts the cost, and the maker is not always loud about it. The catch is that you have to pay attention to which way round it goes on the pillow, and if you turn the pillow in the night you lose the benefit entirely.\n\nThis one is mulberry silk on the front and the back. You can flip it, rotate it, or throw it on the bed without checking. It also wears more evenly, since neither face is a different fibre aging at a different rate.\n\nWhy there is no zip\n\nThe closure here is an envelope. There is a flap of fabric inside the open end, and the pillow tucks behind it.\n\nZips are the weakest part of most pillowcases. They are the thing that jams, the thing that separates from the fabric after enough washes, and the thing that can catch hair when you move in the night. They also put a hard strip of plastic or metal right beside your face.\n\nAn envelope closure has none of that. Nothing hard, nothing to snag, nothing to break. It is also faster to put on, which you notice on the day you strip the whole bed. The only trade-off is that the flap needs to be deep enough to hold the pillow, and on a well-made case it is.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where most silk pillowcase returns come from, so it is worth two minutes before you order.\n\n\"Continental\" is used for more than one shape. Some continental pillows are 65 x 65 cm squares. Others are 50 x 70 cm rectangles. Both get called continental or European, and the words are not reliable.\n\nLay your pillow flat on the bed and measure it from seam to seam, across and then down. If it comes out close to 65 cm each way, this is your case. If it is clearly longer than it is wide, you need a different shape.\n\nAlso look at how full the pillow is. A very overstuffed square will stretch any case tight, and tight silk wears faster at the seams. If your pillow is packed solid, it is worth either easing some fill out or looking at a slightly larger case.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThe obvious group is anyone who already has continental pillows and wants them to feel as good as they look. A square silk pillowcase 65 x 65 turns a decorative pillow into one you actually want to lean on.\n\nThen there are people who sleep on their side and move around. Silk has almost no surface texture, so hair slides over it instead of dragging, and skin moves rather than bunching. That is the single most common reason people switch from cotton, and it is noticeable from the first night.\n\nIt also suits anyone who runs warm in bed. Silk carries heat away from the skin quickly, so it feels cool when you lie down. It settles rather than staying chilly.\n\nAnd it makes a good present. A white silk pillowcase gift is hard to get wrong, because white fits every bedroom and nobody has to like the pattern.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer to hair than to cotton, and it wants to be treated the same way.\n\nWash it cool. Hand washing in a basin with a mild detergent made for delicates is the gentlest option, and it takes five minutes. If you would rather use the machine, put the case in a mesh laundry bag and run a cold, gentle cycle on its own or with other light items. Keep it away from towels, zips and anything heavy.\n\nSkip the fabric softener. Silk does not need it and the residue dulls the surface. Skip bleach and anything with optical brighteners too, since those attack the fibre directly.\n\nWhen the wash finishes, press the water out gently. Do not wring it. Hang it or lay it flat somewhere out of direct sunlight and away from a radiator. It dries quickly.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a cool iron on the reverse while the fabric is still slightly damp. Most of the time it will not need it.\n\nOne practical suggestion: buy two. Having a spare means one can be in the wash while the other is on the bed, and neither gets worn out by constant laundering.\n\nWhat it will not do\n\nSilk is a smooth fabric. That is the honest description of what it offers, and it is enough. Hair and skin move across it with far less friction than a cotton weave, it feels cool, and it looks good on the bed.\n\nIt is not a treatment and it is not a fix for anything. Anyone selling a pillowcase on the strength of dramatic promises is selling you the promise rather than the fabric. The fabric here is 19 momme mulberry silk on both faces, cut to a continental square, with no zip. That is what you get.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you have a 65 x 65 cm square pillow and you want it in silk, this covers the specifics. The silk is 100% mulberry at 19 momme, a weight that holds its shape without costing what the heavy grades cost. Both sides are silk, so it does not matter which way it lands. The envelope closure means nothing hard sits near your head.\n\nMeasure your pillow first. Wash it cool and dry it on a line. Consider a second one so you always have a clean case ready. That is the whole job.", "llm_summary": "A white square silk pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, woven at 19 momme. It measures 65 x 65 cm (about 26 x 26 inches), the continental square size used for European square pillows, and one pillowcase is supplied. The opening is an envelope closure with no zip or buttons, so there is no hard fastening near the face or hair. The colour is a solid white. Silk of this kind has a smooth surface, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than a cotton weave. Brand, country of origin, item weight and packaged dimensions are not specified. Care is hand wash or a cold gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, line dry away from heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/white-19-momme-square-silk-pillowcase-65x65.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm", "sku": "black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm", "title": "Black and Cream Rose Print Silk Scarf 66cm", "slug": "black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm", "price": 55.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/main-black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 66 x 66 cm (26 x 26 inch) square, with cream roses scattered across a black ground, so it ties at the neck, in the hair or around a bag handle.", "description": "The small problem this solves\n\nMost wardrobes have a gap that has nothing to do with missing clothes. You own the coat, the jumper, the white shirt, the dark jeans. You put them on and they are fine. Fine, and a little flat. There is nothing drawing the eye up toward your face, and everything sits in the same plain block of colour.\n\nA square silk scarf fixes that in about four seconds. It adds pattern at the collar, it catches light where wool and cotton do not, and it costs you no effort at all once you know one knot. That is why silk squares have hung around for a hundred years while trends came and went. They are not a look. They are a tool.\n\nThis one is a 66 x 66 cm square (26 x 26 inches) in 100% mulberry silk, printed with cream roses on a black ground. Below is how to pick a square, how to wear it without thinking too hard, and how to keep it alive.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually means\n\nSilk comes from the cocoon of the silkworm. Mulberry silk comes from worms that are fed only on mulberry leaves, under controlled conditions, which produces a long and very even filament. The practical result is a smooth, regular surface with a soft shine rather than a glittery one.\n\nTwo things follow from that, and you notice both while wearing it. First, the fabric slides. Hair and skin move across silk with less friction than across cotton or wool, which is why a silk band stays comfortable on the head for hours and why a knot at the throat does not grab and chafe. Second, printed colour sits well on silk. A cream rose on this scarf reads as cream, not as a tired off-white, and the black behind it stays deep instead of going grey.\n\nThe maker lists this as 100% mulberry silk. The momme weight, which is the standard measure of silk weight, is not stated, and neither is the edge finish. We would rather tell you that than invent a number.\n\nWhy 66 cm is the size to buy first\n\nSquare silk scarves come in roughly three sizes, and they do different jobs.\n\nThe small squares, around 50 cm, are neat little neckerchiefs. They tie close to the throat and look sharp with a shirt collar, but fold them for hair and you run out of length before you get a decent knot.\n\nThe large squares, 90 cm and up, are the classic shoulder scarves. Beautiful things, but they bunch up badly under a coat collar and they are far more fabric than most people want on an ordinary Tuesday.\n\nThe middle size, which is where this 66 cm square sits, does both jobs passably and one job very well. Folded on the diagonal it makes a band long enough to tie behind the head, around a ponytail, or under the chin. Opened out, it covers the crown and the ears. At the neck it knots without a thick lump. If you are buying one square silk scarf and you want it to earn its place, this is the measurement.\n\nThink of it this way. A 66 cm square is about the width of a folded tea towel. That is enough to work with and not so much that you are wrestling with it in a mirror.\n\nFour ways to wear it, no skill required\n\nAt the neck. Fold the square corner to corner into a triangle, then roll the long edge over on itself a few times until you have a band. Loop it round the neck, knot it off centre, and push the knot slightly to one side. Off centre always looks more relaxed than dead centre.\n\nIn the hair. Same fold, but tie it around the head with the knot at the nape, or wrap it around the base of a ponytail and finish with a small bow. Silk is kind to hair here, because the surface lets strands slip rather than catch.\n\nAs a head covering. Open the square out, fold it once on the diagonal, lay the long edge across the hairline and tie under the chin or at the back. This is the oldest use of a mulberry silk head scarf and it still works, in wind, in sun, or on a bad hair morning.\n\nOn a bag. Roll it into a band and knot it around the base of a handle, tails loose. It gives a plain tote a bit of life and it keeps the scarf with you for when you want it.\n\nNone of these need practice. If a knot looks wrong, untie it and go again. Silk does not hold a crease the way linen does.\n\nWho this one suits\n\nBlack and cream is about as cooperative as a colour pair gets. It sits against navy, grey, charcoal, camel, white, cream and denim without any clash. If your wardrobe leans toward neutrals (and most do), a black ground will disappear into it and the cream roses will do the talking.\n\nThe print is a soft floral rather than a shouty one, which matters if you want to wear it to work. It reads as finished rather than fancy dress. Equally, knotted loosely over a plain jumper on a Saturday, it is nowhere near too much.\n\nIt also makes an easy gift. There is no size to get wrong, no fit to guess at, and a neutral floral suits a wide range of ages and tastes. People hunting the best floral silk scarf for someone else usually land on black grounds for exactly this reason.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHere is the part people skip, and then regret.\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a small amount of mild detergent, and a gentle swirl rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then lay the scarf flat on a towel, roll the towel up, and press. Do not wring it and do not twist it. Twisting is what puts permanent ripples in silk.\n\nDry it flat, in the shade, away from radiators. Direct heat and strong sun are the two things that age silk fastest, making it stiff and dulling print. Iron it on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse side, while it is still a little damp. A thin cotton cloth between iron and silk is cheap insurance.\n\nTwo small habits help as well. Spray perfume and hairspray before the scarf goes on, and let them dry, because alcohol based sprays can mark silk. And take rings off before you tie it, since a claw setting will pull a thread faster than anything else.\n\nStore it folded loosely or rolled, in a drawer, out of the light. Done properly, a silk square outlives nearly everything you bought in the same year.\n\nDelivery and changing your mind\n\nDelivery is tracked and ships from European warehouses, usually arriving in five to eight working days. It is free across Ireland on orders over 120 euro and 15 euro below that. Prices are shown in euro and include VAT.\n\nIf it arrives and it is not right, you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason under the Consumer Rights Act 2022. Send it back unworn and in its original condition for a refund. If there is a fault, tell us and we will sort out a replacement or a refund.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 66 x 66 cm square of 100% mulberry silk, printed with cream roses on black. The middle size is the useful size, because it works at the neck and in the hair without compromise. The colours are neutral enough to go with what you already own. It needs a hand wash and a flat dry, and in exchange it will keep looking good for years.\n\nIf you want one silk square that does most of what a silk square can do, this is a sensible place to start.", "llm_summary": "A black and cream rose print silk scarf measuring 66 x 66 cm (26 x 26 inches), square in shape. The maker lists the fabric as 100% mulberry silk. The print is cream roses on a black ground. Care is hand wash only. It can be worn as a neck scarf, folded as a hair band or head scarf, or tied around a bag handle. Delivery is tracked from European warehouses in five to eight working days. Buyers have fourteen days from delivery to cancel under the Consumer Rights Act 2022.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-and-cream-rose-print-silk-scarf-66cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "sku": "burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "title": "Burgundy Plain Silk Square Scarf 68cm", "slug": "burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "price": 55.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/main-burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% mulberry silk at 68 x 68 cm (27 x 27 inches), it knots at the neck, ties over the hair or wraps a bag handle, with a smooth hand that slides rather than snags.", "description": "The problem a plain square solves\n\nMost wardrobes have a gap that is hard to name. You have the coat, the jumper, the shirt and the boots, and the whole thing still looks a bit unfinished. Jewellery does not always fix it. A patterned scarf often fixes it too hard, dragging attention to itself and fighting with whatever else you are wearing.\n\nA plain silk square sits exactly in that gap. It adds colour at the point people look at first, just below the face, without introducing a pattern you then have to work around. Burgundy in particular is a quiet colour. It is dark enough to behave like a neutral and warm enough to lift a pale face on a grey morning.\n\nThis one is 68 x 68 cm (27 x 27 inches) and the maker lists it as 100% mulberry silk. That is the whole specification, and for this kind of accessory that is genuinely most of what you need to know.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually means\n\nSilk comes from the cocoon of the silkworm. Mulberry silk is the kind reeled from worms fed on mulberry leaves, and the useful part is that the filaments are long and even. Long filaments mean fewer joins, which means a smoother surface.\n\nYou feel that smoothness in three ways. The fabric is cool when you first pick it up, because silk moves heat away from the skin quickly. It drapes in soft folds instead of standing up in stiff creases. And it slides. Hair and skin move over silk with noticeably less friction than they do over cotton or wool, which is why so many people who find wool scratchy at the neck get on fine with silk.\n\nThe maker has not given a momme weight or named the weave, so we are not going to invent either. What we can say is that this is a scarf-weight silk rather than a heavy upholstery silk, and it folds down very small.\n\nWhy 68 cm is a useful size\n\nSquare scarves come in roughly three tiers. Around 50 to 55 cm you get a small neckerchief, neat but limited to the neck and a ponytail tie. Around 90 cm you get the big classic square, lovely but with a lot of fabric to fold and tame. Between them, at 65 to 70 cm, sits the size most people end up wearing most.\n\nAt 68 x 68 cm you can do nearly everything. Fold it corner to corner and you have a band long enough for a proper knot at the back of the neck, not a strangled one. Open it out and it covers the head. Fold it into a thin strip and it wraps a bag handle twice with tails left over. Roll it and it ties around a wrist or threads through belt loops.\n\nIt also behaves well under a coat. A 90 cm square can bunch up at the collar and make your neck look shorter. A 68 cm square tucks flat.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you wear a lot of plain clothes, this is for you. Solid jumpers, white shirts, dark coats and denim all benefit from one small piece of colour, and a plain square gives you that without committing you to a look.\n\nIf you are new to scarves, start here rather than with a print. Prints have a personality, and it takes a while to learn which ones you actually enjoy wearing. A solid colour has no opinion. You put it on, it works, you stop thinking about it.\n\nIf you already own a few patterned squares, a plain one fills the days when the pattern would be too much. Meetings, travel, funerals, anything where you want to look pulled together and anonymous at once.\n\nIf you are buying a gift and do not know the person's taste well, a plain silk square is the safest thing in the category. There is no size to get wrong and no motif to misjudge.\n\nHow to choose your colour\n\nBurgundy is one of the more forgiving shades because it is dark. Dark colours sit back. They flatter most skin tones and they hide the inevitable smudge of foundation along the fold better than cream or pale blue ever will.\n\nThink about what is already in your coats. If your outerwear is navy, black or grey, burgundy adds the warmth those colours lack. If your coat is camel or tan, burgundy deepens it and stops the whole outfit looking washed out. If you wear a lot of brown, burgundy is a closer cousin and will read as tonal rather than contrasting, which is a nice effect if that is what you want.\n\nThe one combination worth testing in a mirror is burgundy against bright red or orange. They can clash in a way that is hard to predict from a photo.\n\nFour ways to wear it\n\nThe cowboy fold is the easiest. Fold corner to corner into a triangle, place the long edge across the front of the throat with the point facing down, take the two ends behind the neck, cross them and bring them back to the front. Tie a small knot off to one side and push the point under your collar or leave it showing.\n\nThe flat band works under an open-collar shirt. Fold the square into a long strip about five centimetres wide, lay it around the neck, knot it loosely at the front and slide the knot to one side. This is the one that reads as office-appropriate.\n\nAs a head scarf, fold into a triangle, lay it over the crown with the long edge at the hairline, and tie either under the chin or at the nape. Tying at the nape leaves the ears out and suits a windy walk.\n\nOn a bag, fold the square down to a narrow strip, loop it once around the base of the handle, knot it and let the tails hang. Keep the tails short enough that they do not drag.\n\nCaring for it\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests, but it does dislike three things. Heat, alcohol and friction.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a drop of gentle detergent. Swirl the scarf through the water rather than scrubbing it, because rubbing silk against itself is what dulls the surface. Rinse until the water is clear. Do not wring it. Lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press to take the water out, then unroll and dry the scarf flat or over a line indoors.\n\nKeep it out of direct sun while drying. Strong light is what fades a deep dye like burgundy, and once it has gone patchy there is no fixing it. The same goes for drying it on a radiator.\n\nIf you want to press it, use a low setting on the reverse side while the silk is still a little damp. Perfume and hairspray should go on first and be fully dry before the scarf goes near your neck. The alcohol in them can leave a mark.\n\nStore it folded loosely in a drawer or rolled. Hooks and hangers with rough edges catch threads.\n\nThings to check before you buy\n\nMeasure against something you own. Lay out a tea towel or a cushion cover and look at 68 cm in real space, because square sizes are hard to judge from a photo.\n\nDecide whether you want a finishing accessory or a warm one. This is the former. If you are buying something to keep a cold neck warm in January, a long wool scarf will do that job and this will not.\n\nBe aware of what the maker has not stated. Momme weight, weave, hem type, net weight and country of origin are not given, so if any of those are deal-breakers for you, factor that in.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 68 x 68 cm square in 100% mulberry silk, plain burgundy, hand wash. It knots at the neck, ties over the hair, covers the head and wraps a bag handle. The colour is dark enough to behave like a neutral and warm enough to lift a plain outfit. It folds to nothing and lives in a pocket. Hand wash it in cool water, dry it out of the sun, and it will keep looking like this for years.\n\nDelivery is tracked from European warehouses in 5 to 8 working days, free across Ireland on orders over 120 euro and 15 euro under that. You have 14 days from delivery to cancel under the Consumer Rights Act 2022.", "llm_summary": "A burgundy plain silk square scarf measuring 68 x 68 cm (27 x 27 inches). The maker lists the fabric as 100% mulberry silk in a solid burgundy colour with no print. It is intended to be worn at the neck, tied in the hair or as a head scarf, or knotted around a bag handle. Care is hand wash. Momme weight, weave, hem type, exact shade name, net weight, country of origin and brand are not specified, and no certification, warranty or rating is stated. The square is lightweight and folds small, which suits travel and everyday carry. Delivery is tracked from European warehouses and buyers in Ireland have 14 days from delivery to cancel under the Consumer Rights Act 2022.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/burgundy-plain-silk-square-scarf-68cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "sku": "garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "title": "Garnet Red Paisley Silk Square Scarf 68cm", "slug": "garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm", "price": 65.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/main-garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut square at roughly 65 to 68 centimetres (about 27 inches) in 100% silk, printed on one side in a classic paisley, light enough at about 25 grams to knot, fold or loop without bulk.", "description": "The small problem a square scarf fixes\n\nMost wardrobes have a gap that has nothing to do with missing clothes. You own the coat, the jumper, the shirt, the jeans. They all work. They just look the same as they did last week, and the same as they will next week. Buying another jumper does not fix that. Adding one small piece of colour at the throat or in the hair does.\n\nThat is the job of a square silk scarf. It is small, it is cheap to store, and it changes the read of an outfit in about ten seconds. A garnet red paisley against a grey coat looks considered. The same coat on its own looks like a coat.\n\nThis guide covers what to look at when you buy one, what the numbers actually mean, and how to get the thing out of the drawer rather than leaving it there.\n\nWhat the specifications tell you\n\nThree numbers matter on a silk square, and this scarf gives you all three.\n\nThe first is size. This one is listed at 65 x 65 cm to 68 x 68 cm, around 27 inches each way. That range exists because printed silk is cut after printing and the edges are hand rolled, so no two squares come off identical to the millimetre. The small square is the workhorse size. Everything you have seen in a photograph, the neck knot, the hair band, the bag tie, the ponytail wrap, was almost certainly done with a square in this range. Larger squares at 90 cm and up become shoulder wraps and need a different set of knots. Smaller squares under 55 cm are mostly pocket squares and bag ties, with not enough fabric for a comfortable head covering.\n\nThe second is fibre. The maker lists this as 100% silk. That is the single biggest factor in how a scarf behaves. Silk drapes rather than holds a shape, it takes dye deeply so the colour has depth to it, and it slides against itself, which is what lets a small knot sit flat instead of bunching. A printed polyester square can look fine in a photo, but it holds a crease differently and feels slippery rather than soft.\n\nThe third is weight. About 25 grams across roughly 4,600 square centimetres of fabric is light. That matters more than it sounds. Weight is what decides whether a knot sits flat under a collar or forms a lump, and whether the ends hang or stick out. Light silk wraps twice round a ponytail without feeling padded.\n\nOne thing this scarf is clear about: the paisley is printed on one side. The reverse carries a paler version of the design. This is standard for printed silk, and it is not a drawback as long as you know it. Fold the square so the printed face is what the world sees, and the soft reverse ends up inside the knot where it belongs.\n\nWhy paisley, and why this red\n\nPaisley is the teardrop pattern that came into Europe on Kashmiri shawls and got copied by Scottish mills in the town that gave it its English name. It has been through every fashion cycle since and keeps coming back, because it does something useful. It is busy enough to break up a plain surface, but the shapes repeat in a way that reads as texture from a distance rather than as a picture. That makes it easier to wear than a big graphic print.\n\nGarnet red is a deep, warm red with a hint of brown in it. It behaves differently from a bright scarlet. Scarlet competes with whatever else you are wearing. A deeper red sits beside other colours instead of fighting them. Against navy it looks traditional in the good sense. Against grey it stops the grey looking cold. Against camel it is almost glowing. Against black it gives you a single point of interest without turning the outfit into a statement.\n\nIf you already own a lot of blue, grey or neutral clothing, a red paisley silk scarf is probably the first printed scarf you should buy. It is the one most likely to work with what is already hanging up.\n\nFour ways to actually wear it\n\nAt the neck. Lay it flat, fold corner to corner into a triangle, then roll the long edge down towards the point until you have a band a few centimetres wide. Put the middle at the front of your throat, cross the ends behind, bring them forward and tie a small knot slightly off centre. Tuck the ends inside a shirt or let them sit out, whichever you prefer.\n\nIn the hair. Same bias fold. For a headband, lay the band across the crown, tie underneath the hair at the nape, and tuck the ends. For a full head scarf, open it out flat, fold it once into a triangle, place the long edge across your forehead and tie under the chin or behind the neck. This is the use where silk pays off most, because hair slides across it with less friction than it does across cotton.\n\nRound a ponytail. Gather the hair first, then wrap the folded band twice round the elastic and finish with a bow. Leave the tails a bit uneven so it looks relaxed instead of stiff.\n\nOn a bag. Roll it thin, loop it around the base of a handle, tie a double knot or a bow, and let the ends fall. This is the lowest effort use of all and often the one that gets the most comments.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than people expect, but it has clear rules and the rules are not negotiable. Hand wash only, in cool water, with a detergent meant for delicates. Swirl it rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then press the water out between a clean towel. Never wring it, because twisting stretches the fibres and leaves the square slightly out of true.\n\nDry it flat or over a rail, away from radiators and away from direct sun. Heat and strong light are what fade printed dyes.\n\nIron on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse side, while there is still a little moisture in the fabric. Keep the iron moving. If your iron has a steam function you can usually skip it entirely.\n\nDay to day, two habits make the most difference. Put on perfume, hairspray and suncream before the scarf goes on, and let them dry. And store it loosely, either folded in a drawer or rolled in a pouch, rather than hanging it on a hook that puts all the strain on one corner.\n\nWho it suits\n\nSomeone who wants more out of clothes they already own. Someone who wears a lot of plain, dark or neutral pieces and needs a way to break them up. Anyone who ties their hair back often and wants something nicer than an elastic. People who travel light and need accessories that weigh nothing and do not crush.\n\nIt is less of a fit if you want something warm. A 25 gram silk square is a style layer. It will take the edge off a draught at the throat, but it is not a winter scarf and will not pretend to be.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% silk square, roughly 68 cm each way, printed on one side in a garnet red paisley, weighing about 25 grams, hand wash only. The size is the most usable one there is, the print is a classic that has survived every trend since the Georgians, and the colour is one of the easier reds to pair with ordinary clothing.\n\nBuy one good square and wear it four different ways rather than three cheap ones you never reach for. This is a sensible candidate for that one.", "llm_summary": "This is a square silk scarf in a garnet red paisley print. The maker lists the fabric as 100% silk, printed on one side, with the square measuring roughly 65 x 65 cm to 68 x 68 cm (about 27 inches each way) and weighing approximately 25 grams. It is designed to be worn at the neck as a neckerchief, over or in the hair as a head scarf, tied around a ponytail, or looped through a handbag handle. Care is hand wash only. Brand, country of origin, momme weight, weave type and exact packaged weight are not specified. Condition is new and the item is listed as in stock.guideTitle: How to Choose and Wear a Square Silk Scarf", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/garnet-red-paisley-silk-square-scarf-68cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm", "sku": "hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm", "title": "Hydrangea Print Long Silk Scarf 173 x 53 cm", "slug": "hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm", "price": 79.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/main-hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% mulberry silk at a generous 173 x 53 cm (68 x 21 inches), it loops at the neck, drapes off the shoulder or ties over the hair with the same easy fall.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost people own a scarf they never wear. It is usually one of two things. Either it is a big wool number that only makes sense in January, or it is a small square that needs folding into a shape before it looks like anything. Both end up at the back of the drawer.\n\nA long silk rectangle sidesteps both problems. It is light enough to wear in spring and autumn, it works indoors without making you too warm, and it needs no folding ritual. You pick it up, put it round your neck, and it already looks intentional.\n\nThat is the case for this one. It is 100% mulberry silk, cut at 173 x 53 cm (68 x 21 inches), with a hydrangea blossom print in soft grey and blue.\n\nWhy the length matters\n\nScarf length changes everything about how a scarf behaves, and 173 cm is a useful number.\n\nShorter scarves, around 130 to 150 cm, are really only neck scarves. You can loop them once and that is it. Anything you try beyond that runs out of fabric.\n\nAt 173 cm you have slack to play with. Looped twice, the ends sit at chest height and the scarf reads as neat and deliberate, which is what you want under a jacket collar. Left to hang, it runs down past the waist on most people and draws a long vertical line, which is flattering and adds colour to an otherwise plain coat.\n\nFold it in half lengthwise and the 53 cm width becomes a 26 cm band. That is the version you tie over the hair, knot at the side of the neck, or thread through belt loops if you want something less expected.\n\nAnd because it is 53 cm across rather than the 20 cm of a skinny scarf, you can open it out across the shoulders. It is a light cover, not a stole, but on a cold train or in an over-air-conditioned restaurant it does the job.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually brings\n\nSilk gets talked about in vague terms, so here is the practical part.\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed only on mulberry leaves. That diet produces long, even filaments, and long filaments make a smooth, strong yarn. The fabric that results has a fine surface with very little texture to it.\n\nIn wear, that means three things. The scarf slides instead of grabbing, so hair and skin move over it with less friction than cotton. It drapes rather than holds a shape, so it falls into soft folds instead of standing away from the body. And it is light, which is why a scarf this big can be folded into a pocket.\n\nThat lightness is also the reason silk layers so well. A wool scarf under a coat collar creates bulk and pushes the collar out of line. Silk sits flat. You can wear it all day inside without noticing it is there.\n\nReading the print\n\nThe pattern here is hydrangea blossom in grey and blue. It is worth thinking about what that means in practice, because print scale and colour do more work than people expect.\n\nHydrangea heads are made of many small florets, so the print has fine detail rather than big bold blocks. From a few steps away it reads as a soft blur of colour. Up close you see the structure. This is a useful property in a scarf, because the bits that are visible when it is looped and knotted are small, and a large-scale print often looks chopped up when it is worn.\n\nGrey and blue is also one of the easier colour pairings to dress around. It works with navy, denim, charcoal, black, white, cream and grey. It sits nicely next to blush and soft pink if you want something warmer. It will fight a bit with bright orange or strong red, so if your wardrobe runs warm you would want to try it against your coat before committing.\n\nIf you are hunting for the best floral silk scarf to wear with a wardrobe built on neutrals, a muted grey and blue print is an easier buy than a bright one.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThis scarf makes most sense for someone who wants one accessory that covers a lot of ground. It goes over a work outfit, over a casual jumper and jeans, and over something smarter in the evening. It is not a statement piece that only comes out twice a year.\n\nIt also suits people who travel. A long silk scarf takes up almost no space, works on the plane and at the destination, and does not crease badly enough to be a problem. Anyone looking for the best silk scarf for travel ends up at roughly this specification.\n\nIt suits people who find wool itchy around the neck. Silk is smooth and has none of that prickle.\n\nIt is less suited to anyone who wants real warmth. If you need a scarf for a cold winter commute, you want wool or cashmere, and a silk scarf like this becomes the thing you wear over the other nine months.\n\nHow to choose between a square and a long rectangle\n\nIf you are weighing this against a square scarf, the honest difference is effort.\n\nSquares are versatile but they ask something of you. You fold them into a bias strip, or a triangle, or you learn a few knots. Done well they look wonderful. Done in a rush they look like a napkin.\n\nLong rectangles are forgiving. There is almost no wrong way to wear one. If you want a scarf you will actually reach for on a weekday morning, the rectangle usually wins. If you enjoy the fiddling and the different arrangements, a square has more range.\n\nWidth matters too. A narrow 20 cm silk band is a decorative accent and nothing more. At 53 cm you get the accent plus the practical cover. That is a good middle point.\n\nCaring for it\n\nHand wash only. This is not a suggestion with silk, it is the thing that decides how long the scarf lasts.\n\nUse cool water and a detergent made for delicates. Fill a basin, swirl the scarf through, give it a couple of minutes, then rinse until the water runs clear. Do not scrub, do not wring and do not twist. Wringing is what breaks the fibres and leaves a permanent ripple in the fabric.\n\nTo dry, lay the scarf flat on a dry towel, roll the towel up to press out the water, then unroll and leave the scarf flat on a fresh dry surface. Keep it out of direct sun, which fades printed colour faster than anything else, and away from radiators.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low iron while the scarf is still slightly damp and put a cloth between the iron and the silk. Pressing on the reverse side is safer still.\n\nFor storage, roll rather than fold if you have room. Tight creases left in place for months can set. A drawer or a fabric pouch is fine. Avoid plastic, which traps moisture.\n\nSpills want immediate attention. Blot, do not rub, then rinse the spot in cool water as soon as you reasonably can.\n\nA few ways to wear it\n\nLoop it twice and leave the ends loose for the everyday version. Drape it long and open down the front of a coat when you want the colour to show. Tie a loose knot off to one side for something slightly more considered. Fold it lengthwise and tie it over the hair for warm weather or a bad hair day. Open it across the shoulders when a room is cold.\n\nNone of these need practice. That is the point.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% mulberry silk scarf, 173 x 53 cm (68 x 21 inches), with a hydrangea print in soft grey and blue. The length gives you several ways to wear it, the width makes it useful as a light cover as well as a neck scarf, and the muted colours mean it goes with most of what you already own.\n\nIt is light, it packs down to nothing, and it needs hand washing. If you want one scarf that earns its place from spring through autumn and travels well, this is the shape and the fibre to look at.", "llm_summary": "The Hydrangea Print Long Silk Scarf is a long rectangular scarf made from 100% mulberry silk, measuring 173 x 53 cm (68 x 21 inches). The print is hydrangea blossom in soft grey and blue. The length suits several ways of wearing it, as a looped neck scarf, a long drape over a coat, a narrow band folded lengthwise, or a covering over the hair or shoulders. Mulberry silk is fine and smooth, so the scarf is light, packs down small and sits flat under a collar. Care is hand wash only, dried flat. Brand, country of origin, momme weight and finished weight are not stated by the maker. The scarf is sold new.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/hydrangea-print-long-silk-scarf-173cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm", "sku": "light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm", "title": "Light Blue Floral Mulberry Silk Head Scarf 68cm", "slug": "light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm", "price": 38.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/main-light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% mulberry silk in a generous 68 x 68 cm square, printed with soft blue and green flowers, and smooth enough to tie, twist or knot without dragging on hair.", "description": "The small problem a silk square solves\n\nMost of us have a version of the same morning. The outfit is fine. It is clean, it fits, it does the job. It just looks like nothing. You stand in front of the mirror for a second too long, decide it will do, and leave.\n\nA silk square is the fastest fix for that. Tied over the hair it hides a second-day wash. Knotted at the throat it gives a plain shirt a focal point. Wrapped around a ponytail it makes a rushed bun look deliberate. None of this takes more than fifteen seconds, and you do not have to change anything else you are wearing.\n\nThe other problem it solves is quieter. Hair catches on rough fabric. Cotton headbands tug. Elastics pull at the ends. Silk is smooth, so hair slides across it rather than gripping. That is not a medical claim, it is just how the fibre behaves, and it is the reason silk wraps have been a habit for people with fine or curly hair for a very long time.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nSilk gets talked about as if it were one thing, but it is not. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms that are fed only on mulberry leaves. That controlled diet produces cocoons with long, even filaments, and long filaments mean a smoother, more uniform cloth with fewer slubs and nubs in it.\n\nThis scarf is listed as 100% mulberry silk, with no blended fibre. In the hand, that reads as a fabric that is light, cool to the touch at first, and quick to warm up once it is against your skin. It drapes instead of standing away from you, which matters more than people expect. A scarf that drapes will hold a knot in the shape you tied it. A stiffer fabric fights you.\n\nOne thing worth knowing: momme weight, the traditional measure of how heavy a silk is, is not stated here. Lighter silks are airier and better for summer and for hair wrapping. Heavier ones hold a knot more firmly. If you are after the best mulberry silk scarf for a specific purpose and weight is a deciding factor for you, it is worth asking rather than assuming.\n\nWhy 68cm is the size most people want\n\nSilk squares come in a wide range, roughly from pocket-sized 45cm up to 90cm and beyond. The 68cm square sits in the middle, and that is exactly why it is the most useful one to own first.\n\nAt 68 x 68 cm (about 27 x 27 inches) there is enough fabric to fold into a triangle that covers the head properly, with ends long enough to tie at the nape or under the chin. Rolled on the bias it makes a band long enough to go around the head and still knot. Opened flat it is big enough to sit on the shoulders as a neck scarf without disappearing into the collar.\n\nGo smaller and you lose the head options. Go much bigger and it starts behaving like a shawl, with bulk at the knot and fabric you have to manage. If you only ever buy one square, the best 68cm silk scarf is usually the one that earns the most wear, because it can do all the jobs reasonably well instead of one job perfectly.\n\nThe blue floral, and what it goes with\n\nColour is where most scarf purchases go wrong. People buy something striking, wear it twice, and leave it in a drawer.\n\nLight blue is the opposite of that trap. It is close to a neutral in practice. It sits against denim without clashing, lifts navy instead of blending into it, warms up grey, and looks clean against white and cream. The green in the print keeps it from reading as cold. The overall effect is fresh rather than bold, which is why a blue floral tends to become the one people grab without thinking.\n\nIf you already own a plain black or cream square, this is the natural second. If this is your first, it is a soft entry point. A best floral silk scarf for everyday wear is one you can put on with what you already own, not one that needs a whole outfit built around it.\n\nFour ways to tie it\n\nAs a headband. Fold it corner to corner into a triangle, then roll the long edge over on itself until you have a band two to four fingers wide. Lay it under your hair at the nape, bring the ends up over the crown, and tie. Tuck the ends under or leave a small knot showing.\n\nAs a head scarf. Same triangle fold, but this time lay the long edge across your forehead with the point hanging down the back. Tie the two side ends at the nape, over the point, and tuck the point under. This is the classic look and it covers the most hair.\n\nAround a ponytail. Roll it into a narrow band, wrap once or twice around the base of the ponytail over an existing elastic, and tie a small bow or a knot with the ends hanging. Tying over an elastic is the trick: silk is smooth, so it holds much better with something underneath it to grip.\n\nAt the neck. Fold into a triangle, place the point at the front or the back depending on the look you want, and tie the ends. For a tighter finish, roll it into a band and knot it to one side like a neckerchief.\n\nThe best silk hair wrap technique is whichever one you can do in a mirror in under twenty seconds. Practise one until it is automatic and the scarf will actually get worn.\n\nKeeping it alive\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it is particular. Three things damage it: heat, friction and harsh detergent.\n\nWash by hand in cold water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl it, do not scrub it, and never soak it for long periods. Rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Press the water out by rolling the scarf in a clean towel. Do not wring it, which stretches the fibres and sets creases that are hard to remove.\n\nDry it flat, or hang it somewhere airy. Keep it away from radiators, hairdryers and direct sun. Sunlight is the main cause of faded colour over time, so where you store it matters as much as how you wash it. A drawer beats a sunny windowsill.\n\nIf you want it crisp, iron on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse, while the fabric is still slightly damp. A pressing cloth gives you another layer of safety. If you would rather not iron at all, hang it in the bathroom during a shower and let steam do the work.\n\nAvoid spraying perfume or hairspray directly onto it. Put those on first, let them dry, then tie the scarf.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIt suits anyone who wants an accessory that takes no planning. It suits people growing out a fringe, people with a parting that catches the sun, people who travel and want one small thing that changes an outfit. It suits anyone with curly or fine hair who has given up on cotton bands.\n\nIt is less useful if you want genuine warmth in winter, because silk is a layer rather than insulation. It is also less useful if you want a long rectangular scarf for draping, since this is a square and squares behave differently.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 68 x 68 cm square of 100% mulberry silk, printed with light blue and green flowers. The size is the versatile middle ground that works for hair and neck alike. The colour is soft enough to wear with almost anything you already own. The silk is smooth, so hair moves across it easily.\n\nCare for it with a cold hand wash, a flat dry and a cool iron, and it will keep its look for years. Tie it a few times until one method feels automatic, and it stops being a thing in a drawer and starts being something you reach for.", "llm_summary": "A square head scarf made from 100% mulberry silk, measuring 68 x 68 cm (about 27 x 27 inches), printed with flowers in light blue and green. The square format suits several uses, including a hair scarf, hair wrap, bandana, headband or neck scarf, and it can also be tied to a bag handle. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than cotton. Care is a gentle hand wash in cold water, dried flat away from direct heat and sunlight, with ironing on the lowest silk setting. Brand, momme weight, hem finish, country of origin and item weight are not specified. Condition is new and the item is in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/light-blue-floral-silk-head-scarf-68cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm", "sku": "red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm", "title": "Red Plain Silk Square Scarf 55 cm", "slug": "red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm", "price": 40.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/main-red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 55 x 55 cm square, with a solid red colour and no print, so it knots small at the neck and slides smoothly against skin and hair.", "description": "The problem a small square solves\n\nMost wardrobes have a gap that is hard to name. The clothes are fine. The colours are sensible. And yet everything looks slightly flat, especially in winter when the palette drifts towards grey, navy and black. You do not need a new coat to fix that. You need one small thing near the face that carries colour.\n\nThat is the job a small silk neck scarf does. Worn at the throat, the colour sits right where people look when they talk to you. It lifts the whole outfit without changing anything else you own. A 55 x 55 cm square in plain red is about as efficient as accessories get, because it has no print to argue with the rest of your clothes.\n\nThe other problem it solves is bulk. Big 90 cm scarves are lovely, but tie one at the neck and you get a thick pad of fabric that pushes your collar sideways. A small square folds down to almost nothing. It sits flat. It stays where you put it. You can wear it under a shirt collar, inside a jacket, or with a crew neck jumper and it never looks like you are wrestling with it.\n\nHow silk actually behaves\n\nSilk is a long filament fibre. That matters because long fibres mean a smooth surface with very few ends poking out. Run your hand across silk and then across a cotton bandana and the difference is obvious straight away. The cotton has a slight grab to it. The silk slides.\n\nThat smoothness is why a mulberry silk neckerchief sits comfortably against the neck even if your skin is sensitive to wool. It is also why silk is popular for hair ties. Hair moves across the surface rather than catching on it, which means less tugging when you take a ponytail wrap off at the end of the day.\n\nSilk also drapes differently. It is light, but it has enough weight to fall rather than float, so a knot holds its shape instead of puffing out. When you fold a square on the diagonal and roll it, the roll stays narrow. A stiffer fabric would spring open.\n\nThis scarf is listed as 100% mulberry silk. The maker does not state the momme weight, which is the number used to describe how heavy silk is. For a small square used at the neck, light to mid weight is the norm, but since the figure is not listed, treat it as unknown rather than assuming.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nScarf sizing confuses people because the same word covers very different objects. Here is the quick version.\n\nA 55 x 55 cm square, which is 21.5 x 21.5 inches, is a small square. Folded on the diagonal you get a long triangle that comfortably goes once around a neck and ties. It will not go twice. It will not cover your shoulders. It will tie around a ponytail, a bun, a wrist or a bag handle with the right amount of tail left over.\n\nA 70 cm square is the middle ground, big enough for a loose cowboy drape but starting to bunch at the collar. A 90 cm square is the classic big scarf, good over the shoulders, over the head or as a halter, and too much fabric for a neat throat knot.\n\nSo the question is simply what you want it to do. If you want a tidy point of colour at the collar, or a hair tie, 55 cm is right. If you want coverage, go bigger. People who buy a small square because they liked a photograph of a large one on someone's shoulders are the ones who end up disappointed, and the fix is just knowing the numbers before you order.\n\nFour ways to tie it\n\nThe simple neck knot. Fold the square corner to corner into a triangle. Roll from the long edge towards the point until you have a band a few centimetres wide. Wrap it round your neck, tie a single knot slightly off centre, and tuck the ends under. Two minutes, and it stays all day if you double the knot.\n\nThe ponytail wrap. Fold and roll the same way, then tie it around the base of a ponytail with a small bow. Because silk is smooth, the band tends to hold its place on the hair band rather than creeping down.\n\nThe bag handle tie. Thread the rolled scarf through the handle or the hardware loop and tie a loose double knot. Leave the ends short. A 55 cm square is the right size for this. Anything larger and the ends dangle.\n\nThe open collar drape. Fold on the diagonal, lay it across the collarbones with the point at the front, cross the ends behind the neck and bring them forward to tie loosely. This gives a softer look than the tight rolled knot and works under an open shirt.\n\nRed is forgiving with all of these because there is no print to line up. With a patterned scarf you end up fiddling to get the good part of the design facing out. With a solid colour you just tie it.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIt suits anyone who dresses in plain colours and wants a quick way to break them up. It suits people who work somewhere a bit formal, since a small neat square reads as considered rather than loud. It suits travellers, because it weighs nothing, folds into a pocket and dresses up a plain top on an evening out.\n\nIt is also an easy gift. There is no size to guess at, no fit to worry about, and solid red is far safer than picking a print for someone whose taste you do not know perfectly. It arrives in a resealable pack, so it presents tidily.\n\nIt is less suited to anyone who wants warmth. A light silk square is not a winter scarf in any practical sense. It will stop a draught at the open collar of a coat, and that is the limit.\n\nCare without the guesswork\n\nThe maker lists this one as dry clean only. That is the instruction to work from, and it is worth following rather than experimenting. Silk can water mark, and a ring on a plain red square is far more visible than it would be on a busy print.\n\nDay to day care matters more than cleaning anyway. Put perfume and hairspray on first and let them dry before the silk touches your skin, because alcohol based sprays are what damage most scarves. Store it rolled or in soft folds in a drawer rather than on a sharp hook. Keep it out of long direct sunlight, which fades strong colours over time.\n\nIf it picks up creases from packing, hang it in the bathroom while you shower and give it ten minutes. If that is not enough, press it on the lowest heat with a cloth between the iron and the silk, and keep the steam off.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 55 x 55 cm plain red square in 100% mulberry silk is a small, useful accessory that earns its place because it is easy to wear. It knots at the neck without bulk, ties around hair or a bag handle, folds into a pocket, and adds colour to grey and navy outfits without competing with anything.\n\nCheck the size against what you want it to do, since 55 cm is a neck and hair size rather than a shoulder size. Follow the dry clean instruction. Keep sprays away from the fabric and store it flat or rolled. Do that and a good silk square stays in rotation for years rather than sitting unused in a drawer.", "llm_summary": "The Red Plain Silk Square Scarf 55 cm is a small square neckerchief made from 100% mulberry silk. It measures 55 x 55 cm (21.5 x 21.5 inches) and is a solid red colour with no print. The maker lists the care instruction as dry clean only, and the scarf is supplied in a resealable pack. The size suits neck knots, hair ties, ponytail wraps and bag handle ties rather than shoulder wear. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/red-plain-silk-square-scarf-55cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "sku": "black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "title": "Black Mulberry Silk Hair Ties 4 Pack", "slug": "black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "price": 21.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/main-black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk over an elastic core, boxed and ready to gift, with full-size scrunchies for thick ponytails and skinny ties for neat buns and half-ups.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody plans for\n\nMost people own too many hair ties and like almost none of them. The thin snapping ones live at the bottom of a bag. The cheap elastics with the metal crimp snag and bend. The towelling bands from a multipack feel rough and leave a crease you can see from across the room. You keep using them because a hair tie is a two-euro problem and nobody wants to think about it twice.\n\nThe problem is that your hair spends hours a day in contact with that band. Ponytail at the desk, bun at the gym, twist in the car, plait before bed. The surface of the tie matters more than the price tag suggests, and the texture is where cheap bands let you down. A rough fibre grips individual strands. A smooth one lets them slide.\n\nThat is the whole idea behind this set. Four black hair ties, each wrapped in 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core. The elastic does the holding. The silk handles the contact.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie actually works\n\nPull apart a basic scrunchie and you find a loop of elastic inside a tube of fabric. The fabric is what touches your hair and the elastic is what applies the pressure. That split matters, because it means you can change the feel of a hair tie completely without changing how well it holds.\n\nWith a plain cotton or towelling cover, the surface is made up of short, fuzzy fibres standing slightly proud of the weave. Those fibres are what catch. With mulberry silk, the filaments are long and lie flat, so the finished fabric is smooth to the touch and hair moves across it with less drag. This is a property of the fibre itself, the same reason silk is used for pillowcases and scarves.\n\nThe hold still comes from the elastic. Silk does not grip, which is why a very heavy ponytail sometimes needs an extra turn. For most hair, a full scrunchie holds in one or two wraps and a skinny tie in two or three.\n\nWhy two widths is the useful part\n\nA lot of scrunchie sets give you four identical bands in four colours. That looks nice in a photo and is less useful in real life, because the thing that changes which tie you want is not the colour, it is the width.\n\nThe full scrunchies here have more gathered silk around the band. That extra bulk spreads the pressure over a wider section of hair, which is why they sit comfortably on thick ponytails, loose buns and casual half-ups. They also look like a deliberate accessory rather than a bit of functional elastic, which is handy when you want a ponytail to look finished.\n\nThe skinny ties do the opposite job. They take up less room, so they vanish into a style. Use them for a tight topknot, the end of a plait, a small section tied back from the face, or anywhere a chunky band would look odd. They are the ones that work best under a hat or a helmet.\n\nBetween the two, this pack covers most of what a normal week asks of a hair tie. That is why the best silk scrunchie set for everyday use tends to be a mixed one rather than four of the same.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nIf you wear your hair up most days, you will get use from all four. If you only tie it back occasionally, the skinny ties will probably see more action, and the scrunchies will come out for weekends and gym sessions.\n\nThick hair: lean on the full scrunchies. The wider band is more comfortable under weight, and it does not dig a line into the ponytail the way a thin elastic can.\n\nFine hair: the skinny ties are usually the pick, since you can wrap them several times and still keep the style neat. A full scrunchie worn loosely gives a soft look for hair worn half up.\n\nLong hair: you will want both, one for the base of a plait and one for the end, or a scrunchie for a day bun and a skinny tie for an overnight twist.\n\nMen with longer hair: black and plain, no pattern, nothing decorative. The skinny ties in particular are about as discreet as a hair tie gets.\n\nWhy black, and only black\n\nColour is the first thing people ask about and the easiest to get wrong. A pack of pastels looks lovely and then half of them never get worn because they clash with something. Black is the opposite problem. It goes with every hair colour, every outfit and every setting, from an office to a wedding to a Tuesday morning run.\n\nIt also hides a lot. Hair ties live a hard life in bags and pockets. Black marks less visibly than cream or blush, and it does not look tired after a few months the way a pale band can.\n\nThe practical upside of four in one shade is that they always match. If you lose one, which you will, the remaining three still work together for a double-wrapped bun or a plait with ties at both ends.\n\nLooking after silk without making a project of it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. In this format it really is not, because the pieces are small and dry fast.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and a little gentle detergent made for delicates. Swirl the ties through it, give them a minute, then rinse in clean cool water. Do not scrub and do not wring. Lay them in a towel, press down to take the water out, then reshape and leave them flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from the radiator.\n\nThree things to avoid. Heat, which is hard on both silk and elastic, so no tumble dryer and no hot iron. Long soaking, especially with dark colours. And over-stretching the silk while it is wet, which strains the casing around the elastic.\n\nWash them on their own the first couple of times, since dark dye can transfer. After that, a quick rinse whenever they have been through a sweaty workout is enough. Rotating four ties instead of wearing one favourite every day also stretches the life of the set, which is a quiet argument for buying a pack rather than a single tie.\n\nWhat to check before you buy any silk hair tie\n\nA few things separate a genuine silk tie from one that just looks like one in a listing photo.\n\nFirst, the fibre content. Look for 100% mulberry silk rather than \"silky\", \"satin finish\" or \"silk touch\", which usually mean polyester. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, so a satin scrunchie can be made of anything.\n\nSecond, the construction. The elastic should sit inside the silk casing so that fabric, not rubber, touches your hair. If the elastic is visible at the join, it will catch.\n\nThird, the widths on offer. One shape rarely covers every style, which is why mixed packs tend to earn their keep.\n\nFourth, how it is packaged if you are buying it as a present. A boxed set saves you a trip for wrapping paper. This one arrives boxed, which is why it ends up in a lot of birthday parcels and stockings.\n\nThe short version\n\nFour black hair ties, all wrapped in 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core, in two widths. The full scrunchies handle thick ponytails and soft buns. The skinny ties handle neat styles, plait ends and anything that needs to stay low profile. The elastic holds, the silk keeps the contact smooth, and black goes with everything you own.\n\nHand wash cool, press dry in a towel, keep them away from heat, and rotate them so no single tie takes all the wear. They come boxed, so if you are buying them for someone else, that part is already done.", "llm_summary": "A four-piece set of black hair ties made with 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core. The pack contains two widths, full gathered scrunchies and slimmer skinny ties, so one box covers thick ponytails, buns, half-ups and plait ends. The colour is black throughout. The set arrives boxed and is suitable for gifting as supplied. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair slides over it with less friction than it does over cotton or towelling bands. Care is by hand wash in cool water with a gentle detergent, pressed in a towel and dried flat away from heat. Brand, country of origin, individual tie dimensions, momme weight and product weight are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "sku": "brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "title": "Brown Silk Scrunchies, Set of 3", "slug": "brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "price": 40.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/main-brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Three mixed sizes in 100% silk over a covered elastic core, stretching from 9 cm to 22 cm across, boxed and ready to give.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair ties are one of those things people buy without thinking, lose constantly, and then quietly resent. The thin elastic ones dig in. The ones with a metal crimp snag. The cheap fabric ones stretch out after a fortnight and sit in a drawer doing nothing. You end up with a bowl of tangled bands by the door and still nothing good to tie your hair back with.\n\nA silk scrunchie solves a narrow but real problem. The surface your hair wraps around is smooth, so strands slide instead of gripping. The elastic that does the actual work is hidden inside a tube of fabric, so it never touches your hair directly. And because a scrunchie spreads the pressure over a wider band than a thin elastic, it tends to leave less of a hard crease when you take it out.\n\nThis set is three brown silk scrunchies in one cardboard box. The maker lists the outer fabric as 100% silk over an elastic core. The three pieces come in mixed sizes, and across the set they stretch from 9 cm to 22 cm.\n\nWhy silk, and what it actually does\n\nSilk is a long, fine fibre with a smooth outer surface. That smoothness is the whole story. Run your hand over a silk scrunchie and then over a cotton one and you can feel the difference without any explanation needed.\n\nIn practice it means less drag. When you pull a cotton or terry scrunchie out of a ponytail, you can often feel it catching on the way. Silk slides. That is not a claim about your hair growing faster or being healthier, it is just a description of how two fabrics behave against each other.\n\nThe same applies when you are wearing it. Hair shifts around through the day, and a slippery surface means less friction at the point where the tie sits. For anyone who wears a ponytail five days a week, that small difference adds up to a more comfortable afternoon.\n\nWhat silk does not do is grip hard. That is worth knowing before you buy. A rubber band locks tight because it is sticky and thin. A silk scrunchie holds by wrapping and tension, not friction. If you have very fine, very straight hair, you may want one extra twist to get the same security. Most people find that a fair trade for the comfort.\n\nWhy three sizes beats three of the same\n\nA lot of scrunchie sets give you three identical pieces in three colours. That is fine if colour is your variable. It is less useful if your hairstyle changes.\n\nThis set is mixed sizes, which is the more practical arrangement. The smaller end of the range closes to about 9 cm across. That suits a light ponytail, a half-up style, the end of a plait, or a child's hair. The larger end opens to 22 cm, which is enough to wrap a thick ponytail in a single pass or hold a full bun without a struggle.\n\nIf you have ever tried to force a small scrunchie around heavy hair, you know how that goes. You get it round twice, it is already at full stretch, and it pings loose an hour later. Then the elastic is tired and the scrunchie is never quite the same. Having larger ones in the set means you are not stressing a small piece into a job it was not built for. People hunting for the best silk scrunchies for thick hair are really just looking for enough opening, and 22 cm gives it.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nIt suits anyone who wears their hair up most days and wants something that looks tidier than a rubber band. Brown is quiet. It does not shout from across a room. Against dark and mid-brown hair it practically vanishes, which is exactly what most people want from an everyday tie.\n\nIt suits people building a small rotation. Three means one in your bag, one on the dresser and one in the wash, which is the only system that ever actually works with hair accessories.\n\nIt suits gift buyers, because the box does the work for you. A boxed set of three is the right size for a birthday extra, a small Christmas present or a thank you to someone who has done you a favour. You do not have to wrap it or explain it.\n\nIt suits people who want a neutral. If you already own bright scrunchies and reach for none of them, a brown set is the one that gets worn out.\n\nHow to choose the right size for you\n\nThe easiest method is to measure. Gather your hair into your usual ponytail, wrap a soft tape measure around the base, and note the circumference. Compare that against the 9 cm to 22 cm stretch range for this set. A scrunchie should hold at well under full stretch, not at the limit, so give yourself room.\n\nIf you cannot be bothered measuring, use this rough guide. Fine or shoulder-length hair tends to be happy with the smaller pieces. Thick, long or curly hair will want the larger ones. Most people with medium hair will find they use the middle size daily and keep the others for specific styles.\n\nThe other factor is how you wear it. A high ponytail needs more grip than a low one, because gravity is working against you. A bun needs more opening than a ponytail, because you are wrapping around a bundle rather than a column. A half-up style barely needs anything, so the smallest scrunchie in the box is usually the one that gets used there.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is a delicate fibre, but it is not fragile if you treat it sensibly. Hand wash in cool water with a small amount of mild detergent. Swirl rather than scrub. Press the water out between your palms or in a towel, never wring or twist, because twisting is what distorts the fabric tube and tires the elastic inside.\n\nReshape the scrunchie while it is damp, then lay it flat to dry away from radiators, direct sun and hot windowsills. It will be dry in a few hours. If you prefer the machine, use a mesh laundry bag and a cold delicate cycle, then air dry as above. Skip the tumble dryer entirely. Heat is the enemy of elastic.\n\nA few habits make a set last longer. Do not leave a scrunchie stretched over a hairbrush handle or a water bottle, because holding elastic at stretch overnight weakens it. Keep them away from hot tongs and straighteners. Rotate between all three rather than wearing your favourite into the ground. And wash the first one or two separately in cool water, as you would with any dyed silk item.\n\nWhat is and is not confirmed\n\nWe only publish what the maker states. For this set, that is 100% silk outer fabric, an elastic core, brown colour, three pieces in mixed sizes, a 9 cm to 22 cm stretch range, and cardboard box packaging.\n\nThe momme weight, the weave, the individual diameter of each piece, the product weight and the country of manufacture are not specified. We have left those blank rather than filling them with likely-sounding numbers. If one of those details is the deciding factor for you, ask us before you order.\n\nThe short version\n\nThree brown silk scrunchies, mixed sizes, 9 cm to 22 cm stretch, 100% silk over an elastic core, in a box. The silk is smooth so hair slides rather than catches. The mixed sizing means one set handles a fine half-up style and a thick bun without compromise. Brown is the colour you will actually wear. Hand wash cool, dry flat, keep them off the radiator, and rotate between the three. That is the whole thing.", "llm_summary": "A set of three brown silk scrunchies supplied in one cardboard box. The maker lists the outer fabric as 100% silk over an internal elastic core. The three pieces come in mixed sizes as pictured and stretch from 9 cm to 22 cm across, so the set covers both fine ponytails and thicker buns. Colour is brown. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair slides over it with less friction than cotton. Care is simple, hand wash cool with mild detergent, reshape and dry flat away from heat. Momme weight, weave, exact individual diameters, weight and country of manufacture are not specified. The product is new and the box makes it giftable as supplied.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/brown-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink", "sku": "large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink", "title": "Large 22 Momme Silk Scrunchies 2 Pack (Grey and Pink)", "slug": "large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink", "price": 17.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/main-large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "A pair of large 22 momme silk hair bobbles, one dark grey and one pink, with a covered elastic core and a soft, smooth surface that slips out of hair easily.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nMost people do not think much about hair ties until one of them causes trouble. You pull a thin elastic out at the end of the day and it takes a few strands with it. You find a kink across the ponytail that will not brush out. You untangle a band from a knot while standing in front of the mirror, already late. None of it is dramatic. It is just a small, repeated irritation.\n\nSilk scrunchies exist because of friction. A hair tie has one job, to hold hair in place, and the material it is made from decides how gracefully it lets go afterwards. Bare elastic grips. Rough cotton grips. Silk, with its smooth filament surface, lets hair slide. That is the whole idea, and it is why a silk scrunchie feels different the first time you take one out.\n\nThis pair is made from 100% mulberry silk fabric at 22 momme, gathered over an elastic core, in large size, one dark grey and one pink.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm in some listings. It measures the weight of the fabric, and a higher number means more silk packed into the same area. Lightweight silks sit around 16 momme and feel fluid and thin. Heavier silks climb into the mid twenties and feel dense and substantial.\n\nAt 22 momme you are in the upper middle of that range. For a scrunchie this matters more than you might expect. A thin silk gathers into a floppy band that collapses after a few wears and looks tired. A denser silk has enough body to stand up, so the scrunchie keeps a rounded, full shape on the wrist and in the hair. It also wears better, because there is simply more fibre to take the rubbing.\n\nIf you have tried a cheap silk-look hair tie and found it went limp, weight was probably the reason. It is the first spec worth checking when you compare options.\n\nMulberry silk, briefly\n\nNot all silk is the same. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves, raised in controlled conditions. The result is a long, even filament, which spins into a smooth and uniform yarn. Wild silks have shorter, more irregular fibres and a slightly rougher, more textured finish.\n\nFor a scrunchie the smoothness is the point. The surface your hair rubs against is what decides whether strands glide or catch. That is why the best pure silk scrunchies are almost always described as mulberry silk rather than just silk.\n\nNote that the stretch comes from an elastic core hidden inside. That is normal and unavoidable. Silk has very little natural give, so every silk scrunchie is really silk fabric wrapped over an elastic. What you want is for the silk to fully cover the elastic so nothing rough ever touches your hair.\n\nSize, and why large is not just bigger\n\nThe size of a scrunchie changes how it behaves. A small scrunchie holding a thick ponytail has to stretch close to its limit, and a stretched elastic concentrates pressure into a narrow line. That is where you get the crease, the pulling and the headache after a long day.\n\nA large scrunchie starts with more fabric and more slack. It spreads the hold across a wider band, so the pressure is gentler and more evenly shared. For long hair, thick hair, curls or coils, this is the obvious choice. It is also why people with heavy hair look for the best large silk scrunchies rather than buying on colour alone.\n\nIf your hair is fine, a large scrunchie still works. You just take an extra wrap. Many people with fine hair actually prefer the look, because the full gather gives a ponytail more presence.\n\nWho these suit\n\nThink about how you use hair ties day to day.\n\nIf you tie your hair up for work and take it down in the evening, the main benefit is the easy release. You pull once and it comes away without a fight.\n\nIf you sleep with your hair up, a soft wide band is far kinder than a tight elastic over several hours. Keep it loose, low and gentle, and you will wake with less tangling.\n\nIf you wear your hair down most of the time and keep a tie on your wrist for emergencies, the comfort difference is immediate. A silk scrunchie sits softly rather than cutting a groove into your skin, and the dark grey one reads as a plain accessory rather than an obvious hair tie.\n\nIf you style with heat, a scrunchie that slides out cleanly means less disturbance to a blow dry or curls that you want to keep for another day.\n\nChoosing between colours\n\nYou get both in this pack, which takes the decision away. Still, it helps to know how each behaves. The dark grey is the workhorse. It disappears against dark hair, suits office clothes and does not clash with anything. The pink is the one you choose when you want the tie to be part of the look, on a lighter outfit or over blonde and light brown hair.\n\nHaving two also means one can be in the wash while the other is in use. That matters more than it sounds, because silk is best hand washed, and a single scrunchie that is always damp ends up unused.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling.\n\nWash by hand in cool water with a mild detergent meant for delicates. Swirl it for a minute, rinse properly, then press the water out between the folds of a towel. Do not wring or twist, because that stresses both the fabric and the elastic. Reshape the gather with your fingers while it is damp, then dry it flat, away from radiators and strong sun.\n\nAvoid the tumble dryer entirely. Heat is what kills elastic, and a dead elastic turns a good scrunchie into a loose loop of fabric. If you want to press out a wrinkle, use the coolest iron setting on the silk only, never directly on the elastic.\n\nWash every week or two with regular wear, and sooner if you use hair oil, serum or dry shampoo. Those products build up in the fibres and dull the sheen.\n\nOne more habit worth forming: when you take it off, slide it off rather than yanking. The elastic lasts much longer that way.\n\nCommon questions before you buy\n\nPeople often ask whether silk is worth the step up from a basic elastic. If you tie your hair up most days, the difference shows in how little hair is left in the tie at the end of the week. If you only wear your hair up occasionally, the main gain is comfort rather than anything else.\n\nAnother frequent question is whether a scrunchie holds as firmly as a thin band. It holds differently. A thin band grips hard in a narrow line. A scrunchie holds broadly and more gently, which usually means an extra turn. For a very tight gym bun some people use a small tie underneath and a silk scrunchie over the top for the look and the softness.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a two pack of large silk scrunchies in 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, one dark grey and one pink, with an elastic core inside the silk. The 22 momme weight gives them body and keeps them from going limp. The large size spreads the hold, which suits long, thick or curly hair and makes them comfortable enough to wear loosely overnight.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, keep them away from heat, and they will stay smooth and springy for a long time. If the size or the colours turn out not to suit you, the return window applies as normal, so there is no real risk in trying a pair.", "llm_summary": "This is a two pack of large silk scrunchies, one dark grey and one pink. They are made from 100% mulberry silk fabric at 22 momme, with an elastic core inside the silk cover. The 22 momme weight means a denser silk that holds its shape and feels substantial. The large size suits long, thick or curly hair and spreads the hold across a wider band than a small elastic. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair slides over it with less friction than over cotton or bare elastic. Exact stretched and relaxed measurements, weight and country of origin are not specified. Care is hand wash cool, reshape and dry flat away from heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/large-22-momme-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-grey-and-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose", "sku": "silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose", "title": "Mulberry Silk Scrunchies Set of 3, Cream Print, Pink and Dusty Rose", "slug": "silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose", "price": 30.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose/main-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 22 momme grade 6A mulberry silk over a covered elastic core, in a cream print, a soft pink and a dusty rose, so you have one for every day of the week and one for the dressing table.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair ties are one of those things you buy without thinking, lose constantly, and never really evaluate. You grab a bag of twenty from the chemist, they do the job for a few weeks, then they stretch out, the metal crimp catches, or the dye runs onto your wrist in the rain. Nobody complains loudly about hair ties because they cost almost nothing. But the daily friction adds up, especially if you wear your hair up five days a week.\n\nSilk changes that equation a bit. It is not magic and it is not a cure for anything, but it is a genuinely different surface. Silk fibre is smoother and more even than cotton fibre, which means hair moves across it rather than gripping it. That is the entire practical argument for silk hair ties, and it is enough of an argument that most people who switch do not go back.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you shop for silk anything, you will meet the word momme. It is a weight measure, written as a number followed by mm or the word momme. Higher numbers mean a denser, heavier fabric with more silk in it per square metre.\n\nLight silks sit around 12 to 16 momme. They are fine for scarves and linings. Mid weight runs roughly 19 to 22, which is where most good pillowcases and accessories land. Anything above 25 starts to get stiff for something that needs to gather and stretch.\n\nThis set is 22 momme, which puts it at the heavier end of the useful range for a scrunchie. In your hand that means a fabric with some weight to it, one that falls into folds instead of crinkling. When it is wrapped around a ponytail, a 22 momme scrunchie holds a rounded, full shape. A thin one goes flat.\n\nThe listing also gives a grade of 6A. Silk grading runs from A up to 6A, and it refers mostly to the length and consistency of the fibres in the thread. Longer, more uniform fibres make a smoother, more even fabric with fewer slubs. It is a maker grading rather than an independent standard, so treat it as a description of quality tier rather than a certificate.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is built\n\nUnderneath the fabric is an elastic core. That is the part doing the work. The silk is a casing gathered along the elastic, which is why a scrunchie puffs out when it is relaxed and flattens as you stretch it.\n\nThis construction matters more than people realise. With a bare elastic or a thin covered band, the pressure of the hold is concentrated along a narrow line. With a gathered casing, that same pressure spreads across a much wider contact area. Less pressure per millimetre means less of a hard crease when you take your hair down, and less of a sore spot if you wear it all day.\n\nIt also means the material you choose for the casing is the material touching your hair. Cotton casings are breathable but have a raised, fibrous surface. Polyester satin is smooth but can feel plasticky and tends to pill. Mulberry silk is smooth, soft and keeps its finish for longer, which is what you are paying for.\n\nWho these suit\n\nIf you wear your hair up most days, you will notice the difference quickly. The same goes for anyone who ties their hair back for work, for driving, for cooking, or for the gym changing room afterwards.\n\nThick hair tends to do well with gathered silk bands because of that wider contact area. If you have a lot of hair, you may use two scrunchies for a high ponytail, which is normal and not a sign the band is weak. People searching for the best scrunchies for thick hair usually end up with a gathered fabric band for exactly this reason.\n\nFine hair is a slightly different story. Smooth surfaces are smooth in both directions, so a silk band can slip if you only loop it twice. The fix is simple. Twist the hair once before the final loop, or add one more wrap than you would with a rubber band. After a day or two it becomes automatic.\n\nCurly and textured hair routines often avoid rough fabrics, and silk is a standard choice in those routines. Use it for a loose pineapple at night rather than a tight band.\n\nChoosing between three colours\n\nThe set includes a cream print, a soft pink and a dusty rose. In practice most people have a favourite within a week, and it is usually the neutral.\n\nThe cream print is the one that disappears against most outfits. It reads as a small decorative detail rather than a statement. The soft pink is lighter and brighter, better with pale clothes and summer colours. The dusty rose is the muted option, a bit more grown up, and it holds up well against navy, grey and black.\n\nHaving three also solves the hair tie disappearing act. One lives in your handbag, one stays in the bathroom, one is on your wrist. You stop losing them because there is always another within reach.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not forgive heat. Treat these the way you would treat a good silk scarf and they will keep their finish for a long time.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl the scrunchie around rather than scrubbing it, then rinse it in clean cool water. Do not wring it out, as twisting stresses both the fibre and the elastic inside. Press it flat between a folded towel to get the water out, then lay it somewhere out of direct sun to dry.\n\nSkip the tumble dryer entirely. Heat tires the elastic faster than anything else, and it dulls the silk surface. If the scrunchie looks creased when it dries, a cool iron on the reverse sorts it out.\n\nOne habit worth building: rotate all three rather than wearing the same one every day. Elastic recovers better when it gets a rest, so spreading the wear across three bands means all three last longer than one worn constantly.\n\nWash them separately for the first wash or two. Any dyed silk can release a little colour at the start, and you do not want the dusty rose ending up on a white shirt.\n\nWhat to watch for when comparing sets\n\nNot everything sold as a silk scrunchie is silk. A lot of listings say satin, which is a weave rather than a fibre, and satin is usually polyester. If a listing does not state a fibre content and a momme weight, that is usually because the numbers would not help the sale.\n\nCheck the elastic too. A cheap set uses a thin, weak elastic that gives out long before the fabric does. A visible seam that is bulky or rough is another sign of a rushed make.\n\nFinally, think about how many you need. Buying one good scrunchie and losing it is the worst outcome. A set is the practical choice, which is why the best gift set of scrunchies is nearly always three or more.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a set of three mulberry silk scrunchies in a cream print, a soft pink and a dusty rose. The silk is 22 momme, grade 6A, gathered over an elastic core. That combination gives you a band with some substance, a smooth surface for hair to slide over, and a wide contact area that holds without digging in.\n\nHand wash them in cool water, dry them flat, keep them away from heat, and rotate between the three. Done that way, a set like this outlasts several bags of supermarket elastics and looks considerably better on your wrist in the meantime.", "llm_summary": "This is a set of three mulberry silk scrunchies in a cream print, a soft pink and a dusty rose. The fabric is 100% mulberry silk, described as grade 6A, with a momme weight of 22, and there is an elastic core inside the silk casing. The set contains three pieces. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Exact scrunchie diameter, elastic stretch, weight and country of origin are not stated by the maker. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent for delicates, dry flat away from heat and direct sunlight, and press with a cool iron on the reverse if needed. Condition is new.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-cream-print-pink-and-rose.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies, 4 Pack in Beige, Brown, Taupe and Black", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown", "price": 41.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each tie is wrapped in 100% mulberry silk over a stretch core, in beige, brown, taupe and black, with a small travel pouch so the set stays together in a bag.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody mentions\n\nHair ties are one of those things you only think about when they go wrong. A rubber band snaps and takes a few strands with it. A cheap elastic leaves a sharp dent across the back of your ponytail. A wide fabric scrunchie looks lovely in the morning and sags by lunchtime. None of this ruins a day, but it is a steady, low-level irritation, and most people put up with it for years because hair ties are cheap enough not to bother replacing properly.\n\nThe fix is not complicated. The two things that matter are what the surface of the tie is made of, and how wide the band is. Get both right for your hair and the tie stops being something you notice.\n\nThis set deals with both. Each of the four scrunchies is wrapped in 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, and all four are skinny bands rather than wide ruffles. The shades are beige, brown, taupe and black, and they come with a small travel pouch.\n\nWhat the silk actually does\n\nSilk is smooth. That sounds obvious, but it is the whole point. When you pull a tie out of your hair, the strands have to slide across the surface of the band. A rubber band has a tacky, grabby surface. A cotton scrunchie has thousands of short fibre ends standing up from the weave, and every one of them has a little grip on the hair. Silk has long, fine fibres lying flat, so there is far less to catch on.\n\nYou feel it most at the end of the day, when the tie has been in for eight or nine hours and the hair has settled around it. With a plain elastic that is the moment of the tug. With silk the band tends to come away more easily.\n\nThe elastic inside is still doing the holding. Silk on its own would not keep a ponytail up. So you get grip from the core and a smooth surface from the cover, which is a sensible division of labour.\n\nMulberry silk, specifically, comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves. The fibres are long and even, which is why it is the silk type used for pillowcases, sleep masks and hair accessories. The momme weight of the fabric used here is not stated, so we will not guess at it.\n\nWhy skinny, and when wide is better\n\nBand width is mostly a style decision, with a bit of practicality attached.\n\nA wide scrunchie makes a visible gathered ruffle at the base of the ponytail. Some people want exactly that. It is a look, and a wide band also spreads pressure over a larger area, which some find comfortable on very thick hair.\n\nA skinny band does the opposite. It sits close to the hair and mostly disappears. That makes it the better pick for a sleek high ponytail, a low chignon, the end of a plait, or any time you do not want the tie to be part of the outfit. It also fits where a wide band will not: under a cycling helmet, under a cap, under the arm of a headset, inside a hood.\n\nIf you are deciding between the two, think about where the tie will actually sit. Hair tied high and on display tends to suit skinny. Hair tied low and casual can carry either.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nFour neutral shades is a specific choice and it suits some people far better than others.\n\nIf you wear a lot of black, grey, navy and tan, this set works with almost everything you own. If you want bright colours or prints as part of a look, it will feel plain and you would be happier with a patterned set.\n\nBy hair colour, black is the obvious match for dark hair but also the safest with any outfit. Brown and taupe sink into mid and light brown hair. Beige is the most discreet on blonde and fair hair, close to invisible from a few steps away.\n\nBy hair type, the skinny band suits fine to medium hair very comfortably. Thick hair works too, just with fewer wraps. People hunting for the best skinny silk hair ties usually land here because they want hold without the tie becoming an accessory.\n\nGetting the hold right\n\nA silk surface is smooth, which is the benefit and also the thing to manage. A smooth tie can slip on very slippery hair if you under-wrap it.\n\nStart with two wraps. If the ponytail drifts down over an hour, add a third. What you should not do is stretch the band hard to force an extra turn, because over-stretching is what kills elastic. If three wraps feels like a fight, two firm ones in a slightly lower position will usually hold better anyway.\n\nDay-old hair holds better than freshly washed hair, which is true of every hair tie ever made. A light texture spray helps if you need a high ponytail to stay put on clean hair.\n\nCaring for silk over elastic\n\nThis is a fabric band with a stretch core inside, so treat it like a delicate.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out in a towel. Do not wring or twist it hard, because that stresses both the silk and the elastic underneath.\n\nDry flat, away from radiators and strong sun. Heat is hard on elastic and sunlight fades dye. Do not tumble dry.\n\nWash the darker shades apart from the beige the first time, which is standard sense with any dyed fabric.\n\nIf a machine wash is unavoidable, use a mesh bag, a cool delicate cycle and no spin. It will work, but repeated machine washing will shorten the life of the set.\n\nHow often? Every couple of weeks for ordinary wear, more if you wear them at the gym or with styling product in your hair. Oils build up and dull the silk surface over time.\n\nSkipping the ironing is wise. There is elastic in there. If a band comes out creased, smooth it with your fingers while it is damp and leave it to dry flat.\n\nThe pouch is not just packaging\n\nFour slim bands are very easy to lose. They slide to the bottom of a handbag and come back out wrapped around a biro.\n\nThe bigger issue is snagging. Silk is strong along the fibre but it will pull if it catches on something sharp, and a handbag is full of zips, keys and nail files. Keeping the set in its pouch between uses is the single easiest thing you can do to make them last. Same goes for travel, where the pouch means the set arrives together rather than scattered through a suitcase.\n\nMaking a set of four last\n\nRotate them. If you always grab the black one, the black one wears out in a quarter of the time and you are left with three near-new ties you never chose.\n\nTake them off your wrist at the end of the day rather than leaving them stretched overnight. Elastic held under tension for long stretches recovers less well.\n\nAnd keep an eye on the stitched seam where the band is joined. That is the point that takes the strain, and it is the first place a tired tie shows its age.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a four pack of skinny scrunchies, each one 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, in beige, brown, taupe and black, with a travel pouch.\n\nPick it if you want a discreet tie that slides out of your hair easily, you prefer neutrals to prints, and you like having a shade for every outfit without thinking about it. Pick a wide scrunchie instead if you want the tie to be visible as part of the look, or a cotton one if you want maximum surface grip.\n\nWash them by hand, dry them flat, keep them in the pouch and rotate all four. Do that and a set like this stays useful for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a four piece set of skinny scrunchies made from 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core. The colours supplied are beige, brown, taupe and black, and a small travel pouch is included with the set. The slim band shape is intended for ponytails, buns and plaits, and silk gives a smoother surface than cotton or bare elastic, so hair slides over it with less friction. Care is simple hand washing in cool water with a mild detergent for delicates, then drying flat away from heat. Brand, momme weight, individual band diameter, stretched length, weight and country of origin are not specified, and no certification or health claim is made.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-and-brown.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies, 4 Pack, Champagne", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "price": 41.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each scrunchie wraps 100% mulberry silk fabric around an elastic core, so the band holds your hair while the silk glides rather than drags, and the set arrives in its own travel pouch.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody plans for\n\nMost people do not think about hair ties until one snaps, or until they pull a band out and feel it catch. Thin rubber bands bite. Cheap elastics with exposed rubber grab at strands. Big fabric scrunchies fix the catching, but they come with their own problem: they are bulky. Wear one under a bike helmet or lean back in a car seat and you feel it.\n\nA skinny silk scrunchie sits in the gap between those options. You get a fabric surface rather than bare elastic, but in a narrow band that does not stand proud of your hair. For a lot of people that is the sweet spot for daily wear.\n\nWhat is actually inside a silk scrunchie\n\nThe construction is simple. A tube of fabric is sewn around a loop of elastic. The elastic supplies the stretch and the hold. The fabric is what your hair and your wrist touch.\n\nIn this set the fabric is 100% mulberry silk. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and it produces long, even filaments. Long filaments mean fewer fibre ends poking out of the surface, which is why silk feels smooth under your fingers in a way that a woven cotton or a textured nylon does not. That smoothness is the honest reason people choose silk hair ties. Hair slides over a smooth surface with less friction than it does over a rough one.\n\nThe skinny part refers to the width of that fabric tube. Instead of a wide tube gathered into a soft doughnut, the tube is narrow, so the finished band is slim and tidy. It still stretches the same way, it just takes up less visual space.\n\nWhy champagne, and who it suits\n\nChampagne is a pale warm neutral. Think soft gold in daylight, closer to cream under a lamp. It is one of those colours that does a lot of quiet work.\n\nOn blonde or light brown hair it more or less disappears, which is useful if you want the hairstyle to be the thing people notice. On darker hair it reads as a soft pale contrast rather than a hard line, which photographs well. On grey or silver hair it warms things up slightly. It is a safer gift colour than, say, a bright red, because it does not clash with anything.\n\nAll four scrunchies in this pack are the same champagne tone. That matters more than it sounds. Matched sets mean you can swap one out mid week without the colour changing, and if you are buying for a bridal party or a group of friends, everyone ends up on the same page.\n\nSkinny or full: how to choose\n\nThis is the main decision, so it is worth a minute.\n\nA skinny band is better if you want a low profile look, if you wear your hair up under helmets or hats, if you often sleep in a loose bun, or if you have fine hair that a big scrunchie would swallow. It is also the easier one to wear on your wrist all day, because it looks more like a soft bracelet than an obvious hair tie.\n\nA full, gathered band is better if you want the scrunchie itself to be visible as an accessory, or if you like the look of a big soft bow sitting at the back of a ponytail.\n\nIf you have very thick hair, a skinny band still works, you just get fewer wraps. Many people with thick hair use two skinny bands together, one for hold and one for tidiness. It is a common trick and it looks deliberate rather than improvised.\n\nGetting the tension right\n\nHere is something that applies to every hair tie and that almost nobody is told. The amount of tension you apply matters more than the band itself.\n\nWrap until the ponytail feels secure and then stop. The instinct is to add one more wrap for safety, and that extra wrap is usually what creates a hard crease and a sore spot by mid afternoon. With a silk band you are already getting a smoother surface, so give it a chance to do its job without strangling the hair.\n\nFor a bun, wrap loosely and tuck the ends under rather than pulling the band tight across the base. For a plait, finish with a single light wrap and let the plait hold itself.\n\nCare, in plain terms\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like the same treatment as a cotton T shirt.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicate fabrics. Swirl it gently for a minute, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out inside a folded towel. Do not wring and do not twist, because that is what distorts the fabric tube and tires the elastic inside.\n\nDry flat, somewhere with air movement, away from radiators and out of strong direct sun. Heat is the enemy of both silk and elastic, so skip the tumble dryer entirely. Bleach and fabric softener are also out. Bleach damages the fibre; softener leaves a residue that dulls the sheen you paid for in the first place.\n\nIf you must press it, use the coolest iron setting with a cloth between the iron and the silk. In practice most scrunchies come back into shape on their own as they dry.\n\nStore them in the little travel pouch that comes with the set. That is the single easiest thing you can do to make them last. Handbags are full of zip teeth, keys, hairpins and clips, and those are what snag silk. In a pouch, the fabric stays smooth.\n\nMaking four last longer\n\nA set of four is not just about having spares. Rotating between them spreads the wear, especially on the elastic core. Elastic relaxes over time in every scrunchie ever made, and the one you use every single day will relax first.\n\nSo use them in rotation. Keep one in the gym bag, one by the mirror, one in a coat pocket, one in the pouch. Wash them together so they age at the same rate and keep looking like a matched set.\n\nWho this set is really for\n\nIt suits anyone who ties their hair back most days and has decided that cheap elastics are a false economy. It suits people who wear helmets, hats or headsets and are tired of a bulky band pressing into the back of their head. It suits anyone building a small gift, because four matched silk bands with a pouch looks considered without being expensive to post.\n\nIt is also a sensible pick for a bridal party, a travel kit, or a drawer that needs restocking. Champagne is the kind of neutral you can buy for someone else without knowing their wardrobe.\n\nWhat we do not claim\n\nWe will tell you what the fabric is and how it feels. Silk is smooth, and hair slides over it with less friction than over cotton or rough nylon. That is a property of the fibre. Beyond that we leave it to you. Band width, stretched diameter and momme weight are not stated by the maker, so if exact numbers matter, compare the photographs against a scrunchie you already own.\n\nThe short version\n\nFour skinny scrunchies, all champagne, each one 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, with a travel pouch to keep them in. The skinny shape gives you a fabric band without the bulk. The silk gives you a smooth surface instead of exposed rubber. The matched set means you always have a spare that looks the same as the last one.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, keep them in the pouch, and rotate through all four. Do that and a set like this stays looking good for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A four pack of skinny scrunchies in a champagne colour. Each scrunchie is made from 100% mulberry silk fabric wrapped over an elastic core, giving the band stretch and hold while the surface that touches the hair is smooth silk. The skinny profile is narrower than a classic gathered scrunchie, so it sits low and neat under ponytails, buns, plaits and half-up styles. All four pieces in the set share the same champagne tone, a warm pale neutral. A small travel pouch is included for storage. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild delicate detergent, dry flat away from heat. Band dimensions, stretched diameter, momme weight and country of origin are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack, Praline", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "price": 39.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "A set of four praline-toned mulberry silk hair ties with a soft ruched band, a slimmer profile than oversized styles, and a matching pouch for travel.", "description": "The small daily annoyance nobody talks about\n\nYou pull your hair up a few times a day. Into a ponytail for the commute, a bun while you cook, a knot when you are concentrating. Each time you do it with a thin rubber band, the band grips individual strands, drags on them when it comes out, and leaves a crease that lasts for hours. It is not dramatic. It is just a small, repeated irritation that adds up over months.\n\nThat is the problem a silk scrunchie solves. The band is a sleeve of smooth fabric gathered over an elastic core, so the part in contact with your hair is silk rather than rubber or a rough woven thread. Your hair slides against it instead of catching on it. Taking it out is quiet and easy rather than a pull and a wince.\n\nThis particular set is the skinny version. Four scrunchies in warm praline tones, with a matching pouch to keep them together.\n\nWhat skinny actually means\n\nScrunchies come in widely different sizes, and the word \"scrunchie\" alone does not tell you much. An oversized one has a lot of fabric gathered around the elastic, so it stands out from the hair and reads as a visible accessory. A skinny one has far less fabric, so it hugs the ponytail and sits almost flat.\n\nBoth have their uses. If you want a statement piece that shows up in photographs, go oversized. If you want something that holds your hair, feels soft, and does not add a visible lump at the back of your head, skinny is the better pick. It is also the more practical choice if you wear hoods, helmets, headphones over your ears, or anything that sits against the back of your skull.\n\nThere is a comfort angle too. Lying on a chunky scrunchie is awkward. A slim band is much easier to sleep in, which is why a lot of people buy a skinny set specifically for overnight use and only later start wearing them during the day.\n\nHow silk behaves against hair\n\nSilk fibres are long and smooth, and woven silk has a low-friction surface. When you rotate a ponytail inside a silk band, the hair slips rather than snagging. Compare that with a standard elastic, where tiny rough edges and exposed rubber catch on the hair shaft every time you twist.\n\nSilk is also less absorbent than cotton, which matters if you use leave-in products or oils. A cotton band soaks some of that up. Silk does not pull at it as much.\n\nNone of this is magic, and it is worth being honest about that. A silk scrunchie tied too tightly will still leave a mark and still stress the hair at the root. The material helps, but how you tie it matters more. Two wraps instead of three, positioned a little lower, makes a bigger difference than any fabric choice.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nFine hair is the obvious match. A skinny band gives enough hold without looking like a doughnut around a thin ponytail, and fine hair is the hair type most likely to show a crease.\n\nThick hair also works, with a small adjustment. You will probably get two wraps rather than three, and that is fine as long as the tension feels secure. If you regularly pull a hair tie to its absolute limit, you are shortening its life, so consider the oversized version for your heaviest styles and keep the skinny ones for half-up looks and sleeping.\n\nCurly and textured hair often benefits most from the reduced snagging, especially at the ends. A loose high bun at night held with one of these is a routine many curly-haired people swear by. Keep it loose. Tension at the root is what causes problems, not the fabric.\n\nAnd then there is the person who just wants their hair accessories to look considered. Neutral tones in a warm palette go with almost everything, which is why these end up being worn daily rather than saved for occasions.\n\nReading the colour\n\nPraline is a warm neutral family. The four shades in the set are designed to sit next to each other rather than contrast, so you can wear any of them with any outfit without thinking about it.\n\nIf you have brown, caramel or dark blonde hair, warm neutrals tend to half-disappear into the ponytail, which is the effect most people want from an everyday tie. On very dark or very light hair they read more as a visible accessory, which is also a perfectly good look. Check the product images in daylight if the shade matters to you.\n\nChoosing how many you need\n\nFour is a sensible number, and not just because that is what comes in the box. Scrunchies get left places. One lives in a gym bag, one in a coat pocket, one on the bathroom shelf, one on your wrist. Rotating through four also means each one rests between wears, and resting elastic lasts longer than elastic that is stretched every single day.\n\nThe pouch is more useful than it sounds. Loose scrunchies in a handbag collect lint, hook onto zips and vanish into lining holes. Keeping the set in the pouch means you still have four of them in six months.\n\nLooking after them\n\nHand washing is the method here, and it takes about three minutes. Cool water, a small amount of mild detergent, a gentle swirl. Do not rub the silk against itself and do not wring it out. Press the water out in a towel and lay the scrunchie flat somewhere out of direct sun.\n\nSkip the machine. Even in a mesh bag, the agitation stretches the elastic core and roughens the silk surface over time. Skip the tumble dryer entirely. Heat is the main enemy of silk, which is also why you should keep straighteners and curling wands away from a scrunchie you are wearing.\n\nWash dark shades separately for the first few washes. Any dyed fabric can release a little colour early on, and cool water keeps that to a minimum.\n\nRealistically, a scrunchie you wear daily will not last forever. The silk stays fine for a long while, but the elastic inside relaxes with use. Rotating the set and washing by hand both buy you more time.\n\nCommon mistakes worth avoiding\n\nThe biggest one is tying too tight. People do it out of habit from using thin elastics that need the tension to hold. A gathered band grips differently, and you usually need less. Start looser than feels right and see if it holds.\n\nThe second is wearing the same one every day until it gives up while the other three sit unused in a drawer. Rotate.\n\nThe third is treating them like gym kit and throwing them in the wash with towels. One machine cycle will not destroy them, but repeated ones will.\n\nThe short version\n\nThese are four slim mulberry silk scrunchies in warm praline tones with a pouch to keep them in. The silk surface means less friction than a rubber band, and the skinny cut means they sit neatly in a ponytail, under a hood, or against a pillow at night.\n\nPick them if you want everyday hair ties that feel soft and look tidy. Pick an oversized set instead if you want a visible accessory or you need maximum grip on very heavy hair. If you are between the two, the skinny set is the one you are more likely to wear every day without thinking about it, and that is usually the better test.", "llm_summary": "A four-piece set of skinny mulberry silk scrunchies in a praline colourway, supplied with a matching storage pouch. Each scrunchie is a slim ruched silk band over an elastic core, designed as a narrower alternative to oversized scrunchies for ponytails, buns, plaits, half-up styles and overnight wear. The four shades are warm, coordinating neutrals. Packaged dimensions are 3.5 x 2.36 x 1.73 inches with a package weight of 1.76 ounces. Care is hand washing in cool water and drying flat. Brand, momme weight, individual scrunchie diameter, country of origin and exact fabric composition beyond mulberry silk are not specified.guideTitle: How to Choose Silk Scrunchies That You Will Actually Wear", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Black 19 Momme Large Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 45.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask/main-black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut flat so it rests over the eyes rather than pressing on them, with a shaped nose section to cut the light sneaking in from below and an extra-wide hook and loop strap you can set once and forget.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone who buys a sleep mask buys a bad one first. It arrives, it looks fine, and then you lie down and discover two things. A thin stripe of light is coming in beside your nose, and the elastic is already starting to bite.\n\nBoth faults are design faults, not bad luck. The nose gap exists because the mask was cut as a straight-edged rectangle, and faces are not flat. The band digs in because the maker used the cheapest option, a narrow cord elastic, which concentrates all the tension into a few millimetres of scalp.\n\nThis mask is built the other way around. The nose section is shaped so it follows the bridge rather than bridging across it, which closes the main leak. The strap is extra wide, so the same amount of hold is spread over a much larger area. Those two choices account for most of the difference between a mask you forget you are wearing and one you take off at three in the morning.\n\nWhat 19 momme means and why it matters\n\nMomme is an old unit, and it sticks around because it is useful. It describes how much a fixed area of silk weighs, so it tells you density. Silk for sleep products usually runs somewhere from about 16 momme up to 25 or so.\n\nLow momme silk is thin. It drapes beautifully and it is lovely in a scarf, but over the eyes it can feel insubstantial and let more light through. High momme silk is dense and luxurious, though it costs considerably more and can feel a little stiff in a small item like a mask.\n\nNineteen sits in a sensible middle. The fabric has enough body to lie flat and hold its shape across the face, which is exactly what you want when you are trying to keep light out. It still feels soft and cool the moment it touches your skin. When people hunt for the best 19 momme silk mask, this balance is usually what they are after, whether or not they could explain the unit.\n\nOne honest point: momme tells you about the silk, not about the construction. A 19 momme mask that is badly cut will leak light while a 16 momme mask that is well shaped will not. Read both numbers and shape together.\n\nFlat versus contoured\n\nThere are two schools of sleep mask. Contoured masks have moulded cups with hollows for the eyes, so nothing touches the lids at all. Flat masks are a panel of fabric that rests over the whole eye area.\n\nContoured masks are excellent if you cannot bear anything touching your lashes, and if you wear eyelash extensions they are often the only option. The trade-off is bulk. They have structure, which means they take up space in a bag, and that same structure can push back when you roll onto your side and squash one edge into the pillow.\n\nThis mask is the flat kind, cut large. For side sleepers that usually works better, because the fabric simply gives way when it meets the pillow. There is nothing rigid to create a pressure point against your cheekbone. If you are comparing options for the best silk eye mask for side sleepers, the flat cut is almost always the recommendation.\n\nThe second advantage of flat is packing. It folds down to nothing. A rigid mask does not.\n\nGetting the strap right\n\nThis is where most people go wrong, and it is easy to fix. The instinct is to pull the strap tight, on the theory that tighter means darker. It does not. What tight gives you is pressure on the temples, a mark on your forehead and a mask that is uncomfortable enough to come off in the night.\n\nThe hook and loop closure here lets you set the tension precisely instead of accepting whatever length a sewn elastic happens to be. Set it so the lower edge of the mask stays in gentle contact with your cheeks when you turn your head, and no tighter. If light is still getting in, the answer is usually to adjust the vertical position of the mask by a centimetre, not to crank the strap.\n\nA wide strap helps here too. Because the load is spread, the same grip feels far gentler. That is the whole appeal of a best wide strap sleep mask compared to a cord band.\n\nOne practical tip. Fasten the hook and loop before you bring the mask up to your face, and lift your hair clear as you do it. That avoids the snagging that gives hook and loop a bad name.\n\nWho this suits\n\nShift workers get the most obvious benefit, because sleeping through daylight is the hardest version of the problem. If your bedroom gets bright at seven and your alarm is at two in the afternoon, a mask doing its job is worth more than almost any other sleep purchase.\n\nFrequent travellers are the next group. Hotel curtains never quite meet, and aircraft cabins never go properly dark. Something that folds into a jacket pocket and still works is the definition of a useful item.\n\nThen there are the people who simply share a room with someone on a different schedule. A partner reading, a hallway light, a street lamp through thin blinds. You do not need to renovate the room. You need a reliable mask.\n\nAnyone who finds moulded masks claustrophobic should also look at a flat cut. There is no frame around your eyes, just fabric.\n\nCare, and how long it lasts\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat or rough handling. The care here is hand wash in cold water, and that is genuinely all it takes.\n\nFill a basin, add a small amount of mild detergent, and press the mask gently through the water. Do not scrub, do not twist and do not wring it out. Rinse until the water runs clear, then lay it in a towel, roll the towel up and press to remove the bulk of the water. Dry it flat, away from direct sun and well away from radiators.\n\nSkip the machine and absolutely skip the tumble dryer. Machine agitation is hard on silk fibres and the heat of a dryer is worse. It also scuffs the hook and loop, which shortens the life of the strap.\n\nWash weekly if you wear it every night, more often if you use eye cream or sleep in makeup. Between washes, let it air rather than leaving it balled up in a drawer. Looked after this way, a good silk mask stays soft and keeps its colour for years.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf the thing waking you is light, a mask is the cheapest fix available, and the details that decide whether it works are easy to check. Look for real mulberry silk with a stated momme weight. Look for a shaped nose section, because that is where light gets in. Look for a wide adjustable strap rather than a thin elastic, because that is what makes it comfortable enough to actually keep on.\n\nThis one has all three in solid black at 19 momme, cut flat and large. Exact finished dimensions are not stated, so if you need precise measurements, ask first. Beyond that, set the strap loosely, give it three or four nights, and judge it on how often you wake up.", "llm_summary": "This is a black sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, finished in a solid black colour with no print. It uses a large, flat cut that rests over the eyes rather than a moulded or contoured cup, and includes a shaped nose section intended to reduce the light that enters from below the mask. The strap is an extra-wide hook and loop closure, which is adjustable and spreads pressure more broadly than a narrow elastic band. Recommended care is hand washing in cold water. Exact mask dimensions, finished weight, brand, country of origin and any certifications are not specified, so buyers wanting those details should check before purchase.guideTitle: How to Choose a Silk Sleep Mask That Actually Blocks Light", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-19-momme-large-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Black 22 Momme Contoured Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 51.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/main-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Moulded cups hold the fabric clear of your eyelids while 22 momme mulberry silk and a silk-wrapped pull-on strap keep the whole thing light and smooth against your face.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy one because the streetlight outside your bedroom is too bright, or your partner reads later than you do, or you have to sleep through the morning after a night shift. Then you discover the small irritations. The flat band presses your lashes flat. You can feel the fabric on your eyelids every time you try to open your eyes. The velcro at the back catches a few hairs. The elastic cuts a line across your forehead. By two in the morning the thing is somewhere down near your collarbone and the light is back.\n\nA contoured mask fixes most of that by changing the geometry. Instead of a piece of cloth lying across your face, you get a moulded shell that bridges over the eye sockets and makes contact at the brow, the sides of the nose and the cheekbones. Your eyes sit in open air. That single change is what makes people who gave up on masks years ago try again.\n\nHow the contoured shape works\n\nPicture the bridge of a pair of swimming goggles, softened and lined. The cups are shaped to follow the bone around your eye socket, which is the part of the face that does not move much when you sleep. The soft edges press lightly against that bone and form a seal. Inside, there is a pocket of air.\n\nTwo things follow from that. First, nothing touches your lids or lashes, so there is no pressure and no fluttering sensation when you drift between sleep stages. Second, the seal is generally tighter than a flat mask can manage, because a flat mask has to span the dip at your nose bridge and almost always leaves a small triangle of light down each side of the nose. A moulded shape can be built to follow that dip.\n\nThe trade-off is that a contoured mask is a specific shape and you are either a good match for it or you are not. Faces vary. A very narrow nose bridge, a deep-set brow or a particularly wide face can all change where the seal lands. Most people are fine. A few are not, and the only way to know is to try it on.\n\nWhy 22 momme silk\n\nMomme is a weight unit for silk. It tells you how heavy a given area of the fabric is, and in practice it tells you how substantial the silk feels. Lightweight silk for scarves and linings often sits around 12 to 16 momme. Bedding and sleepwear silk usually starts around 19. At 22 you are into the denser end of what gets used next to the skin.\n\nWhat you notice is the hand feel. A 22 momme silk has body. It drapes rather than clinging, it does not feel thin or slippery in a cheap way, and it holds its finish through more washes than a thin silk will. On a sleep mask, where the fabric is in contact with your face for seven or eight hours, that density is worth having.\n\nThe other reason people choose silk is friction. Silk fibres are smooth, so skin and hair slide across them with noticeably less drag than they do across cotton. Anyone who has woken up with a crease pressed into their cheek from a cotton pillowcase understands the difference immediately. The same logic is why a lot of people who already use a silk pillowcase go looking for the best mulberry silk eye mask to match.\n\nMulberry silk, in plain terms\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves in controlled conditions. Because the diet and the environment are consistent, the fibre comes out long, even and uniform in colour. That long fibre is what gives the finished fabric its smooth, continuous surface. Other silks exist, and some are lovely, but they tend to have shorter, less regular fibres and a more textured surface.\n\nFor a product that sits against the thin skin around your eyes, the even surface is the point. There is nothing nubbly or coarse to rub.\n\nThe pull-on strap question\n\nThis mask has a silk-wrapped strap that goes over your head. No buckle, no slider, no velcro. Worth thinking about before you buy, because it is the one genuine fork in the road with sleep masks.\n\nThe case for pull-on: there is nothing hard anywhere on the strap, so when you roll onto your side there is no buckle pressing between your skull and the pillow. There is no velcro to grab your hair. It takes half a second to put on. For side sleepers in particular this is usually the better design.\n\nThe case against: you cannot adjust it. The tension is whatever the strap gives you. If you have an unusually large or small head, or you like a mask cinched down hard, an adjustable buckle gives you control that a pull-on cannot. Most people land fine in the middle, but if you know from experience that you need to tighten things, go looking for the best pull on sleep mask alternatives with a slider instead.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople who wear lash extensions, because nothing touches the lashes. People who sleep on their side, because of the light weight and the buckle-free strap. People who find flat masks claustrophobic, because the air pocket in the cups removes that pressed-against-the-face sensation entirely. Shift workers trying to sleep in daylight, because the seal around the eye socket blocks more than a flat band. And people who simply like silk and want the mask to match the pillowcase.\n\nIt is less of a fit if you want an adjustable strap, if you need something that folds completely flat for packing, or if you prefer the firm, heavy, weighted feel that some foam masks give.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not difficult, it just does not like heat or rough handling. Hand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Do not soak it, do not bleach it, and do not wring it out. Lay it on a towel and press the water out, reshape the cups with your fingers while it is still damp, then leave it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from a radiator.\n\nHow often you wash depends entirely on your routine. If you put on night cream or go to bed with make-up still on, you are transferring that onto the silk every night and it needs washing more often. If you go to bed with a clean face, every week or two is plenty, with a bit of airing in between.\n\nWash it on its own the first couple of times, as you would with any dark dyed fabric. And skip the tumble dryer. Heat shortens the life of silk and will not help a moulded shape hold its form.\n\nA note on fit and expectations\n\nNo mask is a perfect light seal on every face. If someone promises total blackout for everyone, be sceptical. What a well-shaped contoured mask gives you is a big improvement over a flat band, with the comfort bonus of nothing touching your eyes. If your room is genuinely bright, pair the mask with a blackout blind and you will get further than either on its own.\n\nAlso give it a few nights. A mask is like a new pillow. The first night you are aware of it, and by the third you have stopped noticing it is there.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a black contoured sleep mask in 22 momme mulberry silk, with moulded cups that keep the fabric off your eyelids and a silk-wrapped strap that pulls on over your head. It is light, it has no buckle or velcro, and it arrives in a box so it works as a gift.\n\nChoose it if you want darkness without pressure on your eyes, if you sleep on your side, or if you wear lash extensions. Choose something adjustable if you need to control the strap tension yourself. Hand wash it cool, dry it flat, and reshape the cups while they are damp. That is the whole job.", "llm_summary": "A contoured sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, in solid black. The front is moulded into 3D cups so the fabric arches over the eye sockets and does not rest on the eyelids or lashes, leaving room to blink. The strap is wrapped in silk and pulls on over the head, with no buckle, clip or hook-and-loop fastening. The mask is light in weight and arrives in its own box, which makes it straightforward to give as a gift. Exact mask dimensions, strap length, net weight, brand and country of origin are not specified. Care is hand wash cool, dry flat, reshape the cups while damp.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Gold Star Print Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 13.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/main-gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% mulberry silk with a small gold star print on black and an adjustable hook and loop strap, so it sits close without pressing on your eyes.", "description": "The problem is almost never your bed\n\nPeople spend a fortune on mattresses and pillows and then sleep in a room with a street lamp pointed at the window. Light is the signal your body uses to decide whether it is night or morning. A sliver of it across your eyelids at five in the morning is enough to start winding your sleep down, even if you do not fully wake up.\n\nBlackout curtains help, but they are expensive, they never quite seal at the edges, and they are useless the moment you are away from home. A sleep mask solves the same problem for a fraction of the cost and fits in a coat pocket. The catch is that most people buy a cheap one, find it hot, scratchy or badly fitted, and give up after three nights.\n\nThat is the gap a silk mask fills. It is light enough that you forget it is there and smooth enough that it does not irritate the skin around your eyes, which is thinner and more sensitive than skin anywhere else on your face.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nMulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves. The result is a long, even filament, and long filaments weave into fabric with very few loose ends poking out of the surface. That is why silk feels slippery rather than fuzzy.\n\nFor a sleep mask, that smoothness does two practical things. Skin and eyelashes slide across the fabric instead of dragging on it, so there is less tugging when you turn over. And because the weave is fine and the layer is thin, the mask does not trap heat against your face the way a thick foam or fleece one does.\n\nThis mask is listed by the maker as 100% mulberry silk. Momme weight, which is how silk density is normally described, is not stated, so we will not quote a figure. What we can say is that it is a light mask, which is exactly what you want for something worn for eight hours.\n\nThe strap matters more than you think\n\nAsk anyone who has given up on sleep masks why, and the answer is usually the strap. Thin elastic digs in behind the ears. Wide elastic rides up over the forehead in the night. Either way you wake up with the mask around your neck.\n\nThis one uses a hook and loop fastening, which is a better system for a simple reason. You decide the tension. Pull it a little looser if you want zero pressure, or a little snugger if the room is bright and you want to close the gaps at the sides of your nose. You can also change it night by night without any fuss.\n\nOne habit to build. Take the mask off by opening the fastening, not by dragging it up over your head. Straps fail at the join far more often than silk fails anywhere, and that one change doubles the life of most masks.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you sleep beside someone who goes to bed later than you, a mask ends the argument about the reading lamp. If you work nights, it is the single cheapest thing you can do to make daytime sleep possible, because the light coming through a bedroom blind at noon is far stronger than anything you face at night.\n\nTravellers get the most obvious benefit. A light, foldable mask is easy to pack and quick to put on when the cabin lights go up at an awkward hour. A silk eye mask for travel also doubles as a blindfold on a train, in a hostel bunk, or in a hotel room with no proper curtains.\n\nSide sleepers are worth calling out separately. A padded mask with a moulded eye cavity is fine flat on your back but becomes a lump pressing into your cheek the moment you roll over. A flat silk mask like this one stays flat under the weight of your head, which is why it tends to be the one people stick with.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things to weigh up before you buy any mask.\n\nFabric. Silk, cotton and synthetics all exist. Silk is the smoothest and the lightest. Cotton breathes but is rougher and holds more moisture. Synthetics are cheap but tend to feel warm within an hour.\n\nClosure. Fixed elastic, elastic with a slider, or hook and loop. Fixed elastic is the one most likely to disappoint after a few months. Adjustable is worth the small extra cost, especially if more than one person in the house will borrow it.\n\nShape. Flat masks sit against the eyelids. Contoured masks have cups that keep fabric off the lashes but are bulkier. If you wear eye makeup or false lashes, contoured can be worth the bulk. For most sleepers, flat wins on comfort.\n\nCare. Check the washing instruction before you buy, not after. This mask is hand wash only. If you know yourself well enough to know you will never hand wash anything, a cotton mask may suit your life better, even if the silk is nicer.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash in cool water with a little gentle detergent. Swirl, do not scrub. Rinse until the water runs clear, then press the mask between a clean towel to take the water out. Never wring or twist it, because twisting is what breaks the fibres.\n\nDry it flat, somewhere with a bit of air but out of direct sun and well away from a radiator. Heat is harder on silk than almost anything else.\n\nClose the hook and loop fastening before washing and before storing. An open hook strip will find a loose thread eventually, and once it has pulled one, the fabric around it starts to look tired.\n\nWash it every week or two with regular use. Anything that sits against your face overnight picks up skin oils, and oils are what make a mask start to feel grubby long before it looks it. If you use the mask every night, having two and swapping them is an easy way to keep one clean and dry at all times.\n\nA note on expectations\n\nNo soft fabric mask gives you total blackout. The nose is the weak point on every design, and if you have a high nose bridge you will see a faint glow at the bottom edge. Tightening the strap by a notch usually fixes it. Tilting the mask slightly lower on the face helps too.\n\nWhat a good mask does reliably is cut the room from bright to very dim, and that is enough for most people to fall asleep and stay asleep. If you need genuine pitch black, pair the mask with a blind. The two together get you there.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% mulberry silk sleep mask in black with a small gold star print, fastened with an adjustable hook and loop strap, light in weight, hand wash only. The silk keeps it smooth against the eyes and the adjustable strap keeps it in place, which are the two things that decide whether a mask lives on your bedside table or at the back of a drawer.\n\nIf your room is brighter than you would like, if you sleep during the day, or if you travel and the cabin lights always come on too soon, it is a small purchase that changes how the night goes. Wash it by hand, dry it flat, and it will last.", "llm_summary": "A sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk, printed with small gold stars on a black ground. The strap uses a hook and loop fastening, so the fit is adjustable rather than fixed elastic. The maker describes the mask as light in weight. Care is hand wash only. Brand, country of origin, exact dimensions, momme weight and product weight are not specified, and no certifications, guarantees or ratings are stated. The mask suits anyone sleeping in a room that is not fully dark, as well as travel, shift work and daytime naps. Silk is smooth, so skin and lashes move across it with less friction than cotton. Sold new, in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/gold-star-print-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Grey Purple Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 26.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/main-grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Mulberry silk on both sides, a layer of cotton padding for gentle blockout, and an adjustable buckle strap so the fit stays put all night.", "description": "The problem with light\n\nMost people do not realise how much light reaches them at night until they remove it. Bedroom curtains leak at the edges. Standby lights glow. Street lamps sit at exactly the wrong angle. In summer, if you live far enough north, the sky starts brightening at four in the morning and keeps going.\n\nYou can spend a lot of money on blackout blinds and still have gaps. Or you can put something over your eyes. A sleep mask is the small, cheap, portable version of blackout, and it travels with you to hotels, trains, planes and spare rooms where you have no control over the curtains at all.\n\nThe catch is that most people buy one cheap mask, find it scratchy or tight, abandon it in a drawer, and decide masks are not for them. The mask was the problem, not the idea.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk in particular\n\nSilk is the usual upgrade for a reason. It is smooth, it does not grip the skin, and it feels cool when you first put it on then settles to your body temperature. Cotton and polyester masks can feel fine for ten minutes and rough by hour three, especially if you move around.\n\nMulberry silk is the type made from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces a long, even filament. The grading system goes up to 6A, and that is what this mask uses on both faces. Long filament means fewer joins, fewer slubs and a tighter weave, which you feel as a flatter, smoother surface.\n\nThe detail that matters more than the grade is that the silk is on both sides. Plenty of masks that get sold as silk have silk on the outside only and a cheaper backing fabric against your face, which defeats the point. Here the inner face is silk, the outer face is silk, and the reverse is black silk. The only other material is the cotton padding sealed inside.\n\nWhat the padding is for\n\nA single layer of silk, however nice, is thin. Hold it up to a lamp and you will see the glow come straight through. Padding is what turns a silk eye cover into a mask that actually darkens the room.\n\nTwo things happen when you add a cotton layer. First, the fabric stack becomes opaque enough to stop light passing through the front. Second, the mask gains a little loft, so instead of lying flat like a strip of fabric it follows the dip of your eye sockets and the bridge of your nose. That shaping is where the real difference comes from. Most light that reaches your eyes in a mask comes in at the sides and along the nose, not through the front panel.\n\nCotton padding also keeps the mask breathable. A foam or plastic-backed mask traps warmth and can feel clammy by morning. Cotton and silk both move moisture away reasonably well, which matters if you sleep warm or live somewhere humid.\n\nThe strap is the part people underestimate\n\nAlmost every complaint about sleep masks comes down to the strap. Too tight and you wake with a line across your temples and a dull ache behind your ears. Too loose and the mask is on your forehead by three in the morning. Plain elastic solves neither problem, because it starts too tight and then relaxes over a few months until it is too loose.\n\nAn adjustable strap with a buckle gives you a setting you can fix. You adjust it once, usually on the first or second night, and then leave it alone. If someone else in the house borrows the mask, they can shift it and shift it back. That small bit of control is the difference between a mask that gets worn every night and one that gets abandoned.\n\nOne practical tip. Rotate the strap so the buckle sits towards the back or side of your head rather than directly behind an ear. It is a small, flat part, but on a pillow you can feel it, and moving it takes two seconds.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers at home are the obvious group. If you wake at first light in June and cannot get back over, a mask buys you another hour or two.\n\nTravellers are the next. On a plane, cabin lights go on and off at the crew's convenience, not yours. A mask that packs flat into a jacket pocket is worth more than one that needs a hard case. Anyone hunting the best silk eye mask for travel usually ends up with something slim and padded exactly like this.\n\nShift workers and new parents sleep during daylight, which is the hardest kind of sleep to protect. Blackout curtains help, but a padded mask on top of them is what gets a bedroom properly dark at two in the afternoon.\n\nSide sleepers do well with a flat padded mask, as long as the strap is adjustable. There is no rigid frame to dig into the pillow and no deep cup to get pushed out of position when you roll.\n\nPeople who read in bed next to a partner who does not benefit too. One person gets a lamp, the other gets darkness, and nobody negotiates.\n\nHow to choose between mask styles\n\nThere are roughly three shapes on the market.\n\nFlat unlined masks are the cheapest. They are thin, they pack small, and they leak light. Fine as a backup, not much use in a bright room.\n\nFlat padded masks, which is what this one is, sit in the middle. They block a lot of light, they are comfortable for most sleeping positions, and they stay slim enough to travel. For most buyers this is the sensible default.\n\nContoured cup masks have moulded eye cavities so nothing touches the lids at all. People with lash extensions or a real dislike of pressure on the eyes often prefer them. The trade-off is bulk, and they can shift if you are an active side sleeper.\n\nIf you are not sure, start with the padded flat style. It is the one that suits the most people and the most situations.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is not, really. It just dislikes two things, heat and scrubbing.\n\nWash this mask by hand in cool water with a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swirl it, do not rub it. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then press the water out in a towel rather than wringing, reshape the mask, and dry it flat somewhere out of direct sun. It is small enough to be dry by the next evening.\n\nSkip the machine, skip the tumble dryer, skip bleach. If you use night creams or facial oils, give the mask a wash every week or so, because oils are what dull silk over time more than anything else. Store it somewhere it will not snag, ideally in a small fabric bag.\n\nDone this way, a silk mask holds its hand and colour for a long run of nightly use.\n\nA word on colour\n\nThe grey purple here is a solid, muted shade with a black silk reverse. It is a practical choice as well as a quiet one. Very pale masks show every mark and pick up visible sheen with age. Very dark ones look stark on a bedside table. A mid-tone grey purple sits between the two, and it reads as calm rather than loud, which is what most people want from something they look at last thing at night.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf light wakes you, a mask is the cheapest fix there is. If you want one you will actually keep wearing, look for silk on both faces, padding inside, and a strap you can adjust and leave set. This mask has all three. Grade 6A mulberry silk front and back, cotton padding between, and a buckle strap you set once.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, and keep it in your bag for the nights you cannot control the curtains.", "llm_summary": "The Grey Purple Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask is a padded eye mask made with grade 6A mulberry silk on both the inner and outer faces, with a black silk reverse and cotton padding inside. The colour is a solid grey purple. The strap is adjustable and closes with a buckle, so the fit can be set and left in place. Care is hand wash only. Exact mask dimensions, momme weight, strap length, product weight, brand, country of origin and any certification are not specified. It is sold new and in stock, and suits home sleeping, naps, flights, trains and daytime rest for shift workers.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/grey-purple-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Pink and Black 22 Momme Contoured Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 59.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/main-pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 22 momme mulberry silk with 14 mm deep eye cups, a shaped nose bridge and a silk-covered strap that adjusts from 46 to 66 cm.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy a sleep mask because something is waking you. A streetlight through thin curtains. A partner who reads at midnight. A night shift that forces you to sleep at ten in the morning while the world outside carries on. The mask is meant to fix that, and often it half does.\n\nThe trouble is the shape. A standard mask is a flat rectangle of padded fabric held on by elastic. Lay it over your face and the fabric rests directly on your eyelids. You can feel it. If you open your eyes under it, your lashes brush the lining. If you wear any eye make-up, it transfers. And because flat fabric cannot follow the slope of a nose, there is almost always a little triangle of light sneaking in on either side of the bridge.\n\nA contoured mask solves that with geometry rather than more padding. The front is moulded into two cups, each about 14 mm deep on this one. Your eyes sit inside an air pocket. Nothing touches them. Meanwhile the nose bridge is shaped to meet your face and the sides curve down along the cheekbones, so the edges stay in contact where it matters.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is measured in momme, not thread count. It is a weight measure, roughly how heavy a set length of fabric is. Light scarf silks sit in the single digits and low teens. Bedding silks generally start around 19 momme and go up from there. At 22 momme, this sits comfortably in the range people mean when they say proper silk.\n\nWhy does that matter for a mask? Three practical reasons. Heavier silk has more body, so it holds a moulded shape instead of collapsing after a few washes. It is more opaque, which helps with light. And it wears better, because there is simply more fibre there to take the rubbing of a strap and a pillowcase night after night.\n\nThe silk is also described as grade 6A. That refers to the quality of the raw filament, essentially how long and even the fibres are. Longer, more consistent fibres make a smoother surface with fewer slubs. It is the kind of detail that you feel rather than see.\n\nWhat silk does not do is magic. It is smooth, it is cool to the touch, and things slide over it with less friction than they do over cotton. That is the honest description. Anyone promising more than that is selling you a story.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers do well with it, mainly because there is no buckle. The strap is elastic covered in silk, so when you roll onto your ear there is nothing hard pressing into your skull. That single design choice rules out a surprising number of masks on the market.\n\nPeople who wear lash extensions or sleep in eye make-up tend to go straight to a 3D shape. The 14 mm gap means there is no contact at all with the lash line. If that is your reason for shopping, the contour is the whole point and a flat mask will disappoint you.\n\nShift workers and anyone sleeping out of sync with daylight get the most from the shaped nose bridge. Daytime light is far stronger than night-time light, and it finds every gap. A mask that only works in a dim room is not much use at eleven in the morning.\n\nTravellers like it for a simpler reason. It squashes down to nothing, weighs almost nothing, and does not take up the space a padded eye mask does. If you have ever tried to sleep on a red-eye with the cabin lights half on, you know the value of bringing your own darkness.\n\nAnd then there are the people who just find flat masks annoying. Some of us cannot stand fabric on our eyelids. If you have given up on sleep masks for that reason, the contoured kind is worth one more try.\n\nHow to choose\n\nCheck the momme number. Anything under 19 momme is thin for a mask. It will be less opaque and it will go limp sooner. 22 is a good working weight.\n\nLook at the strap. Covered elastic beats bare elastic, which pulls at hair. Adjustable beats fixed, because heads vary a lot. The range here is 46 to 66 cm, or 18 to 26 inches, which covers most adults with room at both ends. Set it once and then treat it as a pull-on.\n\nThink about cup depth. Shallower cups than about 10 mm start to touch the lashes of anyone with longer lashes. 14 mm is generous.\n\nConsider the nose. This is the make-or-break detail. A mask with a formed bridge will be noticeably darker than one without, regardless of how good the fabric is.\n\nBe realistic about colour. This one is pink with black. It is a cheerful thing rather than a discreet one. If you want something that disappears on a hotel nightstand, that is a different shopping trip.\n\nDecide how much washing you will actually do. Hand wash only is not a suggestion with silk at this weight. If you know yourself and you will throw it in with the towels, buy something else and save the disappointment.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nPut it on in a bright room first, before bed. Pull the strap so it sits snug but does not leave a mark on your forehead. Then close your eyes and look around. If you see a glow at the nose, slide the mask down a few millimetres and try again. If you see light at the outer corners, the strap needs a touch more tension.\n\nMost people set it slightly too loose on the first night, find it shifts when they turn over, and tighten it the next day. That is normal. Give it three nights before you decide.\n\nIf you have long hair, bring the strap below the bun rather than over it. The silk covering means it will slide rather than snag either way, but below sits flatter.\n\nCare, honestly\n\nFill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Put the mask in, swish it gently for a minute, leave it a few minutes, then rinse until the water runs clear. Do not wring it. Lay it on a towel, press down to take out the water, then reshape the eye cups with your fingers and leave it flat to dry away from radiators and direct sun.\n\nThat whole process takes about four minutes of actual attention. Done every week or two, it keeps the surface smooth and the cups standing.\n\nThings to avoid: bleach, stain removers, tumble dryers, hot irons and the washing machine. Each of these will either flatten the moulded shape or rough up the silk, and neither comes back.\n\nIf it creases in a suitcase, hang it in the bathroom while you shower. The steam usually sorts it out without any iron at all.\n\nThe short version\n\nA contoured silk sleep mask fixes two specific annoyances that flat masks cannot. It keeps fabric off your eyes and lashes with 14 mm cups, and it closes the light gap at the nose with a shaped bridge. The 22 momme mulberry silk gives it enough body to hold that shape and enough opacity to earn its place.\n\nThe strap adjusts from 46 to 66 cm and has no buckle, so it stays comfortable when you sleep on your side. Care is hand wash only and dry flat, which takes a few minutes and makes a real difference to how long it lasts.\n\nIf you sleep during the day, travel often, or have simply never got on with fabric resting on your eyelids, this is the shape to try.", "llm_summary": "A contoured sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk, grade 6A, at 22 momme, in pink with black. The front is moulded into eye cups 14 mm deep so the fabric does not touch the eyes or lashes, with a shaped nose bridge and curved sides intended to reduce light leakage. It fastens with a silk-covered adjustable elastic strap that sets between 46 and 66 cm (18 to 26 inches), pulled on over the head rather than buckled. Care is hand wash only, dried flat. Brand, overall mask dimensions, net weight and country of origin are not specified, and no certifications, ratings or warranty are stated.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/pink-and-black-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink", "sku": "silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink", "title": "Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask 2 Pack, Black and Peach Pink", "slug": "silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink", "price": 19.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/main-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.irish/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a wider face panel, a dark backing layer that cuts the light coming through, and an adjustable elastic band that suits different head sizes.", "description": "The problem with most eye masks\n\nAlmost everyone has owned a bad sleep mask. It usually comes free in an airline amenity kit, it is made of thin synthetic fabric stuffed with a bit of wadding, and the band is a loop of elastic that digs in behind the ears. You put it on, it feels fine for ten minutes, and then you wake up with it hooked around your neck.\n\nThe frustrating part is that the idea is sound. Light is one of the strongest signals your body uses to decide whether it is time to be awake. A street lamp outside the window, a digital clock, the glow from a phone charger, or simply the fact that it gets light at half four in June, all of it nudges you towards waking before you want to. Blocking that light is genuinely useful. The problem is almost never the concept. It is the execution.\n\nWhat goes wrong tends to fall into three areas. The fabric is rough, so it drags on the skin and the mask feels present all night. The panel is too narrow, so light leaks in over the cheekbones and under the brow. And the band is either fixed-length or so tight that you trade light for a headache. Fix those three things and a sleep mask stops being something you tolerate and becomes something you reach for.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually brings to it\n\nMulberry silk is the silk made by silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves. Because the diet is controlled, the fibres the worms produce are long, even and uniform. That is the practical reason it is the grade used in bedding and eye masks. Long, even fibres weave into a fabric with a very smooth surface and almost no fuzz.\n\nSmoothness matters around the eyes more than anywhere else on the body. The skin there is thin and it moves a lot while you sleep. A cotton weave, even a soft one, has a textured surface at a small scale. Every time you turn, that texture catches a little. Silk slides instead. You can test this on your own arm with a cotton pillowcase and a piece of silk, and the difference is obvious within a second.\n\nBoth masks in this set are 100% mulberry silk. The maker does not state the momme weight, which is the measure of how heavy and dense a silk fabric is, so that detail is not available here. What is confirmed is the fibre content and the construction, and for a mask the feel against skin is the part most people judge it on.\n\nWidth is the underrated feature\n\nIf you only change one thing about the mask you buy, make it the width. A narrow mask sits like a strip across the eyes. It covers the lids and not much more, which means light sneaks in along the top edge where the brow bone curves away, and along the bottom where the cheekbone starts.\n\nThis set uses a wider face panel. That extra coverage pushes the edges of the fabric out to where the face is flatter, which means fewer gaps. It also spreads the pull of the elastic across more surface area. Pressure that would be concentrated in a narrow strip across the temples gets distributed instead, and that is the difference between a mask you forget about and one you are conscious of at three in the morning.\n\nWidth also helps side sleepers. When you lie on your side, half the mask presses into the pillow. A narrow mask shifts under that pressure and ends up sitting at an angle. A broader panel stays flatter and keeps its position better.\n\nHow the light blocking works\n\nHere is something people get wrong about silk masks. Silk is a fine fabric, and a single layer of it, especially in a pale colour, lets a lot of light through. Hold a piece up to a window and you will see it clearly. A pale pink silk mask with nothing behind it will feel soft and look lovely and do very little in a bright room.\n\nBoth masks here have a black layer at the back. That layer sits between the silk and your eyes and absorbs the light that would otherwise filter through. So the peach pink mask gives you the colour on the outside and the darkness on the inside. It is the right way to build a pale silk mask, and it is worth checking for whenever you shop for one.\n\nBe realistic about what any flat mask achieves. The fabric sits against the face, but faces are not flat. There will usually be a small amount of light coming in near the bridge of the nose, because that is where a flat edge meets a raised ridge. If you need absolute dark, pair a mask with a blackout blind. For most people, a wide mask with a dark backing takes a bright bedroom down to something easily dark enough to sleep in.\n\nGetting the band right\n\nThe adjustable elastic band is there so you can tune the fit, and most people never bother. That is a mistake, because band tension is the single biggest factor in whether a mask is comfortable.\n\nThe rule is simple. Set the band to the loosest position where the mask still stays in place when you turn your head side to side with reasonable force. If it holds at that setting, stop there. Tighter does not block more light in any meaningful way, and it does cause marks on the temples and sometimes a dull ache by morning.\n\nGive it a few nights. The elastic settles slightly with wear, so a setting that felt right on night one might need a small adjustment by night four. After that it tends to stay put.\n\nWhy two masks is the sensible buy\n\nSilk wants a gentle wash and a slow, flat dry. That is not difficult, but it does take time. A mask washed in the evening will not be dry by bedtime. If you only own one, you either sleep without it or you put a damp one on, and neither is appealing.\n\nA pair solves that. One mask is in rotation, the other is clean and waiting. It also means you can leave one permanently in a travel bag. People who fly regularly tend to end up with a mask that lives in the suitcase and never comes out, which is exactly how it should be. Anyone hunting for the best two pack sleep mask is usually making that calculation already.\n\nThe colours give you a choice of mood. Black disappears, which suits most bedside tables and most people. Peach pink is the softer option and tends to be the one that gets picked up as a gift.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests. It dislikes four things, and avoiding them covers nearly everything.\n\nHeat is the first. Hot water and tumble dryers damage silk fibres and wreck elastic, so wash cool and dry flat. Bleach is the second, and that includes oxygen bleach found in some ordinary detergents, so use a detergent made for delicates. Hard wringing is the third, since twisting wet silk stretches and weakens it. Press the water out between a folded towel instead. Direct sunlight is the fourth, because prolonged sun fades dyes and weakens fibres, so dry in the shade or indoors.\n\nWash roughly once a week. If you use night creams or facial oils, make it more often, and let the product absorb for a few minutes before you put the mask on. That small habit keeps the silk cleaner and keeps you washing it less.\n\nWho this suits, and who it does not\n\nThis set is a good fit if you want a soft, light mask that stays comfortable all night, if you sleep on your side, if you travel and want a spare, or if your bedroom gets more light than you would like. It also works as a straightforward gift, because two colours in one box covers more bases than a single mask would.\n\nIt is less suitable if you need a contoured mask with eye cavities that keep all fabric off the lashes, or if you want total blackout with no light at all at the nose. Those are specific needs and there are specific products for them. This is a flat silk mask, done properly, and it is honest about what that means.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwo masks, 100% mulberry silk, one black and one peach pink. Wider than a basic mask so the coverage is better and the pressure is spread out. A black layer behind the silk cuts the light that would otherwise pass through, including on the pale one. An adjustable band so it fits your head rather than an average one.\n\nSet the band loose, wash it cool, dry it flat, and keep the spare in your bag. That is the whole method, and it is enough to get a lot more use out of a small thing than most people do.", "llm_summary": "This is a two-pack of sleep masks made from 100% mulberry silk, supplied in black and peach pink. Each mask has a wider than standard face panel, a black layer on the back that reduces the light passing through the fabric, and an adjustable elastic band that suits a range of head sizes. The maker does not state the mask dimensions, the momme weight of the silk, the product weight or the country of origin, so those details are not specified. Care is straightforward, with gentle hand or cold delicate machine washing, flat drying away from heat, and no tumble drying so the elastic lasts. Sold as a set of two.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.irish/api/products/silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-and-peach-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" } ] }