Most of us spend hundreds on skincare and hours on hair care – yet spend eight hours a night on cotton that undoes it all. The material touching your face and hair while you sleep matters more than most routines. Here's what changes when you make the switch to real mulberry silk.
22 Momme Mulberry Silk
Designed for skin, hair and sleep
Every night, your face spends 6–8 hours in contact with fabric. Cotton and most synthetics create friction with every small movement, gradually imprinting lines into the skin – especially around the eyes and mouth. 22 Momme mulberry silk creates a virtually frictionless surface, so your skin glides rather than creases. The difference is visible from the first morning.
Cotton is highly absorbent by design. That's useful in a towel – not when it's absorbing the retinol or hyaluronic acid you applied before bed. Silk is naturally non-absorbent, so your serums and creams stay where they were applied, working through the night rather than transferring to fabric. If you're spending money on skincare, a silk pillowcase makes it more effective.
Hair cuticles lift and snag against rough fabric all night. The result: frizz, tangles, and over time, breakage – particularly around the hairline. Silk's smooth surface lets hair move freely without friction, preserving blowouts longer and dramatically reducing the knotting that causes breakage. Stylists have recommended silk pillowcases for decades. The science is straightforward.
Light exposure – even low levels through closed eyelids – suppresses melatonin production and keeps your brain in lighter sleep stages. Blocking light completely shifts your body into deeper, more restorative sleep, where collagen is produced, inflammation reduces, and the skin genuinely repairs. The Lunare Home Silk Eye Mask blocks light entirely, without pressure on the eyes or elastic marks on the skin.
Unlike cotton, which absorbs heat and traps it against your skin, silk is naturally thermoregulating – it adjusts with your body temperature rather than fighting it. Cooler skin overnight means reduced puffiness under the eyes by morning, and more uninterrupted sleep. The difference is particularly noticeable in warmer months or for anyone who runs hot at night.
Mulberry silk contains sericin, a natural protein with inherent antibacterial and hypoallergenic properties. It resists dust mites and doesn't harbour the bacteria that synthetic and cotton fabrics collect overnight. For skin that reacts to friction, heat, or synthetic fibres – silk is simply less of everything your skin objects to.
Silk isn't an addition to your routine – it's an upgrade to the environment your skin and hair recover in. Your cleanser, your serum, your sleep – all more effective when the fabric around you isn't working against them. Lunare Home was built on this idea: that what you sleep on matters as much as what you apply. The collection covers every point of contact.
"I bought the pillowcase out of curiosity and genuinely wasn't expecting much. Within two weeks, the lines I used to wake up with around my eyes had almost disappeared. I've since ordered the eye mask too."
"My hairdresser asked what I'd changed. I hadn't changed anything except my pillowcase. My hair is noticeably less frizzy in the morning and I'm not finding nearly as much breakage. Completely converted."
"I have rosacea and sensitive skin – most things irritate it. The Lunare pillowcase is genuinely the softest thing I've slept on and I've had zero reaction. It feels like a proper luxury item, not a gimmick."