The Best Silk Pillowcases in Dubai and Middle East

In a nutshell, you'll love sleeping on a silk pillowcase as it does wonders for your hair, skin and sleep. Let us understand its benefits:

Cotton is an extremely absorbent material and so sleeping on cotton pillowcases all night results into your skin's natural moisture being absorbed into the fabric accelerating dryness, formation of sleep creases and wrinkles of your skin.

Pure silk on the other hand is soft, smooth and hardly absorbent leaving your skin hydrated naturally so that you can wake up in the morning with a natural glow. If you are one for using serums and night creams, your silk pillow slip will certainly improve the effectiveness of your skincare products keeping most of it on your derma unlike cotton that will absorb a large part of it in the fabric versus the skin. Silk is also calming to the skin and it is no wonder that many skin specialists and doctors recommend sleeping on a silk pillowcase.

On an average most of us spend 8 hours a day on our pillowcase which comes in direct contact with our hair. Cotton being absorbent strips the natural moisture of hair making it matted, dry and in extreme cases causing split ends and breakage.

Sleeping a silk pillowcase which is a smoother material keeps the natural hydration intact and you tend to wake up with more manageable hair that is soft, smooth and shiny. It does not frizz or matt hair easily. It also extends the life of a blow dry by couple of days so you save on time. If are one for not having your hair fall over your face at night, pair your pillowcase with silk scrunchies that are gentle, avoid hair breakage and do not add unsightly kinks to your hair - making you fall in love with them.

Momme is the weight of silk and is related to the silk density. Just as cotton has thread count, silk is measured in momme. For instance, 13 momme is not recommended for bedding but can be for scarves and garments, 19-21 momme count is average, while 22- 25 is excellent for sleeping in. Silk with 25 momme has 30% more silk and is thicker than 19 momme .

Silk sheets in 22 momme are of premium quality and when it come to silk pillowcases a slightly thicker version of 25 momme is preferred.

The smoothness and benefits of silk will vary based on the grade of silk. Not all silk is made alike. There are 11 grades of silk and the best grade of silk is Grade 6A Mulberry silk.

Mayfairsilk a British brand that offers the top grade 6A Mulberry silk in 25 momme thickness for their pillowcases and 22 momme for the silk sheets, cushions, scrunchies and other products. A multi-award winning brand, the silk products are OEKO-tex standard 100 certified and expertly handcrafted. Hailing from London's Mayfair, the company distributes their silk across 32 countries and counting and in Dubai you can find them in the following retail stores:

Mayfairsilk pillowcases and silk accessories is currently found across 3 locations in the UAE across 5 stores listed below.

For parts of the world where Mayfairsilk does not yet have a physical store presence, distribution is directly through the Mayfairsilk website and fulfilled worldwide from our warehouse in the UK. Orders will take around 3-5 working days to arrive depending on your delivery location.