We all want to look our best when we wake up in the morning. We spend time and money on makeup, hair products, and clothes to ensure that we are looking our best for work or play.
Unfortunately, most of us spend eight or more hours a day sleeping on our pillows. This can have consequences for the health and beauty of your hair and skin by contributing to breakouts from acne and damage to your locks from friction with hard cotton fibres. If you are currently using a pillowcase made out of 100% cotton, it is time to switch!
Materials
When looking for the best type of material, choose one that will prevent frictional contact between your head and pillowcase while you sleep. This will help reduce frizz, tangles and breakage in your hair. It will also prevent acne flare-ups on the skin, which can cause both short term redness as well as long term damage to pores if left untreated.
Silk and satin, and other such materials help to reduce friction against the skin while you sleep. This results in less tangling of your hair throughout the night, resulting in a smoother look when you wake up. It also reduces acne by reducing contact between your face and pillowcase during the night.
Silk Pillowcases
Did you know that one of the most important things for your beauty sleep is a silk pillowcase!
Silk pillowcases reduce frizz in your hair by minimising friction between strands while sleeping, which reduces the chance of tangles. They also help protect skin from creases caused by regular cotton linens so you can have more youthful-looking skin without spending too much time on it!
Silk is one of the best types of material to use as a pillowcase because it is much smoother than cotton and can reduce hair damage. It also helps retain moisture in your skin so that you wake up with a less irritating face.
Satin Pillowcases
Satin is another excellent alternative to cotton. It is smoother than cotton and silk, so it can reduce frizz in your hair by minimising friction between strands while sleeping.
It also helps protect skin from creases caused by regular cotton linens! Satin pillowcases help retain moisture in the skin, which reduces irritation when you wake up and prevents acne.
Cotton Pillowcases
If you are looking for the cheapest and most common type of pillowcase, cotton is a good choice!
It’s not as smooth as satin or silk, making it more irritating if your skin is easily irritated by fabric textures. It also increases friction in hair strands so that it may increase frizz and tangles.
It is the most common type of pillowcase and does reduce acne flare-ups but may increase frizz in hair and cause breakage. It also doesn’t retain moisture for the skin, so that you may wake up with more dryness than normal!