This post is in partnership with Gilded Fox Silk
Sometimes the best hair products don’t come in a bottle, tube, or tub. Silk, especially mulberry silk, is exceedingly smooth and soft. That makes it the perfect fabric for curly hair accessories, which is why Gilded Fox Silk uses it to make premium pillowcases, bonnets, turbans, and scrunchies.
“I’m so happy with it,” says Sarah Farman, who purchased one of the scrunchies because it matched her wedding colors. “I mostly use the silk scrunchie to hold my hair up overnight and keep my curls safe. I gently pull it out in the morning and my curls are fresh and bouncy, very minimal touchups needed, if at all! I love that it slides out so easily and doesn’t break up my curls.”
Sleeping on silk helps keep curls shiny and defined. It doesn’t disrupt the cuticle of the hair or cause breakage and frizz like cotton does. Silk also won’t pull out the natural oils and moisture from your hair, so it helps your curls (and skin) stay hydrated and vibrant longer.
The Gilded Fox Silk line is made in small batches from silk that is Standard 100 certified by OEKO-TEX, which means it’s tested and proven to contain no chemicals that could be harmful to human health. And a percentage of every sale goes to nonprofits dedicated to social justice or environmental issues.
These artful silk accessories were developed by Andrea Neal-Thiesen, founder of Gilded Fox, a salon for curls in Portland, Oregon, in collaboration with a local fashion designer. The sleep bonnet is even named after Neal-Thiesen’s grandmother, Virginia. Both Neal-Thiesen and her daughter use the silk pillowcases and find they reduce their hair tangles by about 70%. In fact, Neal-Thiesen says she finds that her curly hair remains so buoyant she can wait almost a week between washings.
Not only does silk help keep curls beautiful and bouncy longer, the amino acids in silk — including glycine, alanine, and serine — can help strengthen damaged hair by rebuilding its keratin, adding luster to curls. Silk is also very breathable, hypoallergenic, and antibacterial.
“I love the pillowcase so much that I travel with it! Definitely a game changer,” says Lizet Tovar, another curly-haired customer. “Prior to getting a pillowcase from Gilded Fox Silk, I would wake up with a bird’s nest of extra-frizzy hair and lots of broken hair scattered over my pillow and bed. But that changed when I started using the silk pillowcase.”
When improving the health of your hair and extending your wash day is this easy, there’s no reason not to add a little luxurious silk to your life.
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