This Christmas I put on my wish list that I wanted a silk pillowcase. I found a super cute one from Target that came with a french hair pin (doesn’t seem to be available anymore), put it on my list, and then on Christmas morning I pulled a black satin pillowcase from my stocking. Not exactly what was on the list, but I decided to just go with it.
On days that I wash my hair I always use dry shampoo before I go to bed. I also put it up in a loose bun on top of my head, wake up in the morning, shower with a shower cap on, then let it down to settle before restyling with a curling iron. On the first night after the first dry shampoo application, I noticed that the back of my head, which usually gets oily, was pretty dry still. The crown of my head had a little moisture, but it wasn’t anything I needed to add dry shampoo to. *The change: back of my head wasn’t as oily.
Day two hair was more oily, but it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. It progressively gets worse as the week goes on. I was still able to go my usual two to three days without washing my hair.
This is how it went for all of January. It’s now the end of the month, and I’m noticing that my hair is still kind of dry on the ends and oily at the roots. So basically there was no change in using the satin pillowcase.
My skin didn’t seem to change at all. The upside is that nothing bad happened to it.
One day at school, one of the teachers asked if curly haired Caucasian women wanted to straighten their hair, would they have to use a chemical treatment on it. I told her about Keratin treatments and flat irons. A few days later, I remembered that my mom told me she looked for the pillowcase and was surprised to find them in the hair section for African American hair. Well, I went to my teacher friend and told her I had a question for her hair now. I asked about the purpose of the pillowcase. Why was it in the section for black people’s hair, and if it’s mostly something for black people, why are all these white women all over the internet trying to get their hands on one?
She told me that satin and silk pillowcases are good at keeping moisture in their hair. To which I dropped my jaw because that’s exactly the opposite of what I was trying to do. Insert face palm emoji. Another teacher also said that they help with hair breakage. Well, how about that? Sounds like, the white women that want these must have dry hair. Women like my mom. Mom, want to try the satin pillowcase you gave me for Christmas? 🙂
Though, it didn’t really do anything for me in the span of a month, I’d say it’s worth a try if you have very dry hair or dry skin. I need no help keeping oil in my hair and skin. I probably won’t keep using the pillowcase because of that. So if you’re like me, you might want to skip this one. Oh well, that’s why I try these things…to save you the trouble. 🙂
Has anyone had success using a satin or silk pillowcase? I’d love to hear what it did for you. Bonus points if you have oily hair and/or skin. Tell me in the comments.
I have used satin pillow cases for years and love them. My reason was for not getting lines in my face. You know when you sleep on a regular pillow and you wake up with creases on your face? That’s the pillow case. I never get “pillow lines” and as a result, have minimal permanent lines in my face. For my hair, it really helps with the frizz that all our humidity brings. BUT if you wash/rinse with a fabric softener, you will get bed head big time. So I always have to pull my cases out of the washing machine before adding Downey. Side bar: The satin pillow cases are cooler than regular ones… for those of us who get hot in the night.
I love all of this information! I needed to hear that. I may need to try it again.
Maybe you need to invest in a good one, not the one I found as a stocking stuffer…I think I paid $5.00! 😉
Haha!