Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is actually amazing for your hair. I got a really good Black Friday deal, and I needed new pillowcases anyway, so, I thought, why not silk? After some research, I decided on this pillowcase as the best intersection of price and reported quality. It has been great for my hair. Until I bought this, I didn't realize how much my hair was affected by my linens. Silk pillowcases don't magically prevent bedhead waves and tangles, they prevent the roughing up of the hair. Imagine- if you rubbed a piece of string between two pieces of charmeuse silk, the string would tangle, but it wouldn't fray or frizz. That's the benefit to your hair. Warning: KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. Silk, any silk, does stain easily. Natural fibers uptake color changing agents well, but with cotton you can wash and bleach the hell out of it. You can't with linen and REALLY can't with silk- especially if you want to maintain the texture. Also, just like human hair, brightly colored dye will leak off when you wash it. Man made materials, like polyester, have dye chemically bonded to the strands, if you DIY it you have to buy special dye. If you did that to silk, it would degrade the fibers. Finally, natural fibers breath more easily than plastic ones of a similar weave density (I think the people who complain about that are actually reacting to their pillow, not the case), but, they hold bacteria better. Wash you linens frequently or you will break out. I'm familiar with washing silk and the vagaries of texture that can occur. I'm also lazy and dislike hand-washing. I wash the pillowcases inside-out (so the smooth surfaces touch only each other), on delicate, warm/cold or cold/cold with no spin if possible, otherwise on low spin. Spin is more important than heat in maintaining texture/fiber integrity (you make felt by not just hot-washing wool, but rubbing it vigorously). Heat affects shape/weave formation, why clothes shrink in hot water or lose their shape. If other garments are in that load, I put the cases in the extra-fine mesh bag I also use for hand-knit lace (still inside-out). I press the moisture out with a towel, then lay flat or hang to dry from clothespins. Laying flat on ventilated surface works best. All that may sound complicated, but it boils down the machine wash, dry flat. DON'T use fabric softener, it just coats the fibers or even damages them just like hair "relaxer". DO use enzyme based cleaning agents. If the pillowcase feels sticky/stiff, obviously you are not getting the soap out. This can happen when you avoid agitation. Just give it a quick rinse in the sink, then dry it again.