Sleeping on a silk pillowcase is a beauty treatment while you sleep. Silk helps keep your skin hydrated as you sleep by not drawing out your precious moisture. This means your face lotions stay on your skin and work as they are meant to. The silky and smooth fabric keeps sleep lines softer due to your skin gliding over surface. Hair is silkier and if you have fine hair you will discover that the silk will give your hair volume. You may find like me that you are washing your hair less because hair is less oily!
The botanical colour revival, is a part of the slow textiles movement that is growing as people are becoming more conscious of the waste in the fashion and textile industry. Synthetic dyes were only first used in the latter part of the 19th century and so the history of natural dye is rich and very long! Bela&Boaz silk pillowslips are individually hand dyed by me using plant based dyes with an alum mordant. Plant extract, fresh and dried plants are used. I also use lac extract, a colour derived from the resinous secretion of the lac insect. The botanical dyeing process touches all the senses and Im completely in awe of the many colours found in nature and the surprises of each dyeing session. I choose botanical dyes that are known to have the best wash fastness and light fastness, or at least have high results. Although the beauty of natural colours is that they are not a flat colour. They change and shift and have many shades going on in the one unique piece. Even as it fades over time, the colour is still beautiful. It brings me happiness to know that the dyes are non toxic and to be conscious of being better citizens of this beautiful world. We have power to be part of the change by the choices we make in what we buy or don't buy.
I hope you love your silk pillowcase and discover why they have become such an essential part of life for lots of people who like me, now can't sleep without one. An essential for enhancing your beauty routine but also for the beautiful feel!
Dimension: 50cm x 70cm
Fabric: 100% Mulberry silk, 22mm of the highest 6A grade silk.
Oeko- tex standard 100, unbleached silk
Pillowcase made in China
Hand Dyed in Australia
Sunset over sea dyed with madder