Who has not ever had the dream of waking up with the alarm clock, after a restful night, and discovering that it is not necessary to waste half a second combing our hair and, almost, not even putting on makeup?
We say it's a dream because reality is more like that vignette from Quino's unforgettable Mafalda, where she (and she's young, a girl!) wakes up with matted hair and a puffy face. What has been said: a more than usual image in our mirrors in the morning.
Because the reality is that a restful sleep does not always correspond to a beautiful aesthetic sunrise. You can try many things to wake up with good hair, such as sleeping with a joker updo or applying a night serum or oil to avoid morning frizz, but it doesn't always work.
On the other hand, wrinkles and pillow marks become a constant as the years go by, when we lose collagen and elastin, the skin is less elastic and takes longer to 'go back to being'. It does not matter if we have applied that serum with retinol that all dermatologists recommend from the age of 35, or if we have slept with the cream or mask with a good face effect when we woke up. If Mafalda woke up full of marks and swollen at her tender 6 years, what will not happen to us?
The point is that the same, and according to what both aesthetic doctors and hair experts are focusing on, there is a factor that we leave aside and that may be more important than what is believed in this of having a nice awakening. And it is neither more nor less than the pillow, and the corresponding cover, on which we rest every night.
We must not forget that we spend a third of our lives sleeping, about 20 or 25 years in total, with our hair and our face glued, well, to the pillow. Maybe it's time to choose the right case...
The perfect pillow if we talk about beauty is silk (or satin)
Cindy Crawford sleeps on an English mulberry silk pillowcase, from the Slip brand, one of the classics in this pro-beauty night accessory when waking up (they have masks, sheets and even hair ties), who has been making friends since 2004.
"I notice that not only do I have less marks and pillow wrinkles when I wake up, but it is very good for my hair," declared the top to the publication 'The Cut'.
It seems that the crux lies precisely in the fabric, silk, which can also be satin, and which replaces the more traditional cotton bedding sets.
From her personal experience with silk, Dariia Day, an internationally renowned make-up artist for brands such as Prada and Louis Vuitton, came up with the idea of creating the 'beauty' brand of bed linen By Dariia Day (which in Spain is sold in JC APotecary).
This beauty expert tells us that she had irritated and reddened skin all her life, until one fine day she traveled to Southeast Asia and at the hotel, instead of her usual cotton pillowcase, she found a silk one. An unimportant detail if it weren't for the fact that she woke up with a relaxed and calm complexion, and well combed. Another detail that her boyfriend noticed: not a hair on the pillow (when she used to lose several every night).
What benefits does silk have over cotton? The aesthetic doctor Mar Lázaro (with consultation in Zaragoza) points out that, although there are no studies that indicate that silk reduces sleep wrinkles, this fabric offers better perspiration and oxygenation of the skin and keeps moisture at bay for longer, being finer and lighter than cotton.
There's more: the composition of mulberry silk is very similar to human skin cells and, unlike cotton, it is hypoallergenic, breathable, does not absorb moisture or cause friction.
A silk pillow to get up with great hair...
Having laid the foundations, what real effects does a silk pillow have on newly awakened hair?
By reducing friction with respect to cotton, it prevents frizz and static electricity, which guarantees that we do not wake up with Mafalda-style hair.
For the same reason, it prevents hair breakage, excessive disheveling during sleep and, being breathable, helps prevent humidity from disheveling us excessively and keeps the look a day or two longer than usual.
... And against sleep wrinkles
Dr. María Vicente, from the Virtudestética clinics (Murcia), tells us that sleep wrinkles, unlike dynamic wrinkles (from gesturing), are static, that is, they are produced by support in the same place on the face and are usually of the type vertical.
The ways to avoid them go through, among other things, the position we choose when sleeping and yes, also the chosen pillowcase. It is best to sleep on your back, of course, or change your position from time to time during the night. "And the fabric has an influence, yes, silk or satin are pleasant and produce fewer folds", confirms Vicente.
On the other hand, silk, being less absorbent than cotton, preserves the skin's hydration, leaving it looking softer and more luminous when you wake up, and the less friction helps to avoid further irritating sensitive skin.
So, if you want to have the best possible awakening, don't just make your pajamas silk.
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