How the Slip silk eye mask helps me fall asleep and stay asleep
Too much tossing and turning in bed led me to the Slip silk eye mask. Now, I can only fall asleep with my Slip on.
The opaque silk is like a blackout curtain for your eyes. And the elastic band in the back helps me stay asleep. Sometimes I’ll still wake up in the middle of the night — worried about work, the world and everything else in between. But the eye mask stays in place. If I’m too tired, having the mask stay on means I can usually get back to sleep within a couple of minutes. If I can’t rest right away, I can easily just move the mask off my eyes by feeling for the band in the back. For my hair care routine, the band isn’t so tight that it leaves creases on the back of my head. After drying and styling my hair before bed, the last thing I would want is to wake up with that work ruined. Luckily, this sleep mask doesn’t do that.
To keep my mask in tip-top shape, I follow the directions laid out by Slip. The brand suggests using a pH neutral detergent when hand washing its eye masks. But I usually just use whatever is on hand (that means the least expensive detergent I can find on any given grocery run). I haven’t had any trouble on that front at all. When it comes to line drying, you’ll want to make sure to leave your mask laid out — keeping it as smooth as possible and wringing it out for any wrinkles. The first time I washed one of the masks, I left it slightly scrunched to dry and realized just how wrinkly it could get the next day.
Now, I own three. Putting on one of Slip’s eye masks is the last thing I do every night and taking it off is the first thing I do in the morning — I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Eye masks aren’t the only item Slip carries in its line of silk products. Here are a few of Slip’s products that you should know about.
One of the best silk pillowcases out there, according to one dermatologist who praised its quality, Slip’s silk pillowcase is also made from mulberry silk. The brand says the pillowcase is designed to reduce friction on your face and keep your hair from tangling throughout the night. Unlike the brand’s eye mask, the pillowcase is machine-washable but you’ll want to line dry it, too. It’s a popular pick for shoppers, with an average 4.5-star rating across more than 800 reviews.
This pack includes six mini silk scrunchies — the brand also carries a set of three large silk hair ties. Again, this silk is the same as the one used for Slip’s pillowcases. Elastic, can sometimes snag hair, according to one hairstylist who spoke to TODAY. But these hair ties are supposed to be more gentle, with a silk covering over elastic on the inside.
These hair ties also must also be hand-washed and line-dried when you need to clean them.
Slip now has its own face masks, which are covered on the outside with the brand’s signature silk. The double-layer design includes a cotton lining on the inside, adjustable ear loops and metal nose piece. While you might not think that silk is effective for a face mask, the Centers for Disease Control published a brief explaining how the fabric can help filter out coronavirus droplets. And cotton is one of the materials that is best for breathability, too. You can throw these into a washing machine, but make sure to dry the covering out flat. It has an average 4.4-star rating across more than 300 reviews at Nordstrom.
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