The Silk Sleep Mask

Sleep begins when the eyelid stops working. The mask is cut on the 3D contour, oversized in the way an old opera-house seat is oversized — a generosity that earns its keep. Pure mulberry silk on the inside; the same on the outside; nothing between but the dome of air your lashes need to keep their length and their curl. Slip it on at the long-haul gate, in a sleeper berth somewhere between two countries, on a Sunday afternoon when the apartment refuses to dim. The elastic adjusts at the back without pinching the hair behind the ear. Ninety-nine percent of the light goes elsewhere. What remains is a soft black, the colour the eye knows by heart, and the small, surprising relief of pressure simply being removed.

Fabric: 100% Grade 6A mulberry silk — inner and outer face, no synthetic lining.

Details

• Oversized 3D contour cut — eyelashes never touch the inside of the mask
• Adjustable elastic with a soft slider; no pull on the hair
• Blocks 99% of light in tests against bedside, overhead and daylight conditions
• Hypoallergenic, thermoregulating, one size for all

Care

Hand wash cold with a pH-neutral silk detergent. Press out water gently between towels; never wring. Dry flat in shade, away from radiators and direct sun.

Part of the evening ritual — alongside the pillowcase and the scrunchie, the third quiet object on the bedside table.

• Reduces friction on skin and hair by up to 43% versus cotton — fewer lines on waking, less breakage at the roots.
• Holds your body's temperature without trapping heat — for sleep that does not break at 3am.
• Will not wick away your night serums or eye cream. Your routine stays where you put it.

Mulberry silk shares eighteen amino acids with human skin. Hypoallergenic by nature, it resists dust mites and bacteria — and it drapes beautifully without ever feeling heavy.