Velvet Lined Eye Mask Amethyst Silk Velvet

This limited edition features elegant silk velvet on the front and is lined on the back with super soft, unbleached cotton velvet. The large sleep mask perfectly adapts to the contours of your face and offers the highest comfort throughout the night.

• Design: Amethyst Silk Velvet

Why should we use an eye mask? Exposure to light during the day stimulates body and mind, making us awake and alert. Unfortunately, the same happens after nightfall. Humans are designed to sleep best in darkness, but modern life makes achieving true darkness a challenge.

Ambient light from a street lamp, a smartphone, or the full moon can affect our sleep quality. A good sleep mask blocks out light, helping us fall asleep faster, sleep better, and stay asleep longer.

• fits perfectly, ensures complete darkness, and supports restful sleep
• soft velvet straps allow an adjustable, non-restrictive fit
• filled with relaxing lavender, whose pleasant scent soothes and promotes a restful night's sleep
• each eye mask is packaged in a beautiful organza bag

Usage

• Tie the soft straps into a bow and start dreaming!
• You can revive the long-lasting aroma of your eye mask simply by pressing where you feel the lavender.
• Each eye mask comes with a beautiful organza storage bag.
• Care: You can clean the surface of the eye mask with a damp cloth or occasionally machine wash it at 30 degrees with a mild detergent. After washing, reshape and hang to dry immediately in a warm place. They can also be dry cleaned.

FAQ

What are the benefits of silk?

The Chinese have been using the beauty benefits of silk for centuries. Friction-free mulberry silk is known to reduce skin and hair damage by up to 50% compared to cotton and is recommended by beauty experts and hairstylists to protect skin and hair.

Silk contains the protein sericin, which mirrors the proteins found in skin and hair. This promotes moisture retention, while naturally hypoallergenic silk reduces wrinkle formation on the face during sleep.

What is the difference between various silks?

Silk is a 100% natural fiber fabric and has different names depending on weave, weight, and density. The weight of a woven silk fabric is determined by the thickness of the threads and the type of weave.

The warp threads are the vertical threads in a fabric, and the weft threads are the horizontal threads. Depending on how the loom is set up—that is, how many warp and weft threads are separated at once—this determines the type of silk fabric produced.

Of the three basic types of silk weave—satin, plain, and twill—weave—Holistic Silk prefers to use satin and plain weaves.

Mulberry silk in satin weave

In producing satin mulberry silk, four or more weft threads are woven over one warp thread, followed by four warp threads over a single weft thread. This diagonal floating pattern creates a highly glossy and even sheen, hence the name satin. This satin weave and the pure mulberry silk fiber give our mulberry silk the mirror-smooth, friction-free surface that is so beneficial for hair and skin.

Dupion silk (a form of mulberry silk) with plain weave

Dupion silk, used for our lavender eye pillows and classic lavender eye masks, is made by using fine yarn in the warp and uneven, twisted yarn spun from two or more entwined cocoons in the weft. This weave produces a densely woven silk material with a highly glossy surface. The varying thickness of the silk thread in the weft creates the characteristic slubs and irregularities of dupion, which catch the light and give the material a strikingly royal shimmer and splendor. For an even more stunning effect, the warp and weft fibers in dupion silk can be dyed differently to create a shot effect. This means the fabric’s color can subtly change depending on the viewing angle, giving the fabric an even deeper shimmer and exquisite quality.

Momme / Thread count

You may know that cotton sheets are often labeled by thread count—momme is the silk equivalent and refers to the number of silk threads per square inch. We use 22 momme because it is smooth and soft yet has a moderate weight. This is the highest weight we can achieve without it becoming stiff. 22 momme silk is light enough to provide an almost weightless, super-smooth feel while being durable enough for daily use—including machine washing. This makes it the perfect choice for many Holistic Silk creations.

Ingredients

unbleached cotton velvet, dried lavender flowers

Dimensions: approx. 24 x 12 cm

Fairly made in India; please note that the placement of the print may vary slightly from the illustration.