Best Silk Sleep Cap For Curly Hair [Review] in 2022

Protecting your curly hair at night is just as important as protecting it during the day; after all, those luscious curls won’t stay luscious if you use a rough cotton pillow as well as toss and turn at night. You’ll wake up to a whirl of frizz, dryness, and even damage.

But don’t worry, it isn’t the end of the world. You just need to get yourself a silk or satin sleep cap!

Silk and satin are the best materials for your pillowcases, scrunchies; hair wraps because they are super gentle on curls. For starters, they do not strip moisture, do not cause friction, and help to keep frizz at bay by doing both.

Using satin or silk sleep caps can even help promote hair growth by retaining moisture within the strands; it also protects hair from tossing and turning mechanical-related breakage, encouraging strong and healthy hair growth.

So let’s talk about sleep bonnets in more detail and why you should protect your curls at night.

There are many benefits and reasons why you should use a satin or silk sleep cap, especially if you have curly hair. Satin caps protect your hair from dryness caused by friction and moisture-absorbing materials like cotton, as well as prevent frizz.

Silk is one of the few materials that are both very soft and very strong at the same time– after all, it protects a silkworm during growth and will work wonders for protecting those luscious curls too. But here are some of the top benefits:

Prevents Tangling: If you think about it, if you toss and turn throughout the night, it is just going to lead to tangles, your hair is moving over itself, and this will cause it to become caught within itself and cause it to become tangled.

By twisting your hair up into a hair bonnet or softly tucking it into the bonnet, it will help prevent new tangles from forming, and it means your hair is protected from all the tossing and turning throughout the night.

Less Frizz: Unlike cotton, satin and silk are not moisture absorbing, and it also does not create friction, meaning you’ll likely have less frizz when you wake up in the morning. It keeps your curls in one place, so it prevents tangling and frizz.

Using a silk hair bonnet alongside your favorite hair oils or leave-in treatments can massively benefit curly hair by helping it stay hydrated. By being hydrated also helps aid in preventing frizz and giving your curls a deep condition overnight.

As much as we love our cotton sheets, they can strip moisture from the hair and cause dryness. By leaving the treatment on your hair and wrapping it up in a hair bonnet each night, it can help replenish and retain moisture in the strands, preventing breakage.

Preserves Your Hairstyle: By keeping your hair in one place, sleep bonnets can really preserve your hairstyles. Instead of your hair moving around as you toss and turn, it stays in one place on top of your head, so you can wake up with fresh hair.

It also prevents frizz, so instead of waking up with a bird’s nest that you call hair, your hair will be looking as fresh as the day you washed it. It also helps preserve moisture within the hair, which also helps with frizz.

There are a few different ways you tie your hair before you wrap it for sleep. Personally, my favorite and easiest way to wrap my curly hair before I sleep is to pop it up into a pineapple or a loose bun before wrapping my hair wrap around my hair.

So let’s talk about all the ways of how to wrap curly hair for sleep.

Pineapple:

This one is my personal favorite as it is the easiest method of them all. The only thing you will need along with your sleep cap is a silk or satin scrunchie to tie your hair up with– your regular hair tie may be causing premature breakage, so throw it out!

All you need to do is turn your head upside down and gather your hair as close to the top of your head as you can; between the crown of your head and your forehead is ideal. (This will prevent you from sleeping on top of it).

If you have short hair, this can be a bit more tricky, but try to put your hair as far forward as possible.

I would also recommend using a silk scrunchie if you have one over a regular hair tie; scrunchies cause much less breakage and don’t tug on your head. You can even use a cloth to keep it in place. The looser you secure the scrunchie, the better; this will minimize breakage and hair creases in the morning.

Sleeping with your curly hair in this hairstyle will prevent breakage and frizz because it reduces friction as you turn at night, preventing you from crushing your curls. It will help curly hair look fresher for longer.

You can wrap the base of your hair in a wrap or wrap the entire head; if your hair is in a high enough ponytail then just wrapping the base should be enough to protect those luscious curls while you catch up on some beauty sleep.

Braids:

Styling your hair in braids is another excellent way to keep your hair protected at night. Lot’s of Curly Girl Method guides suggest that this is one of the best ways to secure hair.

The only downside to braiding your curly hair at night is that you’d lose a fair amount of curl definition because of the braid pattern, but if you’re planning on wetting your hair in the morning, then it is ideal.

You can either do a french, dutch, or even twist two strands around eachother, bringing in a new piece of hair for every stand (this is probably the best way to maintain your curl style).

I personally love a messy braid, waking up in the morning and pulling out the front two curls and leaving my hair in those messy braids for the day; the two little curls at the front can be quite cute.

But in order to keep these braids in place, it is best to wrap silk hair wrap around the hair to protect it from damage, frizz and to help keep the style in place, even if you’re tossing and turning throughout the night. A hair wrap is better for braids, but a silk bonnet works too.

Make sure you use a penetrating or protective oil before braiding; this will help keep your ends protected from the tightly put-together hairstyle. But with some oil, this hairstyle is certainly a good one!

You can use some gel to sharpen the edges too, or if you prefer it is quite messy, then I love to pull out the baby curls around the front to finish the look.

Turban:

Pinappling isn’t for everyone; in that case, you can wrap up your hair as if you would if you were wrapping your hair up in a turban. You can use a cotton t-shirt as you would for plopping, but cotton can be quite drying, so not recommended.

You can preserve your curls overnight using this technique by placing your curls in a position that works and doesn’t mess up your hairstyle. If anything, you can use a combination of all of the techniques that I have listed for you today.

What does a sleep cap do for your hair?

The best thing that a sleep cap does for your hair is protect your curls from breakage, frizz and help to keep hair hydrated. It protects your hair from friction as you toss and turn in your sleep.

Cotton pillowcases often absorb the oils and natural moisture from your hair; they also create friction as you toss and turn in your sleep, so using a sleep cap can protect your hair from friction and help to retain moisture within the strands.

Since curly hair is already lacking in moisture because the natural oils struggle to reach the ends, curlies can apply oil to the ends of their hair before wrapping it up in a sleep cap. This will ensure the moisture is retained and hair is protected.

How do you make a sleep cap?

You can easily make your own sleep cap by buying some silk online to wrap your hair in and securing the silk with a scrunchie and some clips. This is a great DIY alternative if you’d like to sleep with a hair wrap without having to purchase one.

You can even invest in better quality silk or satin for the same price as buying online too!

So there you have it, everything you need to know when wrapping your hair at night. Who knew your pillow was the reason for all of your problems?? Investing in silk or satin hair bonnets will change your hair game!!

Give some of these hair bonnets a go, they will change your life, and your curls will thank me later. Looking after our curls at night is a top priority and investing in a silk bonnet or hair wrap is the easiest way you can preserve your curls for longer.

No more bad hair days, ladies!