I run hot and used to wake up damp most nights. This is the first pillowcase that still feels dry at 5am.
Lunelle 22-Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
Still dry at 5am — so a three-minute flash stops costing you forty.
- OEKO-TEX Certified
- 22-Momme Silk
- Stays Dry
- Hidden Zipper — Stays On
- Machine Washable
- Fits Standard and Queen
Overview
Cotton is a hollow fibre. It draws the sweat in and holds it against your face, which is why it is still damp an hour later.
Silk is a smooth, continuous filament. There is nowhere inside it for the sweat to go, so it sits on the surface and evaporates off.
That is the difference between waking up and flipping the pillow, and waking up and going back to sleep.
22-momme mulberry silk, Grade 6A long-strand fibre — the longest and most uniform grade produced. OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified.
Materials
- 100% Grade 6A mulberry silk, 22 momme
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified
- Hidden zip closure, French seams throughout
- Fits Standard and Queen pillows
Care
Machine wash cold on a delicate cycle, ideally in a mesh bag, with a pH-neutral or silk-specific detergent. No bleach, no fabric softener.
Hang to dry away from direct sun, or tumble on the lowest heat. Iron only if you want to — lowest setting, inside out, while slightly damp.
For the nights you wake up wet.
A genuine 22-momme mulberry silk pillowcase without the boutique markup. Smooth on hair and skin, breathable through the night, and it does not hold on to moisture the way cotton does. Machine washable and built to keep its finish wash after wash.
Stays Dry Till Morning
The flash still comes — a pillowcase cannot stop that. What changes is what happens next. Cotton stays wet under your cheek for the best part of an hour, which is the forty minutes you actually lose. Silk is dry again in minutes, so you stay where you are instead of turning the pillow over or getting up to strip the bed.
Silky Smooth For Skin And Hair
A far lower-friction surface than cotton. Hair glides instead of catching, so less breakage and much less morning tangle, and your skincare stays on your face rather than soaking into the pillow.
Easy-Care, No Special Handling
Machine wash cold on a delicate cycle in a mesh bag with a pH-neutral detergent. No dry cleaning, no hand washing, no fuss. Hang to dry or tumble on the lowest heat.
Lunelle vs Generic Cotton
What sleepers say.
I stopped waking up damp
I run hot and always have. This is the first pillowcase where the surface still feels dry at 5am instead of clammy. That alone was worth it.
Still looks new after months
I had a cheaper silk case before that pilled within two months. This one still looks new. You can feel the extra weight straight away.
Washes without any fuss
Cold cycle in a mesh bag and it comes out fine every time. I was expecting to have to hand wash it.
Bought a second one
Got one to try and ordered another for the other side of the bed a fortnight later. My husband noticed the difference too.
Questions, answered.
Will it really stay dry?
Cotton is a hollow fibre. It draws the sweat in and holds it against your face, which is why it is still damp an hour later. Silk is a smooth, continuous filament — there is nowhere inside it for the sweat to go, so it sits on the surface and evaporates off.
It will not stop a hot flash. Nothing you put on a bed will. What changes is how long you are awake afterwards: the surface under your cheek is dry again in minutes rather than the best part of an hour.
Do I really need two?
One lives on the bed and one lives in the wash. If you only own one you are back on cotton every time it is in the machine — which, if you are waking up damp, is two or three times a week.
That is the whole reason the two-pack is priced the way it is. It is not a bulk discount, it is how the thing is meant to be used.
Won't silk sleep hot?
The opposite — silk breathes and does not hold heat against you.
What does sleep hot is satin, and this is worth being careful about, because most "silk" pillowcases sold cheaply are satin. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, and it is almost always polyester. It photographs identically, it traps more heat than the cotton it replaced, and people who try one often end up worse off than when they started.
This is 100% mulberry silk. The fibre, not the look.
What does 22-momme actually mean?
Momme — pronounced "mommy" — is the density measure for silk. It tells you how much silk is genuinely in the fabric.
Most pillowcases sold as luxury silk are 19 momme. That is thin enough to see the pillow through and thin enough to start looking tired after a season. 22 is heavier, opaque, drapes properly, and stands up to being washed often, which matters more here than it would for ordinary bedding.
It is also most of the reason this costs what it does rather than $20.
Is it machine washable?
Yes. Cold, delicate cycle, mesh bag, a pH-neutral or silk-specific detergent. No bleach and no fabric softener.
Hang to dry out of direct sunlight, or tumble on the lowest heat. No dry cleaning and no hand washing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
Sleep on it for thirty nights. If it makes no difference to your nights, keep it and we will refund you anyway — you do not post anything back, because nobody wants used bedding returned.
Some people notice the first night. More notice in the second week, when they realize they have not stripped the bed at three in the morning in a while. And some find it does not make much odds either way, which is exactly what the thirty nights are for.
10,000+ Happy Sleepers
Real people sleeping cooler, drier and more comfortably.
say they wake up drier than they did on cotton
would recommend it to a friend
kept it past the 30-night trial