{ "id": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Sky Blue 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet", "slug": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 85.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double layered mulberry silk with a soft drawstring band, so it stays put overnight and your strands glide instead of snagging.", "description": "The problem with sleeping on cotton\n\nMost of us never think about what happens to our hair for the eight hours we are unconscious. It gets pressed, dragged, and rolled across a pillowcase hundreds of times a night. If that pillowcase is cotton, the surface is not as smooth as it looks. Cotton fibres are short and they sit up off the weave, which gives hair plenty to catch on.\n\nYou see the result in the morning. Curls that looked defined at bedtime are flattened on one side and fuzzy on the other. Braids look shaggy around the edges. Long straight hair has that one stubborn kink at the back. None of this is dramatic damage, it is just friction, repeated night after night.\n\nA silk bonnet is the simplest fix. Instead of changing your whole bed, you change the one surface that actually touches your hair. The cap goes on, the hair stays inside it, and the pillow never gets a go at your strands.\n\nWhat makes this one different\n\nTwo things stand out on this sky blue 22 momme silk bonnet. The first is the momme weight. Momme is how silk is measured, the same way thread count is used for cotton sheets, and it describes how much the fabric weighs for a set area. Lighter silks sit around 16 momme. At 22 momme you get a noticeably denser cloth. Pick it up and it has weight and drape rather than floating away from your fingers.\n\nThe second is the double layer. A lot of bonnets are silk on the face and something cheaper on the back, or silk outside and a synthetic lining inside. This one uses mulberry silk on both sides. That means the surface touching your hair is silk, and so is the surface touching your pillow. Both contact points glide. If the bonnet shifts in the night, nothing grabs.\n\nThe closure is a drawstring threaded through a soft wide band. You set the tension yourself and tie it off. That band is wide enough to knot into a bow at the front or the side, which is partly why people end up wearing these things during the day as well as at night.\n\nWho it actually suits\n\nThis is aimed squarely at curly and coily hair, and it does that job well. Curls need room. A tight knit cap squashes the pattern and you spend the morning trying to bring it back. The crown here is roomy enough to hold a pineapple, a loose bun, twists or flexi rods without crushing them flat.\n\nBraids, weaves and locs work too. So does long straight hair, as long as you gather it up first rather than letting the ends hang out of the opening.\n\nThere is one honest limit worth flagging. The supplier notes the fit is best for medium to thick curly hair, and that hair which is both very long and very thick at the same time may be a squeeze. If you have a lot of length and a lot of density together, think about whether a larger style of cap would serve you better. We would rather tell you that upfront than have you post it back.\n\nPicking the right silk cap\n\nIf you are comparing a few options, there are only a handful of things that genuinely matter.\n\nMomme weight comes first. Below about 19 momme the fabric starts to feel thin and it wears out faster. Twenty two is a sensible place to land for something you use every night.\n\nThen check what the lining is. A bonnet described as silk is not always silk all the way through. Look for wording that confirms both faces. Double layer silk costs more to make, and that shows in the price, but it is the difference between a silk bonnet and a bonnet with silk on it.\n\nClosure style is next. Elastic alone is easy, but it either sits too loose and slides off or too tight and leaves a mark. A drawstring hands the decision to you. Set it once, learn where your comfortable spot is, and that is it.\n\nFinally, think about size against your hair. A one size cap with a good adjustment range covers most people. A very large volume of hair is the exception, not the rule.\n\nGetting the fit right on night one\n\nPut your hair up before the bonnet goes on. A loose high bun or a pineapple at the crown keeps length off your neck and stops the ends poking out from the band. Tuck everything in, then settle the band along your hairline.\n\nPull the drawstring until the cap feels secure but not gripping. If you can slide a finger under the band comfortably, that is about right. Tie the ends in a bow. If you wake with a line across your forehead, you tied it too tight, so go a notch looser the next night and sit the band a few millimetres higher.\n\nThe first couple of nights can feel odd if you have never slept in a cap. Most people stop noticing it inside a week.\n\nLooking after the silk\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it does not like hot water, bleach or being wrung out. Care here is hand wash only.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swish the bonnet through, give it a gentle squeeze, and leave it no more than a few minutes. Rinse in clean cool water until there are no suds left.\n\nTo dry, lay it flat in a towel and press. Do not twist. Reshape the band with your fingers, then dry it flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from any heater. Hanging a wet bonnet by its band is the quickest way to stretch the opening.\n\nHow often? Every week or two is fine for most people. If you use rich oils, leave in creams or heavy butters, wash it more often. Product build up is what dulls silk faster than anything else.\n\nStore it folded in a drawer rather than crumpled in a bag. It takes up almost no room.\n\nMore than a sleep accessory\n\nThe reason these end up getting worn all day is simple. Hair in your face is annoying, and a bonnet solves it in two seconds. Washing your face without soaking your hairline. Doing makeup without a fringe in the way. A skincare routine, a bit of cleaning, a lazy Sunday. The wide band and the bow make it look deliberate rather than like you gave up on your hair.\n\nIt also travels well. It folds down to almost nothing and weighs next to nothing, which makes it an easy thing to keep in a carry on. Hotel pillowcases are a lottery. A silk hair cap for travel takes that gamble off the table.\n\nThe short version\n\nA sky blue 22 momme silk bonnet with mulberry silk on both faces and an adjustable drawstring band. It is one size, it suits curls, braids, weaves, rollers and long hair tied up, and it is best matched to medium to thick curly hair rather than hair that is both very long and very dense.\n\nHand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, and keep it out of the sun. Do that and it will quietly do its job for a long time. If the fit turns out wrong for your hair, you have 14 days from delivery to send it back unused and unwashed, so there is not much to lose in trying it.", "llm_summary": "A sky blue double layer silk bonnet made from 22 momme mulberry silk, model number AN008, made in China. It uses silk on both the inner and outer face and closes with a drawstring inside a soft wide band that can be tied at the front or side. The fit is one size and the pattern is solid. It suits curly and coily hair, braids, weaves, rollers and long hair tied up, and is noted as better matched to medium to thick curly hair rather than hair that is both very long and very thick. Care is hand wash only. Exact dimensions, weight and packaged colour code are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }